Souvenir Silver Lost and Found After Fire and Local Oddities
A resident recalls after the Second Unitarian Church fire that souvenir hunters took silver from the Woman's Club but most was recovered. Iron workers draw crowds on Washington Street while a feathered wardrobe mishap amuses streetgoers. Judge Putnam jokes about Maine law in a quip with US Attorney French. A Boston Teachers Club member shares a Valentine from John Trowbridge. A gray squirrel fights gale winds and Senator Lodge remains calm despite Roosevelt Ohio speech rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athol
Woman's Club
Second Unitarian
William
Putnam
Portland
New Mingland
United States
Asa P. French
Supreme Court
M Husetts
Supreme Court of Maine
Maine
Mr. French
Rheumatism Cure Promised in Free Book Claim
A patient asserts a cure for rheumatism after 90 years of suffering and claims dramatic changes in bodily condition. He offers a free book titled Rheumatism Cure to prove the remedy’s effectiveness and invites readers to request it immediately.
Harbingers of Spring by Walt Mason
A whimsical verse celebrating the arrival of spring with playful images of softer winds, crooning politicians, and blooming signs. The piece invokes farm life, fashion, music, and youthful hopes as the season nears.
Pineapple dessert and batter recipes from city cooks
A dated cooking snippet lists a pineapple dessert with gelatin and cream, beating eggs and sugar, and a sauce recipe with eggs and essence. It includes names Edith P Bowman and Jessie Russell with partial addresses in South Boston and Roxbury, plus a buckwheat batter note from Kath M Ricd in Springfield Vermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith P. Bowman
East Eighth Street
South
Boston
Jessie Russell
Clifton Street
Roxbury
Eee Kath M Ricd
Springfield
Rehearing Ordered in $1,000,000 Sherman Suit
Judge Colt of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals orders a rehearing of demurrers by United Shoe Machinery Co in the $1,000,000 suit brought by Harry B. Cilley alleging Sherman Antitrust Act violations. He reserved his opinion and ordered further argument before a different judge to avoid disqualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United Shoe Machinery Company
Harry B. Cilley
Pemen
Tham
United Bhoe Machinery Company
Govern~ment
Govern~ment Last September. Inc
Cilley
New Trial Ordered in Levy Suit Against Boston & Grent Railway
Chief Justice Aiken grants a new trial in the suit over Hannah Levy of Brookline. Original verdicts dated Feb 20, 1911 favored the railway company. claims sought 15000 for conscious suffering and 10000 for death from injuries after Aug 1, 2008 incident at Beacon and Mountfort streets, alighting a car that started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Boston Grent Railway
Gomapaty
Hannah Levy
Brookline
Well
IFPALKS ON LOVE AND SENTIMENT IFPALKS ON LOVE AND SENTIMENT
Mildred Champagne mails a reader letter from Berlin New Hampshire about a 39 year old divorced man torn between his former wife and another partner. The advisor argues the divorce likely had causes, urges a candid talk with the ex wife, and cautions against remarriage without genuine commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ifpalks
Mildred Champagne
Paragraph Points On Facts and Fashions
The article describes luxurious evening wraps in brocades with rich embroidery and reversible fur for warmth. It notes a Frenchwoman adding a long-stemmed pink rose to a muff, ribbon trim on black turbans, and oversized corsage clusters as stylish accents, though costly.
The Least of These
A lonely New England spinster Miss Pender encounters a barefoot boy in a park pleading for care. The child argues he could work and be loved, stirring Miss Pender to consider taking him to a charitable institution while she regains a sense of purpose and humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna A
Jordan Avenue
Wild
Mass
Miss Pender
New England
Alks
Abou Ben Adhem Poem Note in a Night Vision
The poem depicts Abou Ben Adhem awakened to a divine Book of gold. He asks the angel to write him as one who loves his fellows. The angel refuses at first, then writes the names of those who love the Lord. Ben Adhem’s name leads all others in the listing after a second visitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. “Trowbridge
Boston
Nice
Darius Green
Abou Ben Adhem
Ana
Ben Adhem
Boston church funds from Bishop will aid Dorchester Street church
In South Boston the Dorchester Street Methodist Church becomes a beneficiary under late Mrs Lucy E Bishop of South Boston. Income from property at 8 Dorchester Street and 4 Glover Street will fund preaching at the church. Rev A L Hudson plans to arrive in Quincy to succeed Rev E C Butler at the First Congregational Unitarian. Powell Club Dorchester Lower Mills to present minstrel show next Thursday. Rev George Mayo spoke to Newton Federation on Mountain Whites. Central Congregational Jamaica Plain girls plan a book carnival Feb 28 and 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester Street
Lucy E. Bishop
South Boston
Glover Street
A. L. Hudson
D. D
South
American Unitarian Association
Quincy
E. C. Butler
First Congregational
Powell Club
First Methodist Church
Dorchester Lower Mills
George Mayo
Federation of Auxiliary Societies of
Newton
Central Congregational Church
Jamaica Plein
Night Drive To Boys' Home Ends With Rescue
Miss Pender instructs her coachman James to take a beleaguered boy to the Boys' Home on Twenty third street. The child faints during the ride and James contemplates a hospital visit before they turn toward home, revealing a humane, unexpected bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Twenty-third Street
Delicate Laxative Syrup of Figs and Senna Endorsed
Adorial note extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a gentle, safe laxative suitable for maidens, wives, and mothers in all life seasons. It highlights pleasant flavor, stomach toning, and reliable cleansing with the authentic California Fig Syrup Co. product sold by leading druggists for fifty cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Fig Syrup Co
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van Loon
Grace
Wran Py
Were
Cossiais
Washington Street
Washington
Machanics’ Building
Boston ‘Teachers’ Club
John
Henry Cabot Lodge
Roosevel
Ohio
Cabot Lodge
Jesse A, Case
Piel
Rollie
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Champagne
Zor
Yigg
Berlin
N. H
the Post
Dour
Greater Boston
Sunkist
Rogers
Ea Ion Fence
California Fruit Growers’ Exchange
North
Clark Street
Chicago
Ceresota
Northwestere Consolidated Nat Milling Co. Chamber of Commerce
Macs
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