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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1909
Page
5
In Rome on April 11 a report says Katherine Wright is training to pilot Orville Wrights aeroplane for the next duration time trial. She has already flown and directs the machine, showing nerve and mechanical skill like her brothers.
Clergy moves across Boston as the New England Methodist Conference reassigns ministers in Lowell. Mini sermons and services fill the city with readings by Naftzger, Johnson, Levy and others as church events mark Easter and anniversary observances.
Fashion notes describe bold scarf trends and hat ornamentation with tiger eye buckles, raffia belts, nets in fish meshes, and new colors like Merisette shade. Stripes dominate children's socks. artificial blooms surge for evening wear. illusion pleats, gold trims, and velvet or satin sheath skirts define a semi tailored silhouette. Gold nets in varied weaves create sparkling backdrops for embroidery.
Newton April 11 William J Hylands 34 of this city was struck in the left eye by a stone thrown through a train window as the Boston and Albany train neared Brighton He may lose sight of his eye The stone was thrown by a boy on his way to Boston Hylands was en route to see a physician after a prior injury on the Boston Elevated road
Indianapolis April 11 Indiana Bureau of Statistics reports 1908 in Indiana saw 2814 fewer marriages than 1907 while divorces rose by 120. The figures reflect national social shifts impacting family life and marriage patterns in the state.
Colonel Adam Gifford marks General Booths 80th birthday with remarks praising equality of women in religion while noting they should not join electoral commissions. He lauds Booth as a great man who has worked actively for 65 years and believes women are his equal in religious work.
Miss Jennie Livingston of 66 Vine street died after attempting to clean gloves with gasolene. Flames from a kitchen gas stove ignited the liquid and clothes. She was taken to Lynn Hospital where she died shortly after. Livingston had moved to Lynn about a year ago with two sisters from New Brunswick.
Samuel A. Mathes of Somerville celebrated a long rail career with NYNH&HR, noting a 1954 train wreck near a Portland to Island Pond route. He recounted riding a colt to reach a station after a collision, saving lives at the cost of a broken train and a lost colt.
Bealched with detailed directions from MRS. M TILDSLEY MRS WINIFRED GLINES and MRS A C ROBERTS for making beef suet crust pies lemon cream cake and tomato layer pudding baked blueberry dessert and sauce. Uses flour sugar butter eggs and baking powder with precise steps and measurements.
A man without buttons on his clothes is sad. He tries many ways to attach them but they keep falling off. A laughing maiden nearby notes his plight and jokes that men are marrying instead of buttoning.
Dear Miss Champagne debates whether true sentiment exists and how romance survives analysis. A 12 year old correspondent explains jealousy after a past liaison while a suitor teases her, and the adviser argues trust can conquer jealousy with tact and discretion.
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