Observant Citizen notes signs of Fall and local tidbits
The Observant Citizen offers fall signs and suburban notices while recalling local figures. It recalls the late Thomas B. Shute of West Roxbury, longtime Bremer & Co. staff, and mentions Miss Rebecca R. Joslin's circumnavigation as Castilian Club president. It describes the cameragraph at the John Crerar Library and quotes former Mayor Howard on jail days. It also notes Roy Hallowell and Sam Larsen at Massachusetts Agricultural College solving living costs, and a sign near Wentworth road pointing to Walbach Tower ruins.
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Thomas B. Shute
West Roxbury
John L. Bremer & Co
Mr. Bremer
Mr. Shute
Wentworth Road
Sagamore Avenue
Rye
N. H
Boston
Portland
Walbach Tower
New Castle Beach
New
Creole Reich
Leven
Roy Hallowell
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Commonwealth Avenue
Sam Larsen
Larsen
Pretty Soon Uncle Walt Sings of Seasons and Small Town News
To readers in Northwood Centre the verse and notes shift through poetry by Walt Mason to local bulletin items. The column mentions school seniors and courtship, a Boston hospital baby with six fingers, and YWCA rooms strained by demand while Boston evangelists visit Old Orchard Beach.
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Boston Floating Hospital
Maria Morelli
Maria
Genereee
Beavers Reported Caught by Wo burn Sportsman
Donald R. Bragdon, a noted Wo burn sportsperson, says he hooked a giant beaver off Winthrop Beach. The animal reportedly weighed a pound and a half and measured 15 inches, and Bragdon shows the hook and line used to catch it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald R. Bragdon
Woburn
All Conners
Winthrop Beach
Captain Murphy and the Nails Prank at the Cobblestones
A colonel's son, Captain Thomas Murphy, is famed as a joker. He scattered nails on the cobblestones to scare a friend, who then left a car while searching for “money.” United States Commissioner Hayes resumes duties at the federal building after two months away. Muriel Badger of Wallaston becomes engaged to John E. Gourke of Wallaston in a Vassar junior-class announcement.
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Soy
Fess
Miss Badger
Cupid
New Hamshire
Boston
Northwood Centre
Thomas Murphy
Colonel Logan
Tommy
United States
William A. Hayes
Federal Building
England
Vassar
Muriel Badger
E. J. Badger
Wallaston
John E. Gourke
Vas
Notable Houston Eagle Hunter Invites Camp Visit
Hud Niles of Houston Maine is a prominent local Eagle and enthusiastic hunter. Friends attest his deer stalking tales rival the late B Munchau sen, and an invitation to visit his camp is never refused.
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Hud” Niles
Houston
B. Munchausen
The Ragtime Girl and the Courageous Pianist
Miss Mary L. Stetson tells of Carol a devoted musician in Auburn Maine who clashes with a neighbor who plays ragtime. A fire breaks out in a building next to her and she rescues her brother Honey before losing consciousness, awakening to find him safe beside her.
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Honey
Carol
Intaglio Head of Minerva Reveals Hidden Passion
In Aldrich's poem the Minerva head unmasked as a living muse. The speaker questions whether wisdom is female and contemplates love within ancient sculpture. Time preserves the artist's craft and the secret romance behind the carved visage.
Boy Dies After 45 Foot Fall At Brookline Construction Site
Henry Fredette a 14 year old waterboy for Hooper Waters Company fell 45 feet from a staging on a fourth floor in Brookline near St Paul and Beacon streets. He was from Cambridge and died of his injuries.
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St. Paul Street
Beacon Street
Brookline
Henry Fredette
Reed Street
Cambridge
Young Fredette
Hooper, Waters Company, Builders
Water Street
Boston
Cambridge City Moves To Ten Day Pay Cycle
Cambridge city government adopts a ten day pay schedule granting two percent discount on all purchases. If vendors refuse, business with that firm may be terminated. The plan, perfected in March, starts today and was to become operative June first.
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Cambridge
Miners Escape From Mexico After Dangerous Ride
Douglas Arizona reports Frank Curtis and Arthur Cunningham officials of the El Oro mine arrived after a perilous journey through western Sonora. They say the trip included killing two rebels and wounding a third during the escape.
Jouett Sets Speed Record for Destroyer Run
Newport R I Aug 30 The torpedo boat destroyer Jouett allegedly made the fastest American war vessel run by averaging 33.7 knots for seven hours from Boston to Newport The Jouett took the outside route faced rough seas which damaged a port lifeboat Lt Commander William P Cronan commands the destroyer recently placed in commission and awaiting Washington orders on final acceptance trials
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Newport
R. I
Jouett
Boston
William P. Cronan
Washington
I Thought You Were Dead Save My Brother
Carol awakens in a gaudy room after being rescued by Mith Wagtime. A familiar ragtime girl enters, and Carol thanks her with gratitude and shame, saying she will always love the rescuer for saving her little brother’s life.
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Carol
Fire Claims 7 Year Old in Hoboken Tenement Blaze
A four story frame tenement across from St. Marys Hospital Hoboken caught fire early today. The blaze killed 7 year old Edward Lynquist and endangered a score of occupants who were saved by ladders and jumping from windows. Six unconscious people were rescued. The fire likely started from a gas jet in the cellar.
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New York
Hoboken
St. Mary’s Hospital
Edward Lynquist
Forty join union at Copley Plaza hotel
Forty more chambermaids and laundry girls at the Copley Plaza hotel joined the International Hotel Workers Union last night as union officials warned that a strike could follow if Manager LaVin does not meet requests. A mass meeting at 724 Washington Street drew about 450 employees with speakers including Edward Blochl inger and Michael Dumas.
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Copley-Plaza
International Hotel Workers’ Union
LaVin
Washington Street
Donald Evelyn
Edward Blochlinger
Michael Dumas
Thomas G. Connolly
Taft On Way To Beverly From Columbus
President Taft traveled by train and car from Cleveland to Beverly via Syracuse. He rested most of the day and spoke without speeches. In Rochester he tentatively promised Mayor to visit September 16 for the centenary celebration. He is due in Boston early tomorrow.
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Taft
Syracuse
N. Y
Beverly
Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Rochester
Boston
Admiral Southerland Seizes Nicaragua Situation
Admiral Southerland told the Navy Department he can control Nicaragua with forces ashore and marines en route. He noted Commander Terhune of the gunboat Annapolis has opened a 15 mile railway from the coast at Corinto.
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Washington
Southerland
Navy Department
Corinto
Nicaragua
P. m
Terhune
Annapolis
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Claribel
BY Williams
Mr.blok
Mr.binks
Blox
Gogenise
HELUP
Mgat
Beacon Hill
New England
Rebecca R. Joslin
Castilian Club
India
Boston Public Library
John Crerar
Howard
Salem
Henry Cabot Lodge
North American Review
Choate
Everett
Sumner
Parkman
Walt
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
M. L. Thompson
John Nichols
Hope Mission
Old Orchard Beach
W. F. Stewart
D. D
People’s Temple
Hotel
Mellen
Fall River
Mass
Thilliam J. Dunn
Theroperty
THE
Evening Herald
William J. Dunn
Sunday Post
Mary L. Stetson
Whitney Street
Auburn, Me
Mrs. Swett
Carter
Carters Web Rite
Minerva
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Pallas
Wisdom
Trajan
Phidias
Mexico
Jesse A. Case
Dept
Brockton, Maas
More Copley-Plaza
Tames Pyles
York
Seta
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