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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
11
The Observant Citizen Men at the Boston pumping station near Dorchester Point keep a trained lamb as a mascot. The tame lamb sits on its hind legs and bleats for food, follows the workers, and enjoys tobacco when offered. The animal formerly served on a battleship.
In a 1909 Cosmopolitan article Woods Hutchinson denounces hair tonics as largely fraudulent products whose claims rely on odor and color. He notes most contain alcohol and irritants, offering little real benefit beyond temporary scalp warming. He endorses Bird's Head Wash as a superior cleaner using refined soap egg white oil glycerine and salicylic acid.
A miscellany of home cooking tips and recipe fragments from New England housewives. Instructions cover potato croquettes with onion bits and egg, sweet mince meat with lemon juice and candied peel, and a simple fried batter. Included are attributions to Nellie E Zackular, Mrs L S Wood, and Mrs O Skillings.
Dear reader writes of a three year love with a distant woman whose parents are dead. He fears losing her to a local rival and asks if he should marry soon. The adviser questions the first woman's responsiveness and urges locating her home and marrying if love endures.
A famed singer, after winning her lifelong ambition, returns to a small town only to learn that love and happiness were lost long ago. She travels to Brandon and overhears news of Janet Staples wedding to Dr. Traverton, realizing she arrived too late to reclaim Richard Traverton.
Artists claim ideal weight for a woman is 26 pounds per foot of height making 5 foot 4 inch woman 136 pounds 8 ounces. A home remedy Marmola Cascara Aromatic and peppermint water allegedly causes seven pounds fat loss weekly without exercise.
The Rev W G Minifie D D former pastor of Clarendon Street Church Boston is now holding evangelistic services in Greater Boston touching local congregations. His outreach aims to renew faith and invite participation from diverse church communities across the area.
The South Evangelical Church West Roxbury hosted a reception for their new pastor the Rev Edwin H Byington at the parish house on Mt Vernon street The Swedish Congregational Church Roxbury former pastor Rev August Hrickson has accepted a call to Rockford Illinois Mission Tabernacle The Somerville minister Rev H S Pinkham spends winter in Warrenton Also announced is Shorty McCabe story Next Sundays Post and 20 photographs of Greater Boston school children with a $5 gold piece for participants
The Massachusetts Accident Company of this city marked its 26th anniversary with a banquet at Parker's attended by about 100 members from New England and New York State. President G Leonard McNeill spoke on growth and gains, with Franklin J Moore among notable guests. The evening included a loving cup presentation to Superintendent Co Lyford, longtime company associate since 1892.
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