Observant Citizen and notable locals share tales and travels
The Observant Citizen Robert Gallagher hosts a Nantasket Beach reception before a continental tour planned to return by September first. Dorchester ornithologist R B Dyer notes a nest mix at Libby Island with a thrush raising robins, while Boston’s old Custom House undergoes modernization. Massachusetts figures Hollis M. Blackstone and Hollis’s long state farm tenure are highlighted. United States District Attorney French tours Italy with his Yale-bound son, and Augusta Me mayor and governor candidate Plaisted is recalled for court duties. Captain Hutchins plans a health-boosting two-week Maine vacation. Charlestown bridge remains a favorite hot-night gathering spot for North End residents. Bull Run’s anniversary and Charleytown Artillery Veterans’ trip mark the month. Harvard grad William B Hartwell Jr and Radcliffe alum Ruth Hills wed, planning a two-week honeymoon to Atlantic. Senator Lodge’s Nahant summer estate is praised for public access and scenic views.
Catholic parade to honor delegates at Faneuil Hall
The Aug 10 monster parade by Archdiocesan Union of Boston aims to honor delegates to the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America convention at Faneuil Hall. Estimates vary 7000 to 15000 attendees from across the country will march with delegates leading, signaling strong religious and civic participation.
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Archdiocesan Union of Boston
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Faneuil Hall
Change in Partnership at Field & Cowles Insurance
The Field and Cowles Insurance Agency at 85 Water Street announces the admission of John A. Jennings and George Neiley to partnership alongside senior partners George P. Field and Edmund B. Cowles. The senior partners will delegate daily operations while Damon remains marine chief, Jennings leads local business, and Neiley oversees general agency work.
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Field & Cowles Insurance Agency
Waterstreet
John A. Jennings
George Neiley
George P. Field
Edmund B. Cowles
Herbert Damon
Mr. Jennings
Mr. Neiley
Wolf's Big Buying Brings Results at Portland Street Sale
This morning at Wolf's, My Clothier, Hanover and Portland streets, a remarkable bargain event opens. Tobias, Greenthal & Mendelson wished to convert stock to cash after a partner’s death, selecting Wolf's for the sale. The entire stock arrived, offered at reductions that suggest strong demand and swift settlements.
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Wolf's
Hanover
Portland Streets
Tobias, Greenthal & Mendelson
Lafayette Street
New York City
Worthy a King's Ransom
A tale centers on Davy and Anne, childhood friends whose carved box hides a treasure. After Ned’s death, Davy battles ruin, discovers a false bottom concealing gleaming jewels, and realizes the box fulfilled Anne’s prophecy with lasting rewards.
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Ned
Anne
Jewish Charities Summer Work In Full Swing At Bryantville
Max Mitchell of the Federated Jewish Charities announces the summer program is active with twenty mothers and their children at the society’s summer home in Bryantville for a two weeks rest. More families will be sent upon return.
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Max Mitchell
The
Federated Jewish Charities
Society
Bryantville
All Who Would Enjoy Good Health By Living Right
A 19th century tone urges right living and proper time for remedies. It promotes California Fig Syrup Co. laxative as the preferred safe choice and claims general satisfaction from Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, urging purchases only from the authentic Ornia Fig Syrup Co. product.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Ornia Fig Syrup Co
Old Time Household Recipes From 19th Century Pages
A collage of recipe snippets includes scalded milk with butter sugar salt yeast and flour, a lime drew ham with currant jelly and sherry, a farmer's fruit cake with dried apple, and a rhubarb custard pie note with meringue. Names and addresses accompany several entries.
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Simmer
Albert Harry Twith
Newbury Street
W. Somerville
Chase R. Chatterton
Maple Street
Attleboro
Skowhegan
Eva Sayward
Sewing Circle Forum For New England Homemakers
A regular department in the Boston Daily and Sunday Post invites homemakers to discuss home life problems health tips baby care and simple remedies. Correspondents may use nom de plume and ask questions of each other in this woman’s own forum. Letters should be single sided and addressed to the Sewing Circle Editor Boston Post.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Teaching polite replies in old etiquette notes
A June etiquette note urges children to answer elders with yes or no phrases such as mother or Mrs Brown and to avoid the rude what. The Post visits city and country homes and is welcomed as a regular guest. Just One of the Smiths.
