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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1912
Page
13
Miah J. Murray a famed boxing promoter owns a remarkable cat named Tabbie. Each morning the feline visits a nearby cafe for milk and performs a precise milk‑drinking routine without spilling a drop. The owner has rejected multiple offers for the clever animal. A. F. C.
Forestry Commissioner Bucknam of Newton installs a two inch groove around the base of the fountain donated by Miss Porter in memory of Mrs. Henry Lambert. Birds now use the basin as a drinking and bathing resort, filling the air with morning song and chatter.
Mayor George L. Farrell of Malden departed Tuesday for Washington to confer with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. The aim is to secure the president's visit to Malden during Merchants' week with Lodge exerting influence.
One of the first real steps toward Boston port development is the planned operation of twin screw steamers. The vessels will run between Boston New Bedford Provincetown and Plymouth. The company has already been incorporated.
The Hon. Alfred W. Smithers of London, chairman of the Grand Trunk board, arrives in Boston with an official party including President Edson J. Chamberlin, Vice-President J. E. Dalrymple, and Assistant Secretary Deere. They travel from Montreal for the annual inspection of holdings in the United States and Canada.
A humorous poem by Walt Mason mocks a town trader who refuses ads. He relies on no sales, while neighbors read papers for other content. his store gathers cobwebs as clerks grow fungus whiskers and sleep. A vagrant visits, but no customers buy.
A tour through Providence shows progress on the Grand Trunk’s tidewater docks. The itinerary continues to Palmer Massachusetts and along the new branch of the vast system, destined to be named the Southern New England.
Dr J L M Willis of Eliot Maine, renowned historian, writes a town history for Old Home Week. Eliot owes fame to the Greenacre colony, drawing notable Bostonians and a world congress of religions. Greenacre was founded by Miss Sarah Farmer, daughter of the inventor of the trolley car, who aided Gamewell in Boston with the first bell fire alarm system.
Rev. Robert J. Floody explains that a Mary Washington rose bush, named for George Washington’s mother, was given to Beaver Garden City by an association in Washington. He notes the elder Washington planted the rose on his Mt. Vernon estate and the plant sprig was presented during a visit to Washington last winter for a meeting of the American Scientists’ Association.
An Argentine Republic team will shoot in the Bay State Rifle Range Wakefield event August 13 to 19 marking the first foreign entry in this nation wide contest. The report notes substantial interest from the Frances Willard Home for Girls affiliates.
North End residents at Llewsac Lodge in Lexington use rug weaving to earn funds or pay their way when trips are unaffordable. Frances Willard Home residents, many bundle girls with small earnings, gain a change of scene through this opportunity rather than staying in one place.
Professor H. J. Wheeler of the Rhode Island Experiment Station at Kingston cites farmer cooperation across towns in Rhode Island and asserts successful alfalfa cultivation in New England. He is described as America’s leading alfalfa authority.
The cricket, praised by Charles Dickens and others for its cheerful song, has begun to sing as an unusually dry summer increases their numbers. These tiny singers perish in damp, cool days and the cricket waits until summer has passed its delight to sing.
Mrs John Hays Hammond leads patrons for a benefit at East Gloucester on Thursday August 22 to aid the Fishermen's Institute opened late last year as the world’s only home for incapacitated seafarers. Arlington residents view plans for a new statue and glade near the town hall while Harvard yard trees recover from rain. Dear Observer notes Father Johnson of Sacred Heart parish in East Cambridge boosts boys park play with his daily batting and basketball support.
The letter urges a city sister to relocate to the country for a happier life with family, church, school, and new friends. It promises joy, a cheerful home with sunshine and a kitten, and hints at popularity for a “baby face” performer in vaudeville. Some letters to the Sewing Circle will be printed in Sunday’s Post.
A letter from Auburn discusses joining a sisterhood circle and comments on a quoted letter from a recipient about Bouquets and love. The writer cautions against leaving a husband described as good and kind and urges reading a sensible Radcliffe Wife’s letter.
A wife writes from a cottage shared with her mother in law complaining she is treated as worthless, her husband refuses to move, and she fears for her future. She asks for guidance to change the situation and signs as UNHAPPY SIS.
A writer signing as FLORENCE urges a reader to resume schooling despite a good job. Emphasizes high school years as the best time, shares personal regret over leaving early, and urges parental permission to continue education for a stronger future.
Prince Mohamed Ali Pasha, brother of the Khedive of Egypt, arrived in Newport Rhode Island today. He will join Newport's summer colony for the next month.
Discard age related dull skin powders. Spurmax lotion made by mixing glyc erine, hazel water and spurmax protects skin from sun wind and removes tan freckles and oiliness. Canthrox shampoo dissolves in hot water to create rich lather, cleanses scalp, speeds drying, restores color and eliminates stringiness.
An 18 year old writes that she has never had a lover and feels like a child, criticizing the “baby doll type” label while urging the writer to cultivate common sense and maturity rather than pity. She signs herself as “A CHILD AT 18.”
The letter writer, 18, explains she has often been asked by artists to pose as a child for their pictures and to play a child in various requests, signaling early publishing era scandalous posing pressures.
Brick Bodkins' father bravely confronted a live bear that was not dead, and the incident prompts readers to look for more details in next Sunday's Post.
Auto veil pins of silver with jewelled heads. Street dresses feature plaid trims in vivid Roman stripes. New waists show high crushed satin girdles worn outside skirts. Leather collars and cuffs with pearl buckles appear. Three quarter coats use two toned cloths with large ribs and standing collars. Lace tunics edge white satin gowns and veiled with chiffon. Unlined ivory voile wraps for summer wear. Underwear uses China silk or crepe de chine in white or tinted. Capes shape deep collars on light dresses. Satin gowns show velvet girdles and embroidered sashes.
The notice guarantees Castoria safety for babies and warns against counterfeit imitations. It emphasizes the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher printed on wrapper and bottle as the mother's safeguard.
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