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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1909
Page
5
Edith Rotch and Margaret Curtis won the ladies' doubles at the Brookline Country Club. They defeated Eleanora Sears and Marion Fenno in three sets 5 7 5 in the final after Sears Fenno took the first set 7 5.
Appearance as Louise Cassini, daughter of the former Russian ambassador to Washington and social queen friend of Alice Roosevelt Longworth, aims for the operatic stage debut in the role Mary Garden first chose. Her Paris life and singing study with Jean de Reszke are noted, while past Washington excesses linger in memory.
Daughters of the Revolution hold their annual meeting at Hotel Somerset and will elect managers to fill 10 vacancies. Nominees from Massachusetts New York Long Island New Jersey Pennsylvania Indiana were listed with others to be nominated from the floor. The convention includes reports from state regents and a banquet at the hotel this evening with 800 members attending.
Ambrose M. Littlefield postmaster at West Kennebunk and Maine League secretary was arrested in Portland on a secret indictment for falsifying postage cancellation figures. He posted bail for the June term in Bangor US District Court, with alleged government defraud totaling 959.51 dollars.
New York’s social scene favors private repasts and grand banquets with hotels showcasing public dining as an art. The St Regis, at Fifth Avenue and Fifty-fifth Street, is praised for cuisine and homelike atmosphere, offering rooms from $3 to $6 daily and suites from $12, with facilities rivaling London and Paris venues.
The city will stop flies and odors from garbage carts with a new automatic cart built by city employees at South Ind yards. One cart is in service while more are tested along the line. The low four wheeler carries three metal tank compartments with automatic covers actuated from a side running board used as a step for gatherers.
The Board of Street Commissioners plans to deny wood block repaving on State Congress and Exchange streets, preserving granite pavements. The decision pits master teamsters against bankers brokers and others in the financial district who supported the change.
Mrs George W Shattuck of Derry died by drinking carbolic acid at her father’s home in West Manchester. Authorities say mental illness may have driven the act.
Medical discussion rises over a whiskey based remedy claimed to relieve muscular pain and boost vitality. The formula combines half a pint whiskey with Toris compound and syrup of sarsaparilla, dosed before meals and at night, with alleged rapid system building effects.
Yesterdays chatter in political circles says the Fitzgeralds will abdicate Ward 6 leadership after years. Former Senator Henry S. Fitzgerald plans to move to Dorchester while ex-Councilman Andrew A Baraccco would assume ward control as Fitzgerald support shifts. Another rumor hints Patrick J. Kennedy may move to Dorchester after selling his East Boston home.
Dedham May 11 Michael J Maloney longtime sexton of St Marys Catholic Church resigns after 43 years of service. He leaves with a record of missing seven Sundays due to illness and is succeeded by Thomas J Hannon. Maloney joined St Marys in 1866 and walked three miles to Mass for 21 years.
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