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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1909
Page
7
The piano fills the room with rich melody as Pauline plays in a quiet club with Annie Ellis interjecting. The girl resists and continues, hinting at a final meeting of the dear old club.
Readers inquire how to gain about fifteen pounds. Advice covers nourishing foods with butter olive oil fruits and nuts and mindful eating. Mentions milk diets tablets from Sargol Co and cautions about ease of choosing concentrated products.
Four Boston Conservatory friends nicknamed the Inseparable Quartet share weekly seer and revealer prophecies at Marion Hall’s home. Years later, after Marion’s death, Pauline Lor ing lands a top music post and Crystal earns a notable singing career, while Annie and others reflect on Marion’s believed supernatural powers and the fulfilled forecast.
Vinnie Brad come Eastman wife of the slain Edith Woodill killer known as Lame Bob Eastman announced she will return to the stage. She has spent nearly two weeks in a New York hospital and says she wants to forget the ordeal and resume her life.
X-Zalia liquid cools and soothes to heal flesh damaged by chafing heat sunburn or insect bites. It promises fast relief for torn skin and irritation.
A collection of kitchen tips and recipes from Mrs Elizabeth Flint and others. Includes a plain gem batter using flour cornmeal and butter, a graham gem variation, potato and butter stewing directions, improvised oatmeal dishes, beef jelly for invalids, and a lemon custard pie filling with meringue.
Newport Rhode Island July 19 The will of Mrs Agnes Lee Rice widow of Henry A Rice probated today directs proceeds from sale of Newport property diamonds to be given to Boston Children s Hospital Other bequests include 9000 for the Children s Home 9000 to the M C A 10000 to the Episcopal City Mission and 5000 to St Luke s Home for Convalescents in Boston The will dated 1904 and a codicil of 1906 are noted.
Atlantic City July 19. Beach officials decline to deem sheath bathing skirts immodest despite crowds gasping as two young women unhook slit sides and pose on the sand. The incident prompts no enforcement action.
Chicago July 19 John Rose seeks a widow to wed issuing a matrimonial appeal. He specifies she must be comely Catholic and tolerate a husband with two different colored eyes. He is in St. Louis and prefers a non Chicago widow.
Jerome W. Decker a self described private detective had his wife Irene Winfield arrested for bigamy after one week of marriage. She, 19, is held at Jefferson Market prison in $1000 bond. Decker says he learned of her prior marriage to plumber John Van Arsdale and seeks an annulment. He will not prosecute.
Max Dick of 69 to 73 Rivington Street offered cash prizes for newborn boys and twins in his tenement. He announced $150 to families with eight children at birth, $100 to families with fewer than eight children, and $500 for twins. The building houses 68 families and 199 children.
Jennie Odell a New York woman sentenced to a brief term in Macon city stockade for remarking that Miles Reid a negro was as much of a gentleman as any Southern white man was released from custody today.
Oakland July 19 an incubator holds a baby girl weighing one and a half pounds. So small the mother's wedding ring may slip up the babe's arm to the shoulder. The infant is well formed and improving daily. The mother is 17 years old.
In London the Chicago socialite Mrs Potter Palmer clashed with New Yorker Mrs John Mackay in a high profile duel of entertainments. Palmer staged a crimson gown and Russian dancers, while Mackay hosted famed singers including Mme Lillian Nordica.
London reports the Limoges fair shows demand for false hair rising. Peasants sell abundant locks to makers who fashion puffs and switches, then sell in Paris and other cities. Prices double or triple previous rates, with silver white hair fetching up to 25 dollars per pound.
Garfield Washington July 19 Fred Jankin sues to end marriage claiming wife Regan daily threatens him with violence by her occult practices He says she calls up spirits of relatives to annoy him and accuses him of disloyalty based on information from the spirits
In Los Angeles on July 19, Miss Helen Roush wed secretly, one year after her twin sister eloped. Jen Peters, a prominent broker, served as master of ceremonies for both elopements and acted as best man for each couple. The other sister was kept unaware of the plans. The sisters are described as wealthy and beautiful.
James Phillips sues Rev. Dornblasser for 5000 damages claiming his wife’s affections were wrongfully pursued. He adds a poem and hymn to his bill describing affectionate letters and muses as he pressed his case. Mrs Phillips denies the claims and says the poet husband cannot support her.
In Dover Delaware on July 19 a divorce suit drew attention as Mrs John Pettyjohn claims she married at 18 in 1875 and lived with her husband for only two years.
Pasadena circles were startled by the announcement of Miss Katharine Traphagen marrying her stepfather, Cyrus M. Davis of Los Angeles. Davis is described as very wealthy with a fine Los Angeles home.
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