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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1908
Page
7
Van Camp Packing Co promotes Van Camp's milk as pure whole milk with reduced water, offering thicker, cream like texture. It claims complete butter fat and solids, uniform quality, sanitation, and lower cost than raw milk or cream, with a free cookbook and nationwide demand.
Marie Deschault abandons her lumber-town fiancé Jean Martin for Laurence Garvice the Montreal schoolmaster. Garvice promises letters but fails to write, sparking heartbreak. After months, Garvice returns but Marie’s new loyalties collide with Jean’s steadfast devotion. in the end Jean forgives and restores love.
A rife 19th or early 20th century column mocks overweight individuals and offers dubious weight loss remedies. It describes tonics, diets, and recipes intended to slim the body, including a Toris Compound mixture and various food preparations, with addresses and names appended.
A letter writer asks if a 21 year old man should marry a 17 year old confidant despite her unhappy home. The adviser suggests offering protection as fiancé or husband, noting parental consent may be ineffective if the father is intoxicated and unaware of consent.
Mrs Rose Moulds from England arrived in Boston with her husband Mr Moulds to take him home to his eight children. He had been robbed of $500 and left for dead in Chicago and is only slowly recovering from a brutal beating by three thugs. Immigration officials and generous Bostonians provided funds for steerage passage and living costs. The couple will sail on the Ivernia at noon, and plan to return to England via Liverpool.
Massachusetts club women stage a benefit at Potter Hall to fund the biennial convention. Adaline F. Norcross wrote the play, acted by women, with a women conductor and all female ushers. The event features a vaudeville act and living pictures led by Mrs. Theo Ruggles Kitson.
Miss Sarah P E Webster of Cambridge returns home after a 15000 mile voyage. She arrived on the steamship Limon at Long Wharf from Port Limon and had earlier left for Costa Rica aboard the same steamer. She then traveled to Manchester England aboard a large vessel before returning to Port Limon and home.
Rev. I W Cate died aboard the steamship Minnesota while returning from Yokohama where he had labored among the Japanese for 15 years. The news comes as churches in Greater Boston report other religious meetings and obituaries across the week.
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