Observant Citizen Highlights Busy Washington Street
A Boston scene describes crowds diverting from retail streets, a dog alarming an old woman guarding a tiger cat, and streetcar mail deliveries amid snow. Chief Murphy praises canal zone government work as a path to good pay and health benefits. A Brockton salesman reports a purse theft on a Western trip.
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North Station
Boston
Adams Square
Northampton Street
Forest Hills
West Roxbury
Grove Hall
Unfolding Battles in a Chelsea Wallet and a Love Tangle
A damaged wallet tale leads to a restored item and a cryptic note about theft and sentiment. A separate Boston era column covers construction on a federal building in Chelsea and civic debates over a monument in Malden. In a dramatic subplot Harriet confronts Barry in a tense romance, revealing love, betrayal, and costly consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Chelsea
Y. WM. Gia
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Grippe Relief
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as the fastest cure for colds and grippe, claiming rapid relief after the first dose and recommending doses every two hours for three consecutive doses. It emphasizes three years of research and a fifty thousand dollar cost, noting no quinine is included and a 25 cent package is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralphs
Harriet
Barry
Sylvia Grey
Stan
Grippe
Pape
Wife of Congressman McKinney Dies in Washington
Mary McDonald McKinney wife of Congressman James McKinney of Aledo Illinois died in Emergency Hospital Washington after being stricken with apoplexy last Thursday while walking on Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Washington
Mary McDonald McKinney
James McKinney
Aledo
Lungs Declared Sound and Life Insurance Granted
An advertisement for Eckman’s Alterative claims cures for bronchitis asthma hay fever throat and lung diseases. It cites a 1907 case of Charles Morgan who recovered from lung hemorrhage septic pneumonia and lameness after using the remedy and later gained life insurance approval. The notice urges inquiries and requests a booklet and further evidence from Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
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Hekman
W. Dauphin St
Phila
Howard
Susquehanna Ave
Eckman
Kekman
Chas. Morgan
Riker-Jaynes
Houghton & Dutton’s Drug Dept
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
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Washington Street
Joseph Murphy
Secret Service Bureau
Canal Zone
Isthmus
Pes Ey
Brockton
Annie
Ana
Bell Rock Park
Malden
George L. Farrell
George H. Tall
Fall
Elibh Surveyor
Port
McCarthy
Custom House
President Taft
Massachusetts
Melvin M. Johnson
Cambridge
Johnson
Killarney
Ireland
London
Hyde Park
Robert B. Davie
Davie
Sylvia Key
Walt
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Ema
Peices
Plummer’s
Crawford - Plummer CO
PSI
Gollar
Remington
Remington Typewriter Company (Incorporated
Franklin Street
the Post
The
Sunday Post
Adela Louise Kimball
Westford St
Lowell
Harriet Carleton
Houghton & Dutton
Robinson Bros. & Co., Inc
Mass
Kenwood
Jordan Marsh Company
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