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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1909
Page
4
The city law department will sue beef concerns for unfit meat taken from the Brighton Abattoir after Board of Health inspectors stamped it not to be sold. An agreement has been reached with nearly all dealers to keep seized meat in storehouses until a court decision.
Health inspectors seized condemned beef not infected with tuberculosis for slight local defects. S. S. Learnard Co removed meat despite protest. Hathaway Co attempted to take 2500 pounds while guards lunched. Suspected outside-state shipment. officials urged court submission.
The 54 hour bill for women and children in manufacturing was reported favorably by the labor committee with three dissenters Senator Birch and Representatives Buterick and Dorman. The measure previously stirred the Senate last year after Democratic senators asked Governor Draper to sign it and the governor replied that such a letter to the state’s governor was improper.
The Allied Printing Trades Council of Boston endorsed a previous condemnation of Alderman Giblin for alleged remarks about Municipal Printing Plant workers. They upheld the plant’s competency, urged city printing stay local, and asked the Board of Aldermen to act on the county affairs report.
Madame Tetrazzini will close the Manhattan season of 1908 09 tomorrow evening with M Campanini conducting the New York Opera performance. The program features Hammerstein’s recent waltz Mia Cara dedicated to Mme Tetrazzini.
Police tally over seventeen thousand dollars, gold, cash, and bank deposits from the home of Mrs. Adelia Lombard at 308 Salem Street. A corpse found amid rags revealed twelve hundred thirty four dollars in stockings and deposits totaling about nine thousand four hundred, with total wealth about eighteen thousand six hundred. The son Granville Lombard Jr. is ill. city plans to pursue estate recovery.
Miss Eleanora Sears, famed society figure, appeared in men’s riding clothes at a Burlingame polo club, saying she was barred from play by the men. Jennie Crocker of New York and San Francisco offered support for women riding astride, and Sears has priorly caused a stir wearing men’s attire at Del Monte and in eastern resorts.
Mary Garden stars in Massenet’s Le Jongleur de Notre Dame at Boston’s venue, with Jean the juggler and a full monk chorus. The performance emphasizes tender humor and medieval mood, praised for restraint and fidelity to the legend.
The Manhattan Opera Company caps its season at the Boston Theatre with two matinee and evening shows. Thais returns in the afternoon with a full cast led by Miss Garden and Mr. Renaud, followed by Lucia di Lammermoor in the evening under conductor Mr. Campanini.
At a meeting held last night at 724 Washington Street the Sligo Athletics Association decided membership would be limited to natives of County Sligo Committees from other county clubs were invited to attend the next meeting on the fourth Sunday of April
An advertisement promotes Marine Eye Tonic to treat eye fatigue and weak eyesight. It targets readers with tired or strained eyes and claims restorative benefits. The copy emphasizes relief and renewed eye comfort through a tonic product.
Worcester reports Harry W. Smith once a noted all around sportsman and his wife Mildred daughter of George Crompton have separated. Plans reportedly include divorce with Smith living away from Worcester while Mrs. Smith pursues a stage career.
Rumors say Mr. and Mrs. Smith have spent their fortunes. He may become master of hounds at the Loudoun Hunt Club in Leesburg, Virginia while she pursues musical comedy. He has assigned debts to his wife's lawyer for creditors as his London debts loom.
Philadelphia April 9 After days of talks between anthracite operators and United Mine Workers officials the operators rejected the miners modified wage demands. No strike is planned though a work suspension risk exists if no agreement is reached. District boards from three anthracite districts met to reconvene tomorrow.
An immense Niagara River ice jam from the Cataract to Lake Ontario already causes $75,000 in damage to docks and boat houses. The ice thickens hourly, with Gorge road tracks buried under 10 feet of ice and Lewiston docks under 20 feet, risking destruction without a quick thaw. A 30 foot thickness at the Whirlpool leaves only a 20 foot circle visible.
A passerby saw a struggle in the parlor and rushed to the hotel where a shooting occurred. Mrs. Nottage cried Save me and died shortly after. Nottage fled emptying his revolver and fled toward Lexington as a posse forms to hunt him with farmers joining in.
Edward Payson Weston arrived in Cleveland at 7 45 PM after walking 43 miles from Mansfield. He plans to leave Cleveland at 3 AM Saturday for Toledo to rest over Sunday.
An old advertisement notes a claimed signature of Fr. W Grove on a Bromo Quinine laxative for curing a cold in one day and asserts worldwide use.
Guards recaptured five sailors after they cut bars and climbed down a rope to escape from the Charlestown navy yard. The escape occurred at 5:45 pm as 200 prisoners gathered for meals. the men donned sailor clothing and fled toward the Chelsea bridge area, eluding guards overnight. Fitzgerald is named as the plot leader. Robbins, a Cuban-born marine, is arrested in connection.
Albert Mulvey, charged with stealing three pairs of shoes from Max Bebenstreit at 121 Roxbury Street, fled through crowded streets and backyards before a pursuing crowd helped end the chase near 135 High Street after he exited the store with the proprietor in pursuit shouting thief.
Vincenzo Schiano Depepe, a Sealine resident from Brons who arrived on the steamship Roma from Italy, says Black Hand members threaten his life over his marriage to his boyhood sweetheart. He plans to seek police protection upon landing in New York.
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