Little Jeff's Turkish Pony Cart Sparks Street Stir
A colorful tale recalls a newsboy nicknamed Little Jeff who paraded a bright cart in Constantinople inspired by Bedouin legends. He boasted of ambitions to outadvertise Ford and shared wild anecdotes from Egypt, Palestine, and the Sultan’s harem, while the crowd watched.
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Adams ‘Square
Post
Gan
Jett
Henry Ford
Jeff
Egypt
Fatima
Pyramid Gardens
Cairo
Palestine
Beduties
Constantinople
Golden Horn
Tragks
Bowditch Library Feature in Boston Public Library Bulletin
The new issue of the Bulletin of the Boston Public Library highlights Dr. Nathaniel Bowditch with an unfinished Gilbert Stuart portrait on its frontispiece. The leading article surveys Bowditch Library as a treasure of Boston’s library scene in 1822 and sketches the life of Nathaniel Bowditch.
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The
Bulletin
Boston Public Library
Gilbert Stuart
Nathaniel Bowditch
Boston
Bowditch
Nathaniel
Repair Work Stalled by East Boston Strike
Repair work on several vessels at Bertélsen & Peterson Co. ship yards in East Boston is halted due to a strike by sealers. Workers demand a 20 percent wage increase from 45 to 60 cents an hour. about 40 quit after the company refused.
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Bertélsen & Peterson Co
East
Boston
Roxbury Girl Weds Portland Merchant in St Joseph’s
Miss Mary Evelyn Wright daughter of Sergeant and Mrs James F Wright of Roxbury married Joseph A Conley a Portland wheat merchant in St Josephs Church Roxbury The ceremony was led by Rev Daniel C Riordan A widowed World War I navy veteran Conley survived injuries from the ship torpedoed The couple left for a honeymoon through New York Pennsylvania and Maryland.
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Mary Evelyn Wright
Sergeant
James F. Wright
Galena Street
Roxbury
Joseph A. Conley
Portland
Daughters of Veterans ‘61
Coleman Conley
Conley
Mt. Vernon
Avery
York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Centenarian in New York Meets Lafayette in 1824
Thomas Joseph West born April 19 1822 in Greenwich Street New York celebrated his 100th birthday today and recalled shaking hands with the Marquis de Lafayette during the French visitor’s 1824 New York stay.
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New York
Thomas Joeph West
Marquis A Lafayette
Greenwich Street
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R.H White Co
Beach
Tricolette
Ready-Made” Dress Dept
Gingham
Ficor
Lisle
Louse Furnishings
Bas
Little Jeff
Erandson
Jorm
Satem
Massachusetts
William Bowditch
Salem
BY William Justin Mann
Posner
Ipswich
City Hall Ave
Washington
Avery Street
Roxbury Girl
April Bride
Miss Wright
Lafayette
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Franklin
Boylston St
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