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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1907
Page
7
Harold Weston a poor clerk and Alice Monroe share a hotel vacation entangled by wealth and pride. A bicycle ride accident brings confession and the old romance resurfaces as fate tests their bond and money barriers.
Maria Bernaldo, an 11 year old who eloped with Giovanni Frmugiles and was sent to Shorborn Reformatory, has been pardoned by Governor Guild. She will wed the man she chose in a formal ceremony in Worcester.
Police search for Miss Alice M. Harvey a White Plains nurse who vanished after leaving the Hobby country home on Christmas Day. She was described wearing a blue dress and white apron similar to hospital attire, and was last seen in Prospect street vicinity.
Paris reports a new society aims to revive chivalry as the decline in French politeness continues. The League of Politeness to Women vows to promote manners, noting many men no longer offer seats or show respectful greetings in public transportation and social circles.
In New York on December 29 a tall fair visitor could not or would not disclose her age. Asked by City Clerk Scully how old she was she consulted three companions and then said she would postpone the request. The party left quickly.
In Seaford Delaware WW Knowles was held under $1000 bail for court and his wife likewise for appearance as a witness. He faced objections to her quarrel with neighbors while she testified that he spanked her hard in Magistrate Park's court.
The Cambridge First Baptist Church observed its 90th anniversary with a morning program in Central Square. Messages from former pastors Alexander Blackburn and Henry Applegarth were read, and Rev. H J Pevear and current minister Rev. John L. Campbell spoke. Deacon Frank W. Holmes gave a historical address tracing growth from 1817 to 1882.
A collection of precepts on love and relationships attributed to St Cleopatra and others. It offers counsel on attracting affection, patience in love, and the dynamics between lovers, husbands, and wives with a focus on restraint, observation, and timing.
From Gorham Press, Ellen Snow of Hartford Conn presents The Evolution of Rose. Snow, known for anti vivisection stance, frames the work as a diary fragment renamed in memory of Ernest Crosby who found it compelling and requested the change.
Paderewski headlined a pension fund concert at Symphony Hall with Tchaikowsky Pathetique, Beethovens Emperor concerto, and Chopin encores. Critics praised the performers and noted Paderewski's mature, restrained eloquence and tonal mastery blending with Dr. Mack, elevating the evening above past popularizing trends.
In London a Christmas gift from the Princess of Wales marks the adoption of Alice Steel, a 14 year old resident of Princess Mary Village Home at Alderton. A dray delivered a box bearing royal arms containing a miniature grandfather clock and a handwritten blessing from the princess.
A sale offers Mahogany Hall Clock with Westminster chimes at 3300 and other timepieces and decorative ware. Items include a Westminster Mantel Clock 100, German Chime Clock 15, Gilt Bronze Crystal Clock 26, Royal Vienna Vase 20, Ivory Miniature 4, Italian Marble Bust 4.50, Doulton Pitcher 2, Real Bronze Figures 80, Egyptian Girl statue, Minton Place Plates 150, Caulden English China Plates 20, English Coulton Plates 18, French Plates 8.
Mrs. Ralph Coolidge Mulligan once Marguerite Halsted, a Cambridge socialite, eloped with Harvard student Mulligan. They married summers in New Hampshire and Pawtucket, then again to validate the first ceremony. They now honeymoon on the Western plains and plan to return for college opening.
Mrs J H Anderson admits in Juvenile Court that she adopted a son and then another after claiming birth. Her husband, attorney, believed the children were his until testimony revealed she never gave birth to them. The couple lived on Grand Avenue and faced prior similar accusations about care.
John J Thiry a Long Island City school commissioner has his seventh child at age six. He has a large family dating back to his first wife Ralph born 1853 and Joseph born 1864, with children from a second wife including John Henry born 1906 and Mary Ernestine born 1907. An adopted son George W Stone joined the brood in 1901.
The Colonial Club of Dorchester hosts Boston s first leap year party next Tuesday evening marking a special social event for the city.
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