Limerick Contests Continue in Sunday Post Series
A limerick from last Sunday's Post launches the paper’s weekly contest series. A new limerick appears each Sunday, celebrating playful verses across the Yankee domain.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
9
Limerick Contest Sparks Widespread Reader Response
The Limerick Editor previews a random sample of thousands of limericks submitted for the first contest in a Sunday Post series. Sam Walter Foss will judge winners with a prize of two hundred dollars, reflecting strong reader enthusiasm across New England for this simple open competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Sunday Post
Sam Walter Foss
Boston
Foss
Rudyard Kipling
New England
Malden Boy Hit by Market Wagon Failing Health
Eight year old Louis Wel nick was run over by a market wagon in Malden and left on the roadside. He was brought to Malden Hospital with internal bleeding and poor chances of recovery. Police seek the wagon driver and the man behind the cart. Louis is the son of Jacob Wel nick of 41 Essex Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malden
Louis Welnick
Malden Hospital
Jacob Welnick
Essex Street
Missionaries Ready to Sail for Foreign Lands
The American Baptist Missionary Union hosts 55 active missionaries with many returning home on furlough or transitioning to new duties. New couples including Rev. I. W. Harding and wife head to Assam, Rev. G. N. Thomssen and wife, and Rev. L. J. Worley and wife join the abroad staff as a conference in Boston wraps. Sailings depart from Boston for Burma, Assam and South China on the Winifredian September 18, with subsequent cross‑continent movements toward San Francisco for China, Japan and the Philippines journeys starting October 2 and October 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Baptist Missionary Union
The
Boston
I. W. Hard
Boston Baptists
Chipman Hall
Tremont Temple
Burma
Assam
China
Winifredian
Japan
Philippines
San Francisco
Roxbury
Rangoon
Siam
F. D. Phinney
States
James Money
C. M. Bissinger
B. A. Clark
M. C. Parish
South India
F. Veneate
EF. C. Stark
L. B. Rogers
M. B Antistlet
N.tuxbury
J. Fullerton Gressitt
G. H. Strouse
George
M. L. Parish
Finance Commission to Take Up the Loan Bill
The Finance Commission considers land at Mt. Hope cemetery for purchase and estimates price not to exceed 5 cents per foot under the standard. If not, it may delay pending eminent domain authority. The commission and outsiders revisited loan bill items with new witnesses, with final action postponed to next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Signea
Michael J. Sughrue
J. Wells Farley
New York
Philadelphia
Messrs. Sughrue
Farley
Ernst
Public Buildings Department
Messrs. Crocker and Kennedy
Health Department
Moors
Sullivan
The Dancer and the King at Globe Theatre Boston
Lola Mentez the famed dancer captivates Europe and courts King Louis I of Bavaria. Lola thwarts a royal plot and duels the conspirator Count Abel, elevating Louis to the throne amid praise for Cecil Spooner and George Palmer Moore. The four act musical drama promises further performances with strong audience anticipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Blaney
J. Sears Dawley
Ted Coleman
Boston
Globe Theatre
Lola Mentez
Europe
Louis the First
Bavarre
Benzeo
Jiles
Lola
Count Abel
Louis
Cecil Spooner
George Palmer Moore
Delegates Arrive on Saxonia for Tremont Convention
Twenty five foreign delegates arrive aboard the Saxonia for the International Convention of Unitarians and Liberal Religious Thinkers at Tremont Temple September 22 to 29. Notables include Rev Benny Sehanazis, Abbe A F Houtin, Prof Bonet Maury, and Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes among 2282 travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarians
Tremont Temple
Cunard
Saxonia
Benny Sehanazis
University of Calcutta
Meadville Seminary
Roumania
Oliver Wendell
Nomination Papers Filed in Somerville
Republicans and Democrats filed nomination papers for the state primaries in Somerville. The Cox-Glidden contest for councillor dominated the GOP filings with several ward delegations. Ward 2 shows a local split with two state and two ward committees delegations. Alderman David Berglind and James J. Comfort head separate ward and city committee slates. Democrats filed eight state convention delegations across six of seven wards, mostly unpledged, with Ward 7 backing Whit ney via ex-Alderman James W. Kenny. Ward 4 features three unpledged sets likely supporting Bartlett or Whitney. no ward 4 delegation filed. The city leans Whitney. Sen ator Elmer A. Stevens faces no GOP opposition. Republican district attorney delegates all favor John J. Higgins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Cox-Glidden
Horace A. Belcher
J. Mahoney
David Berglind
James J. Comfort
Whitney
James W. Kenny
Bartlett
Elmer A. Stevens
John J. Higgins
Glidden Attacks Cox In Malden Political Rally
In Malden, Walter S. Glidden of Somerville challenged Alfred E. Cox to explain his renomination while alleging a GOP ring governs the city. The event drew Mayor Grimmons, Rep. Luce, and Sen. Stevens, with Ex-Mayor Hastings presiding and Elwell scoring Cox’s record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glidden
Cox
W. E. Hastings
Frederick S. Elwell
Luce
Cox Jin
Massachusetts
Governor's Council
Somerville
Mr. Glidden
Malden
Mr. Cox
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Maine
Bill Woods
Abel
Moran
Cain
Marcel
Dave Brain
New River
Lodge
Crane
Rhode I Island
Axminster
Shings
British India
New York State
Chickering
Nathan Matthews
Cunarder
California
Washington
Oregon
Chicago
Burlington
W. J. O'Meara
Eastern
Washington St
Walter S. Glidden
Grimmons
Robert Luce
Alfred E. Cox
Republican City Committee
Liebig
Pabst
Milwaukee
L. Speidel & Co
Sleeper St
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