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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1909
Page
7
A photograph shows a woman in the Washington Street shopping district near Gilchrist's taken yesterday at 2 30 pm. A $5 reward is offered for the unidentified lady to call at the City Editor's room of the Post between 3 and 5 pm, wearing the same costume.
Yesterday in West Somerville Miss Speirs, photographed on School Street, identified as the headless figure from the morning Post. She received a $5 prize and praised the novelty while hoping for another headless lady contest photo in the future.
In a gloomy afternoon Elinor consoles Ned Bryant whose engagement to a wealthy suitor is breaking under a letter’s revelation. Ned mourns a betrayed plan until Elinor reveals she loves him, and Daisy’s marriage closes his hope. The pair confess love as Elinor’s mother interrupts with cold frost from the doorway.
A vintage recipe shares a pineapple celery pepper salad served on lettuce with whipped cream and Durkee dressing, plus a chocolate milk dessert set with gelatine and vanilla flavor. Attributed to Mrs G C Wendell of Boston and Mrs M D Plympton of Waltham, the clipping lists ingredients, chilling steps, and serving suggestions.
Bellefontaine Ohio August 27 A woman tending a hen and her chicks was attacked by a rooster at her home near Mount Victory. The bird slashed the wrist artery and she bled severely before help arrived.
A monster woman suffrage demonstration described as the largest in New England is planned for next Thursday with Boston Common as the central gathering point. The event aims to showcase support for suffrage and mobilize participants across the region.
The Massachusetts Suffrage Association stages a daylight publicity torchlight march to rival post election demonstrations. The route is to end on the Common with planned vocal pyrotechnics. Speakers include Mrs Richard Y Fitzgerald, Mrs Margaret L Foley, Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, and Miss Edith M Haynes. A mounted police detachment will clear the way as banners bear Votes for Women.
In a tale set aboard the Duke of Athens, Jonathan Strange ferries bundles of rags from Newhaven to New York and beyond. Aiding his shipments are Mr. Colquhoun and a maze of rail barriers as the thieflike trader pursues a favored grade, finally suffering a wreck in Wyoming or Nebraska while racing to salvage a misrouted bale destined for San Francisco.
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