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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1904
Page
7
A serious proposition for parents to save on school footwear. The article notes children wear out shoes quickly and urges buying sturdy, leather soled pairs at the Arcade. Available styles include Kid, Box Calf and Patent Colt with solid uppers and plump construction.
Fragment lists varied shoe prices and sizes for infants boys youths and women with multiple price points and discounts including 49c 73c 98c and up to 2.60 per pair. Limited readable items mention sizes 2 to 64 and references to bizes and sises.
An editorial from the Bingville Bugle argues voting should be driven by personal gain. It mocks party allegiance, urges voters to accept inducements, and asserts a poor man’s duty to vote for whoever offers the most money, regardless of Democrat or Republican labels.
Samuel Francis Smith Jr. declares he will fight to defend the Newton estate on Centre street after a Davenport petition seeks an administrator. Once mayor of Davenport, he resigned as executor and trustee after transferring property worth 36000 dollars to a niece amid creditor pressure fueled by trust fund debts.
Carrie Nation fights with Lady Nicotine in the freight yard district of Detroit and defeats her foe. She sells nine hatchets at 25 cents each in 15 minutes while awaiting a Buffalo Chicago train. Big Dave Collins pins a miniature hatchet on his blouse but keeps a pipe in his mouth, prompting Nation to scold him. Yard Master Frank Hill earns praise for not smoking or flirting.
Final vacation outings at Revere Beach feature the First Corps Cadet Band with Ernest S Williams on cornet and M F Haynes on xylophone. Nantasket favorites have pleased crowds all summer and repeat at Revere. Next Sunday closes big shows along the pike as managers reserve top acts. The State bath house stays open Sunday.
A $200000 New Haven Merchants Limited baggage parlor dining parlor car and buffet observation set with anti telescoping devices and electric features begins testing on the Boston to New York route. A dozen railroad officials and many newspaper men witnessed the inspection from Boston through Readville Valley Falls Attleboro Taunton Middleboro to Brockton and back.
In Hot Springs Virginia on September 7 several young women there ride astride daily, enjoying the change. One rider, who learned the method in California, says the cross saddle feels less secure than the ordinary side saddle but she finds it better sport.
After a boat departed Liberty Island, Lieutenant Breese found a young man and a young woman from East Orange near the sea wall. He overheard the man urging they marry with a chaplain present, but the girl tearfully refused the idea.
A lieutenant intervened as a young man confessed he planned to miss the boat to gain the mother’s approval for marriage. The girl was guarded by an officer’s wife. The pair slipped away with the crowd next morning, and the lieutenant doubted the mother’s power to stop them.
Mrs Charles Scheitlin seeks a limited divorce in New York Supreme Court alleging her husband with an income of 12000 dollars yearly gives her only 25 cents daily for personal expenses and demands itemized nightly expense statements. She accuses him of beating her and using the gymnasium bill and football as excuses to strike.
A first person extract from G Sidney Paternoster recounts a night ride where Forrest details a dangerous pursuit of a mysterious pirate. He narrates a tense escape, a dead man, and clues hinting at a trap set by the criminal, with caution about approaching danger and the peril of single-handed action.
In England the masked Motor Pirate robs and murders an autoist who resisted him. Inspector Forrest and Lutgrove pursue the killer. The Pirate abducts Thor Rest, who later reappears at a dinner party where Mannering, Lutgrove’s rival in love, is present.
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