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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
11
Mr and Mrs P A Abbon of 39 Banks Street Winthrop report their 14 month old daughter M Dorothy fell 40 feet from a second story window but escaped unharmed. A carpenter witnessed the fall and the child was rushed to Metcalf’s Hospital where doctors found no injuries.
The Corner Stone Class of Union Church will discuss The Family in Modern Fiction next Sunday with Rev. Allen A. Stockdale presiding. Also note Roxbury Presbyterian midweek prayer Friday on Some People That Christ Commended.
Nyssa, urged by Peracles, dances at the king’s festival to beg mercy for Cadmus, jailed on trumped up charges. A golden butterfly blesses her, the king grants Cadmus freedom, and Nyssa receives a priceless pearl as thanks for her courage.
The Florida House defeated the final reconsideration of the negro disfranchisement bill, ending the current legislative effort to disfranchise Black voters in this session.
Mrs. Susan A. Cogan widow of a Chicago liquor dealer began proceedings to break the will of Miss Elizabeth Fay Brigham who died at her Brookline home. The estate valued over a half million largely goes to Brigham Hospital for Incurables with $2000 annuity to Mrs. Cogan and cash legacies to the University of Vermont and St. Albans Hospital. Probate objections were filed and continued.
A young woman writes asking how to handle a long distance engagement after a Boston visit. The columnist cautions that true love shows through regular letters and warns against relying on imagined futures, advising realism and steady hope.
Paragraph notes fashion trends with pongee suits featuring monogrammed pockets and long panel lines finished at the edges. It describes large embroidered designs in matching colors and a silhouette that emphasizes ease and looseness without fullness, alongside ivory satin and tunic variations in gauze or metallic tones.
A reader asks the Post what is required to obtain seeds from the Agriculture Department in Washington for those unable to pay. The writer notes a Congressman can supply seeds and asks whether the department provides all information and whether they can grant reasonable requests or deliveries.
Fletcher Osgood of Chelsea argues against a midsummer shore bird shooting ban, saying it harms vacation plans and local shore interests. He contends birds migrate away north, protections already exist, and the proposal unfairly targets certain species, urging rejection of the law.
A farmer finds a bone he thinks is a stone and throws it at a snake. He seeks an ancient sage who declares the bone is a prehistoric shin bone from a colossal creature. The farmer pities his own lack of such knowledge while the sage laments his weary life.
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