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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1905
Page
2
A 1904 reader letter praises Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root for kidney trouble after army service. The signer I C Richardson reports rapid improvement and full recovery after use. A sample bottle offer and book are advertised along with purchasable fifty cent and one dollar sizes.
Democratic leaders plan a campaign push as Colonel Gaston is expected to return today. General Miles met with Acting Chair Josiah Quincy to discuss abroad travel and governorship plans, while Robert M. Burnett denied any candidacy. Possible nominees include Colonel Albert A. Pope and General Morris Schaff, with a Springfield Republican note of support for Schaff within a week.
Edwin Loeffler was found dead in an alley in the South End on Sunday, according to police reports. The investigation is ongoing and no cause of death has been released.
Police identify the man found dead in an alley off 48 Tremont Street. He lay face down and is believed to have died of exhaustion.
In Spencer the liquor dealers claim the census undercounted by 37, hoping to push licenses from six to seven. They allege the enumerators padded returns and left people off, while seven businesses aim to open and no one wants to miss the chance.
A Ninth Avenue line switch caused a southbound train to derail at Fifty third street, tipping into the street after a sharp, unbanked curve. Eight dead, four dying at hospitals, police arrests followed as investigators examined switch signals and crew actions.
In New York on September 11 a dramatic rescue saved injured and dying from wrecked cars. Charles Dodson, a former Interborough motorman now a mechanic, was in the car that plunged into the street and displayed prolonged bravery during the perilous evacuation.
A Vermont mother reports her three month old son gained five pounds in a month after using Lactated Food. She says at fourteen months he weighs twenty six pounds and is very healthy. The ad touts Lactated Food as gentle on the stomach with milk sugar, wheat, barley malt, and lime phosphate for teeth and bones.
Matthew Fitzgerald, a laborer aged 19 of 316 West 134th Street, describes a severe subway car crash near Fifty third Street. He recalls being tossed from his seat, the car trapping him with the neck under wreckage, and the minutes-long rescue as axes and bars worked to free survivors. A nearby man died in the incident.
Jeremiah Donovan of 223 West Sixty sixth Street survived a train crash in which his friend Cornelius McCarthy was killed on the rear platform of the second car. Donovan recalled the moment of impact and noted McCarthy, a young man with six children, was thrown into the air and landed on the sidewalk. A bystander Negro nearby also fell, but the cornice and drug store alley were spared.
A practitioner pledges a 25 year record of curing cancer tumors and chronic blood diseases by a special absorption method. He offers free initial consultation and says charges, if any, will depend on the patient’s means and the case may be curable.
Policeman Moran describes leaping aside as a large car toppled toward him. He recalls the panic after the catastrophe, rushing to aid victims and pulling the fire alarm, helping about 20 people including women, girls, and boys.
Mrs J D Crowe recalls a harrowing incident as a car hung suspended above Ninth Avenue, crashing into her house. Men, many bleeding, entered through the window in a panic while a lone young woman dropped gloves and a rain coat.
J Bauer of 621 West One Hundred and Highteenth Street was aboard the car when the disaster struck. He described grabbing a seat and hanging on as the car swung head over heels, then climbing out a window to drop onto the street beside others who were killed or mutilated.
Boston Elevated Road chief engineer says no such accident could happen in Boston. He explains each switch is protected by a detector rod that rises when a switch moves, pinning it down so cars cannot pass and cause a derailment.
Saw Winchester Sept 11 Ex Representative Samuel W. Twombly and his wife will celebrate the 62d anniversary of their marriage tomorrow. Twombly served in the Legislature in 1871, 1900 and 1901.
An 88 year old former Winchester selectman who served eight years including two as chairman has died. The couple lived in Winchester for over 50 years. the wife was Eliza Durgin Twombly. They left three sons.
In the Dow vs Bulfinch suit for damages, Bulfinch testified he frequented the Dow home about four evenings and similar daytime visits to shave and wash, sometimes with the door locked. He denied inducing Mrs Dow to leave her husband, and noted prior knowledge of Dow’s claims dating to 1892. Trial to resume today.
Rev Willard E Waterbury of Springfield Mass urged Sunday school teachers to lead an evangelistic revival. Speaking before 650 Baptist Sunday School Superintendents at Tremont Temple, he stressed organized, hard labor and early youth education in evangelism, warning of neglected children who grow beyond reach.
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