Garment Sale Says All Spring and Summer Attire Reduced
A store advertises every suit of spring and summer now in stock at reduced prices. Any alterations on selected garments will be charged at cost.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1909
Page
2
Diphtheria Carriers Found In Brighton School Children
The Brighton Board of Health ordered about forty children to be quarantined at home after a voluntary screening of all pupils identified carriers of diphtheria germs. The test found roughly 1.5 percent harboring the bacteria, prompting the experimental measure to prevent transmission until doctors treat and remove the bacilli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Brighton
Health Board
The
Lost 5000 in old swindle on journey to Madrid
William A. Moffet, a Hanover Maryland farmer, travelled to Spain with cash and paid 2800 dollars to operators of a long running hidden treasure swindle. He invested nearly 5000 in the scheme, now at home seeking recovery options. He had gone to Boston and sailed to Europe six weeks earlier. details after reaching Madrid are not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimored
Spain
William A. Moffet
Hanover
Anne Arundel County
Mr. Moffet
Boston
Europe
Madrid
Harem Views An Execution In Fez Palace
Fez September 17. El Rhagl, a rebel held by the Sultan, was executed inside the palace in the imperial harem. The death follows the French consul’s protest over reported torture by Sultan's troops on Moors resisting rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fez
Cross Sea for Trousseau Design by Paris Modistes
Miss Dorothy Lawson prepares for marriage to Henry McCall by traveling to Paris with music teacher Miss Caroline L. Pond of Winchester. Lawson will personally select every item for her trousseau, spending two months in Paris followed by a two week stay in England, a venture expected to yield a large sum for the designers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trousseau
Dorothy Lawson
Henry McCall
Lawson
Paris
Caroline L. Pond
Winchester
Q Lawson
England
Oldest U S Bishop McCloskey Dead in Kentucky
The Right Rev William George McCloskey bishop of the Catholic diocese of Kentucky and the oldest Catholic bishop in the United States by age and years of service died today in Louisville at age 86. Ordained in 1862 he later led the American College in Rome as president for more than 23 years and was consecrated bishop of Louisville on May 24 1868.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
William George McCloskey
Kentucky
United States
Hea
New York
American College
Rome
McCloskey
Balloon Flight For Deaf Blind Girl In Fitchburg
In Fitchburg on September 17 a notable ascent is planned with Charles J. Glidden of Boston guiding a deaf, dumb and blind girl student. A physician will monitor vital signs at lift off and at peak altitude and upon landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Charles J. Glidden
Boston
McGann Klaus Bout Stopped by Police in Pittsburg
The McGann Klaus fight at the National Athletic Club Pittsburg halted in the third round after McGann ignored warnings against low blows. A powerful body shot felled Klaus who writhed in pain as police entered. McGann was escorted from the ring and later guarded at his hotel while Klaus was taken to his dressing room vomiting blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
McGann- Klaus
National Athletic Club
McGann
Klaus
MocGann
Giant Pepper Dominates 15-Inch Culmination Article
The agricultural department of the Post reports a remarkable pepper grown by Joseph Goldie, formerly of the Boston police, now at Sea View. Weighing and circumference details describe it as the largest and a perfectly formed freak for its extraordinary size, resembling a squash in name but a pepper in form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department of the Post
Joseph Goldie
Boston Force
Sea View
Ruth Bryan Leavitt Declares She Is Marriage Proof
Chicago report states Ruth Bryan Leavitt daughter of W. J. Bryan calls herself marriage proof and rejects suffragette label. She ends lecturing tour, hints at abroad trip, and will return to Lincoln Neb for her parents 25th wedding anniversary after attending banker ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
W. J. Bryan
William Homer Leavitt
Hannum Dies of Shock in Cambridge Real Estate Leader
Leander Moody Hannum a prominent Cambridge citizen and real estate man died at his home 333 Harvard street at 72 from a shock suffered in Hull two weeks earlier. Born December 23 1887 in Northampton he built a grocery venture then amassed a fortune in real estate. A longtime Republican he served in Cambridge city government the state House and Senate was Middlesex county special commissioner and chaired the city committee. His wife passed away several months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander Moody Hannum
Cambridge
Harvard Street
Hull
Mr. Hannum
Northampton
Cambridge Street
Bankers condemn postal savings banks at convention
Chicago Sept 17 After five days of talks the delegates to the 35th annual American Bankers Association selected Los Angeles as next meeting place and adjourned until fall next year Nearly 5000 bankers from every state condemned postal savings banks and deposit insurance legislation in a clearly expressed stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Bankers’ Association
Los Angeles
Bunce Grain Firm Files for Bankruptcy in Arkansas
The T. H. Bunce Company, a major grain firm, filed a bankruptcy petition late tonight in Little Rock. Local banks are said to be involved to about 300000 dollars. The company’s annual business reportedly ranged from four to seven million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
T. H. Bunce Company
United States
Banking I
Four Story Fall Claims Charlestown Carpenter
John Heywood aged 24 a carpenter on a building at 60 Ferrin street Charlestown died last night at the Relief Station from injuries suffered about 20 minutes earlier when he fell from a plank on the fourth story. He was married and lived at 43 Soley street Charlestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall Hills
John Heywood
Ferrin Street
Charlestown
Heywood
Soley Street
Favor for Constitutional Amendment on Taxation of Intangibles
The Taxation Commission at the State House heard strong support for the constitutional change taxing intangible securities at a different rate than tangible property. Backers include John Co. Cobb of the Boston Chamber of Commerce and Robert Luce for himself, with unofficial backing from the Massachusetts State Board of Trade. A future hearing is set for Oct 13 with speakers including Professor Charles J. Bullock and Henry James Jr. for the Forestry Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taxation Commission
State House
John Co. Cobb
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Robert Luce
Massachusetts State Board of Trade
John L. Bates
W. D. T. Treffey
Arthur Dpd. Chapin
Commonwealth
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Charles J. Bullock
Harvard
Henry James, Jr
Massachusetts Forestry Association
Nathan Matthews
Peter the Great Monkey Performs at Harvard
Peter the Great, the Harvard visiting monkey, astonished professors with extemporaneous stunts at Keith’s. Led by Dr Le Roy Sargent, Harvard scientists concluded Peter acts on his own initiative, not merely as a trained animal, after observing his gym tests and calm self control with a cigarette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter the Great
Keith's
Harvard
Peter
le Roy Sargent
Sargent
100 Men and Youths Fall Suits Bargain at Saturday Sale
A fine assortment of fall suits for men and youths, priced at 7.50. Available sizes 33 to 44, with a good fit guaranteed, offered as a great bargain for Saturday.
Chides Curley From His Cell In Ward III Fight
Former Boston city official Leo McCullough serving two years at Deer Island for $200 larceny attacks Alder man Curley in a ward contest. He wrote a letter to Councilman Joyce, to circulate in the fourth district, urging decency and criticizing turning his imprisonment into a political issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
Leo McCullough
Deer Island
Boston
James M. Curley
Thomas M. Joyce
McCullough
Joyce
Curley
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