Remarkable Local Echoes of Sea Life and City News
Observant notes honor Captain F. W. Patten of South Byfield and his maritime career. Harvard and Boston insights cover campus life, politics, poetry, and travel as well as regional weather and social club talks.
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F. W. Patten
South Byfield
Kinco
Captain Patten
Bath
Humboldt
Cape Horn
Kineo
Boston
Patten
Vrtt
Harvard
Olga Gore Hall
Winter Happiness Poem Exults In Cold Cheer
A playful 1912 verse by Walt ason celebrates winter joys. The speaker lauds snow, firelight, and reading about polar explorers while toying with a lyre and ignoring summer complaints.
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Pole
Amundsen
Peary
Walt Ason
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Cure for Cold
A vintage advertisement claims Pape's Cold Compound will end grippe and the most severe cold quickly. It advises dosing every two hours for three consecutive doses and asserts no substitute, no quinine, and a 25 cent package available from any druggist.
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Grippe
Pape
Finally Fix Library Site Decided for East Boston Branch
Mayor Fitzgerald and the Public Library trustees choose a central site for the East Boston branch near Meridian street after a long debate. The committee initially favored the Pigeon estate but the trustees updated the plan and the Mayor approved the final selection. Construction will start at once.
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Fitzgerald
Public Library
East
Boston
Pigeon Estate
Meridian Street
Central, Square
Citizens
Conry
Monmouth Street
Milestones Anniversary Shows Planned at Tremont and Liberty
Milestones, the Arnold Bennett and Edward Knoblauch comedy drama, will swap tours for a single performance on Monday March 8. The New York company visits Tremont and the Boston company plays Liberty in New York to mark the plays 200th consecutive Liberty Theatre performance, then return to their theaters.
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Arnold Bennett
Edward Knoblauch
Messrs
Klaw
Erlanger
Joseph Brooks
New York
Tremont Theatre
Boston
Liberty Theatre
Parseraphie and pints on fashions
A boudoir robe in shell pink charmeuse with turquoise velvet girdle is described alongside metal woven textures and dark accents. Oriental touches appear in white suits with Chinese brocade trim, openwork linen borders, and ecru, gray, beige, amber, and white hues dominate daywear. Immense satin roses adorn evening gowns from girdle to shoulder.
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Ecru
End of Fraternities Seen In Denver High Schools
John C. Grover of Kansas City president of Phi Lambda Epsilon arrived in Denver to announce plans to annul the charters of local chapters in four Denver high schools. The move follows the Denver School Board's fight against high school fraternities.
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Denver
John C. Grover
Kansas City
Phi Lambda Epsilon
Kansas Senate Ousts Socialist Member
The Kansas State Senate voted 28 to 10 to unseat its lone Socialist, Tred Stanton of Crawford County. Evidence suggested cross-border voting from Missouri, counting errors, and numerous alleged alien voters connected to the election.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas State Senate
Tred Stanton
Crawford County
E. E. Porter
Elections Committee
Missouri
Stanton
Cecilia and Louis Gift Pin Change Hearts and Hearts
Cecilia, eager to win back Hugh Manning, wears Louis's oversized breastpin to a party. Louis, a deformed but loving boy, gifts it with savings, challenging social vanity. Hugh forgives, proposes after learning the gift’s motive and Cecilia’s honesty.
Poetic Meditation on Loving God Beyond Night Sky
A reverent verse frames love for God as a noble foe and a distant meeting in the dark, likening devotion to the night winds brushing past Arcturus. The imagery blends reverence with cosmic distance.
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Arcturus
Fortifications Bill Advances With Over Five Million Appropriation
The House passed the fortifications appropriation bill totaling about $5,218,260, an increase of $1,182,015 from last year. The measure also authorizes entering into contract obligations for an additional $300,000.
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Washington
House
Mildred Champagne Explores Love And Sentiment
A 19 year old man asks if a young woman who betrayed him can still be loved and whether he should forgive to win her sister's friendship. The response urges empathy and warns against harshness, noting youth errors and human flaws.
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Cecilia
Hughanning
Louis
Htr
Miss Champagne
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy Promises Gray Hair Reversal
An advertisement promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy claiming to darken gray hair naturally without detection. It instructs nightly use with a sponge or brush, promising glossy hair and a younger appearance after one or two applications.
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Wyeth
Smart Tailored Suit for $9.00 by New England Mills
Offer to order a full Smart Tailored Suit for 9 dollars including material lining and workmanship. Five large mills supply mill ends of fine woolens, claimed impossible to duplicate for double the price elsewhere. Other garments priced at 8 5 3 2 5 2 dollars.
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New England
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