Start Here and Go On With the Story
The narrator recalls childhood mischief in Rivermouth New Hampshire including a stage coach burning, escape from the lock up, and a mistaken punishment plan. He and friends plot further antics, explode a pistol, mourn the accidental ruin, and face Captain Nutter’s quiet justice as they join a bustling Fourth of July scene.
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Rivermouth
Plymouth
N. H
New Orleans
Tom Bailey
Nutter House
Kitty Collins
Kitty
Thomas
Captain Nutter
Ezra Wingate
Wingate
Bill Conway
Harry Blake
Old Wingate
Jack Harris
Rivermouth Barnacle
Harris
Charley Marden
Barker
Binny Wallace
Charley
Pepper Whitcomb
Fred Langdon
Abigail
DENTER TASKED IN CAMBRIDGE IDENTITY CLEANUP
Cambridge police and the United States Navy work to resolve Gustave J. Denter’s identity case. Denter is held at Newport naval prison while Congressman Dallinger seeks his release.
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Cambridge Police
United States Navy
Gustave J. Denter
Eustis Street
Cambridge
Denter
Newport Naval Prison
Dallinger
Denter Sought Navy Cook Post. Arrested as Possible Deserter
Cambridge printer Denter, out of work, joined First Corps Cadets as cook then sought Marine Corps asst cook. Officials mistook him for deserter Gustave J. Benter after matching description. Friends and family insist he never joined the service and plan to prove his innocence. Father in Somerville to fetch him from Newport.
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Newport
Cambridge
Bernard J. Macklin
North
Denter
United States
Boston
Beacon Street
Somerville
Plant Juice Heralded as Great Herbal Tonic in City Ads
An advertisement extols Plant Juice as a pure herbal tonic now sold by Liggett Drug Co. at Washington and Avon streets. It claims rapid relief for nervous, stomach, liver, and kidney issues and cites a testimonial from William J. Gaskin of 52 Beach Street about long standing indigestion and fatigue improving after one bottle.
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William J. Gaskin
No. 52
Beach Street
Express
Liggett Drug Co
Washington and
Avon Streets
Weight Gain Advertisement for Sargol Tablets
A weight gain ad addresses thin people claiming digestion is inefficient and proposes using Sargol tablets with meals. It promises to reduce waste and convert eaten fats into body tissue, claiming measurable weight gain in two weeks and offering money back guarantees through leading druggists.
Story of a Bad Boy back numbers notice
Continued in Tomorrow's Post. The 1911 copyright notice lists Mary Elizabeth Ald rich and Houghton Mifflin Co as publishers with special arrangement. Readers seeking back numbers are directed to obtain copies containing The Story of a Bad Boy.
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Mary Elizabeth Aldrich
Houghton Mifflin Co
Post
Governors Gather at Boston Meet In Light Attire And Banter
Report from the Copley Plaza covers governors from South Carolina Oklahoma and Montana arriving for a conference. Jokes about bachelor status skirtitis and fashion contrast with a note on silk hats and leather hat boxes. Notables include ex governors Cole L. Blease Florida Gilchrist Ammons Colorado.
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Palm Beach
Myles C. Riley
Hotel Lenox
Cole L. Blease
South Carolina
Lenox
Gilchrist
Florida
Ammons
Colorado
Copley Plaza
Educators of Nation in Conference Opens in Boston
The second national conference on universities and public service opens in Boston with leaders from across the country. Attendees include Gov Walsh, Mayor Curley, and educators from Harvard and Wisconsin. Sessions cover industrial education, university roles, alumni involvement, and civil service initiatives.
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Educators OF Nation IN Conference
Boston
Edward A. Fitzpatrick
Madison
Wis
David I. Snedden
Senate Chamber
Walsh
Curley
William Spry
Utah
Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard University
H. E. Miles
National Manufacturers’ Association
Wisconsin Industrial Board
Edwin G. Cooley
Chicago Association of Commerce
Germany
Alfred S. McCann
New York Globe
Charles McCarthy
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library
Samuel B. McCormick
University of Pittsburg
Fitzpatrick
Richard Lloyd Jones
Wisconsin
State Journal
Collier’s Weekly
Congressman Siegel
New York
Juspan Whiting
Alumni Association of
The
M. L T
Chambers of Commerce
Boston Chamber of Commerce
New England
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Boston Post
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Ogden
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Union Pacific R. R
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Trea
Richard I. Manning
Craige
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Williams
Oklahoma
Stewart
Montana
Manning
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State House
Old North Church
Governor Capper
Kansas
Emmons Byrne
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Emmons
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Jordan. Marsh Company
New England Conservato OF Music
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