Notable Boston Social Hub Notes from Newport to Concord
Secretary Meyer and family vacation at Newport cottages for tennis and Poland Springs. Miss Carolyn Wells vacationing at Arthur M. Waitt’s Barnstable home. she Notebook jotting ideas. Senator George Holden Tinkham returning with rare books from Europe. Squaw Betty tale and Taunton’s Bean City quip. Major David Arch of Portsmouth on live oak timber. George Randolph Battersee returns from Paris with dog rescue collars. Flower star and crescent yard design at Roxbury yard. Miss Sc. P. Holland gifts Exeter library a Civil War war album. Autumn note: golden red bouquets signal coming of autumn to Boylston Street.
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Carolyn Wells
Barnstable
Arthur M. Waitt
George Holden Tinkham
Badauheim
Germany
Curious Pitch Pipe From 1770 In Genealogical Society Window
A 15 to 16 inch wooden pitch pipe made in 1770 by Timothy Tileston once used by John Pierce choirister of the First Parish Meeting House for 30 years. It later passed to Samuel Blake Pierce and then to the Antiquarian Historical Society of Dorchester.
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New England Historical Genelogical Society
Ashburton Place
Timothy Tileston
John Pierce
Samuel Blake Pierce
Antiquarian Historical Society of
Dorchester
Advice for a 19 year old facing parental opposition to engagement
A letter writer asks Miss Champagne whether to elope with his fiancée amid family disapproval. He earns $20 weekly in a bank, she recently inherited a fortune, and both feel ready to marry though both sets of parents oppose the match. The reply argues two years until adulthood offers no real gain and that love often endures opposition.
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Allston Hellyar
Isaac Hellyar
Oak and Orchard Streets
Greenwood
Miss Champagne
Boston Post
Champagne
P. S
Family Recipe Notes From Local Kitchens
A collection of home recipes from Mrs. George Fuller and Emma C. Dickens with instructions for pork and veal fry ups served with rice and a creamy egg batter. Irma Ma e Knowlton adds a chocolate custard cake and a long keeping loaf recipe suitable for weekly baking in Skowhegan Maine.
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George Fuller
Wash Street
Lanesville
Irma Mae Knowlton
Skowhegan
Maine
Fads and Fashions Parade Bright Summer Trends
Paragraph points reveal season trends for children’s washable dresses in demand with all white dressy wear in pique and linen. Bracelets worn high on the arm and sheer sleeves, large flat broad hats with layered tulle trim, roses and lace on hemlines, and the Robespierre tailored suit with a standing collar in tapestry or trocaded fabric.
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Celine de Soie
Robespierre
Dear Miss Champagne Love Advice for ailing fiancé
A 26 year old woman seeking Boston Post guidance on marrying a sick fiancé. The adviser urges steadfast support yet warns against harming health, noting doctors may rule on marriage timing and potential recovery.
Who Was He
A persistent stranger tailing Miss Drew follows a long chase through Boston intrigue to a theater reunion where Miss Drew greets her brother, Tom, visiting from Colorado, after the man discovers he has been deceived by his own ruse.
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Drew
Miss Drew
Will
Tom
Colorado
Million Dollar City Hall Dedicated in Portland
Portland dedicates its new $1,000,000 City Hall and Auditorium after a four year delay due to the previous fire. The fourteenth largest pipe organ in the world, costing $60,000, was installed in the Auditorium as a gift from Cyrus H. K. Curtis of Philadelphia in memory of composer Herman Kotzchmar, and was played for the first time.
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City Hall
Portland
City Hall Commission
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Philadelphia
Herman Kotzchmar
Marion Fairfax piece among Post Magazine highlights
The Adventures of a Woman Playwright by Marion Fairfax is listed as one of the specially entertaining articles in next Sunday's Post Magazine.
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Marion Fairfax
Next Sunday
Post
Eliot Denies Interview Claim On Roosevelt Woman Vote
Dr. Charles W. Eliot denied to the Post last night that he gave the World interview claiming Roosevelt supporters and Jane Addams in politics. The World quoted him condemning Addams and praising Roosevelt, and faulting his stance on women's roles in politics.
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Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
New York World
Roosevelt
Bar Harbor
Eliot
Jane Addams
Bull Moose
Freckle Cure Promise From Local Drug Firms
A newspaper notice promotes a freckle treatment offering a money back guarantee if it fails to remove freckles. The ad calls for one ounce of ethine double strength from Houghton & Dutton Drug Co and Riker Jaynes Drug Co and claims most cases need only one ounce.
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Houghton & Dutton Drug Co
Riker-Jaynes Drug Co
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