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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1908
Page
7
Worcester report states Joseph Rosman earned 5000 dollars in under a year in Pretoria with his father as a general contractor. He married Zelda Blacker at 92 Penn Avenue and plans to settle in Pretoria with his bride, after a congratulatory cable from his father.
The column highlights a range of local anecdotes and travels. It mentions General John Coughlin visiting New Hampshire, Dr. Frank Granger's trip to New York for electrical therapy experiments, ex mayor John FitzGerald’s Europe travels lecture plans, and former Alderman John W. Enwright's health trip. It also reports Maine corn crop notes, two South Boston teachers canoeing, and Congressman O Connell discussing the party whip role in Washington.
A beauty treatment claim recounts a regimen using glycerine and Cadomene tincture with borax and rosewater to develop and firm the bust arms and neck. The author asserts regular morning and night application will produce firmness and a fuller feminine form, appealing to the opposite sex.
Paul Cardinal and Jonn Rock of the High School of Commerce Fenway arrived at South Station with a three month scholarship trip funded by Boston merchants. They visited Bahia Rio de Janeiro Buenos Aires Montevideo and surveyed meat wool coffee and other markets while studying trade relations with the United States. A reception at the Patrick A Collins School follows today's return.
The G. A. R. encampment declaration on teaching Civil War causes prompts Texas School Board to weigh removing texts mentioning Lincoln and Grant. Secretary William Olin notes Confederate post influence, while the national G. A. R. presses for balanced histories showing Union sacrifices.
A frugal recipe uses chopped meat and mixed vegetables simmered in a tomato sauce with Worcestershire. Also contains a sardine spread on brown bread with lemon and egg yolk garnish. Includes a nut cake batter and baking instructions from three contributors with their addresses.
The Mayo Men's Building Association held a well attended meeting and announced an October 1 celebration to mark its plans for a premier club building. The project aims to serve an exclusively Irish organization in the city.
Miss Frances Ross a 16 year old from New Haven featured in the Hollis Street Theatre production The American Idea by George M. Cohan. He praises her beauty likening it to a Greuze portrait and Fragonnard. Her earnings go home weekly to be invested by her mother and a larger role may await in his next production.
Francis Parkman of New York, a cousin of George F. Parkman, files a formal objection in Probate Court to the will. Attorneys refuse to discuss grounds while investigators assess claims. The Parkman heirs are expected to share about $25,000.
North Creek N Y Sept 22 forest fire conditions across the Adirondacks worsen hourly with no relief. About 5000 men battle uncontained fires as vast areas burn. A large blaze at North Hudson Essex County draws 250 workers in two divisions, while small fires spread in many localities. Guests depart North Woods Club as fires close in on the area. A separate fire is reported at Blue Mountain Lake with crews rushing to the scene.
In Bloomington on September 22 Rufus Porter of Champaign county was fined 100 dollars and costs after being arrested for selling intoxicating liquor in a dry territory for giving his wife a glass of beer.
Chicago DA Sims says he will indict Mrs. Jack Gardner and Mrs. Emily Chadbourne on smuggling charges. Gardner’s attorney notes the case is being tried in Chicago while Gardner is in Portland. Sims vows to present the matter to the federal grand jury and rejects any immunity deal tied to a $20,000 tax on artworks brought by Mrs. Chadbourne. the case remains open.
Medford notes that Henry J. Braker the New York importer left nearly 4 million in his will probated in New York today. Tufts College receives 500000, Mrs Braker gets 1300000 in trust, and a 1000000 Braker memorial house is to be built in New York. Braker died in England last month.
In a Kansas City hearing over a right of way for Kansas City Southern Traction Company judge C E Ross challenged the firm’s finances and threatened to tie up county roads. Attorney George P Norton retorted and the judge flung a heavy glass inkwell, injuring Norton as he dodged.
In Middlesex Probate Court Judge McIntyre allowed a typewritten copy of Mary 8. Rice's will from Lincoln after the original disappeared. Attorney-General Malone withdrew after heirs-at-law accepted the distribution, which includes funeral expenses, $5 to each nephew and niece if unmarried, $25 yearly to Edward F. Rice if he keeps his pledge, $5 to Rev H G Richardson, $100 to First Congregational Church Lincoln as a Rice memorial fund, library bookcase and books, and the balance to Louise J. Rice.
Mildred Champagne advises in a reader correspondence on whether a man who has caused a girl to fall in love should marry her. She argues true marriage rests on genuine affection, warns against engagements struck for other reasons, and cautions that long engagements risk the girl's happiness and peace of mind.
A reader asks if a marriage proposal after a week, while loving and well off, is presumption. The reply says you cannot know a person well in a week and a lasting marriage needs time to learn temperament and habits. wait longer, gain maturity, and then decide.
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