Swamp-Root Endorsement Letter Promotes Kidney Remedy
A Melrose reader recounts severe kidney trouble improved after using Swamp-Root. The letter claims full recovery, medical confirmation, and urges others to try the vegetable-based tonic. Ads offer free samples and bottles at fifty cents and one dollar with Kilmer’s Swamp-Root and address in Binghamton, New York.
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Cottage St
Melrose
Mass
I. C. Richardson
Dr. Kilmer
Binghamton, N. Y
Ex Mayor Quincy and Donovan Question Lighting Contract
Ex mayor Josiah Quincy and ex superintendent James Donovan testified before the municipal lighting committee about the city Hoison Electric Lighting contract. Their testimonies offered little new information as hearings aim to study a municipal lighting plant.
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Josiah Quincy
James Donovan
Hoison Electric Lighting Company
Committee On Municipal Lighting
Common Council
Mr. Quincy
Mr. Donovan
L. W. Kimball
Electrical Workers’ Union
Detroit
Boston
Peters Enters Race as Lane Secures Nomination
The Hon. Andrew J. Peters secures Democratic nomination for Congress in the 11th district after Hon. Thomas H. Dowd withdraws in his favor. Peters faces Republican Daniel W. Lane, with predictions of Peters’s victory based on past district results and Lane’s stance on labor and overtime bills.
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Andrew J. Peters
Congress
Thomas H. Dowd
Daniel W. Lane
Peters
John A. Sullivan
Lane
Senate
Merrigan Campaign Rallies Planned Across South Boston
John J. Merrigan seeks the Democratic nomination in the 10th district with an 8 PM open air rally at the corner of Dorchester Street and Broadway South Boston. He will highlight opponent records and follow with a second rally at Strandway, then a Friday rally in Gray's Hall.
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I Street
Boston
Mr. Merrigan
Lower Gray’s Hall
Woman credits Postum with curing coffee related ills
A Pennsylvanian describes years of nervous headaches shortness of breath and horrible dreams from coffee. After switching to Postum she reports steady improvement growth in strength and reduced nervousness. She now favors cold water preparation and a 25 minute boil. The ad cites Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and recommends reading The Road to Wellville.
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Penna
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Schools brace for fall as vandalism amid crowded reopenings
The Charlestown district faces a summer debris problem as broken windows from schoolhouses drive costs. Officials consider wooden shutters and portable structures to protect properties and handle a rising pupil intake of nearly 100000. Reopenings, new facilities plan, and staff changes accompany the busy start.
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Charlestown
Board of Supervisors
Bunker Hill
William H. Kent
Moulton Street
Christopher Columbus School
North End
Paul Revere
Prince Street
Records Tell of Big Loot in Bank Looting Case
Secret memos found by Police Inspector Shippy tie Frank Kowalski to bank losses at Stensland bank. They allege Henry W. Hering, imprisoned cashier, stole 110800 dollars from depositors within a year and six thousand more in four months using cash tickets. Discovery followed opening a wooden cupboard in a bank vault.
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Chicago
Ill
Stensland Bank
Shippy
Frank Kowalski
Kowalski
Henry W. Hering
Stensland
Jones
Alderman Says Lawyer Offered Votes for 400
Alderman Linehan exposed that lawyer Junius T Auerbach claimed he could buy enough votes to reject a permit for 400 dollars. The incident centers on a Brighton avenue petroleum license petition and an ensuing probe date set for next Tuesday.
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Linehan
Board of Aldermen
Junius T. Auerbach
Goodrich & Hammond
Brighton Avenue
Linden Street
Brighton
Auerbach
Lawyer Auerbach
E. J. Donovan
Alderman Linehan
Miss Chanler Invites Staff to Meet Her Groom
In Barrytown New York Miss Margaret Livingston Chanler hosts a reception for 75 longtime employees and neighbors introducing Richard Aldrich the newspaper man she plans to wed in early autumn. The event marks her engagement to Aldrich, announced recently, as she greets workers on her country estate.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Margaret Livingston Chanler
John Jacob Astor
Richard Aldrich
Barrytown
Chanler
Abolish shorthand in Boston high schools
At a long School Board meeting Boston voted to remove shorthand from the high school curriculum and replace it with a foreign language. Governor Guild urged truant officers to report underage employment and to seek fines for nonaction.
