Prominent Red Man William Provin Dies Suddenly
Westfield, Dec. 5. William Provin, 70, a noted citizen and former whip maker, dies at his home. He was past grand sachem of the Massachusetts Council of Red Men and long a grand keeper of wampum for the Great Council of the United States. Provin was a 32d degree Mason, past commander of Lyon Grand Army Post, and a member of Woronoco Lodge of Odd Fellows.
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Westfield
William Provin
United States
Franklin Street
Provin
Massachusetts Council of Red Men
Wampum
Great Council
Lyon Grand Army
Woronoco Lodge of Odd Fellows
Syrup of Figs Offered as Safe Child Laxative
An advertisement promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe, tasty laxative for children and adults. It claims to relieve constipation, biliousness, and stomach issues by gently moving waste without griping or nausea. The product is said to consist of figs, senna, and aromatics, with full dosing directions on the package.
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California Fig Syrup Co
The Secret to Perfect Griddle Cakes Revealed
A sister asks for the recipe for superb breakfast cakes. The answer credits Aunt Jemima's Self-Rising Pancake Flour as the great secret and urges readers to ask grocers for it. It promotes Aunt Jemima's grain blend of wheat corn and rice and offers package coupons for a rag doll family prize.
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Susan
Mamma
Billy Patterson
Jemima
Sewing Circle A Woman’s Forum for New England Homemakers
The Sewing Circle section in the Boston Daily and Sunday Post invites homemakers to discuss home and household topics. Topics include domestic problems, managing husbands and children, baby care, household economy, flowers, and gardening. Correspondents may use pen names and ask questions, writing on one side of the paper.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Prodigal Daughter Echoes a Mother's Double Standard
A reader letter discusses a mother forgiving a prodigal son while a daughter is shunned, arguing woman nature sustains a harsher moral standard. The writer recalls her own mother's elopement, hardship, and the family’s unequal forgiveness, highlighting gender bias in parental mercy.
Secrets and fears shadow a past romance at Noddle Island
A letter signed Aunt Hannah argues against secret pasts in marriage while a reader confesses a broken engagement with a dissipated former fiancé. The writer worries her husband may learn of the affair, fearing moral judgment and a cloud of terror as she recalls courtship days at Noddle Island.
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Hannah
Gaving
Noddle Island
Letter to "Woman Physician" on gossip and adoption
A reader denounces idle women who bake shop and bargain hunt, claims they gossip and do little, and warns against adopting children. The writer shares personal sorrow over losing a child and a sulky adopted daughter, expressing belief in a hoodoo linked to adoption. The letter ends with a signature S.
Mother's fault in protecting wrongdoers cited
A Boston Charity Visitor laments mothers who forgive sons for offenses against women, arguing maternal leniency fuels harm to young women. She recounts visiting a dying girl driven from home for refusing a man, and cites a mother's insistence that “My son can do no wrong” as complicit in the tragedy.
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Boston
Scorn for Uniforms sparks Navy pride in Sewing Circle
A reader from Charlestown defends sailors and relatives in uniform against local scorn. She insists uniforms honor good men in the navy and urges other sisters to support service members amid widespread prejudice. The Sunday Post prints letters from the Sewing Circle on this topic.
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Navy
Uncle Sam
Charlestown
Prodigal Daughter Forgiveness Fear Among Sewing Circle
A Sewing Circle meeting discusses a mother who forgave her son but not her daughter. One member notes the majority would help a repentant woman yet fears public judgment, revealing why women often hesitate to forgive the prodigal daughter as they do the prodigal son. A Sister Afraid.
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Des
Telephone Mad and Neighbors Use of Phone Sparks Debate
A reader titled Telephone Mad asks how to end neighborly use of her telephone amid inconvenience. Another letter from SAMO argues for accommodation, noting a long familiarity with phones and that neighbors talking nearby should not disrupt the owner’s life.
Will Break Corner on Bachelors
A spinsters association forms to curb widows monopoly on good-looking bachelors. Miss Harriette R. Farrar, a shorthand teacher, serves as president of the group.
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Harriette R. Farrar
Spinsters Club Seeks Matchmaking in Boston Lodging Houses
A Boston observer notes spinster leaders criticising aging models in business and proposing a bachelor tax reassignment to fund homesteading. The Spinsters' club aims to match lonely city women with eligible bachelors, while addressing lodging-house misery that drives some women toward downward steps.
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Philippines
Eucn
Boston
Harvard Yard to be lit with new arc lights
The Harvard yard pathways between Emerson and Robinson halls and University Hall will be lit with small arc lights two to a post. Metal standards similar to Boston Common designs will replace darkness, reducing stumbling and harsh editorials about Harvard after dark.
