Chelsea woman marks 90th birthday with reception at home
Mrs. Phebe Amelia Pratt widow of William Pratt celebrated her 90th birthday at 166 Broadway Chelsea with a reception from two to six. Relatives and First Baptist Church members helped greet callers including George Pratt Stoughton Charles H Pratt Chelsea Eugene Pratt and grandchildren Chester and William Pratt Chelsea Ida and Mabel Pratt Stoughton. A promotional letter praised Duffy's Malt Whiskey as healthful and life extending, printed in the issue.
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Phebe Amelia Pratt
William Pratt
Broadway
Chelsea
George Pratt
Stoughton
Charles H. Pratt
Eugene Pratt
Chester
Ida
Mabel Pratt
First Baptist Church of
Duffy
Summerfield Sent to Sing Sing for Swindle Conviction
Lawrence Summerfield, a famed confidence man, was sent to Sing Sing to serve a sentence of not less than four years and six months after the Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction for swindling a copper mining company. He faced an additional $40,000 robbery indictment. Summerfield remarked he wished he had started his term earlier.
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New York
Lawrence Summerfield
Europe
Sing Sing
Summerfield
Court of Appeals
Two Grooms Attend Mrs Vanderbilt's Cow
In Woodstock Vermont a Jersey cow bought by Mrs. Vanderbilt from New York travels to Great Neck Long Island in a padded special car with two attendants. The animal rode in a large cage, swathed in blankets for safety during the journey. Woodstock is noted for Jersey cows and the sale price was handsome.
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Woodstock
Vermont
Jersey
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Great Neck
Long Island
N. Y
Vanderbilt
New York
Police Guard Ancient House From Vandals
Brookline residents demand protection for the Edward Devotion house on Harvard street after repeated vandalism. Plain clothes police have patrolled the old mansion for weeks, yet no culprits are named or caught. The property, once well kept, shows smashed windows and graffiti, while the community recalls Edward Devotion’s philanthropy and the town’s commemorative school.
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Edward Devotion
Brookline
Harvard Street
Devotion
Take Care of Your Horses Says Editor Letter
Eugene B. Wilard urges stricter care for horses in cold weather. He lists six practical rules for proper blanket use, brushing snow off legs, avoiding cold bits, keeping shoes sharp, and sheltering ponies from ice and salt, asserting cruelty condemnation for neglect.
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Eugene B. Wilard
Vorenberg's Big Store Brings Low Prices to Boston Christmas
A spacious display at Vorenberg's corner Washington and Hanover highlights red green window decorations and a vast range of umbrellas handkerchiefs neckwear suspenders and men’s haberdashery. The store promotes low prices and a popular boys and children's department offering a solid gold fountain pen or a sled with every boys suit or youth overcoat purchase.
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Washington and
Hanover Streets
Vorenberg
Vorenberg’s
Boston
Recalled Cold Remedy Ends Use of Laxative Blend
Consumers urged to stop using the bromine quinaine cold remedy known as laxative brume and to request the full name with E. W. Grove signature for a genuine product. The notice quotes a 25 cent price and warns of headaches from colds as the issue prompting the change.
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E. W. Grove
Woman Digs Baby's Grave in Frozen Cemetery
Hiancock Michigan December 15. Elizabeth Welton, denied burial for her dead child by authorities, rented a pick and shovel and dug a grave in a disused cemetery plot from dusk to midnight. She lowered the body herself after two feet of snow barred officials, with the father on a spree and no medical attendance or burial certificate. The undertaker and priest were unavailable, prompting the mother to perform both burial rites and burial.
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Hiancock
Mich
Elizabeth Welton
Post Contest Proverb Coupon Rules and Dates
Instructions for answering the Proverb Picture contest coupons from the Boston Post. Details include submission deadlines December 31, mailing address, eligibility, duplicate submissions, and advisement to use the Boston Post Proverb Book for correct proverbs.
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Boston Post
Answers to Proverb Correspondents Clarifies entry rules
Contestants learn type of answer makes no advantage. Neatness and numerical order suffice. Duplicates mean identical coupons with the same solution. Submit in one envelope, in number order, with name and address. The Post’s coupon numbering error allowed change from 36 to 37. Answers may cover both proverb versions if the Post Proverb Book treats them as the same.
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P. O
Boston
Mass
Boston Post
the Post
Post
Field
Letters to Santa Claus Provoke Postmaster’s Annual Inquiry
Children flood Postmaster Hibbard with letters seeking Santa’s address and gifts. Some seal their requests, others remain unsealed for viewing. Messages reveal desires for tools, drums, sewing baskets, dolls, a green schoolbag, sleds, desks, dishes, carriages, pianos, and blackboards, showing children’s hopeful generosity and trust in Santa Claus.
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Hibbard
Santa Claus
Santa
Heaven
North Pole
Washington
Willie
Myrtle
Sarah
M. J
Endicott Street
North End
Catherine
Child in P S A Portrait Identified in Boston Post Return
The widely circulated image showing a girl with a broom and toy sweeper linked to the Public School Association has been traced to Lillian Widmer, 7, daughter of Rudolph G. Widmer, piano teacher, formerly of 614 Columbus Avenue. The family, now in Paris, sailed last May and plan to return to Boston's Concord Street School in the spring.
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Public School Association
Boston
Boston Post
Lillian Widmer
Rudolph G. Widmer
Columbus Avenue
Paris
Widmer
Lillian
Ellery H. Clark
The
Post
Europe
Concord Street School
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Boston Koch Institute
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R. H. White Co
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Sweep Clean
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