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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1907
Page
7
Unprecedented high tides along the bay shore have caused substantial damage to cranberry bogs in Dennis. Water broke earth bulkheads and salt water flooded vines, killing them and causing thousands of dollars in losses over the past week.
Annie Johnson reports her husband George Johnson eloped with the talking machine. The wife found the phonograph pawned and intends to reclaim the item, while showing little concern about the husband’s return.
Paris report notes Professor Mairet of Montpellier calls jealousy a disease of the nervous centers. He says it can be modified or cured with therapeutic agents such as cold douches and bromides. He believes most jealous men can reach normal condition through these remedies.
Mrs Henry G Lafleche of 89 Elm Street sought Chicopee police help to stop 18 year old Arthur James Lafleche from marrying his first cousin Agnes Lafleche 22 daughter of Joseph Lafleche They reported leaving for Hartford to wed and packed belongings after starting out at about 9 am yesterday.
Judge Henry S. Dewey works daily on a forthcoming book claiming to reveal startling conclusions about the unwritten law. He notes past remarks before the National Bar Association in Portland Maine drew notable attention and expects similar reaction.
The judge tells a Post reporter he is gathering facts for a concise book titled The Unwritten Law. He aims for clarity for the general public, spends time in the public library, and says no truth to rumors of marriage or romance at the library.
In London Stevens in King Street sold 260 lots of fossilized bones from the late James Blackhouse who hunted caves along the East Anglian coast. The collection included large prehistoric elephant bones suggesting ancient British elephants rivaled those of Africa or India today. Prices were not sensational despite rarity of items.
The Carnegie Safe Deposit Company received the largest Harveyized steel armor plate ever used in vault construction. Twenty four horses drew the plate, made of the same material as battleships, for new vaults in New York.
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, aged 84, was honored by the Boston Authors Club with a leather bound memento box containing decorated cards, each bearing a famous work and quotation. Notable gifts included verses by Harriet Prescott Spofford and a tribute book titled Laureled Leaders for Little Folks.
Boston shoppers flock to the Houghton and Dutton store at Tremont and School as the exterior decorations by sculptor Hugh Cairns attract crowds. Inside, staff including Alexander McGregor keep up brisk holiday sales with a record breaking Saturday.
London reports show Englishmen furious at the beef trust as roast beef costs rise 2 to 4 cents this year. Officials blame restricted meat supply while London papers fill with letters from indignant citizens.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt, then at Oakland Warm in Portsmouth, begins taking cable orders for seats on his coach Venture to operate as a public vehicle between London and Brighton next spring. The move signals favorable reception abroad for his venture into English coaching.
On Christmas morning inmates at the county jail will view murals in the chapel by Adolph Hess, a 19 year old former prisoner who served time for stealing a box of paint from his employer. The labor of love decorates the chapel with painted decorations following his sentence.
A bling toad presumed 1000 years old was found in a limestone block in a silver mine at Butte Montana. It was brought to the New York Zoological Park by director Hornaday and placed in a glass jar. The creature, blind and nonresponsive, survived underground with minimal oxygen and no nourishment for centuries.
New York's Irish societies plan an Irish industrial fair at Madison Square Garden to celebrate renewed industrial progress in Ireland and its impact, including reduced Irish immigration to the United States.
Paris reports deep gloom among merchants as hard times from the American financial crisis curb demand. Receipts from American buyers this year fall about in half for a number of local traders.
Miss Ella Rumsey heiress to over 1 million dollars and daughter of the late Moses Rumsey of St. Louis announced on her return from New York that she is engaged to Pierre Cartier a wealthy Frenchman living in Paris.
The Rev. Michael E. McDonald vicar-general and St Mary's Bangor pastor is named pastor of St Patrick's Lewiston replacing the late Rev. Thomas H. Wallace. The announcement comes from Lewiston Me on December 22.
In Brooklyn Mary L Miller 42 her mother Mary Scannell 70 and daughter Katherine 17 were rushed to St Peter's Hospital after facing starvation. Mrs Miller died from starvation and acute pneumonia. The mother suffers lung congestion and the daughter from heart disease and paralysis. The daughter is unaware of the mother's death.
Dr. George R. Winters of Pittsburg refuses to pay $2000 for a kiss amid a suit of assault by Mae McKee. He countersues McKee and her husband Thomas L. McKee for malicious prosecution and attempted extortion in a cross legal battle.
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