Observant Citizen notices and local social notes
A Boston area column reports on holiday plans for Dr. and Mrs. Harry M. Haynes of Brookline visiting Sag Harbor and returning December 27. It also recaps anecdotes from vaudeville sidewalk talk, a Ford Hall sermon, a clerical lookalike moment, Hyde Park burglars’ desk petition, and Judge White and Judge Harris’s friendship.
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Harry M. Haynes
Brookline
Boston
Sag Harbor
Robert Holison
Haynes
The Abduction Case Near Court Date
A tired observer notes a looming government case against opium smugglers. Foggy, cold weather and passing silhouettes frame a pretrial moment as the narrator anticipates the hearing in five days.
The Hughes Whiskers and a Dream of Sildaya
A satirical poem mocks Justice Hughes beard while a fiction excerpt follows, detailing John Harlow’s abduction to a Grecian palace world. Symboline helps him recover, then a newspaper headline reveals his disappearance and a linked opium case. The tale blends whimsy with noir tension.
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Asf
John Harlow
New York
Sildaya
Symboline
Mystery of the Missing Symboline Case Retold
A narrator recalls a baffling case in which breakfast, a journey to the station, and a sudden collapse lead to three weeks erased from memory. He discovers all papers linking opium workers to guilt have vanished, the evidence lost, and the Symboline remains unidentified.
Letter Advice on Family Harmony and Pay Your Way
A reader from Pine Woods offers practical guidance on managing a difficult mother-in-law and keeping a home with a baby and boarders. She argues a wife pays her way by maintaining a comfortable home, handling children, and suggests calm responses and limit-setting with the mother-in-law if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria
Casey
Twick
Heart Sick Mother and the Trials of Married Life
A reader shares personal experiences from infancy feeding choices to parenting tips and remarriage after divorce. The letter discusses a seven month old fragile baby, cheap nutrition, and the value of support from a good husband. It ends with advice about rebuilding a life after separation and finding new happiness.
Absent Minded Moment With a Newborn Bedtime Mix Up
A mother recalls a near tragedy when she forgot her infant while tending bread dough in cold weather. She explains the episode, the recovery, and notes similar experiences occur after childbirth, typically lasting weeks and tied to weak physical condition.
Home Lover's advice brings cautious cheer to readers
A Sewing Circle reader shares fears of childbirth and motherhood, urging resilience and faith. The writer counsels self care after six deliveries and suggests finding companionship to cope, ending with a hopeful tone for the letter writer "Home Lover."
Reids Give Dinner to Warship Guests
London December 21 Ambassador and Mrs Whitelaw Reid hosted a grand dinner for admirals captains and senior officers of American battleships. Notables present included Lord Brassey Duchess of Marlborough Lady Charles Beresford Lord and Lady Northcote and Mrs Drexel.
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London
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Zueblin
Herbert S. Johnson
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Frederick M. Sheenan
Brown
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Bb & S
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the Post
The
Sunday Post
Mary Lyons
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John
I MY
Brother
Maurice Ketten
Day
Actuet
Hughes
Justice B
Justice D
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Ieeepee
C.C. Bowles & CO
Jorda
Bedford ST
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Marsh Furniture
REIDS
Warship
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Jordan Marsh Company
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