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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1910
Page
7
John Finnerty aged 65 a lodger at 302 Shawmut Avenue was burned to death yesterday afternoon while napping on a couch. A nearby pipe is believed to have ignited the couch as he slept causing the fatal blaze.
Penal Commissioner Fred S. Gore wins approval to start a large poultry and egg operation at Deer Island prison. He proposes installing a hennery with 800 to 1000 hens to expand prison labor and city industry.
Mrs. Marian Longfellow O'Donoghue remains ill and the planned lecture on Longfellow for Friday March 4 at the Public Library has been cancelled.
The Em-Bee Toilet Company via Houghton & Dutton Co offers a free 50c Ninon Face Powder with every $1 Sorose purchase. Sorose, a vegetable concentrate, claims to develop bust size and is backed by a refund guarantee if results are not achieved. Postage can mail the offer if local agents are unavailable.
The food trust adds a 15 cent extra for a full portion served for two at Boston hotels including Parker House Touraine and Young's. Managers cite higher food costs and bread and butter as factors. Half portions remain, with varying charges, at Adams Clark Quincy and American Houses.
Lorenzo Rowe, a colored man and former Navy deserter, was arrested for larceny after Miss Josephine Hathaway of Medford said she gave him 1 to obtain small change and he did not return. Navy yard officials request his delivery to complete desertion punishment and remainder of enlistment.
Providence, March 2. Howard Annis of Boston broke into the Aldrich home through a window while the family was away. Police surrounded the house and arrested him as he waited inside with a smoke. He claimed to be married to one of Mrs. Aldrich's daughters, a fact unknown to the community. A neighbor notified police after watching his entry attempts.
Mrs Hannah Ryan aged 65 of 159 West Broadway South Boston refused to flee as a fire raged through the lower story neighbors forced her out. The blaze confined to the first floor shop of Max Weinbaum caused about 2000 dollars in damage.
Word reached city hall that Mayor Fitzgerald arrived in Havana and would be back at his desk in City Hall next Wednesday morning.
The Boston Opera Company presented Boito's Mefistofele at the Boston Opera House with Miss Nielsen as Marguerite and Mr Constantino as Faust. The cast included Mardones Boninsegna Baklanoff and others as heads of the production. The program praised the performance as one of the season’s most popular, noting Goethian motifs and inventive musical phrasing. Edward Orchard and Hermann Jadlowker were announced as additional singers.
Next week the Boston Opera Company presents two new works including Puccini's La Tosca in a Monday evening performance marking a Russian opera debut in America with the season opening.
The Chelsea Licensing Board announces rules for saloons opening May 1. Each saloon must have a man to announce streetcar arrivals. Hotels cannot obtain licenses. Women are barred from licenses and liquor service. Only one line of men may stand at bars. Chairman Abbott Lawrence says these are New England’s strictest laws.
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