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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
5
Readers respond to a Post letter about shop girls facing insults from upper class customers. Two letters describe clerks as undervalued and accuse wealthy women of snobbery, while another recalls personal conflict over a recalled memory and stock claims. The writers claim experience supports sympathy for sales staff and critique upper-class behavior.
Hedley J. Gardner stood trial in the Superior Criminal Court before Judge Pierce for the theft of Bay State Gas stock. Gardner, an admitted drinks abuser described as a nervous wreck, received 18 months at the house of correction after testimony detailing his past roles as an accountant and bank official in Canada and the U S. Gardner claimed no memory of obtaining the stock.
New York June 18 Arguments on the removal of Harry K Thaw from Matteawan to a private institution were adjourned until tomorrow after being set for today by Justice Dowling.
June 18 in Washington Colonel Joseph Noble assistant chief of the division of loans and currency in the Treasury Department suffered heart failure in the Treasury building and died en route to a hospital.
In St Louis a century old tale tied to a steel sled runner thrust into an oak at Glen Echo golf links is linked to two lightning deaths. Millionaire Joseph J Howard died by the tree three weeks ago, with another boy killed there three years prior. The metal’s pointed end allegedly served as a lightning conductor.
The scout cruiser Salem built at Fore River Quincy will hold a Sunday final trial off Rockland Me. Captain Evans will move the ship to Nantasket Roads at 4 30 Saturday and launch for the Maine coast at 6 Sunday morning with the naval board aboard. The test requires 24 knots for four consecutive hours, and it is expected to exceed that speed if earlier trials count.
An advertisement touts a natural digestive tonic using Prosene Compound and Compound Tincture Cinchona mixed with sherry wine. It claims to prevent stomach trouble and dyspepsia by replacing laxatives and medicines, credits Cooper Pharmacal Company and Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores, and urges regular pre meal and bedtime use.
Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes presided over two sessions of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at the Federal building in Boston. He discussed how the Supreme Court handles knotty issues and assisted local jurists in cases including Charles D. Johnson vs United States and Sterling Coal Co. vs Silver Spring Bleaching & Dyeing Co. He attended Harvard class day events and a luncheon at the Exchange Club with local judges and officials.
Mrs. Deborah Frances Lowe obtained an interlocutory divorce from Joshua Lowe in New York Supreme Court. The ruling cites possession of 66 shirts as a key charge, with custody of their nine year old son Herman Leander Lowe and alimony set at $20 weekly. The wife also claimed improper conduct with vaudeville actress Charlotte P. Smith, stage name Charlotte Parry.
In Raleigh, June 18, Daniel Jones Frank Spikes and Haywood Lee all of the city were killed at the Caraleigh Phosphate Works by the escape of sulphuric acid gas in a room. Three others were nearly overcome but recovered.
Actress Louise Dresser wed Jack Gardner of George M. Cohan's Yankee Prince company at Asbury Park Presbyterian Church in New Jersey. The divorce from John Knauff was finalized four days before the marriage, and reports mention Knauff planning to wed Nora Bayes despite a contract keeping her single until its expiration.
A two headed black snake was found in Bloomsburg and killed by Frank Keim. The creature, four feet three inches long, is now owned by P. H. Shuman of Catawissa.
The Nelden Institute opens an emergency facial restoration unit at 16 East Twenty eighth Street to treat motorists promptly. Dr. A. L. Nelden, a renowned skin specialist, will supervise the wards aimed at preventing permanent facial disfigurement from accidents amid city traffic.
Davis Company announces a new mill at Fall River to employ about 500 workers. The plant will adjoin the current mill and house around 65 000 spindles plus other machinery. Stockholders vote to raise Davis mills capital from 500 000 to 1 000 000 and work will start immediately.
Soothing liquid X Zalia promised to stop itching burning and spreading of heat rashes and quickly heal irritated flesh. An unnamed source promotes the product as a quick remedy for irritation and rash relief.
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