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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1908

Page

5

Harvard Suffragette Joker Pilfers Harvard Portrait

The Radcliffe Suffragette, a yellow toned weekly in Cambridge, fakes a portrait of Dean Hurlburt as president of Harvard under the spoof name Mrs Bedelia Freluxen Helbend. The piece lampoons suffrage debates and mock interviews claim women should vote.

Harvard Dean Hurlburt Radcliffe Cambridge Bedelia Freluxen Helbend Cambridgeport Grammar School Old Howard Theatre Probation Party Briggs Radcliffe College Tlarvara University Wake Wood America Radcliffe Equal Suffrage League House of Commons Bedelia Frelexun Helbend

Common Sense Gum Company to Build Newport Factory

The Common Sense Gum Company plans a brick and limestone factory on Third Street Newport R1. The three story, 200 by 50 foot building will produce about five tons of gum daily and employ around 300 workers. Output may exceed one million dollars yearly as demand for Listerated Pepsin Gum grows. The firm has bought eight acres nearby for expansion.

Common Sense Gum Company Third Street Newport R. 1 New England Magazine United States Justerated

City Council expands market lease term to ten years

Corporation Counsel Babson states the market lease limit is set aside by a city council order extending lease terms to ten years. He argues leasing is executive city business and the mayor should handle it, while council votes on usage are not ordinances.

Babson Hibbard City Council

Newton Democrats Fight for Aldermanic Seats

Democrats nominate candidates in six wards signaling a full slate challenge to Republicans. W W Doherty seeks re election in Ward 1 alongside nominees J R Condrin from Ward 3 and TY Lyons from Ward 4. James Gormally stands for Ward 5 and W J Burke for Ward 6.

Newton W.W. J. Doherty J. R. Condrin TY. J. Lyons James Gormally W. J. Burke

Hopeful Cancer Cure Claims Book Aid From Kansas City

An advertisement touts a new edition of A Message of Hope describing cancer forms and a cure method. It promises testimonials with names and addresses, offers the book free on request, and invites readers to evaluate the treatment after receiving evidence and literature from Dr W. Byr Dept A Broadway Kansas City Missouri.

DR. W Dept. A Broadway Kansas City, Mo

Anette Kellermann rails against heavy skirts at beach

Anette Kellermann told an audience at the Boston Theatre that American bathing attire hinders swimming. She contrasted US outfits with European one piece suits worn by men and women. Kellermann cited Australia’s school programs and noted Australia’s top swimmers.

Europe Annette Kellermann Boston America Australia

Diamond ring stolen by rat in New Bedford shop

Pierre Dandurand of Pease and Dandurand, 913 South Water Street, reported a diamond ring worth 150 dollars missing from his shelf on October 27. After a weeklong search, he found the ring this morning in a dirt hammock at the mouth of a rat hole, allegedly carried away by rats.

New Bedford Hunute Pierre Dandurand Pease & Dandurand South Water Street Dandurand

Boy Eloper Nabbed After Bank Theft

Police say nineteen year old William De Berge eloped with Paula Mohles after stealing 500 dollars from Prairie State Bank. They were arrested in Cheyenne, Wye.

Chicago William de Berge Paula Mohles Prairie State Bank Cheyenne Wye

North Reading Tuberculosis Hospital Breaks Ground

Ground has been broken at North Reading for a tuberculosis hospital complex with eight buildings to serve patients. Lakeville and Westfield are other chosen sites. With only 100000 available the wood and concrete plan was adopted after failed efforts to increase the appropriation. Architect John A. Fox led planning over two years. The 150 patient facility will be run by Dr. E B Emerson.

North Reading Lakeville Westfield John A. Fox Arthur T. Cabot Commission On Hospitals For Consumptives E. B. Emerson

Fore River Bids for Hudson River Line Steamer Contract

New York November 6 report says many shipbuilding firms bid to build a new steamer for the Hudson River Day Line duplicating the Hendrik Hudson. Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy Massachusetts is among the bidders.

Fore River Co Hudson River Line New York Hudson River Day Line Fore River Shipbuilding Company Quincy Mass

A Cough Means Congestion Remedy Formula

A tonic laxative cough remedy promises relief from severe coughing and congestion. Ingredients include Fluid Wild Cherry Bark Comp Essence Cardiol Syrup White Pine Comp and directions say 15 drops every half hour for four hours then smaller doses daily. A few weeks of treatment aims to cure any cough that is curable with age appropriate doses for children.

Mrs. Jouett Lee Otter Seeks Divorce in Louisville

Mrs. Jouett Lee Otter files suit for divorce from R. Wortham Otter in Louisville alleging abandonment and seeks custody of their child. She is a sister of Mrs. E. R. Thomas of New York previously Miss Linda Lee.

Louisville Jouett Lee Otter R. Wortham Otter

Divorce Sought by Cincinnati Woman in Curiously Worded Case

Mrs Elizabeth Gebhart Clawson asks for divorce on grounds of neglect and cruelty. The suit hinges on a peculiar clause in Clawson's mother's will requiring the husband to marry a wife described as a model wife or face a reduced allowance.

Cincinnati Elizabeth Gebhart Clawson Clawson

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