Ice and crime tales from Boston multiple city notes
A column reports on slippery sidewalks in Boston with ice hazards and a backsomersault on Beacon Street. It notes River Street car service resuming after repairs and a peppering of local incidents from Parker Hill to Newton including a lost fur boa recovered and a false alarm count near Mt Ida Box 19.
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Beacon Street
Parker Hill
Parker Hill Avenue
McLaughlin
Newton
Newton Centre
Centre Street
Box 19
Mt. Ida
Untimely Industry Uncle Walt Sums A Curious Tale
A 1912 verse laments a man forever seeking work yet shunned, contrasting seasonal tasks with desires to shovel snow in summer and fix roofs in rain. The piece condemns laziness and urges taking practical work rather than idle trifling as life declines.
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Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Reverend Sandford Compared to Saul of Tarsus in Prison
Dr. A. S. Orne, prison worker and anthropologist, described Rev. Frank W. Sandford head of the Holy Ghost and Us Society as a modern Saul of Tarsus while visiting him in a federal prison. He noted Sandford believes his actions were right and imagines persecution, and suggested his time in prison might change him.
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Atlanta
Saul of
Tarsus
A. S. Orne
Frank W. Sandford
The
Holy Ghost and
Us Society
Sandford
Orne
Saul
The Girl and the Challenge by Courtlance Mackay
A theater doorkeeper recalls Blossom a chorus dancer who faced rejection in New York. He finds her on a river pier and offers marriage and support. She accepts, they marry, and both rise from shadow to success, Blossom becoming lead lady and he assistant manager as they embrace their shared challenge.
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Courtlance Mackay
New University Court
West 117Th Street
New York City
Alvin Theatre
Blossom MacDonal
New York
Blossom
Butterfly Prince
Jim
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BY Williams
LaFollette
Pelletier
Maine
Senator LaFollette
Richeson
Susan W. FitzGerald
Boston
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Allston
Cambridge-Hanover Street
Oak Square
Western Union
Postal Service
Lowell
Joseph McLaughlin
Brookline
Devonshire and
Water Streets
Springlane
Fenway Road
Jamaica Pond
Lynn
William F. Craig
Walt
Garden City
Amos T. Saunders
Mgr
William Byrne
D. D
P. A
Mer
Denis O'Callaghan
P. R
South
Taft
Irish Society
Sunkist
California
Rogers
California Fruit Growers’ Exchange
North
Clark Street
Chicago
Title Hunters
Daily Papers
Jordan Marsh Company
Sunday Post
Rev
the Post
Helder
Tomorerow
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