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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1904
Page
2
A mother details her two year battle with her child’s eczema, credits Cuticura products with a dramatic early improvement and eventual cure after using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent. Instructions describe cleansing baths and skin care, with directions for application and dosing.
John T. Smith, a white Hospital Corps member at Fort Mott, appeals to President Roosevelt after a discharge order linked to his marriage to Sarah Wolfert, a full blooded Negro nurse. Smith argues the union mirrors Roosevelt dining with blacks, defying color prejudice. Mrs. Smith says they will live together regardless of government action.
Grace Singer aged 18 from Thatford Avenue Brownsville vanished after leaving bed in sleeping gown and stockings Saturday night. Missing under mysterious circumstances her husband reports to police and relatives. She had shown strange behavior since the birth of her seven day old child which she has deserted.
In Lynn on October 18 Albert Sturtevant Paul Reitzel Charles Marshall and Harry M Corsen pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and larceny from houses in Lynn and Swampscott Judge Berry ordered full restitution by the parents and continued all four weeks with a report then and a further continuation until the grand jury sits next January for a final decision.
Brooklyn reports a lawsuit over Miss Katherine Blake's hats bought for the Saratoga season. The bill totals $148, charged to Peter Blake, a wealthy Brooklyn contractor, who refuses payment as excessive for a woman to spend on hats. The suit was brought by Mme H E Henesey, Fifth Avenue milliner, seeking settlement of the bill.
East Boston residents will gain an emergency hospital after the East Boston Hospital Association bought 11 Henry Street. Work to modify the estate is underway to speed life saving care when accidents occur in island wards and ferry delays threaten patients.
Otis R. Barker, 93, pioneer woolen manufacturer in the region, was instantly killed when thrown from a wagon in Pittsfield. The accident occurred about 60 feet from the trolley car crash site that once struck President Roosevelt’s carriage.
Hen thieves strike in Waltham as 40 hens vanish from James A. Carney’s Williams street coop, 30 hens disappear from a River street coop, and 15 from a Willow street site. Police have no clues.
The Boston Post offers two thousand dollars in gold for proverb solutions. Daily Post prints one illustrated proverb each morning and Sunday Post prints two each Sunday, with prizes by tier including $1000, $50, and $10 gold awards totaling 2000 across 250 prizes.
The notice outlines conditions for a proverb contest including post coupon answers, mailing procedures, eligibility, and use of the Boston Post Proverb Book. It emphasizes neatness, separate envelopes, duplicate submissions, and the editor’s right to modify terms.
The Osmo-Cemic Physicians, famed for cures, offer free X-ray examinations and trial treatment to the hopelessly sick. At the request of many, they extend their lowest rate ever until November 1, urging immediate action.
Promoters claim Osmo-Chemic Co. savants offer complete care to restore health with great discounts but warn of impending price increases. They urge immediate visits to Room 10, No 18 Boylaston St before Nov Ist at 8 PM, noting only ten days remain and dangers of imitators.
Richard Frye of 181 Central Ave Highlandville Massachusetts reports severe abdominal pain since five years, worse in mornings. After Osmo-Chemic treatment he says he is happier and feels renewed, crediting the therapy for relief after prior failures.
The Osmo-Chemic Physicians boast they are Boston’s top X-Ray specialists with superior apparatus and a radio-active solution, claiming their method can detect disease anywhere in the body at no cost to the patient.
The Osmo-Cemic physicians invite patients suffering from obesity rupture piles warts moles and goitre who have seen no improvement with other doctors to seek examination and trial treatment before November 1. They promise no charge unless cured and provide a positive guarantee.
Milwaukee residents report a novel craze of photographing attractive young women in coffins. The booming trend features scenes of white velvet caskets, flowers, and posed deaths, with friends boasting varying dramatic setups that alarm the anxious and sensitive.
Mrs. Jennie Lasher of Philadelphia was sentenced to a few days in the county jail for endangering her children’s morals after her husband reported a family dispute over her smoking cigarettes in front of the kids. It’s the first conviction under the state law making it a misdemeanor for mothers to smoke in the presence of family.
A gossiping narrator overhears female workers and job-seekers debating domestic service limits and class constraints. A Wisconson Dr L N Moore and a rich audacious employer spark tensions over privileges, expenses, and dignity as maids demand respect and autonomy amid a fraught labor scene.
Mrs Elizabeth Alley of 162 Salem Street Boston relates a long battle with bladder trouble and heart disease. After careful examination Osmo Chemic doctors found enlarged heart congested liver and other ailments. She underwent their simple course of treatment and reports complete relief from pain and a restored heart.
Miss M E Perry of 47 Oliver Street Fast Somerville Massachusetts reports insomnia and night sweats resolved after a course of Osmoc Chemic treatment. She says the doctors cured a severe head condition for a friend and endorses them as gentlemen and skilled physicians.
Mrs Annie M Williamson of 844 Eastern Ave Malden Massachusetts writes that after a year of catarrh bronchitis and asthma she sought Osmo Chemic doctors who diagnosed capillary bronchitis and asthma. She began a treatment and reports clear improvement praising the Osmo-Chemic cure as pleasant and beneficial.
J L Plunkett M D chief consulting physician offers permanent offices in Boston Lynn Worcester Manchester Portland Syracuse Albany with office hours from 9 am to 8 pm daily and closed Sundays preserving historical medical advertisement details.
Margaret Cunningham, a Supreme Court stenographer, wrote 21,089 words in six and a half hours with no corrections on 57 pages. She achieved 244 words per hour and 266 strokes per minute, surpassing Olive R. Cameron’s 32,000 words in seven and a half hours.
Mr and Mrs David H Selling of 48 Clifford Street Roxbury announce the engagement of their daughter Ida M Selling to Mr Claude M Barnett of New York City The bride to be is well known in Roxbury social circles and has many friends The couple will receive at 48 Clifford Street on Sunday October 23
Physicians tout Koch Tuberculine as a cure for consumption when inhaled with healing oils. Dr Edward Koch claims an apparatus vaporizes the medicine so curative vapors reach the lungs. The Koch Lung Cure offers free consultation and a home treatment option from 175 Tremont Street Boston.
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