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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1909
Page
4
Readable items show varied women’s apparel with prices from 18 cents to 2.00. Dresses include nightgowns white lace trimmed skirts embroidery trimmed skirts and princess corsets offered in multiple models at reduced figures.
Mrs. G. F. M. Ennis wife of the Uganda High Court of Appeals judge left Chicago after a 15 000 mile journey to meet Miss Joseph Kirkland in the city. The meeting sparked a romance leading to a wedding after a voyage from Mombasa to Marseilles and through the Suez canal. British officials traveled to Mombasa for the ceremony and the couple planned a home in Uganda.
Judge Ennis and family travel from England to London then back via 15 000 mile return to Uganda to host Theodore Roosevelt. Mrs Ennis returns to Chicago fast after visiting New York, with Roosevelt’s Uganda stop planned amid colonial officers and a large black population in Ntebbe. Caroline Kirkland and Mr Kirkland greet Mrs Ennis in Chicago after New York arrival.
Brockton reports that after union ratification of a long running dispute with the Douglas Shoe Company, two Douglas factories closed elsewhere, signaling plans to move part of production back to Brockton.
The Douglas company shut permanent operations at two factories in Marlboro and Haverhill today. About 300 workers in Marlboro will mostly transfer within the town, while 300 Haverhill operatives are laid off, with some may move to Brockton. Other plants in Nashua and Springvale remain open after relocating earlier this year due to union disputes. Brockton output may start at 3500 pairs daily, down from 20000.
Bangor, Me Oct 21 After a two week strike by nearly all University of Maine students except the football squad the undergraduates learned that they had temporarily won their point and will resume studies tomorrow morning.
The Alumni Association announced EH B Winslow of Portland, president of the board of trustees, agreed to convene a trustees meeting within two weeks to ensure a fair hearing for suspended students. An alumni committee led by W R Pattangall had pressured for reconciliation since the strike began, with limited earlier progress.
In West Bridgewater on October 21, Officer John Romanus arrested several young boys who admitted using human skulls and thigh bones as bowling pins, claiming the skulls were Indian remains. Mrs. Clark C. Pusser spotted a skull in a tree crotch near the Alger tomb on Elm Street, prompting the discovery.
Malden on October 21 hosted an informal supper for Governor Draper and other party members. Councillor Glidden Senator Wilmot R. Evans Jr. and Henry M. Turner attended with about 65 men present.
Mrs Pankhurst visits Boston for suffrage work with the Massachusetts Suffrage Association. She tours streets to Boylston Street HQ, speaks at Tremont Temple, and attends dinners and private receptions with leaders like Mrs Fitzgerald and Miss Alice Stone Blackwell. The visit shines light on English women's fight for votes and includes fundraising totals from local committees.
A Boston association reports a nearly $26,000 gain toward its building fund. The speaker expresses confidence in obtaining the building and hopes others will donate until the target is reached. The donor says they are glad to contribute and urge local support to achieve the goal.
The Y M C A campaign shows a 25288 daily gain bringing the grand total to 227441. Two $5000 subscriptions were received at the noon meeting from the Shepard Norwell Co and Captain Wiley of Team 8. Team standings shifted as Team 8 moved to second and Teams 10 7 and 6 dropped back one place.
An advertising note touts Pape's Diapepsin as a universal cure for indigestion caused by fermentation and sour stomach. It promises relief within five minutes, costs fifty cents, and claims it digests any kind of food, easing dyspepsia, gas, heartburn, and related ailments.
With twelve days to election New York campaign managers listed probabilities for the mayoralty. Barnard Republican fusion predicted ahead by 40 000, Gaynor Democrat by 75 000, Hearst Independent by 80 000. Observers noted broad non partisan appeal and waning party lines in municipal issues.
To the Editor of the Post a reader thanks the paper for the editorial "Russia and the American Jew" and says he would feel unAmerican and disloyal to pass it unnoticed while calling attention to the piece for readers.
The article advises brushing, airing, and sun exposure with hair hanging loose. Shampoo every two to three weeks using a thorough cleanser and apply quinine hair tonic weekly. Suggests simple homemade shampoos like a canthrox solution and a quinzoin tonic to prevent dandruff and promote growth. ingredients available from druggists.
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