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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1919
Page
3
The Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor for the coming season is due in New York this evening or Sunday morning. Pierre Monteux will have about a month of intermission for summer score preparation before the October season begins and rehearsals start.
Exceptional interest centers on Pierre Monteux as Boston Symphony Orchestra plans a new season. Departing Karl Muck warned the ensemble would not be the same after 29 German players were discharged. Monteux previously led rehearsals and two concerts, earning his ongoing engagement. The coming season promises new works and artistic personnel.
The Brookline Board of Selectmen receive a petition from 25 Corey Hill residents opposing Mrs. Minnie Carter’s permit to open a hospital at 12 Mason Terrace and requesting a hearing. They seek investigations of a hospital at 28 Winslow Road and one at 172 Mason Terrace to ensure compliance with laws and neighborhood safety.
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment to ease muscle stiffness from exertion during vacations. It claims rapid penetration without rubbing to soothe bruises bites and insect stings. Available in 30c 60c and 1.20 at all druggists.
Miss Chadbourne discusses making Necktie Silks marketed to suit all wearers. Ties range from 1 25 to 5 dollars and are praised for wear and value. She credits customer satisfaction and personal effort for her success, denying claims it rests on personality. The reporter asks about customer habits and gender differences in tie selection.
The article profiles Miss Chadbourne who emphasizes consistent courtesy to all customers from the locality and beyond. It notes her love of motor driving, horseback riding, sailing, and swimming, with Mrs. Kennedy handling affairs during her busy work schedule. A separate report describes a drowning incident at Winthrop Heights where 14-year-old William W. Chisholm helped recover the body of Boynton after diving from a pier.
Bos ton shop off State street centers on a single line of product neckties. Miss Lillian G Chadbourne and her assistant Mrs Blanche Kennedy make all pieces on premises highlighting personal adornment for men from captains of industry to city youths.
Four years ago Miss Chadbourne began making and selling neckties for men during Christmas holidays. She used canvassing sales by young women, earning repeat orders as her Chadbourne neckwear business expanded and moved to a new location where patrons praised the quality and value.
Miss Chadbourne credits her business success to meeting customers halfway and delivering the best ties possible. She explains the careful lining technique that prevents pulling and lumping, and notes she offers free pressing service with every tie. Her silk choices mix American and English origins.
Frederick W. Boynton aged 32 of 322 Revere Street Winthrop Highlands collapsed while bathing in the surf off Nahant avenue yesterday and died from heart failure according to police reports.
The Polish-American Finance and Trading Corporation organized in Portland Missouri with $3,500,000 authorized capital to engage in general business with Poland and other countries. Papers of incorporation filed. Patrick J. Madigan named president.
The first meeting of World War veterans in the Boston postal district will be at G A R Hall 1151 Washington Street on Tuesday August 26 at 8 o'clock. The aim is to form an American Legion post with over 60 veterans present at an informal gathering showing support. The acting postmaster has approved and will cooperate. A charter will be issued by the State organization in due time. The organizing committee includes Daniel J. Kelly John H Killilea Matthew J. Lamb Jere F. Lynch P J Mullane and J J O Connell.
Five milk dealers were arraigned in Roxbury Court before Judge Hayden for milk and cream below standard. Charles F. Whiting of Charlestown and Dennis Crowley of Boston were fined five and ten dollars respectively. Clarence R. Neal, Charles Ernest, and Charles Goddasis, all from Boston addresses, were each fined ten dollars for cream below standard.
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