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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1909
Page
7
Ralph W. Emery at Back Bay station recalls ticket sellers who build a friendly rapport with customers. He notes common questions about trains and time, and shares a story of a young woman who mistook parlor car seats for theatre tickets for Castle Square Theatre.
A 20 year old asks if she should quit love and a steady home for a risky stage career. Mildred Champagne counsels realism noting most girls end as wives and mothers, and urges letting ambition fade when personal happiness is at stake.
A reader asks if marriages where the wife is eight or nine years older can be happy and if eleven years older works. The author argues sentiment aside, the husband need not be older, and a younger or older wife can share a loving, tolerant companionship without the dynamic of a stern parent.
Arthur Stanton watches Dick return rich with adventure to a warm family scene. His mother reveals the deeper debt owed to Arthur for her comfort during Dick's absence and her prayers. Helene confesses her love for Arthur, leaving him humbled by the unseen romance and conflicted by the wealthier brother's hold.
A collection of vintage kitchen notes detailing how to cut cod into thick slices and fry in hot fat with pepper and salt, plus egg and bread crumb coating. It includes multiple recipe snippets for omelettes and fried cheese, with ingredient lists and method steps attributed to several cooks in Boston and nearby towns.
The Rev. John E. Chariton concluded his Newton Highlands Methodist Church pastorate with his last sermon. Isaac Alcazar spoke at a Baptist ministers meeting in Chipman Hall. Everett’s Universalist Church marks its 44th anniversary under Pastor George G. Hamilton. Eugene C. Webster spoke on parish work for strangers and theatre stance. Samuel Richards Gaines ends as Shawmut Church organist. Percy L. Bryning will start next Sunday. Immigrant Secretary Tupper spoke at the Dudley Street Church on Newer Americans. Old South Club held its annual ladies night with reception and musicale. New England Conference appointments list Boston and Cambridge districts with presiding elders.
Mrs. Adelaide Snowden wife of Lieutenant Commander Thomas Snowden of the Mayflower died at Emergency Hospital after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage following a visit to Lieutenant Semmes Read naval aide to President Taft. Read remained in Naval Hospital with injuries from a fall from his horse.
Philadelphia report details 70 year old August Dod termarsh who hanged a black cat then attempted suicide by hanging himself. Neighbors heard the cat’s howls and the man was cut down before he strangled. He was revived and questioned about poverty and lack of work.
In Steubenville Ohio Pearl Dickey Kellermeir testifies during divorce proceedings against oil operator Harry Kellermeir accusing him of changing after marriage from saying grace to cursing and failing to keep promised conduct.
Freeland E Huskins 31 of 149 Marion Street East Boston has not been seen since last Saturday. His wife appeals to the Post for help locating him. He is a night watchman at Merchants Miners Steamship Company and left with about $46 after drawing pay Saturday afternoon. He has a brown mustache black hair dark brown eyes and a high forehead. He wore checked trousers olive necktie a black coat vest and overcoat. He has two children aged 14 and six.
A meeting at the Hotel Luiteries is planned for tomorrow afternoon to discuss creating a lodging house bureau for Boston girl students amid a city total of about 1500 in the same demographic.
At a Congregational ministers meeting Rev. Dr George A Gordon urged clergy to curb frivolous and secretive marriages especially involving divorced individuals. He said ministers should insist a girl marry by her own pastor and called for accountability to hit the root of marital frivolity. Others supported tougher standards and scrutiny of divorce cases.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr said at noon that he is not engaged to Miss Munn of Washington. He dismissed reports as baseless and stated he has seen no such claim. Miss Munn and her mother stayed at Farmington Saturday near Mrs Cowles who is Mrs Roosevelt’s aunt.
Professor L A Wiltzy, a new instructor at the University of Fort Worth, refused to shave his side whiskers. About 20 students attacked him on campus after a prayer meeting, pulling out his whiskers. Expulsions are expected.
New York March 29. Rumor says John D. Rockefeller Jr will resume leading the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church Young Men's Bible class after a year with Rev. W. S. Richardson in charge. Three evangelistic meetings are planned this week with Rockefeller presiding. Next Sunday’s service will focus on young men and women and Rockefeller will take an active part.
The Society of Mayflower Descendants held its 13th annual business meeting at 53 Mt. Vernon street. After an hour, an informal reception and luncheon followed. Elected for the ensuing year were Governor Asa P. French Deputy Governor John Mason Little Captain Edwin S. Crandon Elder the Rev George Hodges D D Secretary George Ernest Bowman Treasurer Arthur I Nash Historian George A Macomber Surgeon William H Prescot M D Assistants include Mrs Leslie C Wead Lorenzo P D Baker Jr Miss Mary E Wood Miss Mary F Edson Clifford M Swan Charles J Thayer Clinton R B Sears and Brigadier General U S A retired.
More than 1009 white residents attended the funeral of Bob Goodwin a one armed black ferryman who saved many lives on the Alabama River Schoolboys pressed to be pallbearers and a son of Governor Comer protested for being late.
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