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Boston
Governor Guild
Murphy
British envoy vows punishment for Urquhart attack
St. Petersburg reports that the British embassy received foreign office expressions of regret for the Sept. 8 attack in Baku on Leslie Urquhart, the British vice-consul, and assurances that all efforts will be made to identify and punish the perpetrators.
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ST. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Baku
Leslie Urquhart
Hobson Seeks Vice Presidency On 1908 Ticket
Congressman elect Richard Pearson Hobson of Alabama plans a Western trip to promote democracy and to cultivate support for a second place on the 1908 ticket, according to close associates in Memphis.
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Hobson
Memphis
Tenn
Richard Pearson Hobson
Alabama
Superintendent Nash Resigns From Chelsea Soldiers' Home
The Chelsea Soldiers' Home board accepted Captain Charles D. Nash resignation after leading since 1904 Adjutant Richard D Foster assumed charge and is likely to be offered the superintendent post Foster has served 17 years at the home and as executive officer earned an admirable record.
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Nash
Soldiers’ Home
Chelsea
Charles D. Nash
Richard D. Foster
Foster
Reading Coal and Iron resumes operations in Mahoney City
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company restarted its collieries today in Mahoney City Penn employing about 35 000 men and boys.
Osmo-Chemic Physicians Offer Free One Month Treatment
An advertisement claims Osmo-Chemic Physicians at 18 Boylston Street will provide one month of treatment including all medicines free for patients applying before Sept 15. Free consultation and X-Ray exam are offered, with many testimonials from residents of Reading, Reading Mass, Boston, Salem, and nearby towns praising results for kidney, stomach, rheumatic, and other chronic conditions.
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Boylston Street
Sides
Hill
Anna Chapman
Eben
Chapman
Main Street
Reading
Mass
Bright
Elsie Tobey
Charles St
Boston
Louis Tobey
Edward Reed
Cherry St
Salem
Sudbury St
Jessie Heaton
Pond At
Natick
Washington St
Emily Davis
Davis
Marlboro
Amelia Johnson
Main St
Brockton
Emma Card
Merrimac
Opinion Voices Endorse Osmo-Chemic Light Treatment Welfare
Mrs. Nelson Lowe of Wai te Massachusetts testifies to relief from bladder and kidney disease after Osmo-Chemic physicians treatment. She says the therapy let her return to work for her large family, caring for livestock and poultry, and praises the doctors and attendants.
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Nelson Lowe
Waite
Mass
Fake Lieut Posed as Crenshaw Impersonator Held in Salem
Salem Sept 10 It appears John M Shew alias Lieutenant Arthur B Capehart U S S Kentucky will be released Sept 28 after serving for obtaining goods under false pretences in navy garb He is said to be rearrested for posing as Lieutenant Crenshaw in Boston and elsewhere He admitted impersonating Crenshaw and caused trouble for the real officer while courting a young woman who later notified police
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Salem
John M. Shew
Arthur B. Capehart
U. S. S. Kentucky
Shew
Crenshaw
Boston
Pacific
Tots Go Astray in Brookline Newton and Watertown
Police in three towns spent the afternoon and evening locating a dozen lost children all about six years old. Most wandered after leaving school with mothers, some found miles from home. By nine, all were returned to parents with vows to stay near.
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Brookline
Newton
Watertown
Runny Sores Covered Limbs Depict Child Eczema Relief
A mother recalls her struggle with a stubborn eczema outbreak in her children. She reports quick relief from a treatment or remedy credited to the advertised cure, noting improvements in the Little Girl’s legs and the Little Boy’s arms while stressing the relief felt by the family.
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Cuthura
Cuticura Remedies a Household Standby
A Tennessee household reports success using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills for eczema and poison oak. They later thank the remedies for rapid healing, noting they live twelve miles from a doctor and saved costs.
Osmo-Chemic System of Medicine Office Ad
Permanent offices at Boston address offer a book on chronic disease. Send 2c, ramp for book. Hours 9 to 12 M and 2 to 8 P M daily. Closed Sundays.
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Boylston At
Boston
Mass
Hood's Tooth Powder Endorsed by Friends for Delight
A promotional note claims Hood's Tooth Powder is recommended with pleasure by friends to friends. It emphasizes the product as a constant source of delight to all who use it and asserts its character and suitability.
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Sts
Hood
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