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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1905
Page
7
More than 10000 children attended and learned at the St Elizabeth's Guild play school at 59 East Springfield Street over the year. The season ended with a children exhibition and tea for mothers, featuring busy and serious work, picnics, and a family outing plan with trolley maps and baskets.
A note lists entries from Esther Leviton of Boston and Thomas J. Clarity of Portland Maine. It praises the humorous drawings including a girl with a goat and a comical titled piece Dont You Dare Sass Me, and expresses intent to continue the contest upon request.
A children’s editor announces the continuation of a drawing contest. He publishes eight more finished sketches from a plan dated August 11 along with several letters and a names list. He praises the improvement and inventiveness shown by young contributors.
L. C. S. reports on reader submissions for a drawing contest noting funny sketches and suggestive names by Walter Ackles to Annie Snyder. Several readers from Cambridge Revere Somerville and Beverly send remarks praising humor while a few comment on composition and titles. The editor mentions two pieces misplaced and promises publication tomorrow.
The Boston Post receives five letters from child contributors proposing or describing drawings. Frank Cahill of Charles Town asks to continue publishing pictures. May MacDonald of Roxbury depicts a cat and rooster with a lady and goat in a scene. Emily Steenson from Dorchester asks for feedback on her name choice. May Burgess of Dorchester offers a sketch titled In the Farmyard. Webster from Charles Street Boston sends in a drawing named Trouble All Around.
Northampton August 14. The city improvement committee moves to foster civic pride and curb littering. An ordinance bans throwing papers and refuse into streets or on sidewalks and will enforce penalties while stopping distribution of circulars.
The Waltham Business Men's Association schedules its annual outing at Riverside Recreation Grounds on Tuesday August 9. Sub-committees organize features and a beach dinner at noon. Nathan Tufts chairs the sports committee with J F Light E C Graves Aldermen Rufus E Lord and A M Welman heading other committees.
A lava throwing volcano was discovered in Ryepatch, Humboldt county, Nevada by cattlemen McClure Wheeler and Sommers of Lovelock. Distinct rumblings accompany the lava flow in an active eruption.
The King of Spain, Philip IV, speaks through a canvas in the Museum of Fine Arts. He retorts to doubters who claim his lineage and Velasquez connection, recounting a century of art thefts and rescues before ending with a vow that his fame endures. He asserts his royal heritage and prestige to a bemused reporter in Coply Square.
Watertown report states Harry C. French, found dying on Boston Common, and Albert C. Beal of Watertown may be same person. Police cannot confirm identity as Beal vanished a week ago and no trace of French’s description exists.
Miss Mary Sutherland recounts her engagement to Hosmer Angel and hidden details about her stepfather Mr Windibank. Holmes probes the clerical lover's Leadenhall street job and private meetings, while tensions rise over family opposition and secrecy. The tale continues tomorrow.
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