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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1908

Page

4

Vermont Elects Dillingham and Page to U S Senate

The Vermont Legislature reelected United States Senator William P. Dillingham of Montpelier for six years and elected Carroll Page of Hyde Park to fill the remainder of the Proctor vacancy. Page will serve two years. Democrat nominees Bullard and May aimed for the long and short terms. The two houses meet in joint session to ratify tomorrow.

Montpelier Vermont United States William P. Dillingham Carroll Page Hyde Park Redfield Proctor John W. Stewart Fletcher D. Proctor Proctor Vernon A. Bullard Burlington Elisha May St. Johnsbury

Danville fancier touts hen with 240 eggs in 274 days

Walter J. Clark of Danville says his White Wyandotte laying hen is likely the champion in the United States with 240 eggs set by yesterday in 274 days. He notes the current year record is 236 eggs and the hen still lays toward a potential 365 or more days of laying. The origin egg came from the Danville poultry show in February 1906.

Danville Ind Walter J. Clark United States

Rich farmer seeks fourth wife in mass marriage ad

Seaford Del Oct 20 James B Furbush a wealthy Wetpipquim Massachusetts farmer advertised for a fourth partner in life and has received 200 letters with photographs and souvenirs He plans to hire a stenographer to answer every note while awaiting more Maryland applicants and hoping to marry a Maryland woman.

Seaford Del James B. Furbush Wetpipquim

Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Promoted Against Heart Trouble

An elderly Beaverton man reports cure from heart trouble and nervous prostration after using Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey for years. The ad touts widespread recovery, urges reliance on the genuine product, and offers free medical guidance from the company.

Elias Hollinger Beaverton Mich Duffy Hollinger Duffy Malt Whiskey Company Rochester New York

Northern Avenue Bridge Opens to Public in Boston after three years

After three years of work the Northern Avenue Bridge over Fort Point channel is ready for use and may open Monday. The 80 foot wide steel structure with granite paving includes two fixed spans and a 283 foot draw span. Compressed air drives the draw mechanism, a first for Boston. The bridge links Sleeper Street near South Boston with Atlantic Avenue, easing access for freight yards and warehouses. The Congress Street Bridge may close for repairs, and the state reportedly claims city land costs.

Northern Avenue Fort Point Channel Hibbard Jackson Emerson Boston Sleeper Street Atlantic Avenue Oliver Street Teamsters Congress Street New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Harbor Front Summer Street South Boston

New Insane Laws Discussed by State Commission

The special commission on revising insanity laws met for the first time to address how to prevent incidents like the December shooting at the Governor's chamber. Members discussed superintendent authority, patient visits, and due process, with testimony from hospital officials and legal experts. The group planned further hearings to gather input from all sides.

Dennis Driscoll Edward Cohen Champer State House John A. Steele Danvers Hospital George T. Tuttle McLean Hospital Henry R. Stedman Taunton Insane Hospital James F. Curtis Attorney-General's Office Charles W. Page State Board of Insanity John A. Houston Northampton Foxboro Owen FE. Copp George W. Galvin

Woman Builds Concrete House in Verona

Mrs Charles Rice of Verona has built a four story concrete house for her invalid husband and three children with minimal help. The home stands at Claremont and Sunset avenues in Verona and has drawn town admiration.

Montclair Charles Rice Verona Claremont and Sunset Avenues

Girl Deportees From West Roxbury Case Stir Public Interest

Irene Babruva the 16 year old Russian girl rescued from gypsies in West Roxbury was deported on the Saxonia with gifts including 100 cigarettes $80 and new clothing. She says she saw American women smoking and was given cigarettes by a Boston man. Irene hopes to reunite with her mother in Kursk after being taken from her near a year ago. Gregory Radluslavitch the tribe chief was jailed 18 months at Charles street and will be deported with his son Stephen unless his appeal succeeds. The tribe remains leaderless at Bergen New Jersey Vavas Kalijian an Armenian girl also deported on the Saxonia was found to have trachoma. Her supposed husband M Krikorian pleaded guilty to perjury in Newburyport with sentence suspended for a week.

Irene Babruva West Roxbury Saxonia Irene Boston Kursk Gregory Radluslavitch Charles Street Stephen Washington Bergen N. J Vavas Kalijian America M. Krikorian Newburyport United States District Court

Fifty Families Desert a Pennsylvania Town

A wholesale move began in Tarentum when 50 families totaling about 200 people loaded their belongings onto two barges and floated down the Allegheny to Pittsburgh then up the Monongahela to Charleroi. The exodus followed a Tarentum glass plant fire that left workers unemployed, prompting relocation for new jobs with the same company in Charleroi.

Pittsburg Penn Tarentum Allegheny River Monongahela River Charleroi

Enjoy Your Meals with Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets

Advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for indigestion after meals. Claims include stomach relief, enriched blood, rebuilt gastric fluids, and easy permission to eat freely. Available at druggists for 50c per box with free trial mail offer from F A Stuart Co Marshall Mich.

