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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1902
Page
3
In Missouri, advocates press to remove tariffs on trust-made goods, urging policy action to boost trade and consumer prices. Officials and business leaders tout potential economic gains, citing regional manufacturing and market access.
Edward Stimson of Ripple Creek, judge of the fourth judicial district, is named by the Democratic State convention for Governor on the first ballot. The ticket and platform were to be completed and submitted the next day. A short political update from Stimson’s nomination.
A central council of the United Irish League for Boston and vicinity was created with 22 branches represented from Boston Cambridge Somerville and Brookline. Officers were elected including Dr T J Dillon as president and John O Callaghan as secretary. Over 2500 tickets were requested for a reception at Symphony Hall October 19 with plans for overflow seating.
Henry W. Grady Jr., son of the late Atlanta Constitution editor, disappeared after leaving a Norfolk hotel with his wife and child. The case unsettles relatives and friends, with attorney Eugene H Black seeking him in New York. Months of illness due to hay fever are suspected by some.
Obituaries list Clarissa Cushman wife of Rev. Lewis P. Cushman aged 76 with funeral at 20 Richardson Street Newton Sept 11 at 2 pm. Also George D. Mansfield age 60 years 4 months 1% days died in Waltham with funeral Sept 9 from 37 Washington Avenue. Baby Sullivan O Brien Sullivan aged 2 months 21 days died in Revere. funeral from Mead Street Beachmont Sept 10 at 2 pm.
President Roosevelt arrives in Salisbury North Carolina at 6 30 PM en route to Washington. He traverses Asheville Old Fort Connelly Springs Hickory Statesville praising southern industrial growth and national prosperity. He urges unity as industrial prosperity spreads across regions amid rain soaked crowds and welcomes from Senator Pritchard Congressman Blackburn.
Brewers strike remains unsettled as firemen and engineers hesitate to accept weekly alternation. Liquor Dealers Association steps in, calling a meeting later this week to push a settlement. Most groups accept the liquor dealers plan. officials offer no comment as new developments loom.
Sir Philip Burne- Jones, the English painter visiting Newport this summer, lauds the display as a "barbaric dream" and "organized and perfected" beyond any elsewhere. He laments wealth's omnipresence and notes fashion as overpowering, with women’s gowns and jewels dominating the scene while concealing inner self.
The will of Harriet S. Benson, a Philadelphia philanthropist, admitted to probate with 10 codicils. Estate valued over 2 million dollars includes charitable bequests totaling 500,000 dollars to institutions such as The American Sunday School Union, Women's Union Federation Missionary Society, China Inland Mission, Seaside Home for Invalid Women Atlantic City, Seamen's Friend Society, American Colonization Society, and humane societies in Pennsylvania.
Boston audience learns the Cunarder Ivernia is due today bearing a lengthy roster of first cabin passengers. Names cover S Lothrop Thorndike through A C Hagat, including notable figures and families such as Thorndike, Bell, Paine, Mason, Chalmers, and many others, illustrating a bustling inbound arrival and social cross section.
Wesley B. Clark aged 38 was convicted of vagrancy in South Boston Court and sentenced by Judge Fallon to one month on Deer Island. He spoke of an endowment life policy due October 1903 valued at over 0,000 after paying $200 monthly for years, and once earned $100 weekly as a Philadelphia book firm salesman. Patrolman Gallagher, an old schoolmate, testified to his claimed earnings.
Early yesterday a conference at the Hotel Savoy was to settle a $2000 wager on which candidate would win the most votes in the opposite ward. The Conry camp agreed but did not appear. Kelcher supporters waited with the funds and offered another chance at seven, yet no Conry member showed up and no bet was placed.
From about 64 000 votes tallied in Columbia 8 C Sept 8 1 9 The returns indicate Congressman A C Latimer is certain to win the Senate seat and T C Hayward is practically assured of the gubernatorial nomination. John T Sloane is the nominee for Lieutenant Governor over Frank B Gary.
The ad extols Dr Plunkett as uniquely gifted with cures beyond training and experience. Free X ray exams are offered to draw in patients nationwide, with offices expanding and a withdrawal deadline at September 15 at 5 p.m. Patients are urged to call immediately to learn their condition at no charge.
The article describes Dr Plunkett’s remarkable healing results as not fairy tales but proven and investigate-able. Cured residents are long-standing, well known in business and social life, with names and addresses published for public inspection.
