If you want him to change marry for love not money
A reader advises that promising husbands without willpower rarely change after marriage and urges testing promises before tying fate to a life contract. A 28 year old wonders about marrying a widower with two past marriages. Others share views on titles and respect for elders in family life.
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Navy
Reformed
Heaven
Sewing Circle
William Smith
James
Inquirer
Morning Mood and New Linen Blouse Fashion Note
After years of routine mornings the narrator enjoys a carefree start sleeping in and showcasing a white handkerchief linen blouse. The piece features circular frilled sleeves lined in Dutch blue linen, black ribbon ties, tight-wrist buttons, and a blue lined neck frill with a black bow at the center.
Simple Cheese Souffle and Muffins Recipes
A collection of home recipes includes a cheese souffle made with milk cheese and bread crumbs, a two serving muffins recipe with flour sugar butter vanilla and nutmeg, and a beefsteak dish with catsup lemon. Recipes credited to Mrs Elsa M Smith of West Newton and Mrs James W Crouse of Gloucester.
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Elsa M. Smith
Webster Street
West Newton
James W. Crouse
Columbia Street
Gloucester
Fashion notes hint at fur imitators and tailored suits
Paragraph and Facts and Fashions review this season focusing on Paisley shawl trimmings for tailored suits a tulle wedding veil edged with silver cord and fabrics imitating fur gaining vogue The Wattean pleat appears in models and a wide fur collar graces the small sister's coat A four cornered hat rolls with the brim while waterproof skirts and coats trend Bands of gold lace trim frocks of taffeta with capes and early autumn suits feature multiple furs.
A Slight Mistake by a Bright Bookseller Boy
Willie, a bright job seeker, lands work in a bookseller shop. A stranger asks for The Letters of Charles Lamb, and Willie misreads it as The Letters of Lamb, sending him to the post office around the corner.
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Willie
Charles Lamb
Hard Road to Prosperity for Moving Picture Stars
A veteran poster quotes a saying about the tough climb to wealth in the film industry. He notes that stars must endure many trials to earn their salaries and success.
Memories of Jim Kirkwood and the cap prank at Biograph
The reminiscence recalls Jim Kirkwood and colleagues at Biograph and Famous Players studios. Pranks around him included theft and recovery of his prized cap, a bandbox gift years later, and comparisons to Sol Smith Russell. The piece notes Kirkwood’s later Santa Barbara work for Mutual and ongoing good humor among the group.
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Biograph
Jim Kirkwood
Mack Sennett
Arthur Johnson
Mr. Griffith
Famous Players Studio
Mr. Kirkwood
Fanchon
Cricket
Pal
Esmeralda
California
Jack
Marshall Neilan
Dell Henderson
Bobby Harron
Cap
Sol Smith Russell
Santa Barbara
Cal
Mutual Company
Gleaning Film Work Openings Through Direct Inquiry
A short note advises aspiring scenario staff to contact moving picture companies directly to learn of vacancies. It notes that scenarios cannot be copyrighted now but may be possible in the future.
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Moving Picture
Axiom of Quotes and Stock Exchange Reports
A gentlemanly agent offers an Encyclopedia of Familiar Quotations to a business man who declines, claiming he prefers fresh quotations sourced daily from stock exchange reports in the newspapers.
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Stock Exchange
Where to Find Boston Property Ownership Records
A reader asks for owners of property in parts of Boston. The assessors’ department at City Hall holds public records open for inspection. A reader also asks about knots in sailing and learns a knot equals about 6080 feet by British admiralty and 6082.66 feet by statute.
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Sir
Boston
City Hall
Questions on height weight naturalization and titles
A reader asks about a 6 foot 7 inch woman's normal weight in insurance tables ranging 123 to 167 pounds. Another inquiry asks if Hollis Street Theatre sits over a church and notes the pulpit of John Pierpont. A reader asks if a boy born in the United States needs naturalization to vote. A question compares Czar and Kaiser meanings as forms of Caesar.
