Oddities and local notes spark in Boston daily life
A gallery of vignettes from Boston includes a curious photo of Battery A sailors and a stylish woman, Captain R B Halford’s new eight pound son, signs at Roxbury’s elevated car shops needing repair, and Hingham youths selling forget me nots from Japan. Also mentioned: a pigeon rescued at the Shoe and Leather building, a rise in pallbearers in South Boston, auto intoxication jokes, Chelsea hospital tents, and Italian advocate Santosuosso urging jail terms over fines to curb crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Halford
Winthrop Highlands
Washington Street
Guild Street
Roxbury
Abbet Hingham
South Shore
United States
Japan
Hingham
Far East
Nell McIntyre
Staconset
W. O
Merrifield
Boston
Architects of Fate Lovers swap lives to wed in seaside bungalow
Herbert Bryce, a practical New England architect, falls for Madeline Carter, but she hides as Frances Carter the secretary. After a year of misunderstandings and disguises, Madeline reveals she loves him and swapped names to prove her devotion. He forgives and accepts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Bryce
New England
Madeline Carter
Bryce
Victoria
Horace Turner
Miss Carter
Turner
Air Castle
Frances Carter
Madeline Frances
Frances Madeline
Frances
Advice to a clerk on proposing to his Watertown sweetheart
A Worried Clerk asks Miss Champagne for guidance on asking a longtime Watertown sweetheart to marry him. He earns ten dollars weekly and may transfer to other stores, hoping prospects improve, while the columnist urges clear talk and mutual patience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Champagne
Watertown
Letter on love and social hypocrisy in courting
A reader contends that women chase wealth and status, not love, sharing personal experiences of rejection by "good families" and preference for men of questionable reputation. The letter warns the recipient not to be discouraged by flirtatious advances, noting that the "sport" calls everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ticklemore
Thomas ‘Ticklemore
The Ticklemore Autograph Craze and the Cashless Chase
The Ticklemore tale follows the author turned celebrity who profits from autographs yet risks a spoof of his fame. Fans forge his signature while publishers cash in, and Ticklemore learns a bank account and strange publicity arise from his growing fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolpitcher
Ticklemore
Paragon
Sunday Post
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Bert Leslie
Ben Welch
Brewster
South Boston
Newton Highlands
Newtonville
United States Naval Hosital
Chelsea
Sosepr Santosuesso
North End
Murray
Santosuosso
Bith
Joseph A. Dwyer
the Jollys
By H. Coultans
Lez
Somerville
Peak's Island
Dwyer
Mr. Dwyer
John
Hunter
Scott
P. T. Bayrum
the Post
The
Architects OF
Louise Sanborn
McLellan Street
Dorchester
Mildred Champagne
G&g Sunday Post
Post Publishing Co
Popu
Post Office Department
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