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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1908
Page
7
The Holy Name Society parade in Scollay square paused to watch Salvation Army members singing on the hill leading to Pemberton square. A brief, friendly encounter followed as both groups observed each other and the parade resumed.
The daughter of millionaire George H. Clowes of Waterbury Connecticut eloped with Raymond N. Estey a clerk in a Waterbury jewelry store They plan to move to Boston so he can support them Estey works in a Boston cigar store and they live in a Massachusetts Avenue lodging house with their back room arrangements
A fevered patient named Eversham awakens in a forest dream. He recalls a twenty year longing since a failed tryst and receives grim notes from a nurse and doctor. The tall pines frame his fading vitality as the night wind stirs the tent.
Waterbury society beauty Miss Mary Clowes and her husband Estey eloped in January and now pursue self earned work. She writes stories for magazines and plans to return to Waterbury to prove to her father they can make it alone. Her father, the late Randolph Clowes brass works magnate, and her mother’s side links to the Blackwall and Clowes families.
St Louis, Nov 1 reports Pur ports to describe secret signs grips and temple ceremonies in a pamphlet titled Mormonism Exposed by Thomas Philip Marshall of St Louis He says he was ordained a Mormon elder and that initiation led him to reject Mormonism and write the tract to satisfy his conscience
The text recounts rituals of the Aaronic and Melchizedek priesthoods with specific handgrip details. It notes Marshall’s recounting of endowment house ceremonies and a Reed Smoot trial comparison, including dramatizations of Adam and Eve and a vow of secrecy about the initiations.
Five youths aged 4 to 15 escaped yesterday from Spring Street Parental School in West Roxbury. Named in the manhunt are James Riley 1 of Broad way South Boston Wendel O'Brien 11 of Shawmut avenue Charles Hiller 14 of Washington street Jamaica Plain Joseph Matton 15 of Tyner street South End and John Glynn 4 of Columbus avenue Roxbury. A city wide apprehension order is in force with additional police lookout in Dedham and Hyde Park.
Archbishop Farley preached at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York recalling his Rome trip and detailing the Pope's interest in American affairs. He noted delivering $60,000 from New York Catholics to Pius X for the golden jubilee.
Work on the city of Boston fireboat progresses at East Boston and she will be completed and ready to go into commission next June. The appropriation funded her construction to strengthen water front protection, replacing the only current boat, No. 44. Hull is wood, built at Atlantic Works, East Boston, per Fire Commissioner Parker.
In Lebanon Indiana the courthouse yard hosted a pre election riot around 11 oclock yesterday as revolvers and knives were drawn amid the confrontation.
Ida M. Von Claussen of New York declares her intent to sue President Roosevelt and others for 1 million dollars each. She visited Paris lawyer Maitre Clunet who declined the case, while she signs her own summons to be served on Roosevelt over a registered letter she says he ignored.
Salem reports Dartmouth coach Dr. John C. O Connor of Manchester New Hampshire will marry Miss Helen Jackson Raymond on November 17 The couple became engaged after two years in Salem where O Connor served as resident physician at the hospital and won the heart of Hon John M Raymond’s daughter The wedding was postponed for his coaching duties at Dartmouth and the bride's preparations in New York.
Prophetic milliners foretell smaller hats this midwinter with black taffeta or peau de soie waists and open fronts. One piece velvet morning dress with left side satin buttons, cut-out embroidery on black over color for skirts coats, directoire coats, and large Psyche knot hairstyles dominate.
The 1908 guide notes dark wool lounge suits with chalk stripes in white green brown or purple. Morning coats or cutaway coats are worn by a few. Tail coats see little American use, while pleated linen and pique shirts dominate evening wear. A plain bosom shirt rises in fashion as a vara avis with a shirt featuring about 100 tiny tucks.
Short list of home recipes including cookies with jelly, coconut filling, and graham bread. Contributors include Mrs Alice Melsom Natick Rockland St Nashua Marion Bellavance 1829 W Pearl Nashua NH Mrs J S Gilman Bradford and Mrs Loucisa Brindle Haverhill.
Reflects on childhood memories of mothers knitting by the chair with yarns and stockings. Describes the mother wearing specs, weary sighs, and the ritual of examining stockings before drying, capturing a nostalgic domestic scene.
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