Boston Letter Wealth of Local Anecdotes and Civic Snapshots
Ex Governor John D Long presides at a banquet recalling Benjamin Lincoln and Adams letters. Quincy Mansion School girls head to Tremont Theatre for Rebecca of Sunny Brook Farm. Voter anecdotes, Arthur Cleveland tale, Chelsea dike work, and society notes fill a bustling city page.
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John D. Long
George H. Lyman
Benjamin Lincoln
Boston
Republic
John Adams
Custom House
Hingham
George Lyman
Quincy Mansion School
Tremont Theatre
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Mildred Champagne Talks On Love And Sentiment
A reader asks if a 19 year old should pursue a 29 year old woman, noting age gap issues and growing up differently. Advice warns against continuing with such parity and suggests choosing a younger partner to grow together. A second letter seeks guidance to win back a cold fiancé, with the columnist urging open talk to clear possible misunderstandings.
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Miss Champagne
A. FB
Hearts of Yesterday Lost and Found in Violets and Duty
Helene Vernon, poised between a looming marriage to Philip Lyndington and a lingering memory of Bobby Carlington, receives a letter detailing his illness and a girlfriend-turned-bride who saved his life. The story threads through shared childhoods, a vanished cliffhurst romance, and a high society engagement that tests loyalty and choice.
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Paul Lyndington
Bobby Carlington
Bobby
Lyndington Conservatory
Cliffhurst Woods
Vernons
Robert Carlington
Helene
Vernonons
Darlingtons
Cliffhurst
Brewster
Mrs. Brewster
Philip
Philip Lyndington
Lyndingtons
Redgate
Helene Marie Vernon
Philip Clyde Lyndington
Fashions and Fads Parade through Paris and Streets
The piece notes rising favor for natural colored chamois gloves in street wear and a shift away from large handbags toward small un dressed kid models. It mentions fuller dress skirts, tiger skin coats among bold Parisian tastes, chiffon tunias with fur borders, embroidered linen styles, gilded lorgnette chains, and revived soft fabrics like cashmere crepe de chine albatrosse and nomite cloth for home wear.
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Paris
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George
George McManus
Alice Newman
Boylston Street
Brookline
New Hampshire
Arthur Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Newton
Chesham
N. H
Breed’s Hill
Cheshire County
Chelsea
O’brien
G. Lo Giudice-Fabri
School of Grand Opera
Laughton Hall
Lyman
Edwin A. Curtis
Michael MacDonough
Superior Criminal Court
Scollay Square
MacDonough
Clerk Manning
Hanover Street
Station 1
Cambridge
Cross
Hanover
Cape Cod
Emma Bogianno
Marguerite Club
North End Union
Parmenter Street
Charles Cuneo
Harriet Johnson
Brankforts
Carla. Weitz
Frankfforts
Eagle Tailors
New England
New York
Cor. Hawley
Berlin
Bass & Co
Sears St
New York State
Catherine Kelly
DR. Kelly Medical CO
Dept
Buffalo, N. X
Kelly
Mildred Champagne
the Post
The
Sunday Post
Genevieve M. Boyce
Ingleside Street
Roxbury, Mass
Jordan Marsh Company
Washburn
Crosby Co
GoLf Metal
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