Stuart Juart F. A. Stuart Co Stuart Bldg Marshall, Mich

Fleisher trade-mark guarantees on every skein

The message urges buyers to insist on the Fleisher trade mark on knitting yarns from Worsted to Ice Wool. It claims the mark is a personal pledge of quality and warns that substitutes may fail. It advises customers to ask dealers to order Fleisher yarns if not in stock.

Saxony Germantown

Hidden Boston Post from 1868 Found Under Chelsea Church

Workmen digging for a new schoolhouse foundation uncovered a preserved Boston Post issue dated November 30 1868 beneath the St Luke s Episcopal Church corner stone in Chelsea Church destroyed in the April 12 fire. Read alongside items include church incorporation papers and mayoral and aldermanic notices.

Boston Post St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Chelsea St. Andrew's Church St. Luke's Church Hosea Sisley City Hall Boston Board of Aldermen South End Dock Square Canton Street Court Street Scollay Cornhill Washington Street Thomas Mead Jeremiah Agin Allen Supreme Court St. Andrew’s Church Micah Dyer Boston Hanover Street Boston Aldermen Committee On Public Buildings Niles Great Eastern Ship Company Great Eastern Ireland Gasson Nenagh Elizabeth England United States Spain Mexico India James Buchanan Grand Duchy of Baden Berlin Senate of

Hot Water Bag May Force Army Officer Retirement

Captain Edwin G. Davis of the Sixty first Coast Artillery seeks retirement after a hot water bag treatment worsened an ankle injury from the Philippines. Officials say the scalding heat damaged tissue and may end his active service.

San Francisco Cal Army Edwin G. Davis Sixty-first Coast Artillery Philippines

Hammerstein workers strike at Philadelphia opera house

Thirty members of the Ornamental Casters' Union quit work at the Hammerstein Opera House in Philadelphia in sympathy with plasterers who walked out over alleged loafing and because four imported New York plasterers were not union members.

Philadelphia Penn Ornamental Casters’ Union Hammerstein Opera House Arthur Hammerstein Mr. Hammerstein New York

WomanFeigned Charge Leads to Mental Hospital Transfer

Mrs. Catherine Hargrove of Detroit, held in county jail for a month on a pocket picking accusation she denies, was sent to the State Hospital after being declared a raving maniac.

Cleveland Catherine Hargrove Detroit State Hospital

CANDIDATES FOR BOARD SEAT IN EAST BOSTON AREA

Friends of Alderman Leary seek his renomination to the Board of Aldermen while Leary avoids confirming candidacy. Kelcher-Dono van ally Douglass backs, with Sullivan as ward committee head. Norton and Baldwin patch up in South Boston with Norton withdrawing. Sullivan and Collins vie for the board, as do most Democrats aside from Clark and Finigan who seek renomination. Ellery Clark withdraws after ward 9 opposition.

Alderman Leary East Boston Board of Aldermen Conry-Kelcher Thomas J. Giblin John J. Douglass Joseph J. Norton Baldwin Timothy Sullivan Thomas Collins State Committee Ellery Clark Finigan Ward 9

Indians kill game warden in Powell county

Deputy state fish and game warden Peyton died after being killed by four Indians near Vando in Powell county during an attempt to arrest them for violating game laws. The assailants killed the warden on the scene.

Helena Mont Peyton Vando Powell County

Two Hurt As Cars Crash In Portsmouth

A passenger and express car on the Atlantic Shore Line Street Railway left the track near Hutchins Corner and collided with a construction car. Motorman Bunker of Kittery was pinned and badly injured, with Homer Philbrick of Kittery suffering a dislocated right shoulder. The car carried two passengers.

Portsmouth N. H Atlantic Shore Line Hutchins Corner Kittery Point Kittery Homer Philbrick

Metcalf orders hush on Navy chiefs reports until after election

Secretary Metcalf directs that contents of regular annual reports by Navy Department bureau chiefs not be published before the November election to guard against indiscreet utterances during the campaign.

Metcalf Washington Navy Department

Civil War Veteran Refunds Overpaid Pension

A Civil War veteran who had drawn an illegitimate pension has returned 1772 to the U S government to be added to the conscience fund, marking another repayment of misdrawn benefits.

Washington United States

Rengo fat loss product for sale in Detroit and Boston area

The advertisement promotes Rengo as a safe fat loss option claiming a pound per day. It lists price 1.00 per box and mail order from The Rengo Co at 220 Rengo Building Detroit Michigan with payment details and addresses in Malden and Boston for ordering.

Rengo Rengo Co Detroit Mich Com & Eoc Deena Cnuse

Multo Fruto Promises Natural Constipation Cure

Advertisement touts Multo-Fruto as the natural remedy for constipation and weak nerves. It claims a free trial package obtainable by writing to the Rengo Co. in Michigan, with full-size versions sold at drug stores for 25 and 60 cents.

Rengo Co Rengo

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