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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1908
Page
7
A royal note reports the newborn prince as a robust infant with English appearance and good health. Doctors and courtiers hope he avoids the family curse linked to the king’s line, while noting potential future risks. His mother, Princess Ena of Battenberg, is praised for his healthy condition.
In a sunlit shipboard chat, Captain Bowker recollects Mack of the Excelsior, a stern seafaring man whose devotion to his daughter Daisy lies behind a tragic voyage. Daisy dies just as the ship sails, testing the romance of life at sea against the costs to loved ones.
Martin V. Shattuck of Southbridge offers a thousand dollar reward for the head of the man who assaulted him weeks ago at his farm in Sturbridge. He accuses State police of an outrageous job and criticizes the arrest of William Graveline Brooks, saying a manhunt should have started immediately.
In Pontivy three young NCOs from the Second Chasseurs mocked the bronze statue of General de Lourmel in a town square. The regiment’s colonel meted out a severe reprimand and 20 days confinement to barracks for the act as political opponents seize on the incident to allege rising anti militarism and discipline problems since General Picquart became war minister.
The will of poet Richard Hovey, known for the Stein song, was admitted to probate in New York. Guardianship was set for Julian Hovey’s son with stipulations for book selections for friends and posthumous editing guidance to Bliss Carman or Charles Edward Hovey.
Augusta Maine January report says Kennebec county officials press a long running murder inquiry into Mattie Hackett, with fresh evidence and plans for grand jury action. County Attorney Fred E Beane notes ongoing private work and cautions no new grand jury presentation yet. Mattie Hackett was strangled at Readfield Kent's Hill near her father.
London papers report the Earl of Yarmouth will contest his divorce by filing a responsive defense. He has hired prominent counsel including New York lawyer Crane and Sir Edward Carson for the countess, who remains in seclusion while visiting friends outside London ahead of the hearing.
Full details of this interesting competition are published in the Sunday Post and periodically in the Daily Post, offering readers comprehensive coverage and updates.
College presidents nationwide discuss President Seelye of Smith College urging that higher education for women delays marriage. Wellesley and Clark University leaders weigh entrance requirements and student workloads while other presidents cite postponed marriage as beneficial, with varied views from Ohio to Iowa and New York.
A compilation of opinions on women's college entrance requirements and education. Professors Seelye and Kirkland, along with B W Anthony and others, weigh costs, fine arts substitutions, and the impact on marriage, home making, and broader standards across Central West and Eastern institutions.
Boston physicians doubt the Le Duc electric sleep method as an ether substitute. Paris reports cite animal experiments claiming prolonged unconsciousness with electric currents, but local surgeons express skepticism and see no European expert endorsement.
A volume of nearly 10 000 newspaper clippings compiled by Albert Frank & Co. for Cunard celebrates the Lusitania’s North Atlantic passenger service. The 700 page work, 16 by 18 inches, is bound in turkey morocco with nautical emblems.
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