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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1909
Page
9
A Parisian hat show promotes a complete line of untrimmed millinery sold direct to customers at wholesale prices. Showrooms are upstairs to cut street rent, with designers available to advise on trimming and making hats. Prices quoted include 729c 59c 98&c.
Boston area Methodist churches plan a field day on Sunday September 26 to mark the Africa Diamond Jubilee. Most city pulpits will feature clergy connected with long standing missionary efforts in Africa.
Oxford reports the first public marriage in its Methodist Church since its founding 650 years ago. Miss Mabel L. Morey wed Edwin W. Brown in a ceremony held last night, marking a historic milestone for the congregation.
General Samuel C. Lawrence of Medford will preside at the conferring of the 33rd degree in Boston Masonic Temple next Tuesday. Delegates from across the country attend the 97th annual Supreme Council meeting of the Thirty-third and Last Degree. The event includes a lunch at the Somerset, a theatre party, and vesting of honorary members by the Supreme Council. Proceedings expected to finish Wednesday night.
The will of Patrick Cassidy known as the Literary Cabman was filed yesterday. It leaves $100 each to Carney Hospital Working Boys' Home Home for Destitute Catholic Children and the Little Sisters of the Poor. His watch goes to Officer Jewett Farnham and his horse harness and other items to William C. Dillon for $300 if he buys. The rest, including his books, goes to Rev James A Walsh for Catholic missionaries abroad. Cassidy was a well known Tremont Street bookseller.
Mayor Hibbard suffered a severe malarial chill causing him to cancel a Taft dinner engagement and return to bed. His physician was again summoned and, by evening, he was resting comfortably and improving after yesterday's relapse.
Bristol New Hampshire September 16. The sensational divorce case brought by Mrs. Catherine A. Decato against her husband William J. Decato a 28 year old professional baseball player and formerly the widow of Charles Mason wealthy Bristol citizen faces likely trial.
Newport RI September 14 Rear Admiral Merrell grants permission to Captain Mauve of the victoria Louise to land the German battalion tomorrow morning for the New York Hudson Fulton celebration parade.
Under a hydrangea arch at Cabot Street home of Mrs. Josephine A. Grant in Beverly, Miss Marie Kendall Grant married Robert Robert Jr during an evening ceremony attended by family and local residents.
Poet Walt Mason laments modern photography and magazine culture as photographers swarm the jungle. He mocks the invasive shutter, the demand to pose, and the idea of being labeled a fanciful jungle jay cured by pills, warning of a life reduced to images for lecture halls.
A photograph shows a headless woman photographed yesterday on Washington street near Osgood's store at 1 o'clock. A $5 reward is offered for the woman to identify herself, calling at the City Editor's room of the Post between 3 and 5 p.m. wearing the same costume. Tomorrow another headless lady is promised.
Wednesday's feature of the headless lady in The Post drew Miss Lelia B. Peckham of 329 Central Street Saugus to the city editor’s office. She said she was excited by the camera capture and praised the paper.
The Rev. J. A. Bernhard, pastor of the Swedish Lutheran Church at Everett, has resigned from the pastorate of that congregation, according to word received from the Manchester conference.
Advertising snippet lists Old Brick Shoes for boys girls and misses ages with prices from 2.00 to 3.50, knit underwear for children and girls in sizes up to 2.25, and hosiery displays with prices from 25 cents to 3.00. The copy promotes fit and wear and notes a wide selection of domestic and foreign makes.
In a theatre world Of Rose Vernon and two leading men Lorimer and Esmond toil amid stages lights and shifting fortunes. A toast unspoken reveals a lasting pledge to unseen little girl as friendship and romance intertwine through fame and sacrifice.
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