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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
2
Boston men held a straw vote on Fashion's decree that the chapeau de paille is in for 1908. Cambridge led with 24 independent wearers in a hundred, suburbia followed with 15 percent noncompliers, and Boston proper showed strong straw hat adoption despite hot sun and city noises.
An advertisement touts Murine Eye Tonic as a soothing remedy for eye strain redness and irritation caused by sun wind and dust. It claims reliable relief and urges readers to ask their druggist about Murine Eye Remedy.
Mr Bryan spoke across Empire State during a campaign tour. He mocked Taft and Roosevelt while praising the Democratic platform and urging voters to back the party. In Utica and Kingston crowds gathered as Bryan and Kern rode to campaign events.
In Rye, George Brown, son of Moses Brown, was found chained to the floor in his father's house. His hands were also bound and the room was dark and bare. Moses Brown, 73, was arrested along with his son and taken to Portsmouth. Brown had recently left an insane hospital and was said to be worth about $50,000.
Winsted Conn Sept 16 Newell of Thomaston astonishes neighbors with a car powered workshop using a 10 horsepower engine to run a cider press a saw a workshop and to haul wood. He also enjoys riding in the machine when not working.
The unveiling on the State House grounds drew many citizens. Attorney General Parker delivered a eulogy for Major General Banks while Miss Maude Banks attended and Councillor Seward W. Jones presented the statue to the Commonwealth. Acting Governor Draper accepted as Paul Sterling Jr pulled the cord. Henry Hudson Kitson created the bronze statue showing Banks rising to speak, set on a 20 by 30 foot granite pedestal weighing 22 tons.
The Lake Sunapee station in New Hampshire burned to the ground after a hanging lamp sparked the blaze. With no water pressure, only the station agent and an assistant were onsite. Fire attracted crowds as a Boston train connection at Claremont Junction faced ember threats but was kept safe. Telegraph links were severed by the blaze.
South Framingham Sept 16 Brockton tules led veteran firemen in the playout at the Middlesex South Agricultural Society fair Hancock of Brockton won 234 feet 1 4 inches Enterprise of Brockton placed second with 202 feet 9 1 8 inches
Osmo-Chemic Physicians at 18 Boylston Street announce a limited time offer: beginning or renewing treatment by Sept 30 includes one month of medicines and a free X-Ray examination. No consultation fee. Endorsed by patients from Westerly Rhode Island to Newton Massachusetts.
Two unnamed patients from Massachusetts report quick asthma relief after Osmo-Chemic Physicians New Discovery treatment. E D Waterman of Stoughton and Frank Pickel of Lynn credit the remedy with curing their asthma in a short time.
A secret session between five New England milk producers and 24 Boston area contractors adjourned to Monday as talks aim to set fall and winter milk prices. If no settlement occurs producers may form a milk station, risking a drop in price below 9 cents per quart and possibly causing an unprecedented tumble.
The General Demand for a safe, gentle yet effective liquid laxative is met by the California Fig Syrup Co. with Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. Physicians approve its wholesome combination and prompt action. Buy the genuine product from leading druggists, price fifty cents per bottle.
Mrs. R. F. Clarke of 968 Broadway Everett Massachusetts reports twelve years of ear and jaw pain endured after hospital and physician care failed. She credits Osmo-Chemic treatments with a quick cure after a few sessions.
Mr. J. G. Blood of 26 Agassiz Ave Waverley Mass reports a skin disease on his arms and body diagnosed as scabies by Osmo-Chemic Physicians who he says provided remedies that gave instant relief and a permanent cure.
Cited consulting physician practice at Permane offices 10 entrance 8 Boylston Street Ampton. Hours listed 12 m to 2 4 and 8 daily. Closed Sundays and holidays.
Henry P. McGlinchey of Cambridge a Boston College Class of 1909 will enter the Jesuit Order at St. Andrews on the Hudson Poughkeepsie NY. He recently returned from Europe with classmate Henry Tattan of Somerville after visiting many historic sites and meeting the Pope. McGlinchey is a St Pauls Parochial School graduate and attended Cambridge Latin before Boston College High School. He entered Boston College in 1909 and would have completed his course next June.
Washington dispatch reports a potential new export market as Syria emerges as a buyer for American flour, signaling possible shifts in overseas demand and trade links.
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