A Boston Post Puzzle: Restoring a Dented Galley Story
A fragment from the Boston Post describes a printer dropping a galley and shows how to reassemble the lines to match the original type. It recounts a tale involving Ernest Minckwitz Roosevelt and a spanking anecdote from German schooling as context. Readers are invited to mail in a correctly written restoration to receive a linotype slug.
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Eens
Greeley
Col
Ernest Minckwitz
Roosevelt
America
Rade
White House
States
Ernest Minck
Minckwitz
Theodore
Dore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Cressical
Gervitz
Theo
United
Witz
Dresden
Geralder Minckwitz
Colo
Minck
Boston Post
Boston
Mass
White Race in Danger in California Speech
Sacramento speaker Assemblyman A M Drew warned that continued Japanese immigration would force whites to become servants to a yellow race and predicted disaster. He denounced the Monroe Doctrine, urged exclusion of Japanese, claimed whites cannot coexist with other races, and urged defense of land and people.
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Sacramento
Cal
A. M. Drew
South America
California
Detained Hindoos Seek $20,000 From Inspector Monroe
Babari Singh and ten other Hindoos claim damages of $20,000 from Dr. A C Monroe medical inspector of immigration in Vancouver for detention in the immigration shed at the Pacific wharf last March. They traveled from Suva Fiji Islands to Canada seeking asylum and compensation.
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Vancouver
B. C
Babari Singh
A. C. Monroe
Suva
Fiji Islands
Advice From Miss Champagne About Love and Boundaries
A reader seeks counsel on a love triangle involving a married woman. The advice: avoid further contact, do not interfere in her marriage, and wait until she is legally free to pursue any relationship.
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Miss Champagne
Home Cookie Recipies From Several Cooks
A collection of handwritten cookie and batter recipes from various residents including MISS M. E. WETHERELL OLIVE WILSON and MRE CC DACLARK. Each entry lists ingredients such as butter sugar flour eggs and flavor extracts with brief instructions like creaming beating rolling and cutting with a doughnut cutter.
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M. E. Wetherell
Sewall Avenue
Brookline
Olive Wilson
Frost's Corner
Amesbury
MRE CC Daclark
Merrick Street
Worcester
How Old Is Your Complexion
London reader Claribel Montague reports on Madame De Veaux Paris beauty secrets. The fifty year old model appears thirty after using magatone dissolved in witch hazel massaged twice daily. The remedy allegedly banishes wrinkles blemishes and stray hairs without powder.
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London Graphic
Paris
Madame de Veaux
Claribel Montague
London
England
Bunker Hill Knights Dance Set for Somerset Hall
Bunker Hill Council Knights of Columbus holds its annual ball tomorrow evening at the Hotel Somerset ballroom Boston with the 800 member group staging the event. Clergy state officials and members of the order will attend. Officers and committees are led by Grand Knight Robert C. Fitzgerald and include floor marshals and reception chiefs.
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Boston
Somerset
Bunker Hill Council
Knights of Columbus
Symphony Hall
Robert C. Fitzgerald
James A. Hatton
John J. Hayes
C. H. Harvey
Edward A. Troy
Howard V. Redgate
William J. Carroll
Peter M. Hoey
John J. McCarthy
James H. Brennan
Mathew H
Aladdins Palace Dream Revealed in Mass. Tale of Leela
Edna Wentworth portrays Leela awakening from a dream in a fortress home with rich rooms and a maid named Marie. Leela experiences imagined wealth and ownership before a wakeful return to honest life as a factory worker in Waltham, Massachusetts.
The Man at the Window and Theatre Etiquette
George E. Clark recalls a matinee incident at Castle Square Theatre where a patron requested four rear seats due to three women with hats. He notes other quirks such as hatConscious patrons requesting seat exchanges and absent minded buyers claiming forgotten tickets despite holding them.
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Paradise
George E. Clark
Castle Square
Loase
Miss Elizabeth Breen Weds Timothy Crowley Jr in Charlestown
Miss Elizabeth Mary Breen daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Breen of 86 High Street Charlestown married Timothy C Crowley Jr of 60 Austin Street Charlestown. The service occurred at 7 30 in St Marys Church conducted by Rev Father Phelan. The marriage echoes the parents 8 years earlier nuptials.
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Elizabeth Mary Breen
William H. Breen
High Street
Charlestown
Timothy C. Crowley, Jr
Austin Street
St Mary's Church
Father Phelan
Connolly Addresses Charity Group on Republic Wreck News
James B. Connolly lectured the Charitable Trish Society at Young's Hotel, describing the wreck of the Republic and the homecoming of the combined battleship fleet. He received a hearty welcome from association members.
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Trish Society
Young's Hotel
James B. Connolly
Republic
United
Connolly
Association
Middle West Storm Ravages Midwest and Heads Toward St Lawrence
A severe wind, snow and sleet storm crippled telegraph lines and traffic across the middle west over the last 48 hours. It will linger until tomorrow night and then move toward the St. Lawrence valley, with heavy precipitation in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Indiana, and Ohio. Illinois reports six inches of snow and sleet from Memphis to Buffalo is widespread. The storm’s slow movement has caused a three day hover over its current region before advancing northeast.
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Chicago
Middle West
St. Lawrence
Tennessee
Mississippi
Ohio
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Oklahoma
Indiana
Illinois
Memphis
Buffalo
Frohman Endorses Margaret Illingtons Choice Of Bowes
Daniel Frohman stated he would enthusiastically approve if Margaret Illington marries Edward Bowes of California. He praised Bowes as attractive and domestic life capable and said he would aid Illington in obtaining a divorce, hoping the process remains smooth.
