Suburban man loses wife after opera night
The Observant Citizen reports a man from a suburb, happy after an opera night, leaving his wife asleep on a train. He later discovers she is missing, rushing back to the station to see her alight from an inbound train, unharmed. Also notes Messenger John Powers’s return to duties, the Back Bay penny incident, and local society updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Powers
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Powers
Massachusetts
Marjorie Elopes with Aiding Heart and Change
Eighteen year old Marjorie Elton wrestles with choosing between two suitors, Harry Armour and Wesley Hamilton. She follows Wesley to a tenement, learns of his kindness to artist Jeffers, donates to the sick, then ends her engagement to Armour and accepts Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Elton
Miss Marjorie
Harry Armour
Wesley Hamilton
Marjorie
Tabitha
Harry
Wesley
Jeffers
Mr. Hamilton
Weather foresees frosts in cotton belt after storms
Thunder storms and torrential rains sweep from Cairo Illinois to the gulf as the weather bureau notes an unusually heavy rainfall for this season and predicts severely cold weather with freezing temperatures tonight and tomorrow across many sections of the cotton belt.
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Louisville
Cairo
Gulf
Weather Bureau
Texas
Cotton Belt
Classic Walnut Cake and Hearty Breakfast Dishes
A collection of old fashioned recipes includes Walnut Cake with butter sugar eggs milk flour baking powder and walnut pieces served with plain frosting and a walnut garnish. Also shown are kidney and bacon breakfast dishes with simmered beef kidney and a second beef stew with root vegetables and dumplings from Boston area contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Kiley
Quincy Street
Roxbury
N.hall
Kilton Street
Dorchester
Harvard Professor Denounces Women Yet Praises Them
In a 1910 quote attributed to Walt Mason, a Harvard professor is criticized for predicting women would shed femininity as they gain strength. The speaker argues against the view, praising modern women for health, vitality, and dignity, and condemning the outdated stereotype of frail damsels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Boston
Cooper
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Love and independence in courting chaperons fading
A reader asks about going out with a young man without a chaperone. The columnist argues modern American girls seek trust and autonomy, preferring not to rely on a third person for protection or approval as independent courtship grows rarer.
Purity in College Athletics Urged by Intercollegiate A A
Captain Palmer E. Pierce U S A president of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association speaks at its fifth annual meeting in New York urging elimination of win at any cost on college fields. He notes that over five percent of successful men in business and professions are college graduates.
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New York
Palmer E. Pierce
Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Hotel Astor
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New Hampshire
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Camp Windleblow
Wolfboro
Boylstone
Tremont Streets
George H. Fall of
Malden
William Carrol Hill
Associated Press
Dartmouth Aero Club
Hill
Dartmouth
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Fitton High School
Sisters of Notre Dame
Frank Ford
City Point
Gertrude Gormley
Claribel
All Right
MR. Blox
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Claribel Pon
Balleox
Shusparel
Orwell Company
Shepard
Vermont
Aquinas
Rmon
Mentor
EheGinterCe
Washington St
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the Post
The
Sunday Post
Rufina J. Burns
Henry Armour, Esq
New England Housewives
Cape Cod
Eva Cahoon
Pleasant Lake
Mass
H. Obst & CO
Temple Place
Chase & Sanborn
Orloff Formosa
Walt
Mildred Champagne
Miss Champagne
R. H
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Skinner
Lady Dainty Conradena Company
Undermuslins
Clude Fine
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