Taft Visits Lexington and Other Local Scenes
President Taft and Mrs Taft visited Lexington quietly stopping at the Bucknam Tavern Hancock House and other historic spots Abbot Linn Boyd Porter toured via Cymric after five months in North Africa and Europe The Boston area scene included band concerts on Mayflower and lively gatherings at Craigholm with rehearsals and a stock company performance nearby A Roxbury telephone operator noted for her pleasant voice and a warning about a wedding umbrella mystery added local color Amateur anglers report good smelt catches off Beachmont Newburyport trims taxes while Wakefield Beebe Town Library collects vacation postal cards
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Taft
Lexington
Secret Service
Old Battle Ground
Bucknam Tavern
Hancock House
Abbot Linn Boyd Porter
North Africa
Turkey
Russia
Dreams and a Forbidden Will Set in Winter
John Bascomb guards a fortune from Arthur Dare through a trust that ends with a marriage condition. Muriel Dare plans marriage to Frank Gleason, while John contemplates his own feelings and fears. After breaking the sealed will seal, John destroys the document and faces a lonely, wintry future as the dog offers quiet sympathy.
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John Bascomb
John
Jove
Arthur Dare
Muriel Dare
Arthur
Muriel
Gleason
Guardian
Frank
Thompkins
Illinois Calls Boston Pastor to Rockford Church
The Rev. August Erickson, pastor of Swedish Congregational Church Boston, has been extended a unanimous call to Mission Tabernacle Church Rockford. If he accepts, he would begin his duties in November.
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Rockford
August Erickson
Swedish Congregational Church
Boston
Mission Tabernacle Church
Recipes from New England Housewives Featured in Sunday Post
Readable fragments from a column of household dishes. Includes meat pot roast reuse with dumplings, Blanche Lawrence Hopedale pie recipe with butter sugar molasses and currants, Etta Waite Stoneham fruit cake hints, Rice Nut Cakes from Mary G. Bunney Norwood, and Potato Flour Sponge Cake by A. E. Bumpus Brockton.
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New England
Sunday Post
Blanche Lawrence
Etta Waite
Spring Street
Stoneham
Mary G. Bunney
Cross Street
Norwood
A. E. Bumpus
Forest Avenue
Brockton
Fashion notes on spring outdoor gowns and accessories
Outdoor gowns return to normal waistlines while evening bodices feature central floral pins. Colored net sleeves with cream lining soften outer mesh. natural flowers dominate corsages. The ribbed shantung plus Ottoman and Bengaline silks lead a vogue for tailored coats and separate coats in taffeta and satin.
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Tibet
Jack
Kate
Roxbury
Beachmont
Beacon Building
Teele Square
Somerville
Jet
Nouge
Lynn
Beebe
Wakefield
Newburyport
Albert F. Hunt
Morris & Butler
Summer Street
Cloak Dept
Waist
Srd
Clornk Dept
Children’s Dept
the Post
The
Blue
Elizabeth W. Gerritson
Starbird Street
Malden
Seilor
Waist Dept
Underwear Dept
Hamburg
Emoye Sere
Silk
Coats
Illinois
Ec One ER Clothing Dept
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