Dear Observant Citizen Notes from Boston and New Hampshire
The column surveys Boston society and nearby towns with bread‑and‑butter curiosities. It mentions Harvard bells at the Custom House, the Exeter Academy alumnus Walker, and Mrs Dillon and Miss Colombo honored by the Pope. It also covers road work, Navy Yard preparations, and the Webster lake nickname Chargogeagoggemanchaugagoggabuna gungamaugg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custom House
Boston
Nichols
Mount Vernon Street
Harvard
H. H
Rogers
Pairhaven
Orange
G.T. Thompson
M. F. Dillon
Ernestine Colombo
Italy
Big Lake
Webster
America
TIZ Foot Relief Ad Promises Happy Feet
A vintage advertisement touts TIZ foot relief with claims of curing tender feet and ailments like corns bunions and swelling. It invites readers to request a free trial package from Walter Luther Dodge & Co. in Chicago and to buy TIZ for 25 cents a box at drug and department stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Luther Dodge & Co
S. Wabash Ave
Chicago
Spanish Count Wins Show's Gold Medal in Lenox Exhibit
Carlos De Heredia a Lenox summer resident formerly Count Carlos De Heredia of Spain captured the gold medal at the Lenox Horticultural Society flower show. His entry featured different kinds of vegetables with Mrs. Robert Winthrop and Allan Jenkins of Shadowbrook close behind with prizes for flowers.
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Pittsfield
Carlos de Heredia
Lenox
Spain
Lenox Horticultural Society
Robert Winthrop
Allan Jenkins
Shadowbrook For & P. Shotter
Kathleen Mavourneen Poem Fragment
A lyric recitation titled Kathleen Mavourneen describes dawn breaking and parting sorrow. It invokes Erin and the speaker's longing as they foresee separation and bid Kathleen Mavourneen awake to bid farewell. The verses evoke Irish imagery and tender emotion through repeated appeals to Mavourneen.
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Kathleen Mavourneen
Mavourneen
Erin
Frankness and love in a young man’s dilemma
A 27 year old man asks Mildred Champagne how to judge a date with a girl who calls herself frank. The writer questions past rumors and suggests observing actions over words to determine if the relationship is worth pursuing or if better options exist.
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Miss Champagne
Frank
Champagne
Home Cookery and Meals From Plain to Full Dishes
A collage of kitchen instructions from several readers listing butter sugar eggs baking powder oatmeal almond flavoring and oven cooking methods plus shrimp pudding with crust and a meat rice dish with tomato pulp and a citrus flavored dessert with orange lemon and orange rind. Names Clara G Bixby Florence E Nagle Alice Ferster and M F Parker appear with addresses.
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Clara G. Bixby
Buttonwood Beach
R. I
Florence E. Nagle
Mt. Vernon Street
Malden
Alice Ferster
Sarsfield Street
Roxbury
M. FE. Parker
Box
Boston
Eight Years With No Ring Ends in Uncertain Marriage
A letter writer confesses eight years with a partner who promised wealth and a ring but never wed. Dear Miss Champagne advises the engagement has become a gloomy prelude, urging the writer to consider marriage only if real love and respect remain, otherwise the prolonged engagement risks stability and future happiness.
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Miss Champagne
Woman Dies as Lightning Strikes Window in Home
North Ashford Connecticut August 23 Headline reports a thunder shower fatality when Mrs John B Ingraham was killed instantly while closing a window in her home. The incident occurred during a severe storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Ashford
Conn
John B. Ingraham
Dagobert's Children story featured in next Sunday's Post Magazine
Preview notes another installment of L. J. Beeston's Dagobert's Children series appearing in the Post Magazine next Sunday.
Delivering Angel Helps Down-on-His-Luck Jack Find Mary
In Rafferty’s corner Mills New Hampshire a troubled man named Jack Powers contemplates a life of crime after Mary vanishes and he receives no letter. A passerby tempts him with a meal but a Salvation Army note says Mary awaits at Salvation Molly.
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Solon W. Bingham
Washington Street
Grove Hall
New Hampshire
Bingham
Massachusetts
Chafin
Rafferty’s Corner
Mary
Jack Powers
Jack
Rafferty’s
Shorty
Powers
Rosie O’grady
Pearl
Rosie
Poe
Baby Rose
Salvation Molly
Salvation Army
Pictures and books send me roaming from my chair
In a nostalgic verse Walt Mason describes how art objects such as sea pictures woods Alp and books transport him beyond home. He imagines neptune mermaids and gypsy scenes while chopping wood and visiting ancient Greece Rome and distant places, all from his rustic frame.
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Neptune
Rome
Walt Mason
Paris Doctors For Mrs Goelet
Mrs Robert Goelet, said to be suffering from cancer, left aboard her yacht Nahma for Havre France. A doctor has attended her for two months and agents will not disclose the destination to avoid a public reaction. She is to be taken to Paris for treatment.
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Southampton
Eng
Robert Goelet
Havre
France
Goelet
New York
Customs Collector at New London Dies
New London Conn Aug 23 Thomas O Thompson collector of customs for this port died today after a long illness He was appointed collector in 1898
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New London
Conn
Thomas O. Thompson
Fad and Fashion Notes Highlight Pleated Chiffon and Velvet
Skirts feature pleated chiffon and soft faille silk while velvet trimmings appear on smart gowns. Child frocks gain cross stitch details and white satin blouses show amber and pearl buttons. Laces, fichus with posies, and old-fashioned neck bands recur as summer fades.
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Venice
Willie Invents LightningStencil in Comic Strip
In the comic section of the upcoming Sunday Post, Willie creates a lightning stencil while Muggsy teaches a dog to swim, highlighting lighthearted gadgetry and humorous pet tricks.
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Willie
Muggsy
Post
One Reason Madam Is Borax Welcome Soap Advantage
Borax in Welcome Laundry Soap loosens dirt and whitens clothes while keeping hands cool soft and smooth. The advantages come mainly from the Borax and the peculiar way we employ it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
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Pop
Yum
Oller
Atlantic ‘City
Ream
Arnold Arboretum
Harvard University
Prea T.M. N
John T. Madison
Salisbury
Botolph
St. Botolph
Ivanhoe
Phillips-Exeter Academy
Joseph B. Walker
Concord
Academy
Yale
Walker
Phillips-Exeter
Sarah Gordon Bird
Syria
Exeter
N. H
George Blieke
South
Roslindale
Livingstone
Timothy Fowle
Woburn
Fowle
Mabel A. F. Eaton
Navy Yard
Constitution
Navy Department
State House
Mr. Atherton
Secretary of State
Langtry
Charlestown Navy Yard
Nicaragua
Franklin Park
Tiz
Sanfords Ginger
Telephone Sunday Post
Monaax
Anna (Barry) Crawford
Sbo
Sunday Post
Mildred Champagne
Forward
New England Housewives
Annie Lewis
Milton
George Matthew Adams
Paris
Skin
Lever Bros. Company
Cambridge, Mass
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