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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
11
A collage of home cooking tips and recipes from New England housewives. Includes salted pork soup, oven baked fish, smelt with oysters, yeast cakes, rolls and breads, muffins, pastry, and candy ideas along with several contributor names and addresses.
Mayor Hibbard, after an interview with a Finance Commission member, reversed a Passover pay plan. He announced all religiously observant city employees must work for a day’s pay and forego pay for days they stay off, applying to staff earning $2.25 daily, while department heads at $1000 yearly remain exempt.
The East Dedham Methodist Church dedication service is set for next Sunday at 2 with Bishop Goodsell preaching and Rev Galbraith assisting. An 7 30 evening sermon will be given by Galbraith as part of ongoing evangelistic meetings, with Sayford and Hatcher drawing strong crowds at Dudley Street and Tremont Temple. The Dudley Street and Union Congregational churches host services, Easter observances planned, Pilgrim Hall ministers’ programs upcoming, and invitations accepted by Professor Zueblin and Archbishop O Connell to address audiences.
A 16 year old asks about dating and motherly limits. Mildred Champagne cautions that she is too young for gentlemen callers and should avoid friends pressuring her to meet men secretly. She warns that the girl’s good name and safety depend on strict conduct and restraint.
Hundreds of suffragists attended an Easter fair and bazaar in Tremont Temple Lorimer Hall under the State Association. A Julia Ward Howe doll, a lifelike feature of the event, drew particular interest among the sales booths. Rabbi Fleischer will speak tonight at the bazaar.
The steamer Statendam arriving from Rotterdam tells of a Poland mother Mrs. Bertha Szybik who threw her ill baby Elsa aged about one overboard after the child convulsed during a gale. Passengers feared storm wrath, body discarded at midnight, surgeon suspects possible coma and revival with treatment. Mrs. Szybik taken to Ellis Island.
In New York on April 16 bankers discussed a potential merger of the National Bank of Commerce and the National City Bank. Both with $25 million capital stocks, the possible union would total $50 million capital and about $89.8 million in surplus, with deposits around $329.7 million. Commerce stock rose from 140 to 175, while City Bank stock moved from 261 to 300 bid.
The American Newspaper Association at 6 Beacon Street rushes to sell 381 volume New Werner Twentieth Century Encyclopedia Britannica sets before stocks run out. Demand has driven prices down and a cooperative club plan offers small initial payments and monthly installments, but publishers threaten more sets.
Nell Blair shy but kind wins the help of peers at St Joys boarding school to fill her brother Jack Blair's Easter dance card. Doris Lee leads a movement of generosity choosing to dance with Nell's guest, and Jack, after a first dance with Nell, offers to fill Doris' card too, rewarding virtue with reciprocal kindness.
Public health guidance urges thorough boiling of water and milk for drinking and cooking and warns to purify waste pipes and sinks. It endorses Platts Chlorides as an odorless disinfectant for home use, claiming a bottle lasts a month for the average family and noting it is manufactured by Henry B. Platt in New York.
Arthur E. McFarlane discusses the business landscape in this week’s THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. He explores how a human can outperform other creatures in an arena of competition and industry.
Rivermen discussed possible racing as steamers ran close together on Monterey Bay voyage. Officials denied any speed competition.
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