Skaters Honor George B King and City Tales
A collection of vivid vignettes from Boston life. Brae Burn skaters admire George B. King while a veteran bank president, 85, leads Union National Bank and a 73 year old at National Bank of Commerce. A pigeon loft owner releases prize birds and a girl couple parade dolls on a car. A guard helps an old woman at Sullivan Square and theatergoers share quiet moments near the Art Museum. A sunset study from Blue Hill notes green cloud hues. A bystander saves a moth with a net and reflects on finding God through humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grew
Boston
Union National Bank
N. P. Hallowell
National Bank of Commerce
Sullivan Square
Carnegie Gift From Skibo Laird Sparks Peace Hope
The Laird of Skibo donates ten million to end bloodshed and fund a White Winged Dove show. Critics doubt where the money will go and fear grand speeches and reports will follow, while the donor foots the bills and hopes for a gentler era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skibo
M Watt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Advice for a Young Woman on Love and Choice
A reader asks Mildred Champagne how to handle two suitors and clarify her own feelings. The guidance suggests honestly telling the unreciprocated man, accepting reality, and valuing experience if desired outcomes aren’t achieved, warning against delaying self honesty.
Miss Champagna Advice and Recipe Fragments Standout
A 19 year old stenographer seeks guidance on reclaiming a former male acquaintance after a dinner refusal. A columnist offers encouragement to reveal feelings in moderation and to take action. The page also features several recipe notes and personal bylines from Mrs M Quackenbush Lucy Lee and Nellie Zackular with cooking tips and measurements.
Beginning, Not the End in a Coast City Tale
A coast city Sunday scene shows a despairing man on a pier about to step into the water when a compassionate stranger, a clergyman, stops him. The speaker shares a message that the moment feels like an end but is really a beginning toward reform and recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester
Miss Champagne
Lfe
Dawe
Newspaper Drivers Ball Tonight at Intercolonial Hall
Members of Local 259 the Newspaper Drivers and Helpers Union gather for the annual ball tonight at Intercolonial Hall 214 Dudley Street. Chief marshal James J. Trainor floor director John Healy and reception chairman J K Weiner lead the organized event expected to attract many drivers and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drivers and Helpers’ Union
Intercolonial Hall
Dudley Street
James J. Trainor
John Healy
J. K. Weiner
Too Much Water on the Hair A Dry Shampoo Trend
An advertisement notes a Paris lecture on beauty advocating dry shampooing to avoid dry brittle hair. Claribel Montague cites changing practices from shampooing with eggs to dry methods using therox and orris root, detailing a guide to mixing and applying the powder.
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Paris
Claribel Montague
Theatre Monet
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by 75 Years of Proof
A classic promotion extols Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney trouble. The ad cites long standing success, endorsements from users like G. A. Scott of East Boston, and claims rapid relief from back pain when kidneys are congested or inflamed.
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Dean
Bright
Doan
G. A. Scott
Falcon St
East
Boston
Mass
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Brae-Burn Country Club
George B. King
Mr. King
Haymarket Square
Harding
Bebert Karl Forsell
Hollis Theatre
Forsell
Morrisville
Montpelier
Back Bay
Tie
Old Art Museum
Greater
Blue Hill Observatory
Maurice Ketten
Callad
Carnegie
Walt
Mildred Champagne
Miss Champagna
Lucy Lee
Nellie E. Zackular
Baker Road
Everett
New England Housewives
Sunday Post
Hai
Tigil
Gainsboro
Jeannette
Marcel
RH. White Co
Kryptok
Washington St
Boylston St
Summer St
Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge
Andrew J. Lloyd CO
the Post
The
Miss Etta Foster
Pride’s Crossing
Foster-Miravin Co
Buffalo
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