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Hollis Street Theatre
Hollis Street
John Pierpont
Post
Sir
England
United States
Czar
Austria
Germany
Fraternal order with largest membership in North America
The text notes that in the United States and Canada the Free Masons are first in membership, followed by the Odd Fellows. It frames the Freemasons as the largest fraternal organization and Odd Fellows as second.
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Sir
United States
Canada
Free Masons
Odd Fellows
Protestant Churches Schedule Union Services Through Sept 24
The Rev. Edward Cummings of South Congregational will preach at a union service in Arlington Street Church starting Sept 10 and continuing Sundays through Sept 24 with Cummings also speaking Sept 17 and 24. Dr. Francis of Los Angeles will preach at Dudley Street Baptist for the first three Sundays in September. The New England District of the Christian and Missionary Alliance ends its Camp Hebron camp meeting on Labor Day Sept 4 with strong turnout and active local participation.
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Edward Cummings
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South Congregational Society
Hale
Arlington Street
Church of the Disciples
Arlington Street Church
Dr. Cummings
James A. Francis
Los Angeles
Dudley Street Baptist Church
Francis
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
New England
The
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Camp Hebron
Attleboro
Eighteen New Infantile Paralysis Cases Reported
Eighteen new cases of infantile paralysis were reported to the State Board of Health yesterday, the largest single day total since the disease began. August total reaches 235 cases, compared with 110 in July. three cases proved fatal.
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State Board of Health
Boston
North Adams
Amesbury
Cambridge Board of Health
Boston Health Department
Washington Street
Charlestown
Marginal Street
East
State Board
Cambridge
Samuel Feldman
Oakland Street
Ruth Miner
Congress Street
Thomas Melia
Pond Street
Fredell A. Rutland
Meadow Brook Farm
Maurice Feeley
Pearl Street
Elizabeth Farina
Holbrook Avenue
Braintree
Jack Arthur
Maple Street
Wareham
Blanche I. Lupont
Coggeshall Street
New Bedford
Starvos Carlotes
Harris Street
Peabody
Shirley A. Currier
Montrose Street
Somerville
Robert Johnson
Lancaster
Arthur Stevens
Bush Street
Westfield
Amy Grosso
State Street
Pauline Phelps
Savoy
Contractor halts unions in bid for Boston project
A Boston Superior Court injunction bars Bricklayers Nos 3 and 27 and Stonemasons No 9 from interfering with contractor Louis Cadario as he proceeds with a $10,000 mason work contract at Washington and Dover. Cadario says unions forced him to surrender two contracts totaling $56,510 to avoid work stoppages.
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Boston Bricklayers
Stonemasons’ Union No. 9
Fox
Superior Court
Louis B. Cadario
Washington and
Dover Streets
Cadario
Jack’ Walsh
Union No. 8
William H. Higgins
Michael J. Shay
Michael J. Collins
Stonemasons’ Union No
Patrick J. Walsh
John F. Walsh
Cambridge
Bricklayers’, Masons’ and Plasterers’ International Union of America
Boston
Morris Bronstein
Bronstein
Holy Name Society resumes meetings and academy opens
The Holy Name Society of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross resumes meetings on September 10 with enrolment of new members and a talk by Rev. John W. Culhane. Benediction follows. The Academy of Notre Dame opens September 12 in a new Back Bay Fens building, likely its largest intake yet. Seven children were placed with relatives or families from the Home for Destitute Catholic Children during the week ending August 17, with 17 admitted.
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Holy Name Society
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
John W. Culhane
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Academy of Notre Dame
Back Bay Fens
Harrison Avenue
West Concord Street
The Comeback Straw Hat Exchange
A brief exchange turns humorous as a man praises his straw hat and recalls his wife’s gift. He notes she spent nothing on herself to balance the gesture, prompting amused remarks about luck and domestic harmony.
The Reveille Poem About War and National Duty
A poem depicts drums calling Freemen to gather for war while questioning the harvest of victory and cost. The Yankee drum, cannons firing, asks about profit and loss as brothers fall, until a trumpet voices divine guidance and the nation answers. The drum falls silent as the nation proclaims, Lord, we come.
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