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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1907
Page
2
The ad promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root a kidney liver and bladder remedy claiming warnings of kidney trouble including lumbago pain and fatigue. It touts kidney disease risks Brights disease and urges readers to try a sample bottle and purchase bottles at drug stores with a Boston Daily Post offer.
Forecaster Smith and assistants report after a long night that the blizzard moving from north of the Great Lakes toward the Atlantic failed to reach us. They authorize a statement that Tuesday will bring a little rain and wind with no major storm in sight.
The steamer Admiral Dewey arrived at Long Wharf with 1110 boxes of oranges from Jamaica for the season. Onboard were Rev. George F. Vogue of Jamaica Plain, John M Downey of the New Haven road, Mr and Mrs Harry B Inman of Boston, Miss Ida H Street of Kingston, Edward J Fraher, Mrs Magy Hall and Josiah King.
A claimant touts a five minute pain cure with a machine and Marvel treatment. Claims U S patents pending and patents in France England Canada Germany Belgium and other countries. Describes severe prior suffering and recovery after using the treatment.
A claim offers a $1000 reward for proving that the Won der-Marvel Treatment does not produce astonishingly beneficial results in chronic diseases faster and more surely than any other medical method known to the profession. The notice seeks validation of the treatment’s claimed superiority.
A machine named Marvel is offered on a 30 day trial to any responsible person. Pay one dollar per month rental at month end if pleased. If not, no charge. No sales. rent only.
A bold sales pitch promises a universal cure using a device called the machine de marvel. The ad claims rapid relief for any disease and urges readers to state their trouble, age, and sex for personalized instructions from Willis H. Coon in Syracuse Indiana New York.
By unanimous vote the Chelsea Aldermen revoked John R Poole's rendering plant license after a midnight hearing. The East Side residents led by Alderman Melley protested. courts had ruled the board could grant the license but a renewed bid to block location failed. Frost Hospital trustees opposed the plant near their new $25 000 estate project.
A neatly dressed 27 year old man registers as Count Nicolai Obolensky of St. Petersburg claiming Russian imperial lineage and a seat in the Guard. He travels to Worcester to be near a dancer and to study American railroads while praising Boni de Castellane and noting connections to Anna Gould and other aristocrats.
William F. O'Neil and Miss Mary A. Kelley wed at the parochial residence of Immaculate Conception Church in Malden. Attendants include Mary F. Glennon of Lowell and John J. Bruerton as best man. The couple will reside at 152 Malden Street and tour Hampshire and Maine.
Mr W J Walshe renowned lecturer plans a series titled national evenings covering America England Scotland and Ireland and ending with The Way of the Cross. The Irish evenings entertainments have been popular for several years and will continue in this new format.
Promises complete cure of itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days or money back. Guarantees refund if not cured. Product emphasizes rapid relief and satisfaction guarantee.
Miss Sadie Small of Saugus spends 25 years hoping apple peel readings reveal her future husband. After 22 failed attempts she plans another try next Thursday night despite a fortune teller’s $1 reading that the initials mean nothing.
Halloween rites on the south shore involve baking a salt biscuit to glimpse future marriage. A drink of water foretells a proposal and lasting union, while a boat vision signals misfortune and a cancelled bet. The ritual mixes superstition with young women seeking romantic fortunes.
Belchertown reports a record giant pumpkin grown by Christopher Warren. The pumpkin was moved by a double mule team to Town Hall for Halloween display and will supply pies for the upper valley on Thanksgiving Day. It was trained under glass with pinched buds to keep the stalk short and even temperature. No scales exist to weigh it.
The food fair highlights Greater Boston Day with Anna Held and a large entourage expected, plus a Gilmore Night honoring Patrick Gilmore with a naval brigade and anvils for the Anvil Chorus. Italian Day and Peace Day events proceed with dignitaries attending as crowds gather. Avon reports a yegg raid foiled by Dr. R A Elliott and wife, shots exchanged, robbers escaped, leaving tools behind.
President Willis S. Moore opened the third international aeronautical congress in New York on October 28 and argued the dirigible has likely reached its development limit for now. He noted that partial air navigation success shows the conquest of the air has fewer practical uses than once imagined.
Reported injuries from a 20 foot fall in Boston. Arrests for breaking and entering at Lynde Street and a larceny of jewelry. A man charged with breaking and entering Goodman Hyman’s property. Prohibition Party candidates will not appear on ballots due to lack of notice to election officials. Deaths noted from heart failure and unidentified bodies found in the West End and at Cambridge Street. George KR. George to lecture at Harvard Union tonight on The George Junior Republic.
Captain Edward Armstrong and eight crewmen of the British schooner J. W. Hutt of Liverpool arrive in New York aboard the Seguranca from Nassau Bahamas. They lost their vessel and all but their clothes when the storm drove the ship onto No Name Day reef in the Bahamas.
In Wilmington a rain dampened tablet unveiling marked the 225th landing anniversary of William Penn at New Castle. In Chester residents observed the Penn landing anniversary on the city site, while in New York Solomon Orbach was arrested for contempt of court for failing to pay $40,000 to a receiver overseeing his jewelry business.
News briefs from Montclair New Jersey Madrid Manila Spanish prisoners in Bulacan Ithaca New York Cornell plans raise engineering degree length Washington Christmas boxes for troops San Francisco Examiner editor John Barrett dies Trentons receivers named for fisheries company
Household Surgeon notes offer refund if Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil fails to meet expectations. Product priced at 25 cents and advertised for bites stings rash and itch remedies. Remedies touted with physician endorsement and household use guidance.
In Rehoboth on October 28 conservatives secure gates and shutter windows as youths prepare for Halloween mischief. Pranks include corn throwing knocking doors and inflating carts into creeks with wagons found on rooftops. Estimated statewide damage once reached 88000 dollars.
In Newburyport a boy Billy Blocher devised a plan to coax a cat to speak by dunking it. He hid by a stable stall and questioned the cat after a midnight prank. The cat groaned and finally said the name Mariar, then was punished for the attempt.
Essex County clerk of the courts reports eight murderers indicted but not tried, five unapprehended, three in custody awaiting trial as 350 indictments were found in the just-closed year.
Since the Paul Revere house on North street yielded an old well and antique relics, crowds visit the site daily. The Paul Revere Association plans a restoration to honor the Revolution alarm bearer and uncover more mementoes as funds permit.
An advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Cure as a painless home remedy for piles, offering a free trial package by mail from Pyramid Drug Co. Readers are urged to send name and address to receive the trial in a plain wrapper and then buy a full box for 50 cents at any drugstore. Thousands reportedly cured without surgery or doctor bills.
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