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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1908
Page
8
A fashion note touts Corsets with the New Snug Hip design praised by women of fashion. Model 406 fits medium figures with white batiste fabric and hose supporters. priced $1.50. Model 410 uses WALOHN boning, claims rust and break resistance. priced $2.50.
The employer's liability bill, already approved by the House, passed the Senate today without amendment and goes to the President for approval. Wellesley announces the Alice Freeman Palmer fellowship winner Miss Isabella Stone, a 1905 graduate, for the next academic year.
The Finance Commission told the Board of Aldermen that the city is demoralized and should cut spending rather than seek new revenue. The commission urged ensuring existing sources are insufficient before pursuing new money.
The commission condemns demoralized city government with bloated staff and excessive salaries. It cites fraud, high costs, and tax growth from 13 to 16 per thousand while debt outpaces wealth and population. It calls for spending cuts, not higher taxes, to end civic stagnation.
The Board of Aldermen held a public hearing on Boston and Providence Electric Railway Company's request to lay tracks on Walkhill street Hyde Park avenue and Forest Hills square. Opposition from local improvement associations and no action yet from the railroad commission left the petition pending. The board tabled the matter and slated a further session to continue the discussion.
At Trinity Church Worcester a light fingered thief has struck at Methodist delegates during the New England Conference. A handbag containing a large sum was reported missing, prompting warnings to guard valuables. Discussions on church appointments and constitutional amendments dominate talks ahead of Saturday vote.
The piece argues gas and fermentation come from undigested starch and promotes Maps-Flake as the ideal stomach friendly food. It describes wheat steam cooking for six hours, 90 hour cure, ultra thin flaking, and 30 minute toasting at 400 degrees. The claim is that the product digests fully and prevents digestive disorders.
Miss Jennie Cummings, a photographer in Waltham, received a Wednesday morning letter signed Black Hand demanding $300 and threatening harm if not produced. The note warns secrecy under penalty and shows intent to terrorize the victim. Authorities were notified to investigate the chilling extortion attempt.
In Waltham Inspector Melenna pursues the author of a disguised hand Black Hand letter sent to Miss Jennie Cummings of 18 Water street. The note, mailed the night before, caused hysterics and required physicians after a midnight outward tapping. A boy is suspected.
William L. Ward of West Chester and James Barnes Jr of Albany revolutionary moves topple Hughes support. Ward, GOP executive committee chairman, instructed delegates to back Taft at Chicago. Barnes publicly denounces Hughes, effectively reading him out of the Republican party.
Elbert Hubbard lectured on Theodore Parker at Chickering Hall with Ernst Perabo and Bernard Listemann performing. About 300 attended a benefit for the West Roxbury Meeting House Preservation Fund. Hubbard praised Parker while noting orthodox stinginess and Parker’s provocative ideas.
The bill authorizes the Boston Finance Commission to summon witnesses and compel attendance and to send for books and papers if enacted. The measure, based on Graf ton Cushing's petition, passed the Metropolitan Affairs committee and awaits the governor. Witnesses may be represented by counsel with limited cross examination. Penalties apply for refusal or disorderly conduct.
Marshalltown Iowa April 9 engagement announced for Ethel Elliott of Boston to James G Swan a Minneapolis attorney. Elliott formerly with Smith College and a Boston School of Expression graduate. Swan Harvard Law School graduate and former Harvard Law Review treasurer. Wedding planned for late fall.
The inquest into Annie Mullins death is postponed at least a week due to Chief Urquhart's absence. District Attorney Higgins said the delay comes as Arlington and State police pursue a rumor involving two Boston Elevated employees, later found false. The officers planned to continue to St. John's after reporting the rumor.
Malden police hunt a mad dog seen in the Emerson School yard on Highland Avenue yesterday as residents watchful for further sightings.
Archbishop O Connell hosted Signor Enrico Caruso and Signor Riccardo Stracciari of the Metropolitan Opera Company at a reception. The evening featured informal conversation in Italian with limited English, and both singers praised grand opera prospects in the United States and noted American singers who found success in Italy.
Eurene Currier of Chelsea and Frank H Foster of Waltham, co-partners, filed individual petitions in the US district court asking to be adjudged bankrupt.
Seven new typhoid fever cases sent to City Hospital yesterday bolster the view that the Jamaica Plain outbreak is under control. Dr. Frank Holt notes 33 of 50 total cases originate from Jamaica Plain with 11, 23, and 12 cases arriving on Monday to Wednesday respectively. He cites no definite cause until the State Board of Health completes its review.
John Henry Rider aged 20 a Tufts student from Danbury Conn died in Somerville Hospital after a month of illness typhoid fever and an abscess of the stomach readmitted details indicate he was hospitalized near Medford on April 9 with illness lasting nearly a month.
The New Haven & Hartford railroad will add a Boston representative on its board. Amory A. Lawrence, a Boston merchant and former president of the Boston Merchants' Association, will serve if elected. Lawrence is senior partner at Lawrence & Co, cotton goods.
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