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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1908
Page
6
Proud of his seven pound monster blood beet Willard P Brown of 3 Willow street Hast Braintree will ship the prize edible to Nova Scotia admirers. The beet runs 18 ig2 inches in circumference and 10 inches tip to tip with a 17 inch stem, resembling a three foot miniature tree. Seed planted July 1.
In the same bed several beets weighed three and four pounds with another at four and a half pounds. The beets, once prepared, proved tender for table use. Mr Brown plans to ship the beet to Nova Scotia where garden produce is praised. He also grew large fruit this year, including Baldwin apples measuring 12.5 inches in circumference.
William Bloss of Melrose writes to the Boston Post boasting two prize beets and two large radishes that he believes will surpass the rival winners in weight and size. He specifies weights of 3 pounds 12 ounces and 3 pounds 8 ounces for the beets and 10 1 2 pounds and 9 1 2 pounds for the radishes.
Clinton reports the municipal building contract awarded to George A. Fuller Company of New York for 142400 dollars to replace the fire-destroyed structure. Other items note a fatal shooting in Lowelltown. Cuban War rifles offered for sale. a missing Malden resident. a long-serving Hyannis railway clerk’s death. a fatal lumber mishap near Biddeford. Italian box shocks shipment from Stockton Springs. Aldrich’s death in Uxbridge. and Attleboro hosts a brisk carnival day for shoppers.
The Rev Henry Boardman Vanderbogart curate of Holy Trinity Church Middletown Conn and Miss Elizabeth Irene Tierney of New Haven wed despite religious differences. Tierney nursed him through typhoid about 18 months earlier and family opposition due to Catholic Episco pal rift failed to prevent the match. They married in New York and sent a wire to New Haven to share the news.
The Boston Post reports a gallery of fashionable attendees at a Symphony rehearsal led by Mr. Fiedler. Marie Doro missed the event while Mrs. Alexander Henry Higginson wore an electric blue cloche hat. Mrs. John C. Heaton and Mrs. James W. Kenney drew notice for elegant gray gowns and elaborate hats as Willy Hess received a warm audience reception alongside the new conductor.
Max Fiedler conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall in his first public appearance as conductor. He led the Beethoven Leonore overture No 3 the Brahms C minor symphony and the Tannhauser overture from memory with authority and expressive detail. His energetic, exacting style drew strong applause and a tense, intently focused performance. The critic predicts a season of unusual interest.
In Richford Vermont authorities confirm 17 deaths from Wednesday night grain elevator explosion and fire. Timekeeper W C Bonney among the victims. 15 workers unaccounted for plus two women killed on a nearby railroad track. Additional bones found on the railroad tracks this morning.
The six largest New England shoe factories’ stock, bought low for cash amid labor troubles, is on sale at Aronson’s two stores in Washington Street near Bromfield. Twelve floors are packed with men’s, women’s and children’s footwear offered at 50 cents on the dollar. Aronson says the goods are new fall stock marked to the leather cost to ensure quick clearance.
Dr. W. A. Pratt of New York was compelled to struggle for his life for forty minutes after a seal attack while aboard a boat at Avalon on Santa Catalina Islands. He was rescued unharmed by companions.
In a tense encounter, a man faced a group of seals driven by hunger. His only weapon was a broom handle as he avoided injury and preserved himself.
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