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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1919

Page

6

Condensed Novels Winners to Be Printed in Sunday Post

The Boston Post announces the Condensed Novels contest winners and previews Nathan Haskell Cole's Gil Blas condensation. It recounts Gil Blas rise through Madrid and Valencia, his wit, moral lessons, and eventual respectability. Also noted is a forthcoming Count of Monte Cristo condensation by Alfred S. Clark to appear in Sunday Post.

Post Sunday Post Nathan Haskell Cole le Sage Count of Monte Cristo Alexander Dumas Alfred S. Clark

Le Sage Alain Rene Le Sage a Lifelong Writer of Gil Blas

Le Sage born December 13 1668 in western France died 1747. He faced poverty yet married and turned to theater for income. A Parisian breakthrough came with a comedy and the novel Gil Blas first published in 1715, with later parts released by 1735. Sir Walter Scott praised the work as a life like and entertaining panorama of Spain.

Alain Rene le Sage France le Sage Legaal Gil Blas Spain Walter Scott

Gil Blas of Salamanca Adrift Across Spain in Folly

Gil Blas, seventeen, leaves home with forty ducats to study Divinity at Salamanca. He is cheated for his mule, joins bandits, helps Dona Mencia escape, is jailed, robbed, and misled by rogues. He wanders through Burgos Madrid and Toledo, passing through tutors, doctors, and libertines, seeking work as a servant and adventurer amid scams and schemes.

Don Alfonso Gil Blas Granada Marques de Marialva Madrid Duke of Lerma Salamanca Dona Mencia Marques de la Guardia Burgos Camilla Fabricio Valladolid Canon Sedillo Sangrado Troy Don Bernardo Rolando Don Bernado Hidalgo Don Luis Pacheco Don Gonzales Lazarus Maraquesa de Chaves Toledo

Condensations Published With Publication Dates Series

A note listing condensations already printed in this series, specifying publication dates for each item. It provides a reference to prior summaries and their original print dates for archival tracking.

Back issue pricing offered for Daily Post and Sunday Post

Readers may secure back copies at regular rates: 2 cents per daily issue, 6 cents per Sunday Post in Greater Boston, and 7 cents elsewhere, if applied for immediately. The offer emphasizes immediate action to obtain archived issues.

Daily Post Greater Boston Sunday Post

Swigs Bill Reported in House Banks Committee

The House Banking Committee reported Simion Swig's measure to let savings departments of trust companies pay monthly interest and interest on deposits withdrawn within six months. The bill aims to repeal a recent law restricting such interest payments, backed by Swig and supporters who argue the prior rule was unjust to depositors.

Savings Departments House of Representatives Legislative Committee Oz Banks and Banking Simon Swig Tremont Trust Company

New Legislation Faces Swift Passage Amid Support

Supporters report the bill has solid backing and aims for quick enactment before the legislative session ends. Officials mobilize efforts to ensure passage.

Holbrook Estate Bequest Totals 1 Million to Widow

New York June 27 The Stamford estate of Edward Holbrook longtime Corham Manufacturing Company president along with the Holbrook townhouse and stocks and bonds valued at 1 million dollars is left to his widow Mrs Frances S Holbrook. His son John S Holbrook and daughter Mrs Lilian De Balinecourt receive 750000 dollars each and income from a 150000 dollar trust fund.

New York Stamford Coun Edward Holbrook Corham Manufacturing Company

Three Launchings in Quincy Today at Bethlehem Yard

Three ships are slated to launch in Quincy today at two Bethlehem Shipbuilding sites. The destroyer Moody, named for the late William H. Moody, will be christened by his sister Miss Mary J. Moody of Haverhill. Submarine R-19 will also be launched at the Fore River yard.

Moody Henshaw Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation William H. Moody Secretary of the Navy United States Supreme Court Mary J. Moody Haverhill Fore River

Ayer Girl Elopes with 35 Year Old Man Shocks Family

A nineteen year old girl from Ayer has eloped with Arthur Nutting aged thirty five according to her mother. The event heightens concern for family and community. The notice notes the couple’s sudden departure and seeks information.

Ayer Arthur Nutting

Elopement Stirs Ayer Town Involving Fay and Nutting

Ayer residents report a sensational elopement involving 19 year old Minta Fay and 35 year old Arthur Nutting. They left on May 27 with Fay's eight month old baby and are thought to be living on a nearby farm. Nutting is owner of the Sandy Pond general store.

Rutland

Woman Missing After Suspected Meeting With Nutting

Mrs. Mosher tells how her daughter Mrs. Fay left Sandy Pond with her infant to visit her husband in Rutland on the day Nutting vanished. Police and surrounding towns were urged to help locate them as clues point to clandestine meetings and possible residence in a farmhouse.

Post Nutting

Captain Pyemont Earns British Military Cross on Rooftop Ceremony

Captain Winthrop Pyemont, a Harvard Law School student and former Special Reserve officer, received the British Military Cross with a second citation bar in a rooftop ceremony at Northeastern Department Army Headquarters 99 Chauney Street. The award was presented by Vice-Consul General Gloucester Armstrong of New York and pinned by General Edwards in King George's stead.

Winthrop Pyemont Harvard Law School Special Reserve Signal Company Royal Engineers Northeastern Department Army Chauney Street Ccross Gloucester Armstrong New York Edwards King George Armstrong Pyemont John T. Boumphrey Isaac Jones Royal Naval Reserve A. V. Campbell Royal Flying Corps

Vinice Ibanez and Other Novels Review

Critics survey contemporary fiction highlighting Ibanez La Bodega as a potent anti liquor tale set near Cadiz. It contrasts with Miss Fingal and The Little Daughter of Jerusalem, praising spiritual nuance and vivid settings while noting varied war era fiction and adventurous thrillers for summer readers.

Jerusalem Dutton Myriam Harry Phoebe Allen Europe Orient Occident

GOP blocks 10 day Senate recess debate

Democratic Senators push for a ten day recess after supply bills while Republican leaders resist citing President Wilson's return and seek a short three day break or a week long recess starting next Monday night to let members go home for the Fourth of July as committees finish work.

Washington Congress Wilson Senate Hitchcock Nebraska Administration Swanson Virginia House

Jolson Divorce Suit Cites Neglect and Gambling

Mrs. Henrietta Jolson sues Al Jolson for divorce in Los Angeles claiming neglect and heavy gambling at Baltimore and New York race tracks. She says Jolson sent his secretary to reconcile and recalls a canceled Catalina trip. She seeks $290 monthly alimony amid an income claimed over $3,900 weekly and a fortune over $200,000.

Los Angeles Henrietta Jolson Aj] Jolson Jolson Frank Holme New York Catalina

Boston woman awarded 39590 for hip injury in street car accident

Mrs Minnie Parker a former assistant housekeeper and seamstress in Bos ton hotels was awarded 39590 in a suit against the Boston Elevated Railway Company. The accident occurred November 25 1917 near Norway Street and Massachusetts Avenue when a car started suddenly throwing her to the ground fracturing her right hip. The railway contended she stepped from the car while in motion.

Minnie Parker Adams House Boston Boston Elevated Railway Company

Restful sleep boosts energy for business success

You can't keep up with the business procession if you're only half rested. Lack of sleep saps your energies and robs you of the snap and go essential to success. Your best insurance against disease is the reserve strength from sound slumber and a full daily rest allowance.

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