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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1908
Page
9
Crowds of hundreds struggled through narrow gaps between subway cars and walls near Scollay Adams and Haymarket squares as a subway breakdown halted service for about thirty minutes. Passengers, including many families, faced delays and tensions while attempting to reach elevated trains.
President Roosevelt urged treating each man on his merits during a cornerstone ceremony for the Colored Y M C A today. He outlined a final solution to the race problem and spoke on equal opportunity and character.
A speech argues that supporting YMCA leadership benefits the whole community more than policing. It urges fair treatment based on merit, calls for equal opportunity for colored citizens, and stresses industrial and moral advancement. The piece notes $25,000 of the $100,000 construction cost came from John D. Rockefeller with the rest raised locally. colors workers will be employed in building.
The body of Frank Dugal, 59, a Hatfield farmer, was found in woods near his home after he disappeared Wednesday morning. A revolver was in his left hand and a temple wound was ruled a suicide. He had been despondent over domestic and business troubles. survived by a widow, son, and daughter.
In Connellsville Pennsylvania the Free Methodist Church at Stauffer faced a sermon from Rev. M F Shaffer who demanded kissing cease after declaring there has been too much kissing in the church last Sunday from the pulpit.
A pamphlet touts a skin treatment claimed to nourish flesh and promote growth. It instructs mixing glycerine rose water cadomene tincture and borax, then apply morning and night for dramatic changes in arms neck bust and figure. Exact ingredients and home preparation steps are provided.
A reader asks if a student should confess love before he can propose. Mildred Champagne advises waiting until able to establish a home, noting a young man with years of study should restrain declarations and avoid unrealistic hopes.
A reader asks about eloping with a cowboy at 17. The response urges waiting until 21, cautioning that eloping removes family support and kindness, and suggests marriage at home with well wishers. It frames elopement as selfish or secretive and warns of a difficult journey ahead.
New York news report states Mrs. Clara B. Chisholm, a young magazine editor, files a $25,000 suit against a beauty institution claiming eye injury and beauty damage from an alleged cosmetic operation. She noticed crow's feet after consulting the specialists following an advert promising to make everyone beautiful.
Consul General William H. Michael of Calcutta reports to the Department of Commerce and Labor that India has about 150 languages, most of them unwritten, adding concrete evidence to the theory that the tower of Babel was located in India.
Hector Brugnani of the Thorn dike Hotel traces a long culinary career from Milan and Venice to Genoa Paris and Rome before moving to New York Boston and finally the Hotel Thorndike. In 1905 he earned a certificate for excellence from the Cooks' Protective and Benevolent Union and shared his Egg Antonin Careme recipe featuring crab meat cream sauce and baked eggs.
An advertisement touts X Zalia as a universal salve for ulcers, rashes, running sores, and open wounds. It instructs to wet a cloth with the liquid and apply to the sore, rewetting as needed. The product is said to be available at druggists.
A collection of household recipes including Coxs sparkling jelly pudding with lemon sauce from Mrs. Dema Cory of Lebanon New Hampshire and a cranberry pie with cornstarch thickened sauce from Mrs Minnie Allen of Shirley Massachusetts. Also a chicken dish with chili and Worcestershire sauces from Mrs George Broadmeadow of New Bedford and a lettuce cucumber sandwich spread by Norma Frost of South Framingham.
Jasper Phillips of Hartsville went to a Columbus barber for a shave. A stray shot from a loaded shotgun mounted by Otto Mobley in the adjacent restaurant room fired as he tinkered with it, striking Phillips in the face but causing no serious injuries.
In Hinsdale New Hampshire on November 26 authorities report the smallpox outbreak is under control though schools libraries churches and public meetings remain closed until safe Brattleboro Vermont shows improvement with vaccination expanding daily across the two states
George E. Brock Republican and Joseph Lee Democrat appear set for the school committee nominations at party conventions tonight. The Independence League may back them and the P S A and G G A endorse Brock and Lee. A Democratic split suggested Lee as preferred candidate by leaders.
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