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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1909
Page
8
An advertisement extols Puffed Wheat and Puffed Rice as superior cereal foods, claiming their starch granules are exploded by steam in sealed guns for eightfold expansion. It argues easier digestion, suggests serving with cream and sugar or milk, and notes rapid adoption in homes. It touts the novel process and urges readers to try them.
In the House yesterday a bill passed to provide an annual harbor work appropriation of $100,000. The measure was Pattison of Barnstable's amendment to the governor’s favored bill, settling a dispute between Governor Draper and the harbor lands committee.
In Newton on May 20 Harry Ballantine eighty eight of Waltham was fined twenty dollars in Police Court for knocking down Edward King ten after an altercation at the Waltham Newton game Tuesday. Ballantine said the boy called him an epithet and he struck him. Ballantine faced a crowd of Newton rooters who threatened him.
James H. Boyle and wife Helen Boyle, recently convicted for abducting Willie Whitla, seek sentence revision. Attorney John Marron visits Western Pennsylvania penitentiary for consultation, seen as first step toward appeals. Boyle serves life term, wife 26 years. Marron expected to act tomorrow.
Charles E. Barber of New York City, member of the Aero Club of America, died at his Warwick home from injuries suffered when his automobile was struck by a locomotive at a crossing near Middletown.
Readers questioned over worthless air preparations and hair loss risk. The ad urges cleanliness and promotes Birt's Head Wash, listing ingredients and a price of two cents, claiming it leaves hair clean, silky, and lustrous.
Boston weather officials contend mild May temperatures despite reports of ice fields offshore and drifting floes. Forecaster Smith says recent readings are near normal with a slight May cool spell expected as a low pressure area moves northeast.
Mrs Helen Gould wins an interlocutory divorce from Frank J Gould in New York Supreme Court Justice Gerard orders custody of their two children Helen Margaret and Dorothy Gould for five months a year with the father holding the other seven. The case names several alleged correspondents but no financial settlement is set.
Mrs. Nettie M. Brown asks separate maintenance from Herbert L. Brown Western representative at 355 Dearborn St Chicago alleging cruel treatment and forced cold baths since early marriage in Hudson Mass She seeks custody of three children and notes her husband earns 108 weekly while living in Le Grange Ill.
The annual report of Miss Caroline Hazard president of Wellesley College shows funds for a $100,000 gymnasium and a $100,000 endowment. It notes Andrew Carnegie’s offer of $125,000 for a new library if alumni and friends matched with a similar sum and that this pledge had been accepted and complied with.
A New Iberia court barred a license for a white girl who wishes to be classified as Negro to marry a mulatto, after she, orphaned young, was raised by a respectable Black couple and lacks her birth name.
Fairhaven mourns benefactor Henry H. Rogers with private funeral in Unitarian Memorial Church on Saturday at 2:30. Schools hold Friday exercises. body lies in state 10 to 1 Saturday. procession to Riverside Cemetery with bells tolling. Flags at half mast, Atlas Tack plant also half-masted.
Bay State college girls have developed the newest concept in hats, blending fashion with function. Their invention features innovative trimmings and practical designs that promise a fresh millinery wave for the season.
A Massachusetts school boy is described as worth 20 million but unknown to himself. he attends a school that is guarded more tightly than the president. The piece notes the extraordinary security surrounding his life and upbringing.
The next Sunday Post Magazine will feature the second instalment of Charles Major's romance. The serialized tale continues with its unfolding plot and character arc, inviting readers to follow anew.
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