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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
9
Snow coated the city as scores of Bostonians stepped on a manhole cover near Pie alley and were pitched to the ground. Victims described the icy entrance with shrieks and groans as the cover rolled like a ride with swift slips and loud curses until the cover remained in place late last night.
The Kneisel Quartet gave a season ending concert at Chickering Hall featuring Caetani’s quartet in three minor keys. Mme Olga Samaroff accompanied Cesar Franck’s piano quintet and Haydn’s quartet. The performance earned enthusiastic, prolonged applause as the season concluded.
George Hackenschmidt, the giant Russian wrestler, defeated Andrey in three minutes of Greco-Roman action at the Armory A. A. in Boston. He also tossed John Petrelli, and showcased his extraordinary strength against 300-pound Auvrey and 200-pound Stegemiller. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. attended, greeting the champion in the dressing room.
Butler's millinery parlor reports a crowded second floor as women seek large spring hats. Designers feature wide brims, georgette, and tassels, with rose petals, grasses, and hydrangeas in lavender to pink tones. Bold shades include Mousquetaire blue and cerise. The Charlotte Corday ruff appears as a soft, youthful frame.
Harvard baseball coach Pieper cut ten fielders after poor hitting during a practice session. The reduced fielding squad now lists players R. H. Aronson, T. Briggs, BE. T. Dana, R. W. Hall, J. C. Hamlen, F. A. Harding, C. W. Harvey, R. Haydock, J. E. Keefe, F. W. Kemble, C. R. Leonard, H. B. Palmer, S. Pond, J. D. Pounds, R. W. Rowley, J. W. Simons, A. K. Tigrett, J. F. Waters.
The article highlights lace and fancy straw hats, including linen plumed styles faced with straw. It notes varied and bold color combinations and picturesque shapes, with good taste and modest prices defining the Butler opening.
Charlestown followers await the second of a three game series between Medford A C and St Francis A A for district championship. The opener at Monument Hall favored Madison A C and the next game will include Henry McGuiness as referee after a previous mix up.
Tense crisis in Port au Prince as Indefatigable fires three guns and German secretary Hertzberg flees through streets amid hostile crowds The Haytian government defends its actions while President Alexis strengthens defenses with General Celestin and troops from Gonaives arriving to bolster the capital.
Preliminary gathering at the Boston Athletic Association drew all returning crews with Dorchester High School gaining membership for the first time and Browne & Nichols reinstated. John Grainey named coach as the BAA and ISA share the season costs while Holton's resignation as secretary treasurer is accepted. Robert Weston elected president and Chester Robarts vice president with George W. Brown chosen secretary-treasurer.
Supreme Court Justice William H. Moody has accepted election as an honorary lifetime member of the New England baseball league. In a letter to Secretary Jacob C. Morse Moody thanked the league, recalled presiding over its birth, and expressed enduring interest in its welfare and in baseball’s early New England history.
The advertisement argues Maps-Flake cereal is all food because its starch is made fully digestible through a 96 hour process. It outlines steam cooking for six hours, curing, thinning flakes, and 30 minutes of toasting at 400 degrees, claiming cheaper methods fail to digest starch and cause stomach gas.
Carpenters' District Council of Newton Waltham Natick Needham and vicinity adopts resolutions on the death of Henry Hunt a fellow member prominent builder and employer of labor. A copy of the resolutions has been sent to the family of the deceased.
Fire partially destroyed the Heffron Tanner Company mail order plant in Syracuse in the early hours. The estimated loss stands at 150000 dollars with 95000 dollars insured.
Orange reports the death of former Councilor Charles A Towne aged 164. He served on the executive council under Governor Wolcott and spent three years on the State Board of Gas Commissioners. Towne also held town offices and was active in Masonic and Royal Arch Masons orders.
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