Perjury Conviction Ties Civil Service Applicant to 2 Year Sentence
An applicant for a Washington navy yard motor vehicle operator post was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to perjury. The man had been arrested at least 15 times since 1906 on charges including assault and battery and making threats, and was barred from civil service examinations by the Civil Service Commission.
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Washington
Washington Navy Yard
Charles M. Galloway
United States Civil Service Commission
District of Columbia
Civil Service Commission
Silly social note on plans and travel
A letter update reveals Ruth cannot join a gathering at the last minute. The writer pleads for others not to cancel and describes a festive outdoor sleeping costume of white rope de chine with Turkish style trousers and a pouf cap. The message notes gifts including slippers and a napoleonic night cap and ends with farewell.
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Ruth
Sewing Circle in Boston Post Offers Homemaker Forum
The See Circle in the Boston daily and Sunday Post invites New England homemakers to discuss home and household topics. Readers may use pen names and ask questions on family, babies, budgeting, gardening, and related domestic issues. Letters addressed to Sewing Circle Editor, Boston Post.
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See
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Rights in the Home Stir Card Playing Debates
Readers discuss the home as a private space with women asserting domestic rights and men seeking recreation such as cards and bridge. Letters recount gambling ruin, marital strain, and questions of trust, courtesy, and duties within households.
Sewing Circle Letters Highlighted in Sunday Post
The Sunday Post prints a selection of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader opinions, anecdotes, and community thoughts on craft, style, and social topics.
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Sunday Post
Salesman Arraigned in Larceny Case Involving Eastern Drug
Alphonse Sumner aged 51 a salesman for the Eastern Drug Company residing at 109 North Central avenue Wollaston was arrested yesterday by Inspectors Pelton and Loughlin charged with larceny of 2701.84 from the drug company on July 21. He was arraigned and held in 2500 for a hearing August 13.
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Alphonse Sumner
Eastern Drug Company
North Central Avenue
Wollaston
Pelton and Loughlin
From Sorrow to Gladness in a Small Town Tale
Nina Manton helps her ill friend Elsie Moore who recalls a year of heartbreak from a carriage accident and a missing lover Chesley Glendon. After hospital trials, a brain operation, and a memory loss episode, Chesley regains sense and reveals his mother has died. Elsie and Chesley unite to fill a vacant home with sunshine.
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Nina Manton
Elsie Moore
Nina
Elsie
Uncle Dick
Glendon
Chesley Glendon
Mr. Manton
Chesley
Boston
He giveth His Beloved Sleep Poem Reflection
A reflective poem on divine rest with refrain He giveth his beloved sleep. It contrasts earthly pain with heavenly repose and bids friends honor the departed by silence and quiet assurance. The speaker longs for peaceful sleep for a loved one and for themselves at last.
James Dundas Dies in Suspected Gas Poisoning
James Dundas, 28, of 15 Clarendon Park, was found unconscious in his bathroom by his brother Alexander. Dr Alpha Sawyer pronounced him dead and Associate Medical Examiner Dr Watters ruled the death an accidental gas poisoning.
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James Dundas
Clarendon Park
Alexander
Alpha Sawyer
Alexander Dundas
Sawyer
Watters
Local church, charity, and school notices from Beverly area
Cites Notes reports a lawn and whist party by the Ladies Charitable Society of Star of the Sea Church in Beverly to aid city poor. Brother Jude of Roxbury to rest in Canada on medical advice. A 17 year old Eurasian student at Maryknoll seminary traveled 15 000 miles to reach Os sining New York and met Bishop Foley in Manila. Alumni plan fifth anniversary of St Jean de Baptiste School in Lynn honoring Canada‑born sisters. Roxbury St Patrick’s Total Abstinence Society schemes to form a Benevolent Society and modern clubhouse in St Patrick’s parish under a diocesan charter. Rev Tracy of Brighton presides at corner stone laying for the new St Ann’s Church Neponset with assist from Revs Flannery and Brandley.
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Star of the Sea Church
Beverly
J. M. Lynch
American Foreign Missionary Seminary
Maryknoll
Ossining
N. Y
Hurasian
Foley
Manila
Pacific Ocean
St. Jean de Baptiste School
Lynn
Canada
St. Patrick’s Catholic Total Abstinence Society
Roxbury
Father Mathew
Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society
St. Patrick’s Parish
Tracy
Brighton
Archdiocesan
Total Abstinence Union
John S. McKone
St. Ann's Church
Neponset
James H. Flannery
Joseph A. Brandley
Protestant Church News Briefs From Melrose And Boston
The Rev. A J Eastman returns from New Hampshire to lead services at East Side Chapel Melrose next Sunday. Rev Dr Ambrose White Vernon elected Massachusetts director and executive committee member of the Congregational Summer Conference. Judson Street Universalist Ladies Aid met to plan fall work at Mrs Walter Flints. Rev Herbert Burgstahler leaves Union Church Wakefield for Buffalo Lake Minn to rest then lecture on temperance at Harvard Tufts and Boston University. Union services at St Johns M E South Boston led by Rev C A Davis with Phillips Congregational and St Johns members. Mr and Mrs Isaiah Sneath of Wollaston spend a week at Lake Sabatia South Weymouth then travel to Maine. Wollaston union services move to Wollaston Baptist Church tomorrow night with Rev Joseph Walther leading.
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A. J. Eastman
East Side Chapel
Melrose
New Hampshire
Ambrose White Vernon
Harvard Congregational Church
Brookline
Massachusetts
Ladies’ Aid Society
Judson Street Universalist Church
Beverly
Walter Flint
Herbert J. Burgstahler
Union Church
Wakefield
Buffalo Lake
Minn
New York City
Chicago
Harvard
Tufts
Boston University
St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church
South Boston
Phillips Congregational Church
St. John’s
C. A. Davis
Isaiah
Sneath of
Wollaston
Lake Sabatia
Wollaston Congregational
Wollaston Congregational Church
Wollaston Baptist Church
Joseph Walther
Paragraphs on Fads and Fashions Parade New Styles
The piece notes huge taffeta roses at the waist, knitted striped silk sport coats, bathing suits with ruffled skirts, boned bathing bras, blue serge fabrics, beaded gate-top bags in moire, bias plaid trim on circular skirts, animal embroidered children's frocks, and broad-brimmed midsummer hats. It cites rising hat millinery ornaments, skirts shortening toward three inches from the ground, a striped silk bathing cap, and striped silk mufflers for motoring.
Cambridge Suffrage Outing Friday at Lexing ton Park
The Cambridge Equal Suffrage League plans an all day outing at Lexington Park on Friday August 13 in observance of Lucy Stone with suffrage addresses in the afternoon and evening. Mary Ware Allen will preside with speakers Langtry Ham Boynton Hoar Wallace Fitz Gerald and Edna Lawrence Spencer. A baseball game between suffragists and anti suffragists teams is planned in the afternoon. The next Sunday Post features four full pages of Pictorial Section photos.
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Cambridge Equal Suffrage League
Lexington Park
Lucy Stone
Mary Ware Allen
Langtry
Guy A. Ham
Governor’s Council
Boynton
Roger Sherman Hoar
Edward F. Wallace
Susan W. Fitz- Gerald
Edna Lawrence Spencer
The Greatest Clam Fritters I Ever Tasted
Ad copy recipe notes Mazola frying oil advantages and uses for clam fritters and general frying. Describes high frying heat tolerance, crisp results, and positive health impressions. Promotes free recipe book and availability in grocery stores.
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Mazda
New England
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