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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1899
Page
2
The Almyr System in Boston announces a $1 a month rate for treatment, drawing a throng of patients and families seeking affordable care. Doctors tout anti doodle specialist impact and aim to make skilled care cheaper than patent medicines, prompting widespread public enthusiasm and numerous letters of appreciation.
An interview in the Boston Post, Sept. 10, features Dr. McCoy explaining the $1 a month treatment plan. He cites access for distant towns and affordability, detailing stomach disorders from indigestion to cancer and promising cure through expert care at a nominal fee.
The text notes the vast diversity of stomach diseases and asserts that no single remedy or single treatment suffices for all cases. It implies a need for tailored approaches to different gastric conditions.
An offer provides treatment at a rate of one dollar per month for patients who have been treated for stomach disease and can present a patient card or prescription proving the condition. The plan continues until cure.
In New York on Sept 19 over 10 000 people paid 50 cents for a chance on the Oceanic. The $5000 proceeds will be shared by New York hospitals. Belfast and Liverpool seen large crowds boarding during inspection days, funds also distributed to their hospitals. The Oceanic sailed today with many passengers.
The estate of the late Roswell Plower is appraised at 3 661 243.12 dollars, down from an estimated 6 500 000. Stocks and bonds are valued at their market value on May 12, the date of his death, with no large blocks of the Flower specialties personally held by him.
Office hours are 9 A M to 12 1 P M and 5 6 to 8 P M daily with Sunday 10 A M to 2 P M If visiting is impossible send for a consultation sheet and diagnosis blank Patients living at a distance enclosing 1 with application may receive the discounted rate.
The Emergency Hospital becomes The Wage-Earners' Emergency and General Hospital under trustees representing Boston wage earners. Dr. George W. Galvin leads the plan with ambulance corps intact. Notable staff includes Dr. Enos Galvin, Dr. G V Buehler, Dr. J Koch, Dr. C M Casselberry, and others. Miss Jean Taggart remains head nurse. Subscriptions for one year certificates of medical advice and surgical treatment are being collected by Clarence Hill of Richardson Hill & Co. Boston. The public is invited to inspect the hospital at any time.
A Boston departure on October 18 offers a personally conducted tour via special parlor-car train from New York to Get tysburg Blue Mountain Luray Natural Bridge Virginia Hot Springs and Richmond with hotel expenses carriage drives and full itinerary by D N Bell tourist agent 205 Washington Street Boston.
An old advertisement urges using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day. It claims druggists will refund the man if it fails and features BE. W. Grove's signature on each box.
Walter A. Duryea of Glen Cove underwent an operation to remove fractured vertebrae and relieve pressure on the spinal cord after a diving accident at Oyster Bay. Surgeons found greater spinal cord injury than anticipated but removed foreign matter and splinters. recovery remains uncertain though patient rests comfortably and hopes for improvement.
Two boys were spanked in court in Kearny township New Jersey for stealing apples. Recorder Kicks declared that such punishment would improve them, recalling his own father’s whippings for orchard robbing. The remarks underscored the harsh sentencing tone of the incident.
President Tucker announced the transfer of 300000 in securities to Dartmouth College trustees for the Amos Tuck endowment fund. The income of 12000 annually supports instruction only, not buildings. Edward Tuck, class of 1892, funds the gift honoring his father Amos Tuck, NH abolitionist and former congressman.
A physician warns that nervous dyspepsia stems from stomach weakness not nerves and lists symptoms affecting heart kidneys bowels and sleep. A testimonial from A W Sharper of Indianapolis praises Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets for relief and urges sending for a book while noting the product cost and availability from druggists.
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