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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1908
Page
7
Mrs. Charlotte Hitchcock, indicted for murder, recalls under hypnotism how her husband Charles shot her then killed himself on November 20 at 756 East One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Street. Alienists and jurists debate hypnotism as evidence in court.
A 40 year old deacon, thwarted by widow Hartwell's 12 refusals, climbs to rescue her on a windy ridge pole. He reveals plans for twelve more proposals, but the widow hints the 13th try could be unlucky as she jokily sniffs at his motives while he promises to hurry with the ladder. Bethesda interrupts with a hopeful line as she asks for rescue.
The Observant Citizen reports Laura Burt and Henry Stanford performing in The Order of the Bath at Lynn Auditorium and then Keiths in Feb 1909. It notes Freeman N Young and Roy Fay planning a hunting auto trip, local mischief with custom carts, and various society figures from Zionist circles to Postmaster General Meyer, plus church openings and swimming events.
An advertisement extols Fels-Naptha as the sole economical laundry soap offering time and fuel savings. It cleans in cool water without fabric damage, reduces work and rubbing, and keeps clothes whiter and sweeter when used with proper wrapper instructions.
A reader asks about a woman's reply to marriage. The answer suggests she prefers staying single and having fun, viewing marriage as ending friendship. The writer predicts a habit to resist proposal and warns that many girls say no when they mean yes, especially after long courtships.
An 18 year old writes for advice about marrying a lack of money partner after two years together. The paper counsels she wait, noting youth and inexperience risk a life choice, suggests parental blessing may come with time, and offers several reader recipes and home tips from locals.
Charles O. Billings of Magnolia Massachusetts and Elbert E. Clapp of Duxbury Massachusetts were lost for nearly six hours atop Mount Kineo. They wandered off the path as darkness fell and were found exhausted by a porch crowd near the mountain about 11 pm.
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