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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
6
A chef promises select Michigan beans, the whitest, plumpest and fullest grown, for 2.25 per bushel. He will cook them with whole vine-ripened tomatoes, pork, and a tomato sauce, baked with live steam at 245 degrees in small parcels. The result should be fully digestible and ready for instant serving, with buyers deciding if they want them again.
Beans are praised as nature’s choicest food with 84 percent nutriment. The article claims beans supply more value than meat while costing only about a third as much.
The baptismal font for Rogers Memorial Church at Fairhaven is on exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Copley Square. Boston architects designed it and it is praised as a leading wood carving specimen. After a museum run it will go to H H Rogers’s summer home for placement in his church.
Wild ducks swarm near Gillet Arkansas county and farmers harvest feathers for sale and feed the birds to hogs amid a plentiful season.
A promotional notice touts a grand remedy to restore hair for men with straggling or bald areas and women with fever thinning tresses. It also targets children whose hair is coarse or unruly, claiming universal relief from hair loss and breakage.
Osborne H Pitcher of 28 Monmouth Street East Boston bought the four story 14 room brick house at 28 Rutland Square the home of the late Boston poetess Louise Chandler Moulton for 8525 at auction by trustees The sale drew a small four person crowd and did not include trunks marked Letters The notable author born in Pomfret Conn 71 years ago lived much of her life in Boston and Europe with friends in London and Boston The poem House of Death and Garden of Dreams are among her well known works
Bernard M. Wolf, owner of Wolf's My Clothier at Hanover and Portland streets, says the store aims for bigger growth despite a busy year. He credits fair pricing and reliable merchandise for steady customer satisfaction and repeat business.
More than 20 stations in the Concord White Mountains Nashua Portland Connecticut and Passumpssee divisions were given new names by an order from general superintendent C E H Lee. Most changes affect single track stations to prevent wrecks due to name similarity.
Dr J H Hyslop secretary of the Psychic We search Society lectures in Columbus and investigates dreams submitted by Mrs H H Shipley. Presentiments describe future events in detail and some have matched occurrences reported before they happened and linked to other people.
Notice notes that all Burdett graduates who remain competent are found worthy. emphasizes ongoing recognition of achievement and character.
In Dover New Hampshire on January 13 the trial of John E. Dame over the murder of Policeman Walter S. Sterling nears jury deliberation after Dame claims self defense Sterling had attacked him witnesses say Sterling showed long standing mental instability Mrs Grace Dame testified Sterling threatened to kill her and her husband and Dame fired after a pistol shot heard I had to shoot him Dame said
The Boston Opera Company subscription list has climbed to 169000, 19000 above the initial 150000 prospectus target. The fund remains open at 87 Milk Street Room 1 for new share applications. Recent additions include Francis R. Jones Charles W. Jones Gertrude M. Beard Nellie G. Utley Mary Williams Kidder and others.
The Matakee sett schooner returned to T wharf with its flag at half mast after a gale swept Louis Theodore Le Blanc, captain Avery Le Blanc's brother, overboard. Despite efforts, the 60 year old man known as White vanished in raging seas near the Highlands. The captain refused to launch a dory.
Lena Alexander, 19, a Black woman in Waco, has four baby girls born yesterday. They each weigh five pounds. The father, Ernest Alexander, has three sets of twins in the family. A photo will be sent to President Roosevelt.
New York parents want to rename their son Edward Young to William Henry after the grandfather of the Walter Baker chocolate firm. A judge weighed the change as officials argued legal title risks, while chocolate maker James M. Bugbee vouched that no William Baker ties exist. The case probes ownership and registry limits amid family lore.
United States District Attorney French urged denial of bail pending appeal in the Charles D. Johnson bankruptcy concealment case. Judge Dodge rejected the request, reimposing a one year sentence and Johnson remained free on $1500 bail while appealing.
Hyde Park residents gathered for the Hyde Park Police Relief Association annual ball attracting several hundred attendees. A pre dance concert featured Frank S. Truda F G Willson G H Peters T B Heffernan Robert Wuel and Fred Kendall with Robert KE Grant serving as floor director and committee chair. His aides were Robert M. Sampson Edward J. Welsh Thomas J. Meighan James Wavers George Il Tucker.
A horse and empty buggy owned by L. Long of Frankford arrived in Snow Hill Maryland after more than 40 miles of wanderings. The horse disappeared from in front of a store while Long was inside. Nobody saw the animal during its journey.
Keir Hardie, a self made miner and Labour leader, will address the Economic Club at Ford Hall on labor and its relation to politics. The speech outlines his background from Lanarkshire to Parliament and his opposition to capitalism and the Boer War.
An advertisement touts Cascare as a daily laxative to keep bowels normal with no grip or upset feeling. It claims ten cent box and a week’s treatment, marketed as the biggest seller in drug stores with nationwide sales.
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