Peg Woffington Dramatic Tale of Love and Deceit in London
The Boston Post recounts Peg Woffington’s troubled life as she navigates passion, rival suitors, and a planned revenge against Ernest Vane. Sir Charles Pomander schemes to ruin Vane by exposing Peg’s infidelity, but a staged masquerade unravels. Peg’s cunning save moment turns tragic as Mrs Vane’s heartbreak drives her to private life and charity.
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Spa
Heneat
Peg
Vane
Charles Pomander
Peg Woffington
James Triplet
Covent Garden
Triplet
Sir Charles
London
Ernest Vane
Charles
Mr. Vane
Mrs. Vane
Miss Woffington
Ernest
The
Post Publishing Co
Boston
Mass
Post
Charles Reade
Edward H. Crosby
Theatre Royal
Desmond Quay
Dublin
Jeunessedoree
Sir Charles Pomander
Charles Reade English dramatist and novelist
Charles Reade born June 8 1814 at Ipsden Oxfordshire. Noted for dramatist first aims yet novels endured. His plays include Masks and Faces and The Ladies Battle. Major novels include Its Never Too Late to Mend Cloister and the Hearth and Hard Cash. He died April 11 1884 leaving A Perilous Secret.
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Charles Reade
Ipsden
Oxfordshire
Olympic Theatre
Tom Taylor
Laura Symons
Peg Woffington
Nance Oldfeld
Erasmus
Reade
Griffith Gaunt
Rolfe
Peg Woffington and the English Theatre Sweetheart
Condensed portrait of Peg Woffington at Covent Garden reflecting on a dramatic rise from poverty to fame. She notices a new admirer, Ernest Vane, a country gentleman, whose sincere courtship unsettles her wary heart and begins a shifting dance between trust and suspicion as she contemplates love.
After War Problems Highlighted By Malden Speaker
William F. Fitzgerald, banker and broker, warned in a Fourth of July speech at Cradock Park Malden that America faces grave postwar problems similar to those after the independence war and must meet them at once for the people’s benefit.
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America
William F. Fitzgerald
Edgeworth
Cradock Park
Malden
Mr. Fitzgerald
Debated Economic Links From Declaration to Modern Finance
Mr Fitzgerald argues that independence solved duties and joys while postwar turmoil creates new problems. He blames weak banking, railroad finance, and scarce housing credits for high living costs and unemployment and urges transparent political funding, public debate, and capable leaders to restore credit and build homes.
Dedications in Revere Honored War Dead and Service Men
The Revere national holiday observance featured park and square dedications to fallen soldiers, a street parade, a veterans banquet, and children’s games. Mayor Roscoe Walsworth spoke in Donnelly Square, named for Richard Donnelly. Frederick Park honors Charles W. Frederick, killed at the Meuse. Bullard Square commemorates Lieutenant Lawrence Bullard, killed in France. Lawrence Park honors Raymond Lawrence, who died in the navy. Congressman Alvan Fuller addressed veterans at a city hall banquet, urging civic participation and active involvement in American politics.
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Revere
Roscoe Walsworth
Donnelly Square
Richard Donnelly
Beachmont
John J. Strong
Frederick Park
Charles W. Frederick
Meuse
Thomas Noone
Bullard Square
Lawrence Bullard
Aviation Corps
France
Jordan
Lawrence Park
Raymond Lawrence
Charles D. Garbutt
Alvan Fuller
Congressman Fuller
Simte
What Happened to Europe and Other Reading in July
A defense of reading serious books in summer, highlighted by Frank A. Vanderlip's What Happened to Europe and Glenn Frank’s The Politics of Industry. Vanderlip’s European tour is summarized, stressing his view that America must act to heal a global economy damaged by war. Other works discussed include Social Studies of the War, Why We Fail as Christians, and Subject is What is America, with notes on their themes about democracy, labor, and postwar society.
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Prosperity Committee
Democratic State Committee
Frank A. Vanderlip
Europe
Macmillan
Vanderlip
England
France
Switzerland
Italy
Spain
Belgium
Holland
Paris
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo- Slavonia
Rumania
Greece
Lithuania
Poland
America
Kansas
Balkans
Warsaw
Glenn Frank
Frank
Frenk
Margaret Deland
Appleton
Dorothy Canfield
Elmer T. Clark
Toiflers
Ireland
Robert Hunter
Tolstein
Christ
Hunter
Edward Alsworth Ross
United States
Ross
Melrose Fourth of July Celebrations Open With Bonfire Parade
A midnight bonfire of over 1000 railroad sleepers lit by Mayor Adams drew thousands to Melrose Common for Fourth of July festivities. Salem Cadet Band played Memorial Hall at 8:30 AM, followed by a 10 AM parade led by Chief Marshal Carroll C. Vinton with four bands. Afternoon ball games at Pine Banks Park and an Ell Pond Park fireworks display closed the day for many spectators.
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Adams
Melrose
Melrose Common
East Foster Street
Salem
Memorial Hall
Carroll C. Vinton
Pine Banks Park
Ell Pond Park
Newspaper back numbers pricing in Daily and Sunday Post
Back issues can be secured at regular prices: 2 cents per copy for the Daily Post, 6 cents in Greater Boston for the Sunday Post, and 7 cents elsewhere if applied for immediately.
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Daily Post
Greater
Boston
Sunday Post
DEDICATIONS IN ROXBURY HONOR WORLD WAR HEROES
Three Roxbury public squares were dedicated to local World War I heroes Eugene Galligan of Roxbury, Corporal T. L. Williams of the 101st Field Artillery, and Thomas W. Murray of Company L, 23d Infantry. Dedications featured family members and remarks by Sherwin L. Cook and Representative James Mulvey.
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Roxbury
Gatligan Square
Eugene Galligan
Roxbury Latin School
Harvard College
Galligan
Warren Street
Williams Square
T L Lawrence Barrett Williams
Lawrence Barrett
Williams
101St Field Artillery
Crawford Street
Walnut Avenue
Abbotsford
Boston
Aaron Davis Williams
Marshall P. Williams
Ensign Marshall P.williams,jr
Sherwin L. Cook
Bay State Historical Society
Murray Square
Thomas W. Mursray
Belleau Wood
Dominick Murray
James Mulvey
Harbor Ships Dressed in Colors for Independence Day
Harbor shipping was decorated in red white and blue as vessels moved only for essential business. The navy yard display featured two score warships while other naval vessels and many American ships wore international code flags in a festive harbor scene.
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Navy Yard
Sleeping for Health Promises Vitality from Sleep
An advertisement touts a book Sleeping for Health claiming eight hours of sleep fuels energy and health. It urges readers to buy for $2 with a 30 day trial and money back guarantee, from Britton Publishing Company at 354 Fourth Avenue.
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Britton Publishing Company
Fourth Avenue
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Ben Hur
Don Quixote
Tailors of the Sea
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Zenda
Une
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Ag
Gil Blas
Ydae
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Sea Wolf
Richard Carvel
Henry Esmond
Ballantrae
White Company
Consuelo
Little Dorritia
Adam Bede
East Lynne
Scott & Bowne
Telephone Circulation Dept
New England
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