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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
4
Sale begins Thursday at 8:30 in the Tunnel Bargain Basement featuring strictly tailored suits in Repp and linen plus summer weight panamas in several colors. Hundreds of lots not advertised. examples include pure linen suits at 4.95, linen dresses at 3.75, white linen skirts 1.25 to 1.79, lingerie dresses 9.90, and china silk waists 1.65.
Instructions for lamb soup with peas new potatoes and butter flour roux, served with parsley garnish. Also includes ready butter sauce for meat and a cold cream pudding with gelatin and lady fingers in vanilla cream, attributed to Mrs L S Wood Mrs C E Wendell and Mrs D Fraher of Boston and Manomet Massachusetts South Boston.
About 200 members joined the annual outing of the Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange at Bass Point. Events included field athletics, a ball game won by Butter and Eggs over Fruit 10 to 1, pool and bowling, with trophies awarded for various races and teams. Francis Batchelder led the sail to the venue and Everett S. Hilton supervised events.
Mayor Hibbard emphatically denied the published claim that he told assessors he would run for mayor this fall. Asked if he planned to succeed himself he said he did not say so at all and smiled, returning from Stockbridge with Mrs. Hibbard.
Eight Riker Jaynes drug stores in Boston promote a summer sale with broad ranges from toilet goods to emergency outfits and rubber items. The promotion targets both travelers and locals, promising Riker Jaynes quality and the satisfaction guarantee, or money back.
The fishing schooner Boyd and Leeds with 14 crew nearly lost 10 men in dense fog last Monday. Two sailors remained missing, possibly picked up by another vessel, while the ship returned to port with half mast and 15,000 pounds of fish aboard. Captain William C. Goodwin and his cook survived onboard.
The South Boston Citizens' Association held its annual Bass Point outing all day yesterday drawing over 400 attendees. Festivities included a long list of field and track sports with winners in egg race, potato race, boys and girls races, and fat men race. The baseball game stretched 11 innings for a box of cigars, featuring umpire J. J. Lydon and lively play.
A 20 year old writes about parental objections to callers and a boy wanting dances and theatres. The adviser urges dialogue with the mother, notes youths push boundaries, and suggests the mother may accept other worthy suitors if asked. The tone emphasizes doing what is best for the daughter and respecting parental guidance.
The Postal and Western Union telegraph firms ordered in New York that no extra charge be added for the five words indicating filing time on all telegrams sent and received in Massachusetts. The change, effective at 11 a.m. today, surprised the state with its quick shift in policy.
Attorney Philip G. Wardner says no definite New York policy change to fight Massachusetts law is expected. Rumors say a new Massachusetts telegraph form will print time filed at the top and transmit only the hour, such as 9 37 a m. Representative William H. O'Brien expresses delight at the policy change and credits telegraph firms for sensible timing.
James H. Vahey, Democratic candidate for governor in 1908, told New York legislators at the State House hearing that direct nominations will be the campaign issue. He argued the convention system gives public service corporations too much influence and blamed Senator Lodge for blocking direct nomination bills. The New York committee, hosted by the Massachusetts Club, heard both supporters and opponents and left for Philadelphia to hear further testimony.
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