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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
11
One of the key figures at next week's women’s club convention is Mrs John L Roberts of Boston. Quiet yet renowned for raising funds, she leads D A R hospitality efforts and organizes bridge whist events to support the federation’s hospitalities and activities.
The Rev Father Walsh leads St Josephs A A at the new Charles boathouse regatta while readers recall rowdy suburban trains with leaking cars and water splashed seats. Torpedoes and blank cartridges disrupt daily transit, prompting safety concerns and warnings about wheel damage.
A New York beauty expert Madame Moneaux touted a home treatment to develop the bust arms and neck. The regimen uses glycerine rose water tincture cadomene and borax massaged into skin then washed off. Promises dramatic changes and urges keeping it for a friend as a vital prescription.
In Providence on June 17 Governor Charles E. Hughes of New York meets reporters, says he is here for a good time with classmates and old college chums. A magazine style reminiscence follows of a State Normal School event featuring an eloquent student who wore a handmade lavender gown and delivered a Poe reading before the governor, whose presence sparked a lighthearted memory.
Boston schoolmarms pressed the Common Council to adopt the pension act for teachers age 65 and over, with $180 yearly pensions. The measure, already unanimously approved by the Board of Aldermen, faces a council vote tonight alongside a $40,000 loan for the public grounds department.
New York reported Elinor Glyn the author of Three Weeks has accepted Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt's invitation to spend part of the summer at The Breakers Newport. She praised American women and the American public while at the Plaza, defending the so called smart set and discussing her plans for future writings and editions.
Miss Marjorie Rea daughter of H H Rea and Henry Hughart Laughlin heir to a steel fortune announced a $20 000 000 engagement at the Alvin Theatre Pittsburg during the charity production of The Pirates of Penzance Both parties are described as worth 10 000 000 Each side is linked to Pittsburg millionaires and the event aims to aid crippled children in Pittsburg
Harold H. Hardy a 14 year old son of a prominent merchant, unhappy by his parents separation, drank carbelic acid near Cemetery Creek after visiting his grandmother at 2031 Richmond boulevard. The boy read Sea Wolf before acting, using poison from his grandmother’s bottle. His father Tracy Hardy, a book store proprietor, was divorced from the mother eight years earlier.
Dear reader seeks guidance about a slow and obstinate beau two years older. The columnist counsels embracing his moderation, hints at jealousy over canoe outings, and suggests appreciating his steadiness rather than chasing faster men.
A 88 year old man seeks guidance on marrying a 28 year old woman who flirts with other men and avoids informing her parents. We caution that her conduct suggests an unhealthy home dynamic. The reader should consider release from engagement to avoid an unhappy marriage and door-mat dynamics.
An advertising pitch appeals to overweight readers, claiming Marmola Prescription Tablets will help reduce weight without affecting meals or habits. It promises a loss of up to a pound a day, asserts no wrinkles or stomach trouble, and cites the well known Marmola Prescription as the basis, offered for seventy five cents per extra large case.
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