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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1909
Page
3
Sixteen women investors in stocks who traded with Mrs A E MacKenzie found a notice at the office announcing her assignment. The scene drew a crowd as partners worried over potential losses and the risk of wives and husbands learning of the matter.
Aaron J. Lyman, a lawyer, arranged a meeting at 2 30 Friday in Room 8 8 Exchange Place to decide actions for Mrs MacKenzie facing a bull market crash. Her liabilities are under 4000 with office furniture as assets. she sold household goods to stave off the crash. A E MacKenzie Co appears on the door but Lyman doubts a partner exists.
A skirmish near Middleboro pits Captain Townsend's Red cavalry against Blues. Five Eighth Massachusetts infantry outposts are surprised at a bridge over the Namsket river. Red troops rush uphill, collide with Blue fire, and withdraw as Blues hold the pass. rumors tie the attack to Massachusetts governor’s reception party and a pursuing auto retreats in a dust cloud.
The California Fig Syrup Co touts its refined Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as the result of chemists and plant extracts. It cautions that only the genuine product, made by the company, yields the true benefits and warns against imitations.
Richard H Stearns senior partner of R H Stearns & Co. Boston died on vacation at Poland Springs aged 85 after a week of illness. Born 1824 in Ashburnham Mass he rose from a $150 year salary to build a major dry goods firm with a daily store presence across Boston. He served on the school committee and in the Legislature and supported church and charitable endeavors. He lived later at the Hotel Somerset and left three children F W Stearns William F and R H Stearns Jr. His store and name remained a civic and commercial staple for decades.
New York experienced unprecedented rainfall with 4.15 inches in 24 hours on Manhattan, the most for August to date. The day was notably cold, with a temperature dropping to 56 degrees, among the coldest August days in history.
The ex mayor, hospitalized with a broken ankle, is said to be recovering well and enjoying visits with children. He requests a room near the kids, paddling stories for convalescents while crutches help him move through the ward. He says he is having the time of his life and hopes to stay.
Edward Payson Weston, age 71 at the start, plans another attempt to walk from New York to San Francisco in 100 days. He just finished a 3895 mile coast to coast trek in 105 days and appears in good shape as the new year approaches.
Chairman Knapp of the Interstate Commerce Commission forecasts heavier business than ever in a single year for American railroads during the current fiscal year.
Italians of Revere held a Mount Carmelo celebration with a fireworks display and two bands the Royal Marine and Avellino alternating selections at the band concert at the Revere Street Field.
The Red army, moving from Lakeside toward Rock and South Middleboro, endures a third hard day with marching injuries and limited contact with Blue forces. Fourteenth New York, First and Third Brigades, and artillery support press ahead as scouts and baggage trains struggle. Future clashes near Middleboro loom.
The ad asserts Rexall 93 Hair Tonic relieves scalp irritation dandruff and falling hair and prevents baldness. It promises a money-back guarantee if claims fail with two sizes 50 cents and 1 dollar from Riker Jaynes Drug Stores Rexall Stores.
A Boston harbor alert reports searchlights sweeping the harbor as an enemy attack is timed for tonight. U S troops from the Sumner join forts Revere Banks Andrews and others with detachments at Strawberry Hill Allerton Hill and Fort DuPont while transport ships maneuver offshore for a night landing. A Carver Plymouth skirmish yields Blues four captured Reds two prisoners and a tense dawn outlook.
Reds ambushed Plymouth as scouts from both armies patrol a tense front tonight with no clear breakthrough reported and local lines holding under pressure.
A khaki clad chauffeur driving a red six cylinder car sped through Brockton today bearing repair parts for General Pew and Governor Draper. Authorized to disregard speed laws within the Commonwealth for this mission, the driver carried out a rapid repair convoy despite rough roads.
ArchBishop OConnell selects Rev William F Powers to lead St Rose s Church Chelsea succeeding the late Father Cusack. Rev Mark Sullivan moves from Revere to fill Powers north shore post. Rev William E Tierney moves from Brockton to Revere, completing archdiocese vacancies.
In Beverly sixty lasters walked out at the Woodbury factory to protest the hiring of two stitchers replacing two veteran workers. The strike reflects labor tensions in the local manufacturing plant.
A column urges thorough bath care to beat summer discomfort. It promotes cold water soaks with pine cologne, best twice daily, for adults and the young, claiming cooling, cleansing and nerve steadiness. Pineal cologne sold in trial sizes at Riker-Jaynes.
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