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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1900
Page
7
Proprieter bragged of hiring a versatile cook at his restaurant True to Its Name Cook In Restaurant. A diner ordered a hamburger steak and the steam from the kitchen vented to the customer as the new cook prepared the dish. The bite revealed the steak was badly prepared and unsatisfactory. The cook later faced questions about the failure.
Yale University announces a grant of free tuition for five Filipinos of exceptional fitness and high character. The decision was made at the regular autumn meeting of the Yale University corporation in New Haven. The meeting noted the resignation of Rev. Dr. George Park Fisher after forty six years of service and revealed a donation from Mrs. Mary Robinson Cheney for a postgraduate scholarship.
A collage of quips from 19th century newspapers contrasts images of men, misperceptions, and social roles. Exchanges from Philadelphia Inquirer Chicago Record Chicago News Philadelphia Press Brooklyn humor pieces question appearances and status through witty lines about umbrellas, undertakers, salaries, and college yells.
A fragment from a newspaper page recounts a quarrel over ham used in hamburger steak. A rude confrontation ensues about proper ingredients and cooking norms, followed by snippets of unrelated jokes and comic captions from Detroit Free Press and Philadelphia Press.
The ad claims Ayer's Cherry Pectoral cures hard coughs and lasts long. It urges immediate purchase, promising relief after the first dose and suggests not delaying treatment.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach announced in Bristol that the next budget would not relieve taxpayers. He admitted government expenditure was vast, notably in South Africa and China, and said Transvaal wealth must shoulder part of South African costs.
Seaboard Air Line offers winter excursion tickets to Southern Pines and Pinehurst and Camden. Double daily through Pullman cars from New York through Richmond connect via Norfolk and Portsmouth steamer routes. Contact W C Shoemaker New York Boston agents for details at 1203 Broadway, 306 Washington, 1434 New York Ave, or Portsmouth VA.
A Brookline piano saleswoman, Mrs. Sarah Hall of 89 Kent Street, vanished Saturday evening and was found yesterday in a private Boston hospital. The mystery center is why she left home and where she is hospitalized. Police and relatives remain reticent about her condition or reasons. She is described as a handsome, young looking woman with gray hair.
The article notes Trinity young women active at last evening's coffee party with notable weddings today. Madelaine Stuart discusses well known people while the Kings Daughters and Sons were guests of Dame Boston at a crowded auditorium. State and municipal dignitaries attended.
Miss Edith Porter and Dr Percy Musgrave wed at Emmanuel Church with a 12:30 breakfast at the Porters' Arlington Street home. Debutante Miss Conlin hosts a Dorchester reception. The Appalachian Mountain Club meets with Professor Niles and Mr J Ritchie Jr recounts Pemigewasset trip. The Prince Edward Island Association ball and St Andrews Girls Club events are also listed.
The session featured Ms E Trask Hill in charge with welcomes from Mrs Nellie Jameson of Brockton and responses by Miss Mary B Cogswell of Newburyport and Mrs Charlotte E France of Dorchester. An evening reception at the Helping Hand Home preceded a focus on the republic’s work led by Herbert Turner Jackson of Annapolis Junction MD.
The second Strauss Orchestra program at Symphony Hall drew a large audience. The crowd applauded encores generously as the dance selections and Sylvia from the suite caused special excitement. Two concerts today feature operetta Overture The Gypsy Baron, Beethoven Adagio, Carmen potpourri, and Liszt Rhapsodie Hongroise No. 1 along with several Strauss waltzes and galops.
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