Booth in Love Letter Deluge From New England Widows
A Post report at Booth’s farm details a flood of marriage proposals arriving after his public remark about seeking a wife. Women from New England pen notes on pink and blue papers, hoping to win him, while Booth jokes about needing a working typewriter and ongoing correspondence with one applicant.
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Post
Booth
Saugus
Pine Tree
Dexter
Boston
Back Bay
Lynn
Bergdoll Mother Visits Grover in Army Prison
Mrs. Emma Bergdoll widow of a Philadelphia brewer carried a large suitcase of delicacies to Fort Jay on Governor's Island to visit her son Grover Bergdoll. After a three hour meeting with Grover and Captain Bruce Campbell the counsel urged Grover and his brother Erwin to surrender and face a court martial together.
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New York
Emma Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Governor’s Island
Grover
Fort Jay
Bruce R. Campbell
Campbell
Bergdoll
New England Women Write F H for Walpole Story
Scores of women from all parts of New England aged 30 to 55 have written F. H. to Walpole New Hampshire where the post correspondent Roy Atkinson reports from the scene. The letters reflect varied concerns and community involvement as local efforts unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
F. H
Miss Josephine McCall Heads to Enter Convent
Miss Josephine FE McCall of 299 Dudley Street Roxbury departed for Halifax Nova Scotia last night to enter the novitiate at Mt Vincent Convent with the Sisters of Charity.
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Josephine FE. McCall
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Halifax
N. S
Sisters of Charity
Mt. Vincent Convent
Danderine Hair Tonic Promises Shine and Strength
An old advertisement touts Danderine as a cure for itchy scalp and hair loss. It claims the tonic softens the scalp, penetrates to hair roots, revitalizes hair, reduces dandruff, and increases color and thickness after several uses. A bottle costs only a few cents at drug or toilet counters.
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Allie
Whisht
Mister Wu
Oil Products Co., Inc
Union Square
F. H. Booth
N. H. Farmer
the Post
Dan Cupid
Walpole
N. H
Man
BY Roy Atkinson
Walpole, N. H
Cosey
E.T. Slattery CO
Tremont Street
Boston Common
Tricotine Street
E. T. Slattery CO
Hill's
Cascara
Mr. Hill
MLB
Park Street
Erwin
Washington St
Col. School
P&q
P&q Clothes
Washington Street
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