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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1903
Page
5
A vintage advertisement claims Beecham’s Pills cure women’s ailments and distress tied to their sex. It asserts widespread use worldwide, promising happiness and health if used to combat decline, consumption, and fatal diseases by timely treatment.
Beecham's Pills advertised as strengthening the nervous system purifying the blood and underpinning health for women of middle age. Full directions were said to be in the pamphlet wrapped around each box.
A citywide religious census is planned for October 17 to map church affiliations and preferences. An executive committee has formed ward and precinct officers with clergy and business leaders backing the effort. Maps by ward and precincts have been prepared for a one afternoon survey to connect homes with preferred churches.
A fire at Burnham Coal Company foot of Atkinson street Roxbury caused 10000 in damage destroying thousands of tons of coal. Discovered at 3 am Sunday alarms 238 13 minutes later and 78 soon after. After two hours firefighters and company workers fought smouldering flames all day. Fireboat from nearby South Bay assisted.
John Anderson, 35, of 438 Stanwood Street Roxbury, is at Relief Hospital with severe head wounds after riding the running board of a northbound electric car on Washington Street and being struck by a southbound mail car, knocking him off.
The Irish American Club of South Boston held its annual outing aboard the Maggie yacht, honoring Robert Emmet and urging unity for Ireland's independence. About 100 members attended despite a prior rain postponement. Captain George F. Amory injured two fingers raising anchor, was treated ashore, and the voyage proceeded to Long Island quarantine station before resuming along the harbor.
Washington dispatch notes ex senator William A. Peffer of Kansas declares Populism dead after 13 years as its leading voice. He blames fusion with the Democratic party for its dissolution and cites centralization as alignments with Republican principles. He recalls General James B. Weaver's role in the alliance.
The Globe Theatre, opening tonight under Weber and Fields, debuts as a premier Boston playhouse. Designed by Arthur H. Vinal, it sits on Washington Street near Beach, on R. Brigham land, with a 106 foot stage width and 17% foot depth. Marble stairs, a smoking room, and a refined lobby color scheme mark the new venue.
The Globe Theatre features a 40 foot proscenium arch and 8 foot stage height to the gridiron at 70 feet, with 1636 seats in orchestra balcony gallery and 14 boxes. Interior uses Louis XV style with old rose and soft green decor, no gold, and imperial velour upholstery. The main entrance on Washington street is 30 feet wide with a 40 foot deep lobby. A promenade for gallery patrons measures 22 by 60 feet. The main chandelier has 70 lights under an umbrella canopy, a 55-light globe, and four additional bronze chandeliers. A 40 foot tall talking sign flashes electric letters. James K. Hackett opens tonight with John Ermine of the Yellowstone, praising the stage as the best appointed he knows.
Ovila Demers, 25, of 8 Bogle Street, drowned at South Wattuppa Pond after being struck by a sailboat boom while attempting to moor the craft. Boat owner William Walker tried to intervene but dodged the swinging boom and failed to save him.
Lampson Associates hosts fifth annual ice cream party at Lyceum Hall East Boston with preparations completed. An 8 to 9 concert will precede dancing that continues after the performance.
Early yesterday morning Patrick F. Cummings of 896 Parker Street Roxbury was seen removing a basement window grating at Arthur H. O Neils liquor store two doors from his home Patrolman McGarr of Division 10 stopped him and he was made to return five bottles champagne three bottles porter and two Rhine wine to the station house
An article warns against cosmetics containing arsenic and lead for skin issues and promotes Smith's Pineapple and Butternut Pills as a natural method to purify the blood, regulate the liver, and improve complexion. It claims the pills are vegetable, non-gripe, and target headaches, constipation, and biliousness, priced at 25 cents.
The body of 24 year old Miss Mary E Kelli her was recovered from Green River off Greenfield on September 13 ending a two week disappearance. The body was buried in five feet of water and partly protruded from the sand with shoes and rubbers on the feet. A large crowd observed the riverbed extraction after a persistent search by up to 100 men and boys. A disordered mind was cited as the cause of her death.
The funeral of Dr. Frank A. Hill, noted educator, who died at his son's Brookline home yesterday, will take place Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Shepard Memorial Church on Garden Street in Cambridge.
Captain George W. Wardrop of Dorchester led a party aboard the Lucy of the Jeffries Yacht Club on a southwest wind cruise from the harbor to Weymouth dinner then to the smelting grounds off Hull. Sailing Master William McFarland and his 7 year old son joined, with several other guests and their sons. The party caught smelt with McFarland’s son claiming 80 percent of the 12 dozen caught, earning him the highliner nickname.
A compilation of engagement and marriage notices from various localities. Names include Miss Leslie Boynton of Jamaica Plain and Henry Prentiss of Bangor. Ada Victoria Knipe Ward Hill to William Root Roxbury. Gladys Randall Attleboro to Mills Mansfield. Olive Schoff to Roy Baker Harvard 99. Sarah Lawrence Cohasset to Professor Charles Paine Providence RI. Ethel Haskins New York to Dr Frank Rust Bay State Road. Mary Elmore Boston to Frederick Jeffers. Elsie Rideout Brunswick ME to Anthony Zottoli Dorchester. Lillian Bassett Kelly Sutherland Road with Addison Aldrich. Bertha Shute Malden NY Andrew Brown. Alice Phillips Providence RI to Gardner Cornett. Margaret Tupper Roseland Street to Eugene Perkins New York. Helen Lee Krag Brookline to Junius Browne New York.
Daily Sept 14 to Nov 30 Chicago and Northwestern Railway sells tickets to California Oregon Washington and British Columbia for over 7 dollars less than regular second class rates. Tickets and information available from J E Britann Agent 368 Washington st Boston.
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