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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
3
Redding Connecticut July 8 report that Mark Twain’s two year building project has completed the Italian villa named Innocence at Home. The house sits on a hillside with a wide view and a garden left undisturbed. Twain plans to live there in his later years and values comfort and color harmony.
In a West End melee case, Ferdinand Barrish and others faced testimony that devolved into farce as witnesses clashed with lawyers. Judge Forsaith joked that nearly all present should be defendants, while an interpreter aided Barrish and Officer Parmenter clarified stairs versus steps in a humorous exchange. The case continues.
Republican nominees face delays as William H. Taft’s nomination process halts a large barbecue after 30,000 tickets were already sold. The event waits for official notification of Taft's nomination before campaigning can begin.
Miss Ethel May Barthelmes of Brookline married Frank J. Reynolds of Somerville at St Marys Church of the Assumption Brookline. Rev Michael T McManus officiated with Lillian Fay maid of honor and William Reynolds best man. A reception followed at the rectory with families and relatives attending.
In New York July 8 La Sylphe performs at Keith & Proctor's Harlem Theatre before 4200 men and 300 women. Police Captain Walsh uses a thermometer to judge if she wears enough clothing during the Salome and veil dances, avoiding arrest as mercury stays above 90.
Worcester July 8 Claude Macomber eight son of Mr and Mrs Calvin D Macomber fell from the Tarassi steamer into Lake Quinsigamond as elephants swam nearby The elephant Lady Lou reached the drowning boy with her trunk lifting him She was joined by trainer Noonan who swam to shore with the boy.
Three children William Brown-William Annie and Otto drank soda water mixed with Paris green today in Waterbury Connecticut. Doctors report the children may recover though Otto’s condition remains doubtful amid hope the others improve.
Paris attorney Donald Harper travels to New York to contest the late Benjamin Hart’s will. Hart, a wealthy American who lived in Paris, disinherited his adopted daughter and left his estate to Mme De Bie. Guillemin, Hart’s son in law, seeks to overturn the will on grounds of undue influence.
In Waterbury Connecticut on July 8 a cow from Gus Daniels herd went sun mad leaping fences and chasing cattle then entered the house pantry where it devoured freshly baked bread and an angel cake prepared for a Temperance Union raspberry supper.
In Boston the Taft hoodoo disrupts events from a sensational dinner to the Yale boat race. A fire near East Boston halts train service to the Point of Pines where a Republican barbecue faces delay as Herman Hormel weighs safety.
Indianapolis July 8 James M Lynch president of the International Typographical Union declared there is no plan to end the strike in Hartford or elsewhere The strike benefits will end July 18 as beneficiaries have had time to find work and many will join the old age pension starting next month.
After the reception the couple left for Bretton Woods in the White Mountains of New Hampshire to spend the rest of the.
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