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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
4
An advertisement touts Schlitz beer as pure and healthful. It claims absolute cleanliness from barley to hops, own yeast, underground water, filtered air cooling, and months of aging to prevent biliousness.
Chicago reports that Rev. Dr. Robert D. Sheppard, former Northwestern University business manager and treasurer, faced a career crisis after a maid opened his front door, contradicting a family dream that warned disaster would follow. The revelation led to a short affair, a pardon, and the front door remaining shut.
John George of Beverly reports he was robbed of 1206 dollars and 10 cents by a couple named Mr and Mrs Ray after accompanying them to their lodging house. The man is described as about 35 with dark complexion. the woman as about 24 with blonde hair. Detective Brown pursues leads and expects an early arrest.
Three barrels of boiling tar flowed like lava down Harrison Avenue near Troy Street in the South End. The blaze scorched wooden houses and created dense smoke. two boys alerted the fire department which quenched the fire in about 20 minutes. A laborer’s error caused the spill. workers later removed the cooling mass as residents recovered from the panic.
A machinist Paul Istatian, 50, and helper Louis Zosbe fell from a swinging scaffold into an elevator shaft in a new building on Second Street. They died of injuries sustained in the fall.
New York reports reveal Katherine Ballou-Watrous rekindling rumors of a secret marriage to William S Brown. Mrs. Brown declares she will not sue for divorce, recounting investigation trips, a Chicago St Louis trip, a St Louis hotel scene, and a confrontation on Fifth Avenue where she struck the other woman.
Durham New Hampshire College begins its fall term announcing an entering class of 100 men, the largest in the school's history. The event marks a milestone for enrollment expansion and academic year start.
A dozen Hebrew property owners spoke to Alderman William Berwin at City Hall protesting the proposed Boston Elevated route to Cambridge. Owners including Louis Rosenstein Mendell Morse and M L Morrison warned the plan would ruin West End property and said the General Court does not understand their needs. Berwin urged them to name a spokesman for a Board of Aldermen hearing on Wednesday.
Maude Adams will appear in London in a new Barrie play after finishing her current American tour with Peter Pan. The plan includes a Boston run, a New York engagement, and a Pacific coast circuit with stops in major cities including San Francisco to dedicate the Columbia Theatre.
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