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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1909
Page
7
Three large quinces prepared by washing and grating, 3 pints sugar, 1 pint water, juice of one lemon. Boil sugar and water clear, add quince and lemon and simmer twenty minutes. Mrs H B Crosby 225 Lexington Street East Boston.
A kitchen note outlines mixing one pint sour milk two spoonfuls sugar half teaspoon soda a pint graham flour and a beaten egg then baking twenty minutes in hot buttered gem pans. The entry is signed MISS A. M. HAMILTON at 21 Hellier Street Bangor Maine.
Mrs J Casson of 340 Linwood Street West Lynn packs butter beans in jars and tops with boiling vinegar seasoned with red pepper after cooking until slightly tender.
Instructions describe washing and soaking prunes then cooking with minimal water. A dough similar to baking powder biscuits is rolled and filled with prunes, rolled like a jelly cake, placed in a pan, and covered with sugar, hot water, butter and flour slurry. Bake, baste, serve with its own sauce. Mast Brookfield language attributed to Mrs F W Proctor.
A 3 pound Ashloin steak serves three meals with guidance to cook tenderloin first and pair with bacon, flank end chopped with onion, and hot water boil. Top sirloin broiled, round finely chopped for Hamburg steak, and fillet from rump suggested for small families. Mrs. E. B. Taylor, Worcester, Mass.
The article surveys dresses and accessories for women and children, noting colors such as black white dark gray brown and tan for shoes. It highlights bronze shoes for dressy wear, rompers in pink or blue chambray, hat scarfs in linen and silk, lingerie hats of lace or chip, coats with capes, Gainsborough style straw hats, velvet embroidered dog collars, black chiffon sleeves, and dainty lounging robes in cross bar muslin and dimity with scalloped edges and white or gold buttonholes.
A German manufacturer Gummer and his bride flew a balloon honeymoon from this city to Russia. Their craft landed south of Warsaw after a sequence of minor escapades with police and locals before they reached Warsaw safely.
Police say a young Cambridge girl stole clothing and jewelry from two Elm street homes. Officers tracked her after she fled Garvey’s house and led them to the missing items. She cried, said she did it for fun, and was released to her parents with Juvenile Court to decide next steps.
Attorney-General Malone says either James F. Aylward or A. A. Peavey may seek a writ of mandamus to decide who holds the Cambridge city solicitor post. A hearing followed Mayor Brooks petition to use the attorney-general’s name in quo warranto actions. Malone argued the attorney-general's name should be invoked only when the Commonwealth is a party.
Patrolman Jackson reports $503 stolen from his locked locker at Station 5 on East Dedham Street. Captain Ritter urges guilty party to confess as the department grapples with a rare theft within its own ranks. Jackson, seven years on the force, is praised for bravery and efficiency despite the unresolved loss.
The old King's Chapel organ, brought from England in 1756 and long linked to Benjamin Lang, is removed for a large modern electric organ. The article recounts its storied past, Handel, Lang, and church gifts, plus prior organs linked to Boston and Portsmouth.
Cuban Martin, a Boston policy agent of Portuguese descent, was killed after plotting a large $7000 fraud against fellow policy gamblers. His betrayal led to police raids that crippled Boston's policy ring, leaving him penniless and despised by the underworld.
A 1909 verse by Walt Mason laments troubles of palace life and praise for a simple farm existence. The speaker, Uncle Ab, declares freedom from assassination fears and a tranquil life milking cows and riding horses, ending with a benediction of all being well.
Stockbridge July 28 A sign reading Red Lion Inn Stockbridge 1 mile will prompt a lawsuit against the town if Allen T. Treadway president of the State Senate does not have it removed The sign placed yesterday before Overlook the Bowker summer estate of Richard R Bowker of New York defaces the scenery and measures 42 by 18 inches Bowker has notified the Selectmen to remove it or face legal action
Amesbury July 28 Herbert S Flan ders, 13, found an old cartridge on the Clarence Merrill farm and began hammering it with a rock. The cartridge exploded tearing a portion of his left hand to pieces.
Henry Siegel of Boston proposes the Wright brothers fly from a roof in Boston and later at New York to show a 10 minute flight for 1500 dollars with 1000 for a second ten minutes. He offers to pay transport, build a shed on the roof, and cover expenses. The telegram is dated July 28 1909 and addressed to Fort Myer Virginia.
Captain William J. Lowery of Police Division 12 in South Boston died suddenly in his private office at the East Fourth Street station after a heart attack. He had reported for duty at 7 45 a m and collapsed minutes later. He leaves a widow, two daughters, and a son. born in Ireland March 19, 1846, he joined the force November 27, 1878.
Miss Gina Krog president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association of Norway, arrives in Boston on return from a Western tour. She recently attended the International Council for Equal Suffrage in Toronto and has been met with ovations by governors and city officials across several states.
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