Observant Citizen Notes Harbor Life and City Tales
A column of lighthearted vignettes covers Plymouth dunes and Mrs Hemans poems, the steam yacht Julie in Dorchester Bay, Mars and Saturn in view, a Beacon Street auto scare, London labor strikes impacting travelers, a brave 12 year old girl, Monroe tavern museum room, checker expert Jack Lynch, Falmouth Heights moonlight escapade, Admiral Togo at Touraine and a car joke about the automo bile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julie
B. P. Cheney
Dorchester Bay
Eczema Cure Timeline From Mrs Le er Lincoln Del 1910
Mrs Le er of Lincoln Delaware describes severe eczema on hands and face starting on the left thumb. After months with no relief from physicians she improved after Cuticura remedies including Resolvent and Ointment. She recommends them to others and notes samples and a brochure are available from Potter Drug and Chem Corp Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le ¥Er
Lincoln
Del
Potter Drug& Chem. Corp
Dept. 154
Boston
Love and Sentiment on a Furnished Ring Dilemma
Mildred Champagne counsels a reader who broke an engagement and refuses to return an engagement ring. The adviser questions the partner’s threat to compel return and argues the ring was a free gift and keeping it harms self respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Champagne
Dear Miss Champagne on Love Across Faith Differences
The columnist counsels a 22 year old man about pursuing a romance with a woman of different beliefs. He fears parental disapproval and social friction. The reply warns such differences can erode friendship and threaten family harmony, urging religious harmony for lasting peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Champagne
H. G
Cottage Cheese Moulds with Celery and Nut Salad
Wet moulds lined with cottage cheese are filled with celery and nut salad, then turned out and decorated with parsley or watercress. A butter flour milk custard with mustard and vinegar is prepared, then mixed into boiling mixture until thick, suitable for cooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Ames
Carry Pond
M. A. Gordon
Barbara Baker Finds a Family in Cape Cod Bakers
Barbara Baker posing as a Baker joins a church gathering in Harwichport and mingles with the Cape Cod Bakers. She charms the group, learns about Cap'n Ephr'im Baker, and declares she has found her family while a mystery man boards the train with her.
Sewing Circle Shares Quack Nose Cure Tale
A Greenfield letter recalls a folk remedy for illness using nose applications that burn inside the head and provoke sneezing. The note praises a mutual friend Mrs. O. T. H. Good for Chlorida and mentions a dedicated worker woman who could repay love rather than money.
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Greenfield
To Much in Doubt about Marriage Motivations
A reader questions a column’s advice on marriage, asking why a woman would marry given away day schedules. The letter argues the groom is well to do yet keeps a live-in staff while the bride would keep her bookkeeper job, condemning married women in work.
Dear Sisters Advice on Hair Color and Texture
Beulah asks how to keep hair light and regain waves that have darkened and straightened. She notes previously sandy light color with red tones and now fears further damage to her fine hair.
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Beulah
Advice to Miss Courageous on Love and Forgiveness
The writer counsels a woman to forget a rejected suitor and wait for repentance. He argues there are many good men and urges using businesslike discretion, self respect, and humor. He shares a personal note that he once faced a similar situation but won’t let it dominate life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agai
Tucker
Telegraphy for Girls to Ruth
A past expert comments on Western Union salaries and working conditions for female telegraph operators. He notes Boston pay may differ, with many in the main office earning about five dollars and seventy seven cents weekly. Nine hour days, half hour lunch, no vacations, limited holidays, and no half days are typical, making entry difficult yet fascinating for hardy workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Western Union Company
Boston
Rais ing Mushrooms Request From Jamaica Reader
A Jamaica reader asks the Sewing Circle for advice on growing mushrooms. Six weeks have passed since spawning in a cellar with no visible development. The writer requests suggestions to successfully raise mushrooms.
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Sewing Circle
Jamaica
Treatment for hay fever remedy to sniff juice from buttercup leaves
A reader shares a simple domestic remedy for hay fever. Pick small buttercup leaves, crush in the palm until juice forms, then snuff up the juice with the opposite thumb. The note mentions a husband finding relief two years earlier.
Salling Circle Advice Letter Sparks Tough Love
A reader admonishes Sally for pursuing a married man, calling his wife rightful owner and urging Sally to end the affair. The writer mocks “affinity” titles, warns of consequences, and urges Sally to seek self respect and first rate standards. Signed KITTICAT.
Paragraph Points on Facts and Fashions Fall Coats and Silks
The article notes fall coats in taffeta silk serge and heavy lining with trimming, highlighting silk velvets as highly favored. It mentions full length coats in pongee and rubberized silk, large collar revers and deep cuffs, sleeves in kimono and various lengths, triple point d esprit grandfather frill, and matching collar jabot combinations to satisfy fashion rules.
Recall rhetoric from tinker statesmen in 1911 verse
A Walt Mason verse mocks recall as weapon of citizens and politicians windbag talk. It contrasts calls for recall with threats and ridicule, referencing Lincoln Grant and public anger over leaders in a satirical moral.
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Lincoln
Grant
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Properties of Bishop Mallalieu Estate Divided Among Schools
The late Bishop Mallalieu and his wife and son will have their estate divided into four equal parts. Distributions go to Wesleyan Academy Wilbraham East Greenwich Academy Rhode Island the Philadelphia church fund and the Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society for New Orleans University use. Labor Sunday designated by the American Federation of Labor with sermons urged on labor. Reverend W R Smith returns eastward after summer with son Reverend Paul Smith of Boston and will visit Washington mountains with his daughter before winter in Los Angeles. Boston University president inauguration planned for October 20 with invitations to major educational leaders.
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Mallalieu
Wesleyat Academy
Wilbraham
East Greenwich Academy
East Greenwich
R. I
Chartered Fund
Church
Philadelphia
The
Freedman'’s Aid and Southern Education Society
New Orleans University
W. R. Smith
D. D
Paul Smith
Boston
Pacific Coast
Washington
Los Angeles
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Claribel
By Williams
Clarbel
Uncle SE
the Net
Plymouth
Mars
Saturn
Beacon Street
Tremont Street
London
Whitcomb
Copley Square Hotel
May Callander
L Street
Lexington
Earl Percy
Jack” Lynch
Boston Post Office
Meredith
N. H
Falmouth Heights
Cottage Club
Falmouth
Cottage City
Martha's Vineyard
Admiral Togo
Touraine
Boylston Street
Terrile
Commercial St
Rakklakankaklaanas
Ares
Qanas
New England
Bee Sunday Post
Sunday Post
Bakers
Miss Baker
Stella Miller Neal
Harwich
Louise
Cape Cod
Baker
Barbara Baker
Pacific
Louise Homer
Barbara
California
New York
Universal School of Design
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Silas
Jim
Withal
Jack Baker
J. B
Boston Post
Boston Daily and
Miss Courageous
Sally
Earth
Kitticat
Brandreths Pills
Walt
Greater Boston
American Federation of Labor
Cause of Labor
L. H. Morton
Boston University
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden
N. J
Victor
Tremont St
Near
West St
Mass
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