Observant Citizen notes from Springfield and Dorchester
A column of Mr. Observant Citizen observations covers local life in Springfield and Dorchester. It mentions a tall chimney folk fear over Jamaica Plain, a pigeons scene at 724 Washington Street, a 51 year old Virginia secession date placard, Vesuvius naval notes, Titanic passenger talk, Judge Wait at Chicago uniform laws meeting, and snippets on teachers, police, and civic events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica Plain
Virginia
Springfield
William C. Wait
Superior Court
Massachusetts Bar Association
Chicago
Illinois Bar Association
Wait
Massachusetts
The Wreck of the Hesperus
The poem recounts a midnight voyage in sleet and snow toward Norman's Woe. A ship battles breakers and ice filled shrouds before striking rocks and sinking. A chorus of surf and wrecking force ends with a plea for salvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Christ
Miss Fay Kellogg First Woman Architect in New York
Miss Fay Kellogg earns eight thousand dollars a year designing comfortable houses for women in New York. Her achievement marks a milestone for women professionals in architecture and housing design.
Weekly Menu and Household Helps Preview
A page in next Sunday's Post will feature cooking recipes with menus for every day of the week and a companion page of household helps guiding practical home tasks and chores.
Alks on Love and Sentiment by Mildred Champagne
A reader laments slander and urges caution in romance. The letter argues slander harms reputation more than theft and urges truth telling. Advice downplays imagination in love and suggests seeking a real partner, noting a 32 year old woman with a 50 year old correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alks
Mildred Champagne
Dear Miss Champagne Letter Explores Long Distance Love
A 32 year old woman describes ten years of online correspondence with a man she has never met. She states their letters were open and affectionate and she believes he is good and trustworthy, seeking advice on their fragile relationship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bard
Miss Champagne
Weekend reflections on work and wit in a Diamond Point column
An optimistic view notes troubles could worsen and money saved by busy workers. It mocks forgiving enemies as mean, questions political candidates who ran and explain their loss, and jokes about minding one’s own business and resting on Sundays. It ends with a quip about a girl verifying an airship chauffeur’s ability before a man flights with a young man.
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van Loon
THE
Sunday Post
Maine
George F. Durgin
Gome
Bert Carr
Washington Street
Mr. Carr
Vesuvius
Sam
Newport Training Station
Charlestown Navy Yard
Newport
Errico Cirri
North End
Cirri
Bourgogne
Miss Murray
Thorndike Grammar School
East Cambridge
John P. Squire
Minute Men
Andrew
Tilton
Blue Hills
Old Sol
Metropolitan Police
Nature Student
Arlington
Massachusetts Avenue
Otis Kimball
Hanover Street
Girard Balbone
Maryland
George W. King
D. D
Tremont Street
Massachusetts Militia
Robert L. Devine
Dorchester
J. M. Ward
Girls’ Excelsior Club
Eli Miller
Green Mountain State
Boston
Daughters of Vermont
Hotel Vendome
Mises Edmee Chandon
France
Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Professor Pickering
Clifton F. Hodges
Clark University
Henry G. Mead
U. S. S. Virginia
Heinie
Iowa
Tama
New Mexico
Summer St
Milans
Kornfeld
Gun Metal
Russia
la France
Ross Bros
Hanover St
D. F. Shea
Manchester, N. H
Modern Shoe Store
Pawtucket, R. I
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
DR. Hewson
Women’s New Spring
New York
Mais
Jordan Marsh Company
New England
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