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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
8
A promotional piece extols Maps Flake as the best food made by steam cooking whole wheat for six hours, flaking thin, then toasting to render starch digestible. It contrasts with ordinary bread, argues for maple syrup in the process, and cites a 15 cent price and a 96 hour process.
Brockton April 23 Henry L Bryant wealthy real estate owner and founder of the oldest playhouse in the city died at his Elm street home. He built the Grand Opera House block over 55 years ago and was a prominent taxpayer with a 1907 tax bill of 5208.95 on an assessed value of 260700. Survived by his widow and son Walter Cope land Bryant a Boston artist with a renowned private collection displayed in his studio.
In Albany the Cassidy bill to make bucket shop operations a felony passed the Assembly and moves to the Governor for approval. The measure targets gambling operations and online and storefront brokers exploiting customers.
An article promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for indigestion and gas from a weak stomach. It cites Mrs Amelia Gwinn of 8189 Vernon Ave Illinois praising the pills after digestive relief and weight gain. The ad notes availability at drugstores or from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY, 50 cents per box, six for 2.50. It asks readers to request a free booklet What to Eat and How to Eat.
John Bromfield a Boston city tallyman with a wooden leg saved two men from drowning at Hecht's wharf Atlantic Avenue. He had already rescued others in the lobster trade and yesterday completed his third rescue in a week. Charles Teehan and Dennis Murphy of Quincy fell into the water and Bromfield using a rope secured them and pulled them to shore.
After a lengthy debate the council decided to transfer ex Mayor Fitzgerald's municipal car to the clerk of committees department for council members use. The measure envisions John F Dever, the clerk, as licensed chauffeur of the vehicle.
In Reno on April 23 Charley G Gates son of a financier won $20 000 at the faro table in under 30 minutes. He quit when the bank went broke, not from reluctance to continue.
The Circuit Court of Maine grants permission for Metropolitan Steamship Company receivers to issue $80,000 in certificates. Judge Lacombe confirms in the U S Circuit Court. Certificates will pay Boston city taxes on Union wharf of $11,473 and cover insurance and repairs to the Yale and Harvard steamships.
Firefighters saved the Grove Hall business area in Roxbury from near destruction after a midnight blaze. The Warr Grocery and Liquor Company and Thomas Hall’s restaurant at 661 and 668 Warren Street suffered about 4000 dollars in damage. Tenants in an adjacent apartment block fled in a stampede caused by the flames.
Bliss A. Price was fined $15 for driving at an unreasonable speed on Beacon street near Arlington street and another $15 for lacking a license. Two fair witnesses Miss Gertrude M. Dean and Mrs. Charles Crowley testified in his defense. Price claimed his car skidded into a curb after a shadowed cab appeared, risking injury to occupants and horses. He argued he was about 10 to 15 mph when turning the corner and that the cab was partly at fault. The defendant appealed.
A collection of home recipes includes broiled chicken on toast with cream gravy, wine jelly served with peaches and whipped cream, coffee jelly, calf feet jelly with citrus and eggs, sherry ditto moulds, and a lemon loaf with tartar and soda. Names and addresses accompany each recipe.
A cyclone swept through Cumming and Thurston counties at noon today killing three people and injuring others. The tornado destroyed several houses and lifted the home of John Mangleson near Pender, with both Mr and Mrs Mangleson killed as wreckage was carried a mile.
The late John G. Stetson once clerk of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals left an estate valued at 172000. Personal property totals 145000 while real estate accounts for 27000. Judge George appoints Joseph A. Stetson, son, as administrator with bond fixed at 220000.
Quincy April 2 The dispute between quarrymen and manufacturers ends with a three year contract. Wages start at 26 cents per hour the first year and 28 cents in the second and third years. Engineers remain on strike.
Four men were killed and three seriously injured when an explosion rocked Ellsworth Collieries Mine No 1 in Ellsworth Washington County Penn early today. About 100 workers escaped with narrow margins as救助 crews moved to rescue survivors and secure the site.
The Massachusetts grand lodge finished its second day in the Ford building with key constitutional changes. Terms for subordinate lodge officers will be one year after January 1, 1909, replacing six months. The annual meeting moves to the first Wednesday in May from April. Supreme Representative Robert R. Harriman installed new officers, and John Ballantyne received a gold jewel as retiring grand chancellor.
The Pythian Sisters annual convention held a memorial service in the American House quarters and completed officer elections. Officers elected include Grand chief Nellie Barker Lynn Grand senior Jennie Dolliver Somerville Grand junior Emma Jacobs Boston grand manager Mary A. LeClair Medford grand mistress of records and seal Anna J. Harvey Taunton grand mistress of finance A Cora Stiles Lowell grand protector Eva Wolforth Whitman grand guard Hannah J G Harris Cambridge and grand trustee Rebecca Brewer Taunton.
Dr David J Ingraham unveiled a landmark electric sign at 3 Temple Place Boston. The sign features a 10 foot wide gold eyeglasses display with an oil painting of the doctor encircled by a gold wreath and the caption The Famous Eyesight Specialist. Electric lights surround the whole piece, visible from the State House to Washington Street, drawing crowds as workmen completed the installation. Dr Ingraham plans to register the sign as a trademark for his practice.
In Calvary cemetery mortuary chapel memorial services will be held each Sunday afternoon starting next Sunday at 3 30 o'clock and continuing through the summer. Friends and relatives of those buried there are invited. The exercises will be conducted by the religious group or officiant unnamed in the fragment.
The Church of the Sacred Heart in Roslindale appointed Rev John F Cummins as rector. He succeeds prior leadership and assumes duties at the parish with responsibilities for liturgy, outreach, and parish programs.
A. W. Thayer, a prominent Maine hotel proprietor, died in Eastern Maine General Hospital Bangor after a brief illness.
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