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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1906
Page
7
The Dilemma Pictures series ends today as the editor thanks correspondents for bright suggestions sent during the contest. Not all ideas could be used due to the large number of entries.
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas F. Edmands of the First Corps Cadets dies. a funeral will be held at Trinity Church tomorrow at 12:45 PM with cadets and Loyal Legion attending. Arrangements completed at the cadet armory meeting. Interment likely at Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
Mrs Sarah Coffin widow of famed war correspondent Charles Coffin marks her eightieth birthday at Greenacre New Hampshire a summer center for the congress of religions Miss Sara Farmer niece of the hostess presiding a musicale and reception from 4 39 to 5 30 with friends and relatives Mrs Coffin wore her silk gown from her golden wedding and was assisted by Miss Farmer and others including Mrs Ole Bull and Frederick Ginn Jr who aided the event diverse religious representatives were received and a dinner followed at Dr Fillmore Moore's camp in Lyschloster Pines where she has wintered in the South and spent the summer with the Farmer family across from her near kin
Misses Inez and Grace Wallace of Brockton learn they are the sole heirs to Wallace Comoe a sea captain who died fifty years ago in England banks accrue interest for decades lawyers from Cape Breton had tracked the rightful heiresses The sisters say they will not rush into riches and plan measured use of the inheritance while continuing ordinary lives with their mother and in Brockton society
New York reports swelling arrests tied to fraud charges against the Marriage Syndicate. Mrs Itella W Brown released after swindling a Syrian man of $100 in stock deals. bail set for her. Brothers Rufus C Mason and Joseph Mason face grand larceny and a jail escape tie, signaling the syndicate’s collapse.
Madrid report says King Alfonso signed a modus vivendi with the United States last night as announced by the Liberal.
Cardinal Gibbons writes to Archbishop Richard of Paris conveying the sympathy of American Catholic clergy for the French church amid reported distress.
Delegates of the Society of Jesus arrive in Rome to elect a new general. The election is set for around September 1, following the death of Father Martin in May, the previous head of the order.
Lady Campbell Bannerman, wife of Premier Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, died at Marienbad Bohemia at 5 PM after a long illness.
A college student seeks vacation farm work but Farmer Greenhaw refuses, recalling past seasonal hires who spoke in Latin and Greek, cussing and ignoring English. The dialogue features old time phrases like Gee haw donnervetter et tu Brute giddap as humorous aside.
The note explains that lessons 1 2 and 3 were by Artemus Ward, claimed inventor of the new spelling form. It says partisans seek to credit Josh Billings as the originator, so Lesson 4 is credited to Billings. It promises no further textbooks are needed and offers growth of body and mind.
A compact verse of quotes and maxims attributed to Josh Billings on honesty ambition religion and human folly. It mocks wisdom and greed while praising progress practicality and restraint with humor and aphoristic lines. The tone mirrors a late 19th century newspaper column and offers street level philosophy.
Mrs. Caroline W. Estabrook of Brockton died after telling a friend she visited the Holy City and met her sister Harriet Butters of 11 Waverly Street. She predicted she would not return, then fell ill and passed away next morning, though friends thought she was dreaming.
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