Observant Citizen Reflects on Public Figures and Artifacts
The Observant Citizen recalls past political moments and notable locals. Dr. E B Goodall recalls supporting a Woodrow Wilson button with cigars and strawberries. Henry James of Cambridge is named to lead Rockefeller Institute management, son of William James.
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E. B. Goodall
Portsmouth
N. H
New England
Taft
Wilson
Henry James
Cambridge
Jerome D. Greene
Rockefeller Institute
Harvard
Law School
Boston
William James
Stick to your trade Uncle Walt urges in town column
A column recalls Walt Mason urging workers to stay with their crafts and not chase unsuitable jobs. The piece notes local figures such as George S. Boynton of Beachmont Hose 2, ex-Councilman Goodwin, Winthrop Wheeler’s songs, Norman H. White’s fishing visits, Sheriff Quinn’s farm produce, Judge Loring’s return, and choir director Pio De Tuca. It also mentions gingko trees in Jamaica Plain and Brighton memories.
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Revere
George S. Boynton
Boynton
Beachmont
Pio de Tuca
Europe
Rotterdam
Vacation reading and museum plans noted in 1900s Boston items
Observations include a painting returned to its owner then given to the Ancients, a proposal to exhibit at the corps armory museum in Faneuil Hall, and news of Woburn Public Library’s summer borrowing system. Also mentioned are summer travels of religious and civic figures, a new clock at John Boyle O Reilly School, and a novelty automobile naming trend with “Lillian.”
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Winthrop Wheeler
Old New England
Hon. Curtis Guild
Faneuil Hall
Fitzgerald
Boston
Wheeler
Corps’ Armory
Woburn Public Library
Evans
Intervale
N. H
Finely Remembered Pettry, Skipper of Franklin Park Curling
The death of John Pettry, longtime superintendent at Franklin Park, deprives Boston curlers of a devoted leader who kept the Scarboro Pond rink in top condition each winter. He was a keen lover of curling and skilled captain of the rink. The article then shifts to the lively debates surrounding the fire department chief position.
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John Pettrygrew
Franklin Park
Boston
Scarboro Pond
Dr Ehrenfried Weds in Bangor Massachusetts nurse to Harvard doctor marries in Bangor
Dr Albert Ehrenfried of Boston an instructor in Harvard University’s surgical department wed Grace Waterman of Bangor at noon today in Bangor. A continental tour and lectures before the British Medical Society in Liverpool and the German Medical Society in Dusseldorf follow, with return to Boston this fall.
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Bangor
Albert Ehrenfried
Boston
Harvard University
Grace Waterman
Europe
Ehrenfried
British Medical Society
Liverpool
German Medical Society
Dusseldorf
Commonwealth Avenue
Edison Building Aglow With Light
The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston decorated its building on Edison street with electric light streamers and Japanese lanterns. Red white and blue lamps outlined sections of the building and hung along the roof line for a safe and attractive Fourth of July display.
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Edison Electric [Illuminating Company of
Boston
Edison
Edyston Street
Brockton Frat Yields to Board
In a letter to the School Board the Young Club, a secret organization at Brockton High School, announces its voluntary disbanding after a two year controversy over the order to dissolve.
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Brockton
Short Story Contest Rules Echoed On Editorial Page
The Sunday Post invites readers to study the Short Story Competition guidelines on its editorial page. It outlines submission criteria, eligibility, and judging standards for entrants.
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The
Sunday Post
Grandma Pitman Weaves Spider Tale Of Faithful Fishing Wife
Grandmother Pitman tells John Pitman Jr a tale of a fisherman's wife waiting in a sunlit cabin. A spider descending three times becomes a sign of hope as a long-lost letter finally reaches Temby Bay from Sweden.
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John
Mrs. Pitman
Sweden
Temby Bay
Grandpa Pitman
Grandma Pitman
Kaiser Wilhelm Sets Course to Meet Czar at Baltic Port
Russian Emperor and family arrive at Balticport aboard the Standart to await the German Emperor. Kaiser Wilhelm departed Danzig with his son Prince Adelbert and Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg on Monday. This will be their first meeting since August 1909.
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Balticport
Russia
Danzig
Prince Adelbert
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Washington to Host Next International Radio Congress
London reports the International Radio Telegraph Congress chose Washington to host the next conference in five years. Delegates will sign the adopted recommendations on Friday.
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London
International Radio Telegraph Congress
Washington
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Claribel
By Williams
Ted
Bea
MR. Pushpens
Post
Franklin Pierce
New Hampshire
Pierce
Parkman Memorial
Edwin E. Snow
Armory of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
George Washington
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Darius Cobb
Dorchester Heights
Ancients’ Armory
Walt
Walt Ason
George Matthew Adams
N. R. Macleod
Prospect Street
Hingham
Plymouth Rock
Goodwin
East Boston
Council
Sullivan
Goodwin Bowling
Meridian Street
Norman H. White
Quinn
Loring
Supreme Judicial Court
Morton — Street
Jamaica Plain
Thorest Hills
Mr. Meehan
Brighton
Roslindale
Oase
Cincinnati
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Hamburg
James H. O'Neil
Church of the Sacred Heart
East
John H. Harrigan
Mas
Sachuetts Catholic Order of Foresters
Andrew Square
Lillian
Chas. H. Fletcher
New York
INC
Chas. Hi. Fletcher
A. F. Peeler
St. Louis
Frederick D. Rogers
Chicago
Fletcher
William C. Bloomer
Cleveland
Ohio
B. Down
Philadelphia
Edward Parrish
Brooklyn
N. Y
J. B. Elliott
New York City
C. G. Sprague
Omaha
Neb
H. F. Merrill
Augusta
Castoria
DR. Ehrenfried
Tory
Nellie S. Lawson
Bourneside Street
Dorchester, Mass
John Pitman, Jr
Kaiser Wilhelm
Czar
Next Wireless Congress
Conan Doyle
Sunday Post Magazine
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