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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1908

Page

3

Boston Hosts British Ambassador Bryce in Charity Society Night

The Canadian Club and Scots Charitable Society welcome British ambassador James Bryce in a Boston gathering. Leaders like Mayor Hibbard and Attorney-General Malone hail Canada and the British Empire, while Lt Gov Draper and George H. Lyman note shared ideals of freedom and law.

Asa R. Minard Canada James Bryce Washington Ambassador Bryce United States Europe Turkey Balkans Boston Draper Bryce George H. Lyman Presi American Commonwealth Court of St. James Alexander McGregor Scots’ Charitable Society Scots’ Charitable Society of Commonwealth of Massachusetts Old Edward Viiii Glasgow Edinburgh Aberdeen Cambridge London Oxford Hibbard Herbert Parker Greater Dana Malone Sumichrast Massachusetts George A. Hibbard William Wyndham H. M Beresford Hope Frederick C. de Sumichrast Victorian Club Fred S. McLeod Intercolonial Club John F. Masters British Charitable Society Scots Charitable Society William McNamara Robert Urquhart Boston Caledonian Club John L. Campbell Canadian Club

Surviving Sirocco Crew Rescued After Four Day Drift

Six sailors from the three masted schooner Sirocco reach port aboard the steamer Horatius after four days adrift on a raft made from wreckage. Captain Munro describes a single biscuit feeding the group as they endured three nights at sea. The crew, once believed missing, were later found aboard the Tiverton in Newport News having sailed from Galveston.

Sirocco Horatius Munro St. Mary’s House Marginal Street Brunswick Matinol Reef Bahamas Captain Munro Post Jonathan Taylor John William Albury John Saunders James Ingraham Jupiter Fla Watterson Cameron South America Boston Joseph Laing George Roberts Newport News Tiverton Leisk Galveston

Elopement Shocks Salem as Mack Daughter Marries

Katherine Mack daughter of Thomas Mack of Salem elopes with John Mitchell of Peabody. The couple wed in Providence and informed Mrs Mack by telegram. Her mother refused to forgive, collapsing on receipt of the news. the bride, a Salem High School graduate, works as a stenographer for her uncle in Lynn. the groom serves in Boston and with the Second Corps Cadets.

Salem Katherine Mack Thomas Mack John Mitchell Peabody Providence Barr Street Salem High School Joseph Hannon Lynn Jack” Mitchell Boston Second Corps Post

Cambridge Lad Loses Teeth in Football Injury

George F. Douglas of 154 Brookline Street Cambridge was kicked in the mouth during a football game yesterday afternoon. Several teeth were knocked out and he was taken to Cambridge Hospital for treatment.

Cambridge George F. Douglas Brookline Street Cambridge Hospital New York Arthur King

W. B. Beauty Book Offers Beauty Guidance Free Postcard

The W B Beauty Book promises practical tips for enhancing natural appeal and facial beauty with a wealth of advice. It urges women to request a free home copy by writing Weingarten Bros at 377 Broadway New York.

Weingarten Bros Broadway New York Philo Hay Spec. Co Newark N. J

Aldermen Postpone Lease Action After Lengthy Debate

After hours of wrangling the Board of Aldermen laid over for a week the city committee report on market leases. It proposed a 124 percent rent increase and 5000 dollars per year for the Ames Plow Company instead of 3300. Alderman Ellery Clark urged action against high office rents and suggested using space for street department offices. Mayor Hibbard forwarded a request from the Board of Health to muzzle all dogs for three months amid rabies. The matter was referred to public improvements and tabled.

Board of Aldermen City Council Ames Plow Company Baldwin Ellery Clark Tammany Parker Hibbard Durgin Board of Health Committee On Public Improvements Ritchie

Alderman Anderson Defeated Over Ten to Five Year Leases

Alderman Anderson proposed shortening lease terms from ten to five years, but the motion failed. Alderman Curley urged raising the Ames Plow Company rent from 3300 to 8000 dollars annually, yet the motion was defeated. Curley then criticized the committee on markets in a heated exchange.

Anderson Alderman Curley Ames Plow Company Committee On Markets

Warren resigns as dean of Boston University Theological School

Boston University announces the resignation of Dean William F. Warren former BU president and dean of the Theological School. Rumor links Rev Dr Frank J. McConnell as his successor candidate and notes DePauw University trustees may also seek McConnell for their presidency.

Brooklyn minister linked to Boston Theological School dean bid

The Rev Dr Frank J McConnell of New York Avenue Methodist Church Brooklyn declined to discuss the Boston Theological School dean call preferring information come from Boston It is learned from a trusted Brooklyn source that the deanship has been offered but acceptance seems unlikely

New York Boston Theological School Frank J. McConnell New York Avenue

Pilocarpine Based Baldness Treatment Attracts Notice

A costly drug from Pilocarpus Jaborandi leaves, pilocarpine, becomes Resocarpine a powder prescribed by scalp specialists for baldness dandruff and premature graying. The favored formula mixes 60 grains Resocarpine with Gly Doctrine 1/4 ounce Cantharides tincture and 5.5 ounces Bay Rum.

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