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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1913
Page
11
After the death of George E. Williams, reports reveal a scheme in which he offered customers boxes of strawberries saying they were grown on his property. The fruit, bought from a market firm with a $57 unpaid bill, raises questions about the legitimacy of his sales pitches and insurance pitches to clients.
The Boston Central Branch of the United Irish League meets Thursday night at the American House to finalize arrangements for a memorial service at Faneuil Hall on Sunday evening September 28 honoring John O Callaghan for his work for Ireland.
A famed society matron claims her youthful looks rival her daughter's and credits two specific routines. She warns against heavy creams and praises mercorized wax to clean pores and remove dead skin. She also favors a saxolite facial bath to keep skin tight and firm.
Julia McColiffe and her daughter Julia Isabella McColiffe of Malden face a decision next Tuesday on their habeas corpus petitions seeking release from Westboro Insane Hospital. Judge Loring heard the case. Dr Walter E Paul questioned their condition and offered no positive statement. Mrs Mary McCabe of Maiden, who filed the original complaint leading to commitment, testified she heard the women threaten her children.
Mrs McColiffe and her daughter sat in the jury seats as a brief hearing revealed no full examination of their condition. Counsel had not yet talked with experts about mental state and the case was postponed for a week. They waited with restraint in a nearby room before returning to the hospital. Dr. Harry E Ballou led the hospital team with nurse Miss Hanrahan accompanying.
J P Lucere member of the Legislature from Rio Arriba county and three associates were found guilty of soliciting bribes in the Fall senatorial election. Other indictments will await trial at the next court term.
New York reports publisher Mitchell Kennerley was arrested on a charge of sending an indecent book through the mails at the urging of Anthony Comstock, post office inspector. He was released on $1500 bail for examination on October 2.
An advertisement touts Newbro's Herpicide as the cure for dandruff and itch, claiming it prevents hair loss by removing scalp scale. It promises visible results, guarantees satisfaction or refund, and notes availability at barber shops with sample request details.
Two Malden women report seeing the assailant of nurse Doris L. Robinson near the hospital Sunday evening. Police interview with Robinson corroborates details. witnesses describe a tall, middle aged man in a dark, worn coat and derby. The knife used remains as evidence as investigators pursue leads from residents near Fells Road and Hospital Road.
Edwin Dexter Tucker, a Brookline constable, justice of the peace, and auctioneer, collapsed with acute indigestion while on duty at the Town Hall polling place and died at his residence entrance as he was being taken home.
Mr. Tucker, a caucus officer, refused to leave his post as ballots were counted at Town Hall. After resting briefly in an ante room he ate city supper, grew faint, and collapsed while descending stairs. He died soon after with Town Clerk Edward D. Baker and janitor Michael Fahey present.
Delegates from ten Beth Israel auxiliaries meet in Roxbury and vote to amalgamate with Mt. Sinai Hospital Society. They plan a first class Jewish hospital in Boston costing 125000 dollars. Oscar Grossberg elected general treasurer of the new Boston Jewish Hospital Society.
Advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest, safest cure for dyspepsia gas heartburn and sour stomach with a money back guarantee. Claims a fifty cent bottle yields a hundred dollars worth of relief and urges every home to keep it on hand for upset stomachs day or night.
Lee Baker, a barber, was acquitted in federal court after Judge Pollock instructed the jury that proof of taking Cora Stover to Texas for commercial purposes was required. The same article notes Treasury access granted to Detroit center fielder Cobb and fieldwork by University of Michigan and Wisconsin researchers in South America discovering rare specimens, including a creature called peripttus, possibly ancestors of snakes and insects.
Continued from first page the decision on motions to strike three articles involving campaign contributions will determine how far the prosecution has to go. If the motion is denied the impeachment process moves forward and the trial will begin.
Assembly managers signal confidence the court will not dismiss the three impeachment articles. They announce Jacob Schiff Abram Elkus and Henry Morgenthau will testify and outline that Sulzer’s campaign fund used in Wall Street finances may trigger perjury fraud and larceny charges.
In Alfred Maine an echo of the Sarah C Bull will case returns as trial opens in the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Joseph G Thorpe of Cambridge Massachusetts sues Ralph Bartlett Boston attorney and Mrs Amelia Shapleigh of Lebanon as executors under Olea Vaughan Bulls will seeking nearly 120000 plus a 10000 note carved furniture and Thorpe family pictures.
The Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge begins its 46th year with evening prayers and Holy Communion. Swedish Congregational Society of Malden will meet to call a pastor. Plymouth County WCTU holds its 20th annual convention at First Baptist North Abington with sessions and a Bible reading by Mrs. Helen G. Rice. Newton Baptist Theological Seminary opens fall term. Union Square Baptist Church rededicates after renovations with Rev. Cortland Myers as principal speaker.
An ad explains back muscles need strong blood to avoid fatigue and pain. It promotes Dr William’s Pink Pills as a blood purifier that strengthens nerves, boosts appetite, and banishes backache, urging readers to buy a box from their druggist.
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