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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
5
The item is described as the largest and heaviest rocker of its kind offered at a competitive price. It notes a price of $2.00 available elsewhere. The statement emphasizes value and size relative to similar products.
Dublin July 21 The national convention of the Board of Erin Ancient Order of Hibernians unanimously resolves to send a delegate to the United States to report on Ireland’s condition and to respond to criticisms by Matthew Cummings who spent two months in Ireland seeking unity among the order.
Miss Eliza Warren, noted actress and head of a local elocution school, likely fatally stabbed by her sister Mrs. Mary Sutton in Warren's Cleveland studio. Sutton, temporarily demented after grieving a son, stabbed Warren three times and was severely cut in the ensuing struggle.
Patrick McGough Jr. 23 died from a chest stab by his father Patrick McGough 50 at their 59 Ferrin street home. The father was arraigned on murder charges, case continued to July 28, and he remains jailed without bonds.
A Boston letter to the editor argues that the State House fountains should be kept operating in summer for cooling relief. Max Henry Newman writes from Boston on July 21, 1909, urging public works to maintain the spray for passersby.
Regal Hair Tonic does not stain the skin and is advertised to darken gray hair, highlighting cosmetic benefits for aging hair.
Representatives from the Boston school house commission Boston and Maine railroad Cambridge department and local mercantile houses witnessed a demonstration of the Pyrene fire extinguisher in East Somerville. The device, about a fifth the size of current models, quickly smothered fires in excelsior gasoline and oiled waste and even broke an arc lamp fire, proving effective for automobiles and trains and not requiring recharge unless fluid is spent.
Samuel William Johnson 80 emeritus Yale University agricultural chemistry professor died this morning. Survived by widow and one daughter. Born Kingsboro New York July 3 1830, he was renowned as an experimenter and author in scientific agriculture and served on and directed roles at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and State Board of Agriculture.
Dr. William R. Huntington rector of Grace Episcopal Church New York City lies near death in Nahant after a long illness. He remains conscious and resigned to death while hoping to see his daughter Margaret before she arrives from the Lusitania voyage. Margaret is due Friday.
Benjamin A Moses of Cliftondale disappeared April 17 and remains un heard from. His family has no idea of his whereabouts or fate. he left a wife and six children and the family lacks any support since his disappearance.
The North Shore Blue Book from the Boston Suburban Book Company includes President Taft along with a distinguished roster of ambassadors and notable figures. The edition claims unrivaled lists of importance not matched outside major capitals.
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