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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
4
A list of resale items including women's foulard silk dresses, house dresses, gingham dresses, lisle stockings, Swiss ribbed vests, full fashioned stockings, drawer combinations, lace trimmed petticoats, percale wash petticoats, mannish tailored waists, and girls dresses in chambray percale lawn and linen blends with stated values and sale prices.
A historical note on a garden party fundraiser for the Consumptives’ Home is included along with an old medical testimonial for Cuticura remedies. The letter from W Harrison Smith of Mt. Kisco New York describes eczema and scalp irritation cured after twenty four hours using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. It promotes Cuticura products and lists prices and procurement details from Potter Drug & Chem Corp.
A charitable event at 428 Quincy Street Dorchester will feature band concerts, open air theatre by Dorothy Dix Association children, a kite flying exhibition by Prof Perkins, and booths run by prominent women from Greater Boston. Proceeds aid a venerable home for consumptives facing income loss due to stormy weather.
An advertising pitch promotes Marmola tablets as a fat reducing remedy claimed to melt 12 to 15 ounces daily. It asserts exercise and diet fail and markets the product as harmless, portable, and purchasable for 75 cents a case from Marmoth Company Detroit Department 197.
The Senate advanced the tariff bill with the lumber, pineapple, and coal schedules. A bid to cut sawed lumber rates from 1.50 to 1.00 failed 44 to 24 while pineapple duties rose from 7 to 8 cents. Senator McCumber offered a test amendment linking free lumber to the North West position.
The governor announced nominations for a new State Board of Education and multiple appointments. Highlights include John A. Sullivan as chairman and the slate with Felix Gatineau Melven Walker and Francis Balch among others, plus specialties in education and public welfare.
The Lakes of Killarney draw American tourists who ride boats modeled on lifesaving craft with six oarsmen. Passengers sit at the stern as Irish songs echo at the meeting of the lakes. Boats can weather sudden squalls but yesterday’s facility struggled in the gusts.
Mrs. A A Hilton and her son were drowned in Lake Killarney. A A Hilton, general manager in South Tacoma, was to sail to New York to meet them in Liverpool on June 2a, and learned of the tragedy as he prepared to leave.
An explainer contrasts condensed milk with evaporated milk from Van Camp's. It notes condensed milk contains 40 to 50 percent sugar and about half milk, while evaporated milk is 28 percent solids with 8 percent butter fat, sterilized in can for storage. It argues evaporated milk provides pure, conveniently stored milk for cooking and table use and saves on delivery and waste.
Courting tragedy strikes Boston family as Sybil Loughead, a Radcliffe entrant, and her father Professor Charles W. Loughead suffer separate calamities during travel. Sybil mourned after news of her graduation path, while Charles W. Loughead, Wilbraham Academy instructor, fights for life after a post operative struggle amid heat.
Boston alderman Daniel J. Donnelly known as The Honest Blacksmith died at his Montclair Avenue summer home after a lengthy tuberculosis battle. Born October 18 1868 in Boston he long worked as a printer then blacksmith and served in the Common Council and the Legislature. He was praised for honesty and hard work and survived by a widow and two children.
Mrs Troughead and her husband were well known in Charlestown society. She played a leading role in Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church activities and Norumbega Club auxiliaries. He was a notable businessman who spent much time at home entertaining friends.
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