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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1910
Page
8
Mrs Georgiana Kelly testifies in Divorce Court that her husband Henry assaulted her over eggs and steak as a midnight meal and during sleep talking incidents. She recalls a lamp confrontation, egg projectile, and steak threats, with lingering bruises and a black eye. The case, contested, resumes today.
Wellesley March 30 Chief W. W. Dethl of the fire department was thrown from his carriage when his horse ran away after frightening at a passing automobile. The horse bolted several miles before it was stopped and the chief escaped injury.
In Swampscott, two sleighs and a touring car owned by Adis Whitney were burned when a barn on the Whitney estate caught fire. The blaze, which started late at night, was brought under control within about twenty minutes. The cause remains unknown and the damage is estimated at 400 dollars.
Washington March 39 Congress will be asked to decide if the Treasury Department may accept a chime of heavy bells offered by Mrs Andrew Wheelwright of Boston for the tower of the new Boston custom house. She would endow a guild to care for them. The comptroller says the government cannot accept voluntary donations or cede control without Congress action. Senators Lodge and Crane will push to have the gift accepted.
Bostonians flock to the Boston Gaelic School Society festival and fair at 1151 Washington Street. organizers include Treg Desmond, Mrs MFE Curley, Michael J. Brien, J Connolly, William King, Thomas O’Malley, and several Misses Grogan Hurley Vaughn and others.
A famous expert insists fat is unused energy and can be shed with a home remedy using 14 ounces Marmola 4 ounces Fluid Extract Cascara Aromatic and 3 1/4 ounces Peppermint Water. Take one teaspoon after meals and at night until target weight is reached. Claims no exercise or diet changes required and Marmola must be the genuine product.
A 1910 verse vignette by Walt Mason rails against ostentatious riches. A husband toils to fund a flashy lifestyle for his wife, who ultimately laments vanity and advocates a simple, humble life away from wealth and display.
Evangelists Gale and Collison lead a Dorchester effort under Chapman Alexander Group 10 with large afternoon and evening attendances at Emmanuel Church. Other church events include tributes to George Starbird and William R. Smith, and talks by Fosdick Myers and Martin in the local Episcopal and Baptist communities.
The column sketches a playful chat with Pinckney about a new idea for Spotty Cahill. The narrator recalls an old club waiter who served lobster Newburg and highballs, painting a vivid, humorous backstage scene in a breezy, period voice.
Pinckney plans Spotty's future with Uncle Aloysius and a wheat farm in Canada funded by ten twenty dollar bills. Spotty, uninterested at first, reveals a wedding with Mareena at nine last night and a trip to Niagara, signaling a sudden life turn.
An advertisement offers a trial bottle of D. D. D. Prescription oil of wintergreen with thymol for 25 cents, claiming instant itch relief and permanent cures. The drugstore chain Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores promotes a product formerly selling at $1.00, available now for a limited offer.
A moderate earthquake was recorded by the Harvard University observatory with readings from noon to shortly after 1:30 PM. The weak tremor suggests the disturbance originated in a far distant area. The rest of the page notes Widow Wise continuing to elude suitors with verses and drawings for next Sunday’s Post.
London March 20 Interest in the veto debate in the House of Commons was low. Lord Hugh Cecil urged a Lords chamber of 400 peers, 350 from hereditary peerage and the rest named by the King on ministerial advice. Augustin Berril said no reform plan would be submitted now. He argued Lords’ unpopularity stems from perceived partial judgment, not the hereditary principle, and no compromise on the financial resolution.
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