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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
7
President Taft told Harvard graduates that the future of the Negro race is brighter than ever. He said conditions in the South are improving and that many whites view Negroes as assets, urging education and leadership to earn respect and friendship within society.
New York dealers report meat prices rising 10 to 15 percent today in response to Chicago conditions. Beef and mutton lead the gain with pork and poultry following suit, and further increases are anticipated as wholesale prices are expected to rise due to light cattle receipts in Chicago.
Nathaniel Leonard longtime probation officer of the Charlestown court died yesterday afternoon at his home on Prescott street Charlestown.
Judge Grant of the Probate Court disallowed the so-called washtub will of Patrick Monahan after determining witnesses could not be produced. The estate is valued at over 300 000 dollars.
An automobile belonging to Frank Johnson of 87 Milk Street crashed into a buggy on Parker Street Roxbury injuring Miss Josephine Gahm 16 of Jamaica Plain and Miss Louise Nelhauser of 90 Paul Gore Street Both girls were shaken and bruised The buggy wheels were broken The car was driven by chauffeur Joseph McKee.
Secretary Knox announces 50 consular appointments and transfers. New Englanders named include W Stanley Hollis Massachusetts moving Laurenco Marquez to Dundee. William K Alger Massachusetts moving Tegucigalpa to Puenta Cortes Honduras. James H Dunning Maine from Milan to Havre. Alphonse Gaulin Rhode Island from Havre to consul-general Marseille. Franklin D Hale Vermont from Charlottetown to Trinidad W I.
The S. A. A. Club of the Leopold Morse Company hosted a May party in the Charlestown 999th Artillery Association clubhouse. About 75 couples attended, including Leopold Morse Company employees, with Miss Margret McGowan and her seven associates singled out for praise.
A writer urges stout ladies to slim for new gowns and endorses Marmola 1% ounce with Cascara and Peppermint Water as a quick loss aid. The mixture is said to remove pounds daily without harming health, allowing reduction without dieting or exercise.
An earthquake lasting from 30 seconds to several minutes rattled Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Michigan and nearby areas starting at 8 40 am. It toppled stoves started fires razed chimneys and toppled furniture in cities including Chicago Aurora Beloit Joliet and Dubuque with multiple aftershocks felt in both states.
Louis Preston Hollander a prominent Boston merchant head of L. P. Hollander and Co. died just before noon at his Marblehead Neck summer home after a long illness. He leaves a widow Emma Louise Rand a daughter Mrs. Robert Kerr Diekerman two sons Ilmer R. and S. R. and siblings including Alva Liferts Theodore Hollander and Mrs. Pitman. born in New York 67 years ago he moved to Boston, joined Hollander & Co. at 25, and served in Civil War with Company D Thirteenth Massachusetts Infantry. He was active in Dr. Hale's church and Sunday School and noted for charity.
Hodgdon Andersons sale at Wolf's My Clothier in Hanover and Portland streets offers low price high grade clothing. Final lots of suits are on counters and the sale will close Saturday night with big money saving propositions for men.
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