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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
4
A long pitch extols Wan Camp's beans over home baking, touting 10 million dollars invested over 48 years to perfect their premier dish. It claims higher nutrition, better digestion with steam baked beans at 265 degrees in small parcels, and a superior blend with tomato sauce and pork.
The ad encourages housewives to switch from home baked beans to Van Camp's. It claims households now stock a dozen cans for instant meals and urges readers to testbeans nutty and mealy with tomato sauce baked in. It highlights time savings and lower meat costs and asks readers to call their grocer.
The Shoe and Leather Association celebrated the removal of the 15 percent duty on hides with a rooftop banner at its Essex and Lincoln streets building. The banner read 1897 1909 Free Hides N E S and L Association as Charles H. Jones and Albert H. Lockwood raised it. A larger reception is planned for next Wednesday at the association rooms.
Canton August 6 One of the biggest rattlesnakes seen nearby was killed last Sunday by Edward and Paul Reynolds two boys who found the reptile wandering in a field on their father's farm near Houghton's Pond. The snake measured 4 feet 7 inches long with over six inches in circumference and ten rattles. Its underside was bright yellow and its back displayed dark octagonal squares.
Reduce Your Fat Free presents Rengo a fat reducing candy claimed to be harmless and pleasant to take. It is sold by The Rengo Co. Detroit at 1.00 per box with trial offers by mail. Boston and Cambridge druggists also carry Rengo with multiple store listings.
Cambridge scholars seek President Taft support for a memorial bridge across the Charles to the Stadium. War Department objects due to no draw and lack of commerce beyond the crossing. A Harvard alumnus offers to fund the project, with a committee planning Taft’s Beverly visit to witness the bridge.
The largest blueberry crop ever marketed in Boston area is being picked in Washington county Maine. Bostonians will enjoy blueberry pies cakes and sauces as pickers clear 150000 acres of blueberry barrens. Families work two weeks to earn about 100 dollars per person and the district ships most berries to Boston.
The tense situation from a general strike pro claimed days ago shows signs of easing as grave diggers return to work tonight. Employers of major plants announce their men will return Monday, with dissent visible among other strikers.
Judge Almy of the Third Middlesex District Court in Cambridge sent Fred Orlando, a minor, to the grand jury after a brief hearing on charges of assaulting 13 year old Mary Corrigan of Arlington. In default of bail, Orlando was committed to jail. Corrigan, an adopted daughter of Mr and Mrs D W Callahan, is set to be called in court tomorrow as a stubborn child. Orlando is a wire worker residing with his parents at 25 Lancaster Street.
The board of bar examiners reports 133 applicants have passed the bar, including Caroline Leveen of Boston among a list featuring Daniel J. Kiley Sherwin L. Cook and Robert J. Bottomly. Examiners will report to the court on Aug 25 with the complete roster of successful candidates.
Boston acting Mayor McCabe orders street layout plans for Dighton Street in Brighton. He requested Superintendent Emerson explain the delay but was told bids would be advertised. McCabe also closed the Mayor's office doors to the public and signed about $35,000 in bonds.
The Rev. Father John W. Coveney will celebrate his first solemn high mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception tomorrow. Born in Roxbury he was ordained at Woodstock Maryland by Cardinal Gibbons on July 31 after 16 years of Jesuit study and teaching. His parents Mrs and Mr Coveney and sister Miss Margaret live in Roxbury along with brothers Joseph Francis X and James. He is remembered for his oratorical powers from Boston College and taught languages music and dramatic art at Georgetown and Fordham universities.
Mrs Alva Parker Blanchard 70 of Port Washington L I sues her husband 70 for separation in Brooklyn Supreme Court charging cruelty and failure to support An application was made for $50 a week alimony pending trial before Justice Crane.
Peiping August 6 negotiators from China and Japan failed to agree on the Antung Mukden railway reconstruction under the existing convention. Disputes center on interpretation of clauses governing the policing of the line and related provisions.
The armored cruisers North Carolina and Montana began their voyage on a flood tide yesterday morning, departing the harbor for Provincetown.
The Sheinwald Shoe Syndicate at 40 and 42 Summer Street reports record August sales with many well known brands offered at deep discounts. Strong buyer interest is driven by low prices and broad selection.
A renowned woman figure announces she will run for President and has set up campaign headquarters in Boston to launch her nationwide boom.
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