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Harvard
Harvard Yard
Emerson and
Robinson Halls
University Hall
Boston Common
Dorchester Man Commits Suicide by Gas In South End
Alfred Meckel aged 25 of 139 Spencer street Dorchester ended his life by inhaling gas in a room at 56 West Newton street South End on Wednesday night. He feared Brights disease and had recently fallen ill.
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Alfred Meckel
Spencer Street
Dorchester
West Newton Street
South End
Henry VIII Wives Recalled In Advice Letter
A reader asks about Henry VIII and his six wives, seeking names and endings. The reply notes Catherine of Aragon Anne Boleyn Jane Seymour Anne of Cleves Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr, then cautions against modern suitors likened to Bluebeard and urges careful choice in marriage.
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Miss Champagne
Henry VIII
England
Lizzier
Henry Viit
Catherine of Arragon
Anne Boleyn
Jane Seymour
Anne of Cleves
Catherine Howard
Catherine Parr
Suitors Letter Advice on Courtship and Consent
A 25 year old man in America seeks guidance on sending for his long-time partner without her father’s consent. Hollanders suggests letters from his parents superintendent and church minister endorsing his character and readiness to provide a stable home would reassure the father and reassure the girl. The exchange frames acceptable proof of responsibility to ease parental resistance.
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Miss Champagne
America
Hollander
Pontifical High Mass at Cathedral with Cardinal O Connell
A pontifical high mass will be sung at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross next Sunday with Bishop Joseph G. Anderson as celebrant. The feast of the Immaculate Conception is observed, marking Cardinal O Connell's birth anniversary. The program features an enlarged choir and sanctuary choir, with Signor Vallini’s mass on Gregorian chant. Cardinal O Connell presides, joined by William J. Dooley James M. Prendergast and Henry V. Cunningham among others. all cathedral clergy participate.
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Joseph G. Anderson
Cardinal O’connell
Signor Vallini
New England Conservatory of Music
Signor Pio di
Lowell Opposes Taxation On College Property
At the State House Tax Commissioner Trefry heard Harvard President A Lawrence Lowell argue the core issue is whether cities and towns gain less than they would without colleges. He asked if tax impacts should reflect the presence of colleges in local revenue.
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State House
Trefry
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Harvard Taxation Debate Over Technology Relocation
The discussion recounts Cambridge's push to tax Harvard as Technology plans to move. State reimbursement opposition, Lowell confirms Harvard dormitory plans along the Charles River, and Cambridge loss due to land taxation is noted. Frederick P. Fish warns taxation could cripple private-supported institutions. City solicitors largely favor college taxation while White opposes state reimbursement.
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Cambridge
Harvard
Lowell
Charles River
Board of Education
White
State Commission On Economy and Efficiency
Teacher asks what heroes are made of in Yonkers joke
A Yonkers Statesman cartoon caption features a teacher asking what heroes are made of and a student named Tommy replying he cannot name a breakfast food, delivering a humorous exchange about hero identity.
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Tommy
Yonkers Statesman
How to Prepare and Bake Chicken With Cream Sauce
Cut chicken in pieces for serving boil until tender and thickened stock with flour. Bake crusted chicken in moderate oven until brown. Include a list of accompanying sauces and dishes with names and addresses of contributors Mrs Nelle Burleigh and M A Cummings.
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Floy S. Norton
Stewart Street
Bristol
Conn
Nelle Burleigh
Emerson Street
Rockland
M. A. Cummings
Crescent Street
Wakefield
Law aims at filings by investment firms before securities
Representative John J. Lydon of South Boston introduces a bill modeled on the Kansas act. It requires investment companies to file minute business details with the bank commissioner before floating securities. A State Commission is already investigating the same subject.
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John J. Lydon
South Boston
New Baritone Anafesto Rossi Debuts in Boston Opera
Anafesto Rossi, new baritone of the Boston Opera Company, debuts tonight as Marcello in La Bohème with Lucrezia Bori as Mimi. He arrived with two trunks for every day and brings four costumes for his repertory. A former cellist who sang under Toscanini and Campanini, Rossi has risen rapidly with notable tours alongside Melba and McCormack.
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Boston Opera Company
Lenox
Mr. Rossi
Mme. Rossi
Toscanini
Campanini
John McCormack
Eleanora de Cisneros
Mme. Melba
Australia
Melba Opera Company
Antipodes
Frankfort
Frieda Hempel
Boston
Kaiser Wilhelm
Royal Box
Marcello
Lucrezia Bori
Mimi
Mr. Clement
Rodolfo
Mario Marti
Antonio Pini-Corsi
Benoit
Alcindoro
Say Pa Explains Visit Versus Visitation
A light exchange defines visit as going to see Grandmother Jones while visitation means she comes to see us. The humorous vignette contrasts two similar terms through a father and son dialogue.
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