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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1909
Page
3
In NATROBI on May 3 Theodore Roosevelt is hailed for marksmanship and courage. His party views him as a hero after a well placed shot saved the lives of several mounted escorts yesterday.
Colonel Roosevelt and party chase big game at Wami near Kapiti. A lion was killed by a rifle shot, contributing to three lions and a lioness down for the expedition. Kermit Roosevelt also felled a cheetah. Fort Hall hosts a grand war dance with 400 warriors and Kikuya chiefs. May 1% expected arrival en route to Sotik.
A baker strike in New York leads to deadly violence as a child is shot during an attack on a bakery at Madison and Pike streets on the East Side. The incident underscores the unrest surrounding the bakers' strike.
George Harmon 72 and Grace Jacobs 19 wed in Wichita and begin a lengthy honeymoon. Harmon, a wealthy bachelor, knew the bride all her life and married her so she would have his money after his death. The Wichita bride is described as very pretty.
Orlando resident N W Ross testifies that Cooper's New Discovery cured ten years of weakness, poor digestion, and exhaustion. He says the medicine cleansed his bowels, improved appetite, restored sleep, and let him return to hard work within two months. The Cooper Medicine Company offers samples by mail.
Paris reports Mrs. Charles Hamilton Paine of Fairfield Street Boston has become the leader of the American colony there. She holds a long lease on the Terry mansion on Avenue Bois de Boulogne and her invitations are highly sought. She has begun hosting prominent gatherings.
A Boston woman begins a campaign to raise funds for the parish house of the Young Men's Club tied to the British Embassy Church. The drive opens tomorrow with broad interest from the American colony and attendance by Ambassador and Mr. Reid as special guests.
James Shepard Cabanne Jr. obtained a divorce from Minnie Leonard Cabanne Brandenburg and was granted custody of their son Francisco. He testified he had treated his wife with consideration and learned of the other divorce suit from a local paper.
A buck deer pursued by a mob of dogs leaped onto a Lehigh Valley freight train at Hickory Run and, after a struggle with its trailers, swam the Lehigh River to escape.
Texas lawmakers introduce a bill to ban the peach-basket hat, restricting hat cost to twenty dollars and dressmaking to thirty dollars while capping crown diameter at eight inches. The move aims to exterminate the style from the State Industrial College for Girls. In Newark, a Universalist pastor urged women to remove hats, and male parishioners praised the directive.
Moses P. Stowe, a Grafton resident, recalls eighty years of bachelorhood. He asserts no woman would enter his home and dismisses marriage as risky, arguing men have long avoided commitment and that he never succumbed to infatuation or chasing. He also notes women peddlers alter the atmosphere when they knock.
Chicago reports reveal Halstead Street Church single men prefer sturdy oak women over college graduates or stylish types. They value neatness, cooking ability, and a jolly, home-loving temperament, while dismissing piano players and intellectual airs as too much.
Mayors across Greater Boston resist banning Memorial Day sports despite Everett Mayor Bruce prohibiting morning games. Boston Post interviews show most cities will not abolish events while G. A. R. services are held.
R. R. Shirgaokar, chamberlain to the Gaekwar of Baroda, says Harvard '12 holder Jainst Gaekwar will spend the summer in India but will return in the fall to continue his studies.
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