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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1909
Page
5
A 21 year old writes of loving a woman engaged to another man and plans to elope. The columnist warns against elopement, urges patience, and suggests a home engagement and wedding with family support if the love is true.
Charles H. Whiting shares aloud the daily oddities faced at the ticket window over 18 years. A Kingston request, a dog passenger seeking baggage car access, and a demanding pair offering a nickel and a dime illustrate the quirky encounters.
A copy of a traditional Massachusetts dish recipe notes the origin of Election Cake in New Hampshire under the name Election Cake. It details a yeast sponge with currants and maple sugar, plus a morning modification with shortening and butter. The text also provides halibut steak with Hollandaise and a custard-like sauce recipe, and mentions contributors Mrs W A Noonan and Miss Alice Messom.
Judge W. W. Hole ruled that selling liquor on a houseboat along the Ohio River does not violate the law. The decision undermines dry forces as many river towns already prohibit liquor sales. The case centered on a man charged with selling liquor on a houseboat.
Miss Elizabeth Porter, famed charity monologist, sails to New York this week to headline multiple entertainments. Her best numbers include In a Music Store Buying a Piano At the Breakfast Table with piano accompaniment and The Back Bay Station A Love Letter and A Photographer. Her The Professional Pianist drew great success at the Vincent Club show.
Plans are under way for a new parsonage for the Dudley Street Baptist Church to be erected on the east corner of their church land. A committee is visiting New York to inspect buildings as part of the project.
Notices in the Symphony Hall programme and bold placards urged women to remove hats obstructing views. Despite eight more concerts, management reports limited success with printed rules and cards. ushers now prompt hat wearers, hinting at ticket forfeiture next year.
Edward D. Hartman of the Massachusetts Civic League denounces lazy citizens as the cause of poor legislators and dirty streets. He says average people avoid civic duty, blaming others and letting nuisances persist, while corporations lobby to influence the Legislature.
Robert J. Bottomly, secretary of the committee of 100, spoke on The New City Charter at South Congregational Church yesterday afternoon. He called the charter an absolute success and urged residents to write to their Representatives, focusing on principles rather than details.
Charles 17. Saunders, counsel for the Massachusetts Association Opposed to Further Extension of Suffrage to Women, praised the eight to three committee defeat at the State House. He said the result proves Massachusetts remains firmly against the plan and cannot be swayed by spectacular methods.
Wilkes Barre report states Andrew Yasulla aged 19 months after being bitten by a bulldog 19 months ago died today from hydrophobia at his home in Mountain Top near Wilkes Barre.
Advertisement praises Gold Dust as a universal cleaner reducing need for borax ammonia kerosene or naphtha. It argues factory expansion if used for all home tasks and urges readers to read package directions. Claims safety, economy, and fabric friendly qualities.
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