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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1909
Page
4
A 4.00 sweater priced at 1.79 draws hundreds of women to the Tunnel Bargain Basement today. Pure worsted yarns in garnet brown and green with a few gray trim pieces are offered as odd lots with limited sizes.
ICHABOD N. BLANKINSHIP born Oct 3 1817 in Rochester Massachusetts a lifelong farmer attributed longevity to abstinence from tobacco and liquor His companion MR Yeardiy born Jan 2 1824 in Harrisville never married and lives in a cottage on the old homestead His life of hard work on the farm and successful trapping are noted along with ancestral longevity assessments.
After extensive alterations Plummer's at 531 Washington Street reopens as Crawford Plummer Company. The former George Ek Plummer cloak and suit shop has a remodeled exterior with copper covered front and two large show windows. A new neckwear scarfs department expands the stock alongside cloaks and suits.
Contractors race to finish Pasteur road in Back Bay improving access from South Longwood Avenue to the Fenway. The route starts near Mrs. Jack Gardner’s palace in the Fenway and runs by Simmons College into Longwood Avenue near Harvard Medical School, enhancing the scenic view.
Scholars from around the world gather for Lowell's inaugural at Cambridge Harvard University. Delegates, guests, and officials parade from Phillips Brooks House to University Hall as ivy and robes decorate the platform. The ceremony includes a Latin oration, Laudate Dominum, and the seal and charter presentation by ex Governor John D. Long.
Historic Harvard inauguration day covered with ceremonies and honorary degrees. Includes details of the St Regis Hotel rates in New York and the procession lineup with university officials and guests. The chimes at Christ Church Garden street will play Fair Harvard after the ceremony.
Noted scientists and educators convened in Harvard Union to honor the inauguration of Harvard's scientific school. Speakers included Bishop William Lawrence and professors Pickering, Sabin, M. I. T. Wish, and E. E. Eliot in a ceremony recalling the university’s technological breakthrough and the early plans for a scientific school at Cambridge.
State Board of Civil Service hearings probe the identity of Patrolman John R. Fitzgerald of Police Station 1 Hanover Street. Witnesses dispute whether Fitzgerald served eight days at Deer Island starting August 23, 1907, amid questions about arrest records and alibi.
In Leopoldville Belgian Congo on Oct 5 Rev W H Sheppard an American missionary was acquitted of libel charges brought by a Congo rubber concession company operating in the Kasai region.
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