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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1910
Page
3
Miss Genevieve Lyon of Chicago won the first prize in a high school beauty contest in the Windy City. She refused to enter, saying she would have no show, but a friend sent her photograph to the judges and she was chosen as the prettiest and one of the daintiest girls in the country.
Miss Catherine Will, daughter of the American ambassador in Germany, debuted at the Emperors palace ball in Berlin last Thursday. Ambassador and Mrs. Hill condemn non German speaking applicants and note many requests to present American girls are refused. The Hills plan events including a tea on February 4 and a ball February 5 at the Hotel Adlon for court and diplomatic circles.
The Museum of Fine Arts will stay open until 4 30 PM starting today with a 5 PM closing when days permit. From Sunday January 30 the museum will open at 1 PM on Sundays.
Spokane Washington January 2. Indian agent Captain John McA Webster reports all Indians healthy and says since land allotment began birth rates have risen. Each newborn is allotted 80 acres of plough land or 160 acres of grazing land, seen as encouragement to advance Roosevelt era anti race death by action.
In Franklin New Hampshire on January 23 Charles Sleeper aged 18 was suffocated when a sawdust pile toppled as he dug with his father. The father escaped unburied and dug down to reach him too late.
Puritan Lodge No 621 of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will hold its eighth concert and ball in Copley Hall next Monday evening. The event promises music and social dancing hosted by the lodge for members and guests.
The petition accompanying the bill asks enactment to stop involuntary vice and detaining women in houses of ill fame. Secretary Chase says the Watch and Ward Society leads a statewide moral fight to protect New England’s women from white slave trafficking. He cites a nationwide network with clearings in major cities, detailing prices paid for trafficked girls and the cruelties of captivity. The issue is framed as vital for homes and national safety.
Bishop William Lawrence lauds Phillips Brooks at Emmanuel Church Newbury Street for his life, works and global influence. He recalls Brooks death seventeen years ago and notes memorials including Phillips Brooks House at Harvard and windows at Wesley College and London.
Marmaduke Mason aged 93 died from the shock of a home invasion in Bristol Rhode Island. James Coyle, a local laborer, is arrested on a murder charge after previously pleading not guilty to an assault on Mason and being out on bail. Mason had been confined to the State Insane Asylum due to mental illness.
The Augusta Club of South Boston hosts a dancing party this evening at Whee Lock Hall Upham's Corner. Miss Josephine Callahan is floor director assisted by Miss Catherine Lynch and Miss Sadie Durgin.
New York officials with papers to return naval convict James B. Hall to Rochester for the Anna C. Schumacher murder failed to secure government approval. Hall seeks release from navy prison, clearing himself at the Rochester cemetery, and part of a $500 reward offered for the arrest. He disclosed his motives to the county attorney in a letter.
Mrs John F Richardson of Belmont announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Richardson to William Thurston Pickering of Harvard. Professor William H Pickering and family hosted a reception for Miss Richardson at the Observatory on Garden Street. The groom is a Harvard student, valued in clubs, high in class rank and honors. The bride, a Wellesley debutante, rose in society after graduation. no wedding date yet but rumors point to early June.
Ex Mayor Edwin A. Curtis becomes collector of the port of Boston and Colonel George H. Doty takes office as United States sub-treasurer in Boston today.
The Rev Thomas I Gasson president of Boston College will deliver an illustrated lecture on The Passion Play at Boston College Hall on Sunday evening February 18. The event is staged by Erin Court 28 of the M C O F to raise funds for the new Boston College at Chestnut Hill.
A sale listing heavy Irish double damask table cloths in sizes 2 yds by 2 yds up to 244 yds by 2 yds, with prices from 9.00 to 5.50 each. Multiple lots include napkins 25 inch and 27 inch options, doyles, pillow cases, and towels with marked reductions noted for Monday and Tuesday sales.
A vintage textile ad lists various fabrics with former prices and new low rates. Items include Shadow Stripe Venetian Alf Wool Stripe Prunellas Imported Novelty Suitings French and German Plaids Silk and Wool Crepes and All Wool Cream Voile in several widths with price drops to around 75 cents or 50 cents.
Ladies and young girls underwear and nightwear in cotton cambric and nainsook with lace edging insertions and embroidery. Drawers corset covers combinations and petticoats priced from 50c to 3.00 with substantial discounts on wrappers negligees tea gowns and robes in silk flannelette albatross and quilted silk fabrics.
Owen F. Hayes of Dorchester was installed as the youngest consul in the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters at St. Rose Hall Worcester Street Worcester. Hayes, 23, also becomes the youngest past chief ranger of the order.
The store will offer Silk Umbrellas with handles in silver gun metal gold and ivory. Values range from five to twenty dollars with a twenty five percent discount for two days only.
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