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New York
Daniel Frohman
Margaret Illington
Edward Bowes
California
Mr. Bowes
Illington seeks legal separation from Frohman
San Francisco Feb 15 Actress Margaret Illington cites craving for home life and children as why she seeks a divorce from Daniel Frohman. She notes she may marry Edward Bowes after freedom but cannot say so now, insisting she did not leave Frohman to wed Bowes or anyone else.
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San Francisco
Margaret Illington
Daniel Frohman
Edward J. Bowes
Miss Illington
Deny Engagement Ties To French Resignation Inaccurate
Miss Helen G. Stevens engagement to John Gardner Coolidge is stated by Coolidge and family to have no link to his resignation from the diplomatic service. Coolidge resigned November 25 after serving as first minister to Nicaragua since June 10.
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Helen G. Stevens
Henry James Stevens
North Andover
John Gardner Coolidge
Nicaragua
Coolidge
Miss Stevens
Mr. Coolidge
Harvard
J. Randolph Coolidge
Beacon Street
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Endeavorers urged to seize revival opportunity in Boston
Dr Francis Clark spoke at Newton North Congregational Church on The Endeavorer's Opportunity. He urged every young Christian to take a fitting task during the Chapman Alexander revival series across Greater Boston, framing revival work as a personal endeavor.
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Newton Christian Endeavor Union
North Congregational Church
Newton
Francis Fr. Clark
Chapman-Alexander
Boston
Welcome home fleet arrives Fort Monroe for Presidential visit
The advance guard of visitors heads to Fort Monroe for the battleship fleet reunion under Rear Admiral Sperry. Hotel space around Old Point is scarce and many guests seek lodging in Norfolk and other Hampton Roads towns.
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Sperry
Old Point
Norfolk
Hampton
Hampton Roads
Navy
Washington
Roosevelt
Navy League
Horace Porter
Army
Thimble Shoal Light
Admiral Sperry
Capes
Government Pier
Arnold
Death takes Ann Reynolds in New Haven age 77
Mrs. Ann Reynolds died at her New Haven home aged 77. Forty years earlier she pledged her fortune to fund the rescue of Fenian prisoners in Australia. Her husband James Reynolds built the ship Catalpa and led the expedition to effect the rescues. At home she hosted Irish leaders including Charles Stewart Parnell and John Boyle O'Reilly.
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New Haven
Conn
Ann Reynolds
Australia
James Reynolds
Catalpa
Reynolds
Charles Stewart Parnell
Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde
John Hovey
John Boyle O'Reilly
Mrs Sherman of Chicago Hospitalized in Panama Zone
Mrs John D Sherman vice president of the American Federation of Women's Clubs traveling with Mrs Philip N Moore to inspect canal zone clubs is now a patient in Panama Hospital after an appendicitis operation. She was guest of Mrs Lorin Collins when illness began and her condition is reported favorable.
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Colon
John D. Sherman
Chicago
American Federation of Women’s Clubs
Philip N. Moore
Canal Zone
Sherman
Lorin Collins
Drop in Operators Wages Highlighted by Neil Report
Washington report to the Senate shows telegraph operator wages fell over the last two years and for 1908 compared with 1883. Dr. Charles P. Neil, commissioner of labor, transmitted the study in response to a May Senate resolution.
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Washington
Senate
Charles P. Neil
Labor
Boston Dept Store Sale Draws Immense Crowd
The Boston Department Store at 615 Washington Street held a factory sale that drew thousands from Greater Boston and beyond. The event featured massive stock clearances with items such as $3 sample dress skirts for 89 cents and 50 cent wash waists at 29 cents, continuing through the week.
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Boston
Washington Street
Sunday Post
Greater
Hose Coupling Record Broken in Gloucester Meet
The world hose coupling record fell to Kelley and Slade from South Framingham, finishing in 121-5 seconds, down from 122-5. Bodge and Bodge of Peabody took second with 121-5 equaling the old mark, Tilton and Hinckley of Gloucester third at 134-5, and Carrigan and Hammond of Woburn fourth at 142-5 among fourteen teams. Prizes were $20, $15, $10, and $5.
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Kelley
Slade
South Framingham
Bodge
Peabody
Tilton
Hinckley
Carrigan
Hammond
Woburn
Inmate Bart Moore Dies by Harming Self at Bridgewater Hospital
In Bridgewater Insane Hospital Winthrop inmate Bart Moore hanged himself with a sheet tied to a window grille. Authorities believe he stood on his bed and leaped to the floor, breaking his neck.
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Bridgewater
Bart Moore
Winthrop
Bridgewater Insane Hospital
Moore
Death of Dartmouth Faculty Member Dr Ernest S Wheeler
Dr Ernest S Wheeler a Dartmouth College faculty member and tropical disease lecturer died of peritonitis at age 40 in Augusta Maine He previously served as a United States army surgeon in the Philippines and practiced medicine in Taunton Massachusetts and Rockland Maine.
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Augusta
Ernest S. Wheeler
Dartmouth College
Philippines
Taunton
Mass
Rockland
Black Plague Sweeps Over Canadian Village
Montreal report states La Prairie with 1100 inhabitants suffers a virulent black plague. Ten percent ill and two deaths reported as swelling and tongue turning black, no splitting headache, symptoms akin to diphtheria but more severe.
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Montreal
la Prairie
Prices Slashed on Iron Beds at Shawmut Furniture
Shawmut Furniture Company at 267-269 Tremont street announces a landmark sale after purchasing the entire Boston warehouse inventory of a major iron bed maker for cash. February market dullness prompts deep discounts intended to attract customers and create lasting store notice.
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Boston
Shawmut Furniture Company
Tremont Street
United States
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