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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1908
Page
3
A steamship named Kyleakin arrived off Hull with 2000 bags of beans picked up at Marseilles, ending the threatened Boston bean famine. The arrival is welcomed by bakers and Saturday night diners as France’s timely rescue averts shortage.
Last evening 30 Burdett College faculty members joined the annual six o'clock dinner hosted by the Board of Directors in the college’s large reception room.
Purported nerve and blood tonic claims thousands of cures and vitality gains. The advertisement touts Dr. Greene as a Boston specialist offering consultation at 34 Temple Place and by mail, stating the product restores sleep appetite and general well being.
New York reports William Cullen Bryant Kemp a Columbia University student for 27 years. A will grants him a $2500 annuity as long as he remains enrolled in college and lives in the dormitory. Kemp aims to avoid graduation to keep the funds flowing and is noted for loyal college sports devotion and a knack for flunking exams.
A period piece urges women to abandon cosmetics and follow simple home skincare. It insists nature dictates beauty and offers a homemade complexion wash using Rose water, Cologne Spirits, and Eppotone dissolved in hot water, claiming it provides a superior, economical alternative to powders and rouge.
A humorous column describes Harvard Law School's new library with a fictional Professor Electric Volt, a living dynamo in the stacks. Students report shocks from metal shelves and glass floors, joking about current and power plant imagery as they navigate the library’s modern fittings and Volt’s electrified presence.
Interest in the Chinese murder trial rises as more specific evidence emerges. Women have attended the sessions, with morning testimony from Louis Bascoe the City Hospital morgue superintendent and officers Linton and Mitchell. Dr. Steadman testified in the afternoon about autopsies on Chin Mon Quin, Wong Shu Chung, Chin Leet, and Lee Kai Nom, aided by the display of a human skeleton trunk to illustrate bullet paths.
Cambridge mayor Wardwell acts to limit cinema licenses after denying Cauleys of Boston a permit for a church venue and revoking A. M. Turner Paradise license. Clergy oppose, fire exit concerns cited. other operators face possible license removals as crackdown widens.
Lynn February 25 two young boys were taken from their parents in court and committed to the Home for Destitute Catholic Children in Boston. The father Thomas O Neill caused a scene, alleging police and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children persecuted him. bail set at 1000 dollars, he jailed for lack of funds. An officer described the home as filthy with scant food and clothes, while the mother appeared worn out. The children William six and Edward eight were deemed intelligent despite dire conditions.
Charottetown P E I report states Roderick Nicholson aged 55 died after being burned at his High Bank home yesterday. The incident was learned today and investigators are reviewing the cause and circumstances of the fire.
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