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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1909
Page
2
Jewelry and tableware ad lists cut glass items with price cuts. Highlights include one dozen nut dishes, butter dish with cover, star and fan cutting, tea strainers, manicure scissors in oxidized finish, and assorted prices reduced from prior amounts to sale figures.
New York city personal property tax list shows Mrs. Russell Sage and Andrew Carnegie with holdings valued at 5,000,000 each, the heaviest assessments on this year’s list made public today.
Principal confronts male pupils who watched a fire drill and teased the girls. Girls report names to the principal. parents consult with the headmaster and the matter is discussed after classes. Offenders are rebuked in private.
Advertisement proclaims treatment for Heart Lung Liver Stomach Kidney Bladder Catarrh Rupture Rheumatism Piles Fistula and all chronic diseases. It urges immediate action to cleanse tainted blood without waiting for visible signs and invites readers to consult him free of charge, citing years of experience in curing difficult cases.
Women leaders dealers and curiosity seekers filled the Parkman mansion on Beacon Street for an auction of antique furniture and bric-a-brac. A Chippendale style sofa led bidding with a $600 sale, and total receipts neared $10 000 as dining-room pieces and brass mantel lamps fetched high prices. Attending notables included Mrs. Oliver Mrs. Thompson Mrs. Motley and families such as the Coolidges Paysons Hamiltons Lawrences and Appletons. Also noted was a Knights of Columbus lecture by Father John H O Rourke in Chickering Hall with Archbishop O Connell presiding.
A Custom House official proposes using 500000 for land adjoining the present site. The plan would place the new building's southern half on city land, tear down the old structure later, and rework surrounding blocks and streets to create a 240 by 100 foot new Custom House, altering lines on Central Commercial Milk State and Broad streets.
Mrs. Elizabeth Greenough widow of Brooklyn inventor Benjamin Greenough died at 87. She had sued H. H. Rogers and the Pratt estate, claiming Pratt borrowed her husband kerosene patent and royalty rights, seeking 50 million dollars. Her shells, burning liquids, were allegedly used in Charleston siege against the inventor’s wishes.
A London man described as Robert Hillard, 40, guest at the Waldorf Astoria, was found in Central Park with a chest wound. He said a robber shot him and fled, his condition listed as serious.
A 15 year old, Roland Hobson of Merrimac, was arraigned before United States Commissioner Hayes for looting the Merrimac post office to obtain $10 intended to buy an air rifle, a hunting coat, and ammunition. He confessed the theft asserting peer pressure for owning an air rifle.
Lady William Beresford born Lillian Warren Price daughter of the late Commodore Price U.S.N. of New York died in Dorking England after months of illness. Her marriages linked her to Louis Hammersley and the eighth Duke of Marlborough, and later to Lord William Leslie de la Poer Beresford.
Augusta Maine January 11 announcement states the annual Maine Bar Association meeting will be held Thursday afternoon at the State House with officials guiding the session.
Advertises laxative bromoquinine tablets promising to cure a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails. Signature of B W. Grove on each box. Price listed as 25 cents. note mentions rushing out to catch a train.
Marine Eye Remedy claims to soothe ailing eyes and relieve discomfort. The message presents treatment benefits and cautions users to seek professional advice for persistent eye issues.
Mayor Hibbard gains extended executive authority as his first bill in the Legislature allows him to pick boat landing sites beyond the harbor board. The measure increases power notably with Northern Avenue Bridge named as a key location.
Representative David T. Montague, appointed register of probate by Ex-Governor Guild, was made clerk of the legislative committee on banks and banking yesterday. Representative William M. Robinson of Chelsea was elected clerk of the committee on Federal relations.
President Allen Treadway’s reform agenda stalled as the Senate failed to reach quorum. He proposed restricting lobby access to Senate corridors and limiting flanketing to subcommittees rather than full committees, with consideration postponed to today.
Mrs. Corinne Rider IWelsey has accepted a five thousand dollar yearly contract to serve as soprano soloist at the First Church of Christ Scientist in New York. The arrangement starts immediately and spans several years.
Miss Frances I. Hlowe of Medford Massachusetts announces engagement to Arthur McClure Wilhelm of Ohio in New York on January 5.
Death notices across Dorchester Roxbury East Boston Concord and Somerville list names such as Charles Axe Daniel Buckley John Daly Annie Hennessey Gertrude McCarthy Catherine Mahoney Charles McLaughlin Mary Moran John Joseph Murray John O Connell Ira Smith with relatives addresses and funeral times from Jan 9 to Jan 13 including church services and burial notes. readers invited to attend with mass times specified and relatives listed.
Mrs. Johnson alleged to rage over restraint and destroy Paris gowns while her daughter testified. On the witness stand, C R Clapp pressed Whitney to allow external accounting review of his books tied to $14,009 borrowed from the Johnson estate. Judge George urged agreement and postponed further action to next Friday.
The speaker reclaimed funds by using his own money from the general fund to purchase securities, charging the estate 4 percent for the loan. The debt was repaid in June 1907.
Walter Anderson, 62, tied to a Saco family, was found unconscious in a doorway at 62 Commercial Wharf. He was taken to the Relief Hospital in critical condition after an apparent cerebral hemorrhage. He claimed to be the son of a former Maine governor and brother of a Mt. Desert physician, naming Bath as recent origin.
Washington dispatch reports only one ship from Admiral Sperry's first division of the battleship fleet proceeded to Naples due to port crowding. Admiral Sperry will travel to Rome to pay courtesy calls on the King.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure all for blood diseases and debility claiming it purifies and enriches blood. It cites 40 366 testimonials in two years and features Mrs Mary Smith of Fon du Lac Wisconsin praising the medicine for herself and four generation family use.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as superior due to a blend of over 20 ingredients. It claims real substitutes are inferior and profit-driven, urging readers to start taking Hood's in liquid form or Sarsatabs with 100 doses for one dollar.
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