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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
7
Recipes for clam pie using clams potatoes and crust plus oyster cream toast base and marshmallow cake layers with sugar eggs vanilla and a wine jelly mold from New England housewives and readers.
Mrs. Blanche B. Whitwell seeks to split $125000 fortune of her allegedly dead son William Scollay Whitwell between sons Sturgis B. Whitwell and Cutler B. Whitwell. Evidence suggests the son, famed Harvard athlete, may be alive. judge to consider case after testimony about a February 1903 note and later sightings in New York and Texas.
Miss Georgia Edna Bible, 22, arrested in Chicago on charges of robbing Philadelphia haberdasher Herbert B. Loeb of valuables valued at $5000. Former governess in Loeb’s household, she posed as an art student to approach the crime.
Chicago May 1 A ten year old girl Rosie Barnelli daughter of Alexander Barnelli entertained a burglar for two hours guiding him through the house while he gathered clothing jewelry and silverware. She kissed him goodbye believing his tale that he was her uncle.
Mrs. John Moulds of Nottingham England arrived on the Saxonia with only ten dollars. She learned her husband, a former Chicago machinist, is a raving maniac in a Chicago asylum after a robbery and sandbagging that left him insane. She faced detention in Boston and possible deportation.
A nostalgic Irish lyric recounts meeting Rose Adair in spring amid blooming trees and breeze. The singer praises her beauty and compares her to sun, scent, and song birds. He recalls a secret kiss and asks forgiveness for love. The poem celebrates enduring green love through seasons.
Mrs. Hetty Green states she has never used a telephone. In the Title Guarantee and Trust Company office she asked an attendant to relay a message. After delivery she thanked the messenger and explained why she requested help.
In Pittsburg on May 1 a bootblack named Harry Sakolsky, under 19, is praised as a future Caruso type after a performance that drew an audience including the famous singer. Caruso himself requested Eugene Dufriche hear the boy.
Chauncey L. Wills a Fullerton Neb businessman weds Nellie J. Hayes a Columbia Hospital nurse who cared for him during a severe illness. The couple met during his convalescence and were engaged after the healing period.
Mrs Moulds, traveling from England to Chicago, was helped by a parish priest and ship stewards after a five day fast. Immigration officials allowed her to proceed once friends guaranteed she would not be a public charge. She is described as a fairly pretty 38 year old woman.
Garry Winkler must stay in the county jail all summer unless he raises 200 dollars the amount of a judgment for slandering Nellie Miller an 18 year old mill girl Miss Miller testified Winkler circulated stories harming her character causing girls to avoid her The hearing took place in Paterson New Jersey on May 1.
Miss Laura J. O'Neal a Woman's College senior daughter of a Chicago clergyman wed Lewis J. Dunler a traveling salesman in a secret March 11 elopement at Ellicott City. Mrs Dunler left college after the ceremony and the elopement is just coming to light.
Bishop Jagger sails May 9 to start continental visitations to Episcopal churches in Europe. Rev. Frank Poole Johnson takes three months leave to accompany him. Emmanuel Church ministers host lectures on Modern Therapeutics and plan a June 1 12 summer school. Elm Hill Baptist Church building in Roxbury sold to a Jewish congregation. Harvard College theology summer school runs July 1 18. Rev. W J Campbell leaves Cambridge for Detroit as assistant pastor. New England Bible Training School and Deaconess Hospital hold commencement May 6 at Tremont Street Church. Regular King's Chapel service next Wednesday led by Rev E S Meredith.
An advertisement extols Van Camp Packing Co. milk products, arguing germless milk via sterilization, with Holstein cows and sanitary dairies. It promotes Van Camp's condensed milk as pure milk with two thirds water evaporated, claiming cost savings and convenience, and offers a free cookbook from Indianapolis, Indiana.
Mrs Regina Nicholls was yesterday sent to the house of correction by Judge Waite of the Superior Criminal Court. In disposing of this case the last person connected with the $4800 theft from the Boston L has been rounded up and sent to jail. Mrs Nicholls showed little emotion as she received her sentence.
Joseph Rogers a 10 year old resident of Charlestown disappeared from 8 Washington street a month ago search efforts have failed and no trace of him has been found to date
The House amended the license fee bill to send one half of license money to the State instead of cities and towns. It notes Boston collects about $1,500,000 annually.
Pittsfield May 1 Thomas F Walsh the Cripple Creek Colorado mine owner has located a long lost cousin Peter Walsh of this city The two men were boys together in Ireland and parted ways forty four years ago.
The Work Horse Parade committee extends the closing date for entries to May 5. This year includes a class for master truckmen and runabout horses.
A prominent authority warns extreme measures like starvation and strenuous stunts yield little lasting result. He blames digestive inefficiency for excess flesh and promotes a daily mixture of Toris Compound and Catandir Compound with orange juice, plus a morning glass of cold water and regular bowel activity for pound-a-day fat loss.
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