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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1920
Page
9
An advertisement offers a free 50 cent bottle of Flagwort Discs to prove relief from indigestion and related stomach ailments. It claims the product uses herb juices, strengthens digestion, and includes a mail-in offer with four cents postage for delivery from Francis Co. New York.
A man recounts years of stomach treatment and a gallstone scare. After a brakeman advised Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, he gained weight and improved, claiming the simple preparation clears catarrhal mucus and inflammation in the digestive tract. One dose proves money back. Available at all druggists.
An advertisement promises a simple method using phelactine to remove unwanted hair. It claims roots and all will vanish quickly with no irritation, and that it is odorless and safe enough for a child to eat.
A wartime era note describes a paste of delatone and water to remove hair from skin. It warns to wash the skin afterward to remove residue and avoid irritation or disappointment.
Providence police weigh a fatal shooting as a case of mistaken identity. Rose V. McKenna, 24, is believed killed last Thursday night after investigators eliminated other theories.
Fiance William J. Deignan, wounded, says he has no knowledge of the assassin. Witnesses who were in Lover's Lane heard shots near 10 pm and fear jealous rage sparked the crime. Police review club members for threats amid ongoing investigation.
Mrs. Louisa Shannon of Lexington Virginia aged ? fell in a street car at the South station yesterday sustaining a fractured hip. She was removed to the Relief Hospital.
Boston attorney Choate seeks postponement as Essex County Probate Court weighs appointment of special administrators for the vast Searles estate. Albert Victor Searles and executors Lewis A. Delafield and Arthur T. Walker dispute access to key papers and the handling of estate assets amid a multi‑million dollar value.
In Massachusetts, John Jackson Walsh narrowly leads for Governor with a “sticker” campaign aiding his win over Richard H. Long. Joseph E. Warner captures the Republican Lieutenant Governor nomination amid tight races with Charles Burrill and Alvan Fuller. Other winners include Frederic Cook for Secretary of State and Peter F. Tague for Congress.
Police report very little trouble during the primaries with one arrest. Inspector Kilden arrested a 26 year old man named Daniel J. Ruby of 6 Arcadia Street Roxbury after the booth opened in Precinct 7 Ward 13 for attempting to cast a ballot under the name Campbell.
Felix Warskavits, 12, of 169 Silver Street, fell from a third floor window while playing with his brother. He landed on the street suffering contusions and a fractured right knee.
Se returns were in from seven of 38 cities and 171 of 316 towns. Of 221 Boston precincts all had reported complete returns.
James M. Pafford aged 22 years fell about two feet from a scaffold on the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company construction at Essex street and Harrison avenue. He sustained injuries to his back and thigh and received treatment at City Hospital.
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