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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1904
Page
8
Tokyo dispatch details Manchurian battles around Bansihu Chaohsien Lienhua Maechi Shaotakou and surrounding positions. Japanese cavalry under Prince Kanin detours Russian left flank disrupting supports while columns advance on multiple heights and towns amid heavy artillery actions and fluid front lines.
A St Petersburg despatch from General Sakharoff reports Oct 12 and 13 actions north of Yen tai and near Yentai. Kuropatkin withdraws wings after heavy Japanese assaults, with the left taking the worst losses as thousands die. One regiment loses all but eight officers.
An advertisement extols Liquozone, a liquid oxygen tonic, as a universal cure against germ diseases. It cites testing in hospitals, claims of hundreds cured where other medicines failed, and lists numerous diseases allegedly treated by killing germs. It emphasizes safety, absence of drugs, and hospital use worldwide with a money-back style guarantee.
A marketing pitch offers a free bottle of Liquozone to first time users who send a coupon. It claims to arrange purchase through a local druggist at 50 cents with the company covering the cost, noting they have tried this with 1.8 million people and spent over a million dollars on promotion. The offer states no obligations and positions Liquozone as superior, costing 50 cents or one dollar.
Tokyo reports progress across the Manchurian front as multiple army columns advance. Right army elements face strong enemy forces at Chaohsienlin and Shaotaku after reinforcements arrive. Heights near Shaotaku and regions north of Huchiakuc iatzu, Manchurian, and further actions around Shahopo and Huang huatien are noted with fresh reinforcements at Yentai.
Eight torpedo boats bound for Japan have arrived in Minneapolis from Fore River Massachusetts. The 19 cars loaded with vessels are under constant watch as detectives assist the expedited shipment. Cars traveled over Burlington and will be forwarded by the Great Northern. Earlier wrecks at Minot North Dakota were found to carry steel plate for Japan, not boats.
In St Petersburg open fear spreads as no official news arrives on Kuropatkin’s day’s actions. Rumors of defeat grow while the War Commission closes for the night. Officials note the battle not over though a rout is denied. Kuropatkin faces scrutiny for his order to advance amid pressure from authorities.
Newton, Oct 14. Joseph D. Wellington, longtime city messenger known as Uncle Joe, marks his 80th birthday tomorrow. Born in Troy, New York, he has served the Newton community for decades.
Thomas F. Mooney presents a call to President Kirkpatrick for a special meeting of Bartenders Union Local 77 to be held at 164 Canal Street on Sunday October 16 at 2 15 p m under the union rules and order.
After a night gale the Wentworth foundered on Pollock Rip near Hillsboro with 12 aboard including Captain Esau B. Priddle and his family. Lifesavers labored eight hours to reach the doomed derelict as waves lashed the coast, but all on board perished. Searchers patrol the Cape Cod shore hoping for recovered bodies.
An advertisement touts Dr Agnew’s Catarrhal Powder as a sworn enemy to head colds catarrh and catarrhal headache. It claims to clear throat and nasal passages in ten minutes and to cure radically.
Malden District Court judge Bruce warned police not to hound a probationer after J C Curtin of Medford surrendered to avoid reporting. Medford Chief Holmes pledged to investigate an officers plea bargain claim. Bruce continued the case to October 29 and released Curtin from reporting.
On the Lancastrian steamer at the Hoosac Tunnel docks a fracas left George Robinson colored 34 Bradford Street Met in critical condition at City Hospital. Police seek S. P. Arnold 25 white who Robinson says struck him with a meat hook.
Massachusetts clerical delegates voted No while lay delegates split, killing the divorce canon for three years unless bishops act. Section 2 failed and other sections were laid on the table. Dr Davenport, longtime proponent, vows the amendment will be resurrected at next convention.
A terse note indicates that a physician or hospital has not yet received a supply labeled tens and expresses willingness to provide it promptly. The brief item implies a healthcare provisioning issue without specifics on location or entity names.
A prospective groom Arthur F. Williams leaves town at 8 a m Miss Rosalie Therese Simpson dons her bridal dress and waits at Alexander Jeffersons boarding house. Messages go out, a search begins, Williams boards a Blackstone Valley car, Simpson departs for Waterville Maine, Williams returns later and plans to travel there. Townsfolk anxiously await the next development.
Advert shows Smith Pineapple and Butternut Pills claimed to energize the system, improve digestion, liver function, and circulation in old age. It asserts they prevent wrinkles, brighten skin, and aid nausea, with testimonials from buyers. Sold for 5 cents at dealers, signed W. F. Smith.
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