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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1915
Page
7
The critic praises What a Man Wills by Mrs George De Horne Vaisey for its character work and suggests its value may limit sales. It notes Me a Book of Remembrance by an American author and The Practical Wife by Arthur Stringer as weighty sociological or literary works with distinctive narrative quality.
A reader notes that the anonymous Me purports to be a remembrance by a famed woman writer though it reads like a male author’s portrayal of feminine feeling. Publishers claim it is by a noted female author and rank it among prodigious modern works. The tale centers on the author at age seventeen facing trials and tribulations.
Paul Waitt and his Boston Post campaign inspire a children’s book featuring three elephants. Little, Brown & Co. publishes Mollie Waddy and Tony at 50 cents, ideal for pockets and lunch boxes.
A brief on Arthur Stringer story about a sophisticated New York Paris society woman who marries a Scotch Canadian wheat farmer in the Canadian Northwest. It follows her first year in a shack with family, neighbors, and a newborn, highlighting readjustment, hopes, fears, and the couple’s bumper crop ambitions.
A satirical review of Pearson's Magazine October issue noting Allan L. Benson's piece on Germany under martial law and Charles Edward Russell's piece on Indians. It comments on ad placements within fiction, jokes about Beltane’s car, and examines Lloyd Osbourne, Robert W. Chambers, and cosmopolitan fiction in McClure's and Cosmopolitan Magazine with cultural observations.
Socrates Smith presents a mixed feature on authors including Francis William Sullivan creator of Alloy of Gold and Gene Stratton Porter. The piece captures quotes on literary aims and a preview of upcoming works and related film plans from James Hay Jr and others.
New York dated Sept 24 reports Dr Hillis, pastor of Plymouth Church, may sue an ex agent. His counsel Charles T Lark issued the first break in silence since Hillis revealed business troubles to his congregation last Sunday. The text notes his long adherence to a Quaker non-resistance theory and signals possible legal action forthcoming.
Civil action planned as Dr. Hillis seeks return of commissions and funds Ferguson held during five years of managing his affairs. Ferguson defends the figures, disputes Lark's claims, and asserts Hillis has ample property to cover obligations while noting past power of attorney.
A Dutch steamer Poeldijk delivered 248 German toy packages to Boston harbor marking the first such shipment since the war began. Captain Barendse also ferried chocolate cocoa woodenware crockery and paper to Santa’s Boston headquarters, along with other goods.
James A. Cotting secretary to Mayor Haines of Medford was about to drive from the Medford Hillside Garage to a fire at Main and Emerson Streets when his car backed fire and ignited. Garage employees extinguished the blaze before the fire department arrived.
Philadelphia reports a flurry of steel trade activity as control shifts for Midvale Steel and Cambria Steel unfold. Midvale’s ownership passes to Read & Co represented buyers, with final settlement due tomorrow morning.
William H. Donner exercised part of his option on Cambria Steel shares, transferring control of Midvale Steel to Read & Co and signaling recapitalization for public sale. Charles M. Schwab is the Bethlehem Steel head buying Cambria stock as plans emerge for a rival to United States Steel.
The Rev Charles A Fulton D D pastor of the Dudley Street Baptist Church for over five years will resign and leave Boston for Syracuse to become pastor of the First Baptist Church there. He will preach his farewell sermon tomorrow and cites greater service opportunity as Billy Sunday opens a campaign in Syracuse.
Samuel Savage Shaw aged 82 a Boston lawyer and Harvard graduate died at 49 Mt. Vernon street. He practiced from 1857 to 1896 focusing on conveyancing and estates and served as director of Rockport Granite Company and trustee of the Boston Library Society with long involvement in the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Union Club. He traveled extensively in Europe Africa and the Middle East and spoke German and French.
Eight sticks of dynamite weighing 12 pounds were discovered in a Napa Junction California to Italy mail package at New York’s foreign branch post office. Investigators traced the parcel from Napa Junction to Grand Central where it was mishandled and did not explode due to heavy newspaper wrappings.
Napa Junction sheriff's office says Luigi Ghirolfi, named as sender on a dynamite package found in the foreign branch of the New York post office, is not known in the area.
Wakefield residents are warned by Police Chief Pollard to watch for a two foot pet alligator belonging to Frank Karbaum of Spring Street. The reptile, brought from Florida years ago, vanishes into a brook or drain then reappears in local yards causing a stir. Police will conduct a vigorous hunt after the latest sighting.
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