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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1905
Page
8
A promotional text extols Cascarets as the safe daily aid for constipation. It contrasts castor oil and harsh cathartics with Cascarets, claiming gradual, natural bowel exercise, constant safety, and easy carry in a vest pocket. The Sterling Remedy Company advertises a free booklet and samples.
The city Democratic committee at 226 Washington street will issue nomination papers at 4 pm for local delegates. Papers may be filed from 5 pm tomorrow to 9 am Friday, with ballots ordered by first filed. Ward leaders blame President Fitzgerald for delays as candidates hustle to assemble their delegation tickets and secure position on the paper.
Drafters warn that the change of life brings dangers such as anxiety, dizziness, and heart palpitations. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is pitched as the best remedy to ease symptoms and sustain health through this period. A Maryland woman reports relief after using the product and endorses seeking advice from Mrs. Pinkham.
At 7 yesterday morning the Plant Line steamer Halifax struck the Hugh O'Brien ferry at Union pier causing the railing to be carried away and damage to the post gates and ladies side post. The Halifax quartermaster claimed ignorance of the brush with the ferry. The bow of the Halifax had its paint scraped.
Lowell Sept 4 After a day and night in a terrif ic storm George S. Curtis of West Wakefield aged 85 or 86 wandered the Chelmsford woods unable to find the highway. He was exhausted and wet when found and a physician attended him. He is expected to recover with a slight cold.
About 200 delegates from nearly every state gather for the sixth annual postoffice clerks convention in Cedar Rapids Iowa. The main agenda centers on a plan to add a fraternal insurance feature to the association.
At Hotel Wentworth in Newcastle New Hampshire the Portsmouth treaty signing is planned for tomorrow at 3 pm with a thanksgiving service to follow at Christ Church. Delegations including Witte Rosen and officials will attend with personnel from New York and Boston in attendance.
Russians in Portsmouth prepare a Te Deum service with bishop and priests in gold and silver robes, mitres and incense. Worshippers stand throughout, choir and clergy perform Slavic hymns, and a Czar blessing follows the procession and cross kiss. Rector Brine will intone a festal song before the service.
Philadelphia Sept 4 An elaborate celebration of the 200th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birth is planned by the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia with President Roosevelt expected to participate.
City Marshal Boyden receives a clue from Mrs. A Turner of Malden about Mary Mazzoni and the blind pedlar. She reports seeing a blind man and a girl on a Rochester to Dover train last Thursday. David Mazzoni searches Worcester Italian quarter for his sister as public concern grows.
Yellow fever figures released at 6 p.m. show 58 new cases, bringing the city total to 2082. Deaths today number 5, with 292 total fatalities. Sixteen new disease centres opened, while 321 cases remain under treatment and 1469 have been discharged.
The steel freighter Sevena of 2362 tons wrecked off Sand Island in a violent storm. Captain McDonald, first and second mates, and four sailors stayed aboard to help, while four others in a lifeboat perished. Women and crew survived after hours of struggle to reach safety at Sand Bay and Bayfield.
The American consul in Bremen reports that passengers from Russia will be detained at the port for at least six days before sailing due to cholera concerns in Hamburg and eastern Germany. Five days is cited as the incubation period under U S quarantine rules.
Boston physicians say the chance of cholera reaching this country is small after a case on a steamer bound for New York. Hamburg authorities debarked 81 passengers amid strict health checks, with Dr. Necht and Dr. Shea deeming infection unlikely and monitoring ongoing.
An ad-like piece argues catarrh and related nasal throat issues require direct treatment with X Zalia sprayed into the nostrils. It features testimonial by George W. Smith from New Bedford and promotes a 50c bottle plus X Zalia soap claiming healing properties for skin and various ailments.
Robert A. Pope of Newburyport, nephew of Colonel A. A. Pope, underwent an operation at St. Luke's Hospital in New York after a 22 caliber bullet, lodged in his abdomen for 13 years from a rifle cleaning accident, caused appendicitis. Pope, a Harvard undergraduate and varsity football candidate, is now recovering.
The 27th annual demonstration of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New England was held in Newport Rhode Island with a street parade and an evening program. Speakers included J McHenry James grand master of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of America and other officials.
Mrs John Boyce of Pine Bush New York reports her baby recovered from yellow crusts on the head after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She washed the scalp then applied the ointment and states a few treatments yielded a complete cure. She has advised other mothers to try Cuticura for similar conditions.
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