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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1905
Page
7
A children's editor praises funny school sketches and letters from readers in Massachusetts. He plans to publish more drawings, letters, and a blank for kids to finish, noting improvements in drawing and expression.
Directions invite youngsters to complete a partial sketch and create a humorous finished drawing. Mail to the Children’s Editor in Boston Post for possible publication with names and addresses. Winners may receive a watch for a boy and a doll for a girl, per the prior August 27 competition.
Society notes reveal Miss Lila Mayo daughter of Captain W R Mayo of Norfolk Va engaged to Walter Livingston Cutting of New York and Pittsfield a Harvard 99 graduate. The couple’s social circles note Cutting’s popularity and family ties including Mrs Arthur Cumnock. The wedding is planned for next fall.
A Boston mass reader asks if his lover truly loved him or sought a thrill. The adviser urges him to pause, letting the woman decide, suggesting absence may rekindle affection or create longing, and weighs the risk of losing her completely. The guidance emphasizes self-restraint and personal reflection.
A 28 year old bookkeeper writes Dear Miss Champagne asking how to win a New Jersey visitor who longs to meet his family objections. The advice suggests seeking a male intermediary to secure a formal introduction and cautions that she may not love him enough to help.
Observant Citizen lists Dorchester residents traveling in Maine and Norwell, with anecdotes about fishing trips and vacation scenes. The piece highlights Lieutenant Eugene A. Carter and Somerville officers, plus local hospitality at Roxbury Outing Club and Nahant bathhouse improvements. It notes John Dobson in Norwell, Inspector Mason’s vacation and past gold leaf smuggling case at Cunard docks.
A column recounts local personages including Albert P. Mason visiting from Panama and Franz Krebs staying at Black Rock House, plus plans for a July electric parade in Roxbury and Dorchester. A narrative by Bessie D. Ducey presents a legal fiction about a jeweller theft and a detective outsmarting the culprit using telegraph signals to recover stolen blue diamonds.
Unclear fragment shows a travel company tone noting cheerful service for passengers and umbrella care. The text mentions Uncle Cyrus and hemlock hedge indirect references without clear event or names. No concrete actions or outcomes are identifiable.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson discuss the nature of fiction versus police realism as Holmes receives a new client Miss Mary Sutherland seeking the fate of Mr. Hosmer Angel. The scene opens with Holmes observing a nervy, fashionably dressed woman outside their Baker Street lodgings and Mary explains her father Windibank’s opposition to her romance.
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