Winners Named for CAT STORY CON TEST Prizes
The Post will announce the good winners of prizes in the recent CAT STORY CON TEST at next Sunday's edition.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
19
Sweet pony Evangeline ends mischief and guides home
A letter from Mildred Chamberlain of Westwood Conn. describes Evangeline the pony who steals clothes during laundry and runs away, then carries Mildred and a friend home when she gets the reins. Her friends call her the sweetest and most knowing pony they have seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
Evangeline
Mildred Chamberlain
Winter Street
Westwood
Conn
Description of Spanish Horses and Their Noted Qualities
The Spanish horses have long been esteemed next to Barbary and Arabian breeds. Descended from Barb horses transplanted to European soil, they retain strength with modest alteration. Estremadura Granada and Andalusia horses are valued, noted for long arched necks, flowing manes, bold eyes, and fearless yet obedient temperaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbary
Arabia
Estremadara
Granada
Andalusia
Berenger
Lady May the Fox Hunter Saddle Horse
Mrs. Frank Freestrom recalls Lady May a beautiful saddle horse bred in Pilot Mountains North Carolina. Trained for fox hunting she ran with the pack until the hunt ended and celebrated the catch with a proud snort. The horse refused buggy duty preferring fox chases to pulling a buggy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady May
Pilot Mountains
North Carolina
Frank Freestrom
Electric Ave
West Concord, N. H
Pets and Horses from a Boston Memoir
A firsthand reminiscence by Mrs. J. B. Marsters of Boston recounts Nell the hard-working horse abused by a junkman and later saved by a buyer, plus a tale of Pet the clever pony who repeatedly toppled a yard bar, illustrating practical animal intelligence and urban life in earlier years.
Investment in Good Food Recalled by Taunton Ad
An advertisement from G. A. Coleman of 301 Bay Street Taunton touts the value of good food and says the recovered person was worth $300 to any man, framing it as a paying investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Coleman
Bay Street
Taunton
Pony Wins Owner Wealth and Heart in Whimsical Tale
A poor man in Roxbury trades debt for his prized pony Pete. Jones schemes to save his wife with a fabled bid. Pete races to a doctor two miles away, collapses near home, and the doctor arrives just in time. The doctor’s arrival clears the debt and Pete earns a lifelong home with Mr Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Mr. Jones
Edwin Johnson
Walnut Avenue, Roxbury
Evangeline Found the Way Pony Performs Tricks
A brown and white pony named Evangeline demonstrates a variety of tricks. The animal shows curiosity by entering the house and visiting the cupboard, behavior noted with a playful appetite.
Amazing Power of Bon-Opto for Weak Eyes Claim
An advertisement touts Bon-Opto as a home remedy to strengthen eyesight within a week. Dr Lewis and another physician endorse the prescription, with testimonials of improved reading, reduced eye strain, and relief from headaches. The remedy involves dissolving a tablet in water and bathing the eyes twice daily, sold by druggists including Houghton & Dutton's Drug Dept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Houghton & Dutton
Drug Dept
Jennie the Aroostook mare causes Sunday barn uproar
Miss Annie E. Myrick recalls Jennie the Aroostook mare as she and Aunt Elvira visit a minister's family. Jennie escapes during prayer, attacks the minister's horse Prince, leaving him bleeding, then beverages a brook midstream before safely returning home to the farm in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvira
Jennie
Aroostook
Prince
Sam Weller
Annie E. Myrick
Clarendon Street
Boston
Tea and sketches reveal Marjorie’s simple blue gown
Marjorie invited about a dozen friends to view herself as she saw them, wearing the gown she wore at the bazaar. The dress features dark blue crepe meteor fabric with old rose organdie collar and cuffs, crocheted bands of rose worsted, a narrow meteor belt, and tassels at the hem. A rose worsted embroidered design decorates the blouse front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie
Woman Falls Dead on Highland Avenue in Dorchester
An unidentified woman about 35 collapsed on Highland Avenue near the Norfolk Street station in Dorchester at 6 20 yesterday afternoon and died while being moved to City Hospital. She was five feet five inches, of dark complexion and hair with blue eyes, wore a black bandorn ween ee eee, carried a black handbag and wore a wedding ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Avenue
Norfolk Street
Dorchester
City Hospital
Poems for Your Scrap Book Canadians A Poem of War Horses
A wartime poem by Will H. Ogilvie portrays twenty Canadian horsemen returning from battle. The piece emphasizes their rough arrival in an English village, weariness from the voyage, symbolic stars on hooves, and the longing to rest beside English guns away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will H. Ogilvie
Gifts and home life echo in holiday reflections
The letter-offer urges valuing small gifts over price during Christmas and celebrates the Post Santa aid to poor families. A sisterly note counsels wives to understand husbands, cultivate harmony at home, and resist nagging, arguing passion and purpose in marriage endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Letters on love and behavior from readers in Aberdeen
The page features reader advice on marriage fidelity and engagement signals, urging forgiveness, caution with outside influences, and modest conduct. It also includes a brief birthday note on Mary Queen of Scots with a condensed life timeline.
Jury Discharges in $30000 Alienation Suit
The Winsloe vs McQuade jury, out since noon, returned for instructions and was discharged by Judge Chase after brief deliberation. Mrs Winsloe accuses Miss McQuade of improper conduct with her husband Temple A Winsloe, once a General Court member and city official, with the Wollaston Centre Garage scene in Wollaston as the setting. The defendants deny the allegations. several neighbors testified to corroborate each side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche E. Winsloe
Mabel McQuade
Blue Hill Avenue
Chase
Ara mara beauty wash touted over soap for flawless skin
The article urges women to avoid soap and use ara mara for a clean grease free complexion. It claims soap causes wrinkles by removing natural oils and praises ara mara as safe for delicate skin while softening and protecting it. It notes ara mara is marketed by Filene's and Liggett's to society women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filene’s
Liggett’s
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