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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1907
Page
7
Elinor Glyn shares sharp opinion on a Pilgrim Wrothers gathering describing guests as cowds frumps and tabby cats. She recalls the event with humor and scorn noting exaggerated features and the fatigue of the ride home.
English writer Mrs. Elinor Glyn faces a chilly reception from New Yorks Pilgrim Mothers at the Waldorf Astoria. Reporters say the crowd booed her literary frankness while she was blocked from speaking, leaving her to retreat to her hotel in a stifling, frigid atmosphere. Boston women are cited as more favorable toward her work and beauty.
The government plans to award medals to U S citizens who served two years on the Isthmus of Panama with satisfactory service. A competent artist will design the medal and the President seeks fitting tribute to the workers. The move aims to honor ongoing government service there.
Mrs Eva I Masury of Danvers and Miss Alice Stone Blackwell defend Pilgrim Mothers and American society women against Elinor Glyn's criticisms. They praise politeness and courtesy in New York clubs and suggest Glyn may have sought trouble or misspoken.
Under Newton’s monument in Westminster Abbey the body of Lord Kelvin, who died December 17, was buried at noon with a large gathering of scientists from American, continental, and British societies. Secretary Carter attended on behalf of the American embassy.
A Boston store showcases an all out holiday display with electric lights and tinsel. The fruit department led by John F. Zunino features Hamburg grapes strawberries Florida apples and oranges with dates figs and nuts amid festive bells and lights. The feature highlights Boston’s largest holiday trade as Houghton & Dutton reports unprecedented Christmas sales.
Regal Shoe Company, after opening a new Milford factory in October, expands operations to double capacity. The firm hires skilled workers displaced by shutdowns, riding out national curtailments while comparing today’s downturn to the panic of 1898 that saw the company rise to prominence.
Warden Bridges received three checks totaling 220 dollars sent to aid prisoners with no friends for Christmas. The two checks were for 100 dollars each and one for 20 dollars. The donors requested the funds be used to furnish fruit and good things for inmates at the state prison.
MIT President Neves invites technology students to a Christmas tree festival at the Tech Union tonight. The program includes a talk by Mr. Lyman Underwood on animal life with colored stereopticon views, gift distribution, singing, instrumental music, and refreshments.
The Gillette Safety Razor Company of South Boston with over 1500 employees closes for the holiday, giving an extra day's vacation at full pay. The shutdown extends until after Christmas, contrasting with other plants that cut costs by closing.
Berlin report states the Kaiser’s sister Princess Charlotte of Saxe Meiningen is tied to the Harden Moltke affair. Counsellor Kleinholtz says Harden derived information from the princess about General Count Von Moltke. He moves to have the princess summoned as a witness. Royalty may testify privately. settlement efforts likely continue.
The Webster Association hosts its third annual ball at Paul Revere Hall tonight with a ten piece orchestra. Fifty couples will perform a fancy march as the featured part of the dance. Officers include Max Levine chief marshal Israel Cohen assistant marshal and other ball and reception committee members.
Police Commissioner O'Meara announced appointments of reserve men to the force and their assigned stations. Names include John R. Brett Station 13 Michael J. Connors Station 6 John P. Fox Station 2 Francis A. Gorman Station 15 John J. Greene Station 11 Timothy F. Harrington Station 16 Bernard Harte Station 9 Morgan F. Kelleher Station 7 Henry W. Laskey Station 14 Daniel F. L. McLaughlin Station 307 Thomas Ryan Station 12 Gustave Sandberg Station 4 James F. Sullivan Station 6 Peter S. Walsh Station 8.
Dedham Dec 23 The Norfolk Superior Court awarded Fannie I Hook of Milton $3500 for lead poisoning from Milton Water Company water after they received notice of the first Milton case and before Jan 25 1902 The jury found negligence prior to notice in a prior ruling the plaintiff sought 20000 damages for illness from lead pipes July 1 1900 and later a previous trial ended in a disagreement.
Melrose reports strong demand for soprano Geraldine Farrar with about two thirds of the Auditorium’s 1000 seats sold. Organizing chairman Chester B Shepard notes high prices 3 4 and 5 dollars reflect costs for Farrar and the Adamowski trio and that proceeds may mainly fund a souvenir program.
Forbes Lithographic Company issues attractive calendars for 1908. Notable pieces include a panel calendar for Pabst Company a domestic calendar for the Christian Herald and a folding cupid calendar praised for lithographic craftsmanship. The overall line marks artistic progress over prior years.
The turbine Mauretania broke from moorings at Thirteenth Street during a light gale and rammed a flotilla of barges scows and canal boats. One vessel sank but the Mauretania remained secured by its stern hawsers preventing a larger river exit.
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