Mrs. C. M. Barker of Amherst New Hampshire reports years of ovarian cysts resolved without surgery. She praises Dr Plunkett for a remarkable cure and fulfillment of promises, saying she feels greatly improved.
Mr. Gilbert Guthro of Sea Street Houghs Neck Quincy Mass reports asthma relief after a short Osmo-Chemic course. He credits Dr. Plunkett and the Osmo-Chemic treatment with removing dull heaviness and improving his condition.
Mrs Evelyn Robb of Roxbury Mass sought help after other doctors failed. Osmo-Chemic X-Ray revealed kidney disease and chronic intestinal indigestion. A short Osmo-Chemie course ended headaches and indigestion with kidney issues resolved. Evelyn Robb endorses the Osmo-Chemic Physicians.
Mrs. Cora Littlejohn of Orrs Island Maine reports a cancer in her right breast and says treatment began and cancer disappeared with no pain or inconvenience. She asserts firm belief in Osmo-Chemic doctors curing all cancers based on her experience.
The old Governor s spring in Spring Lane may be restored as a public water source if tests show the water remains pure. Boston historians and city authorities pursue public drinking fountain plans, with the Bostonian Society and Daughters of 1812 backing the restoration and fundraising.
A Kansas girl nicknamed an expansionist due to clothes needing frequent let-outs lives largely on Grape-Nuts after a sickness linked to greasy foods. The ad asserts most ailments in children and adults stem from improper meals and claims Grape-Nuts digests easily, offers grapesugar flavor, and quickly rebuilds body, brain, and nerves as a cure.
Judge Hammond ruled in the Patrick H. Wiggins vs Board of Election Commissioners suit that the nomination paper for Ward 18 Democratic caucus officers must not be printed on the official ballot. Names listed include Murray for warden Harkins for clerk Lennon Brown Reardon Lanahan Jennings and Hughins for inspectors. two inspectors did not sign or authorize signatures.
The Rescue Mission for Women at 447 Ferry Street in Everett reports serious interruptions by youths aged 12 to 18 during mission room services. Mission leaders have appealed without result and propose parental watchfulness as the best remedy to curb the mischief.
Police, led by Lt. O'Rourke and Officer Burr, arrest Ernest Dorr after a stakeout at Acton Street. Dorr, 21, implicated Cambridge links and named pawnshops on Merrimac, Cambridge, Pleasant and Tremont Streets, yielding a trunk and valuables. A woman linked to the case and more goods are expected as the investigation widens.
Chicago dispatch reports the Denver gateway of the Union Pacific, closed since 18%, has been opened to the Rock Island for freight and passenger traffic and to the Burlington for freight traffic, expanding regional rail access.
Prince Rospiglios, angry at the Vatican for refusing a religious marriage with Mrs. Parkhurst an American, announces he will abandon the church ending a family attachment to Rome and its church.
An order from the Navy Department directs the converted cruiser Prairie then at Boston to move to Norfolk for naval tests of wireless telegraphy. The experiments will be conducted from shore to the vessel in Chesapeake Bay.
Mr HA Smiley of 356 Lincoln Ave Eiftondale suffered ten years with stomach disease. After futile remedies he tried Dr Plunkett's Osmo Chemic X Ray and reports rapid improvement with no more vomiting spells and renewed ability to work. He endorses the doctor’s cure.
Chester A. Coffin of Lowell Massachusetts sought relief from a rupture after failed trusses and over-exertion. He traveled to Boston for Dr Plunkett whose Osmo-Chemic X Ray treatment showed the rupture was curable and he recovered without surgery or a truss.
The Osmo-Chemic physicians invite anyone suffering from disease especially those treated for months by other doctors without relief to visit for a free X-Ray examination. They promise no charge and urge those given false hope to seek professional evaluation.
People living at a distance are asked to write in detail describing their case symptoms. Osmo-Chemle physicians will forward literature and provide advice free of charge.
J. J. Plunkett, M. D., chief consulting physician, maintains permanent offices in the Colonial Building at 100 Boylston Street, Boston. Office hours are 9 to 12 m., 2 to 4 p.m., and 7 to 8 p.m. daily, with Sundays closed.
Gloucester Sept 9 In an unaccountable manner Joseph Dann a well known East Gloucester citizen fell from a second story bay window at the residence of his son in law Ernest Wonson striking his head on the concrete walk and was instantly killed late this afternoon Local authorities opened an investigation into the accident and funeral arrangements are expected to be announced by the family.
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