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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
7
John W. Cates writes Speaker Cannon urging tariff reform. He argues iron ore coal and lumber should be free and states a 50 percent cut in the schedule would not harm iron and steel manufacturers. He notes extensive tariff evidence from Washington inquiries.
In South Norwalk Connecticut on January 6 the unusually warm winter has fishermen noting eel from mud and frost fish biting like in summer. Theodore Smith a leading local fisher reports the unusual conditions and the fishing activity reflects a season out of step with dates.
An advertisement touts Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a cure for foul breath. It claims pure willow charcoal mixed with honey neutralizes bad gases and disguises breath after meals. The copy urges readers to buy at drug stores and even offers a free trial by mail from F A Stuart Co in Marshall Michigan.
Philadelphia news reports veteran actress Rose Hytinge enters Edwin Forrest Home as a permanent guest after past fortunes, noting a long stage career beginning over fifty years ago, prominence in New York, and marriage to George H. Butler, brother of General Benjamin Butler, with recent financial hardship.
Mrs Mary Shultz wife of J A J Shultz the millionaire belting manufacturer and clubman died at her home in St Louis after paralysis on Christmas Day She was formerly Miss Mary Brown of Boston and is survived by several adult sons and daughters living in New York Boston and this city
Paris reports expose Louis Hamon known as Cheiro the Palmist as a fugitive. He faces embezzlement charges after misappropriating stocks valued at 500000 dollars tied to Mrs Julia Newell and Miss Josephine Pomeroy. A London arrest warrant followed his departure, with a bank crisis and missing loans cited.
Boston Democratic city committee members meet at Faneuil Hall amid a secret confab at Quincy House. James Donovan rejects aiding Alderman Curley for chairman and claims Donovan will not sway votes to Republican candidates. The clash signals a fierce fight for control of the city party.
The Common Council failed to elect a president at a special meeting called by Mayor Hibbard. Republican caucus backed Ward 24 Councilman Frank B Crane. one ballot cast with several candidates listed and no winner. J Henderson Alliston was chosen president pro tem to organize the body. Edward J Leary Dever and Joseph O Kane named clerk roles. Council protests further special meetings and adjourns to meet next Thursday night.
Manchester police say Mrs. Emily E. Killey widow of hardware dealer William E. Killey died of natural causes. Parts of her body were sent to Dartmouth College for analysis after she was found dead at her home last Sunday. Authorities believe heart trouble was the likely cause.
Lot 6 shoe trees to maintain women's boots shape and extend life. Priced at 1.00 dollars per pair.
Ossip Gabrilowitsch performed a lengthy program at Jordan Hall featuring Mozart A minor rondo Beethoven E minor sonata Mendelssohn variations Chopin nocturnes etudes mazurka and scherzo Brahms gavotte Henselt If I Were a Bird Liszt tarantella Venezia e Napoli and Liszt works The review praises his conscientious reading of masters and his virtuosic renderings especially of the Beethoven and Chopin pieces and notes the lasting impression of the performance.
The Roxbury All Stars beat Gloucester A A by 46 to 16 in a Friday night basketball game held in Gloucester. Roxbury built a solid lead and controlled play throughout the contest.
Clifford M. Vinal and Ruth Caldwell, both of Waltham, were secretly married in Providence today by Rev. Alexander Mitchell and returned to Waltham by nine tonight. Their families learned of the marriage only after the couple’s arrival.
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