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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1905
Page
7
Mamie Savage aged 26 died in a cab after a night of drinking with Thomas J. Deegan 30 a clerk. They had visited several saloons and hotels and drank gin steadily before a maudlin ride ended with her death and him ill. Both are described as coming from good families.
March 15. Vatican withdraws Monsignor Broderick from the Rome mission to urge American bishops to increase the Peter's Pence collection. The action follows complaints received by the Holy See.
Mrs Alice Webb Duke has filed in New York Supreme Court for separation from husband Brodie L Duke on abandonment and non support. The couple wed recently amid scandals including Duke being confined in a sanitarium after his son alleged incompetence in managing affairs. She was later arrested on a Texas indictment for obtaining money under false pretences but released at the request of Texas authorities.
Mrs Julia Ward Howe urged a return to loose gowns at the Meridian Street Church East Boston banquet of the Harvey class She argued makers could not recognize their work today and traced the history of women’s clubs Ex Governor Bates and others spoke and the battle hymn of the republic was sung by Miss Ida Beverly
New York report notes women adopt suspenders with shirtsleeves as part of a stylish dining trend. Miss Elizabeth A. C. White of the dressmakers' show at Masonic Hall demonstrates a model adaptable to many fabrics, promising versatile gowns at lower cost per look.
New England hardware retailers gathered at the Vendome for their first annual convention. Thomas W. Lawson could not attend due to copper advertisement mail decline. he sent a letter noting 1200 daily letters and six stenographers handling 600 replies daily. Officers were elected and plans include attending an automobile show and a Cadet show in Mechanics Hall.
Society notes Dorothy Quincy of Beacon Street returns from Washington where she visited her uncle Mr Adams during inauguration festivities and reappears at a Monet reception in Boston wearing violet crepe with an amethyst pendant. The piece mentions accompanying chaperone Mrs Parker Quincy, upcoming Copley tea innovation, and social tidbits about visitors and events.
A 24 year old woman asks if it is proper for her and her 28 year old engaged fiancé to take a two week vacation unaccompanied or with a party at a farmhouse with 20 to 30 boarders. She asks whether announcing the engagement or bringing a third person changes propriety and whether the landlady who is a personal friend could serve as a chaperon.
Des Moines reports Bunyon Turton known as Bunnie postmaster of Farmington declares a heavenly inspiration and predicts Christ will announce a second earthly existence on October 14, 1909. He is revered locally as a seventh son and says Christ is on earth in human form awaiting his 40th year to reveal himself. Turton plans to travel worldwide preaching his faith.
Appleton Wis March 15 Following a cut in prices of print paper by an independent representative at Fond du Lac there has been a 10 per cent cut in the price of print paper by the Plover Paper Company and the Wisconsin River Pulp and Paper Company both owned by George Whiting of the General Paper Company.
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