Morning Glory No 1 Card Poem Token of Gratitude
A brief verse from Morning Glory No 1 expresses thanks for kindly thoughts and prayers, promising to respond to a letter from Tiger Lily soon. The piece wishes love’s benediction to follow the recipient wherever they go.
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Tiger Lily
Reader describes salt water cure for child in years past
A reader from Somervilla recounts a precedent where a mother used daily salt water baths and hip to foot massages, carried water home for night baths, claiming the treatment restored her daughter's mobility within a year and led to the girl growing up married.
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Anon
Somervilla
Nurse Maids' School In Boston Addresses Listed
In Boston two nurse maid training schools are named Jamaica Plain Infant Asylum on Central Street and the Infant Hospital at 37 Blossom Street. Both offer strong programs and specifics can be obtained by writing to the respective superintendents. Christina at 894 Massachusetts Avenue offers further club information for business and social advantage.
Reader asks tips for stains and cleaning in Worcester
A Worcester reader seeks advice on removing bed bug stains from wallpaper cleaning a suitcase whitening a ceiling that is turning black above a gas line and protecting a globe with no success. The note asks for practical home cleaning solutions.
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Sewing Circle
Worcester
Wart Remedies Request From Maine Reader
Reader from Maine asks to resend wart remedy guidance reportedly missed in the initial return message. The inquiry seeks the treatment details and any applied instructions for effective use.
Housemaids Speak Out On Dish Washing Schedules
A reader letter from Roslindale signed B. A FB from Picton Nova Scotia expresses satisfaction with a sewing circle and the Post, asks housemaids to share experiences about washing dishes at night or early morning, and notes details of work hours and days off. The writer praises a kind mistress and hopes for more reader replies.
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H. G RK
Picton
Nova Scotia
Roslindale
Maid Takes Too Much Liberty Across the Sewing Circle
Dorothy asks for advice on a house girl who stays out past curfews and still performs well as a cook. She grants three evenings plus Wednesday afternoon but the girl returns at 11 or 11:30, making mornings difficult. Readers urged to offer discreet, practical guidance.
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Dorothy
Praise for Sailors in "A Navy Girl" Letter
A reader from Virginia commends sailors featured in "A Navy Girl" for their good qualities and laments mistreatment by some civilians. She notes personal insults from certain men but says sailors deserve public credit for their conduct.
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Virginia
Wart scar removal query echoes in sewing circle note
A letter from a reader asks what removes a deep facial scar left after wart treatment with acid. She mentions reading the Post daily for the Sewing Circle letters and signs off with BLUE BELIA.
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Blue Belia
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Robert Gallagher
Nantasket Beach
Hunope
R B. Dyer
Dorchester
Mystic Lake
Medford
Libby Island
Massachusetts
Hollis M. Blackstone
Bridgewater
United States
French
Naples
Jonathan
Yale
Goceene
France
Gibraltar
Frederick Plaisted
Augusta
Kennebec County
Kennebéc County
Plaisted
John F. Hutchins
Rookline
Shapleigh
Hutchins
Pine Tree
North End
Charlestown Bridge
Bull Run
Charleytown Artillery Veteran Association
Nahant
Bass Point
William B. Hartwell, Jr
Harvard
Ruth Whitten Hills
Belmont Street
Somerville
Radcliffe
Mrs. Hartwell
Atlantic
Henry Cabot Lodge
North Shore
Dort
Smith Patterson CO. Plesale and Retail
Summer St
Boston
Parker
Maurice Ketten
Deer Island
Charlotte Street
William O. Taylor
Orange
John Ryan
Newton
West Newton
Taylor
Company M
Seventh United States Cavalry
Custer
Ryan
Cross and
Flint Streets
Sentinel
Board of Health
Roxbury
John R. Regan
Regan
Wolf
the Post
Margaret E. Donnellan
Lincoln Street
West Medford
Davy
Dave
Jewish Charities
Vermont
Green Mountains
Lake Champlain
Montreal
Rutland R.R
Washington Street
Geo. E. Marsters
Washington &J
Nana Voli Mee
Saas Oe
Jost
Nurse Maids’ School
Massachusets Avenue
Maine
Wartinn
Trudie
Jack Johnson
Martin
Portland
Sawyer
Young Otto
New York
Allenhurst
N. J
Freddie Corbett
Lake Masabeesi
N. H
Otto
Mark
Wart
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