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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 26, 1913

Page

13

Butterflies All Blue Descend During Quiet Sky

A lover looks up and drops her gaze as the sky sends blue butterflies drifting down. The gentle scene captures a moment of quiet wonder.

Secret Wedding Ties Cook and Glaspell in Weehawken

George Crain Cook and Susan Glaspell wed secretly at Weehawken New Jersey on April 14 the couple announced in Cincinnati. Cook eastern correspondent for the Chicago Evening Post literary review and author of The Chasm Glaspell noted for The Glory of the Conquered The Visioning and Lifted Masks they once lived in Davenport Iowa and will summer in Provincetown Massachusetts.

Cincinnati George Crain Cook Susan Glaspell Weehawken N. J Mr. Cook Miss Glaspell Davenport Mrs. Cook Provincetown Mass

Boston Conductor Gustav Strube Named Peabody Head

Gustav Strube the noted Boston composer and conductor is appointed head of harmony and composition at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore. He succeeds Otis Bardwell Boise who died last December and had held the post for ten years.

Gustav Strube Boston Peabody Conservatory of Music Baltimore Otis Bardwell Boise

Woman frees throat from spindle with hairpin hook

Mary Riddle of Warrensburg Missouri removed a top spindle swallowed ten years earlier after bending a hairpin into a hook. The event highlights the old claim that a woman can do anything with a hairpin.

Warrensburg Mary Riddle

Cottolene Says Frying Oil Keeps Doughnuts Crisp

An ad extols Cottolene as a healthier quicker cheaper frying fat. It claims vegetable oil in Cottolene prevents sogginess, yields dry crust, and reduces fat absorption compared with butter or lard. It notes cost equal to lard and uses less product per batch. It also emphasizes air tight tin packaging and uniform quality.

Stoneham Wins Beauty Contest Prize Land in Texas

Stoneham was chosen as the most beautiful woman in the beauty contest and received a large land prize in Texas.

Stoneham Beauty Wins Land Prize in Suffrage Contest

Mrs Walter Hannaford of Main Street Stoneham was named the town’s most beautiful woman by a three judge panel after a Friday night audience verdict. She won a lot of land in an oil belt prize and contemplates moving to Texas to exercise voting rights, though her husband’s view complicates plans.

of Stoneham Texas Stoneham Walter Hannaford Main Street Hannaford Lone Star

Thrill of the Sea Follows Officer Foss from Titanic to Shipwrecks

Chief Officer J Foss of the Norwegian steamer Norheim, returning from San Domingo with sugar, survived three shipwrecks including the Titanic. He had been aboard two vessels wrecked a year before coming to America and left Liverpool for New York on the Titanic a year ago last April. He clung to wreckage as the liner sank after hitting an iceberg and was rescued by a lifeboat.

J. Foss Norheim San Domingo Foss America Liverpool New York Grand Banks

Sparrow Nest and a Mortgage Affects a Cottage

John and Maria clash over removing a sparrow nest behind the living room blind. Maria moves the nest while recalling a parson’s mercy to birds. A mortgage receipt falls from beneath the nest, nearly triggering foreclosure until the birds are kept in place and the receipt hidden.

John John Kimberly Maria Parson Parson Winters

Ex Wife Sues for Breach of Promise in Portland Case

In Portland Oregon on May 2 E Knowlton a city ticket agent for the North Bank road was sued by his divorced wife for breach of promise. She alleges that after their divorce he courted her again and promised to wed.

Portland Ore E. Knowlton North Bank Road

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