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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1908
Page
9
Paragraph Points reviews a London fashion season with green palettes and new hat shapes. It highlights fur coats for youngsters, bikini like petticoats, plain skirts with ornate bodices, sash accents, and luxurious veils. The piece notes sash and hair trends, lace fabrics, and coordinated hatpin styles.
A reader asks whether to forgive a fiancé who stood her up on their elopement night and moved on with another girl. The columnist warns elopement to be secretive, urges home celebration, and cautions about men who pressure hurried marriages.
The general committee of foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal church approved a 1,060,000 appropriation to fund work in Africa and China for the coming year during their annual session in St. Louis.
Recipes and instructions for baked tomato loaf with force meat, molasses cookies with ginger and spice, and light fried egg cakes. Includes contributor names and addresses in Boston areas Dorchester Roxbury and Dorchester, outlining quantities and methods for each dish.
Berlin notices announce the engagement of Miss Alice Warder daughter of the late Benjamin H. Warder of Washington to John W. Garrett first secretary of the United States embassy in Rome. The wedding is planned at Miss Warder's mother's Washington home early next year.
Reports from Brock Arkansas state that two valuable diamonds were found in rock on government land in Madison county in the northwest corner of the state. The find by De Stinnett occurred near Welaney, about 200 miles from the Pike county discovery a year or more ago.
An 18 Boylston Street advertisement promotes Burdett College offering shorthand and business courses, marketed as a strong alternative to a traditional bank account for young adults seeking practical training.
New York Nov 6 Fort Hamilton loses its band and many officers are reassigned after the Hains tragedy. Letters allegedly from Claudia E. Hains blamed as the motive. Mrs. Hains Sr. collapsed at Fort Hancock amid renewed nervous strain as trials of Peter C Hains and T Jenkins Hains face delay until January. District Attorney Darrin leaves office Jan 1. successor to handle the case.
The Simplified Spelling Board in New York unveils a new set of word spellings to be submitted to the public. The radicals mirror the January batch with printer driven perversions like b in doubt and s in island set to vanish. About 300 newspapers already use simplified spelling to some extent.
The annual Boston recital by Mme Marcella Sembrich drew a large audience in Symphony Hall. Her vocal condition was excellent with a refreshingly modern program including Schubert, Brahms, Sinding, Strauss, Rubinstein, Debussy, Faure, Arensky and Cui works. Luckstone accompanied, adding notable support to the varied performance.
Vinson's Sample Toggery Shop at 501 Washington street gains rapid popularity after months of offering sample suits coats waists skirts and furs. Mr Vinson announces new garments of all sizes arriving from New York for inspection this week and next.
A tale tells Charles Pratt who searches an orchard for a buried box left by his uncle. After decades of effort and illness he dies before discovering the box, which is found after his burial containing a fortune and the inscription Perseverance wit 3.
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