Observant Citizen Highlights Local Notices And Moves
The column records Mrs. Henrietta Camp’s missionary work in Central Arabia and early medical cures, mentions Mrs. Sidney Griffin entertaining her brother Thomas Lester, and notes plan by William Hurgit to work as physician to diseased trees in York Beach. It also covers James B. Shea becoming Boston park systems superintendent, Assistant Governor John Sherman’s busy state house routine, a Fall River church call for Rev Charles E. Jackson, Cornelius Murphy praising Boston baked beans, and a muffler court case in East Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Avenue
Gardiner
Henrietta J. Camp
Central
Arabia
Sidney Griffin
Winthrop Street
Winthrop
Thomas H. G. Lester
Stars and Stripes
Farmington
James B. Shea
Park Systems
Boston
Franklin Park
East Boston
Fall River
Charles E. Jackson
Church of the Ascension
Linotyper mocked in satirical column from 1912
A humorous observational piece lampoons a Cleveland to Kansas City linotyper as readers’ badly written copy is dissected. The column blends literary figures and summer scenes from Boston and Maine, noting authors and local figures amid a mosaic of civic notices and anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
K. C
Walt. Mason
Fads and Fashions Parade Through Past Styles
Paragraph highlights a revival of grandmothers silk purses beaded with two rings, new bathing dress trims with silk ruffles, scalloped edges, and bindings. Childrens wear uses wideware piques and corduroys, while Shantung silk gowns, embroidered and lace trimmed, appear. New coats, satin slippers, and belted Russian smocks for kids complete the look.
Ethel's Dilemma Ends in Love and Mercy
Ethel faces choosing between Bob Lawler and Joe Marshall after two years of visits. A birthday party confrontation with a mouse test reveals Joe's cruelty, swaying Ethel to Bob. Joe apologizes, Bob forgives, and Ethel declares her preference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Ethel
Joe
Bob Lawler
Joe Marshall
Shirley
Caution Over Castoria Wrapper Signatures Warn Parents
The notice warns mothers and fathers to check Castoria wrappers and signatures by Chas. H. Fletcher to avoid counterfeits and substitutes. It emphasizes the danger of unsafe medicines for children and urges vigilant parental scrutiny of products given to kids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Wes
How to Keep Face Young and Attractive
An old health column advises using legitimate preventive care and warns against unendorsed experiments. It promotes mercorized wax as a safe bedtime facial treatment to rejuvenate the complexion and describes a saxolite and hazel face bath to reduce wrinkles and sagging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Hygienic Review
Act at the Hippodrome Delights with Clever Acts
A playful scene at the hippodrome features a Proficient Pachyderm and an Erudite Equine delivering witty routines. A spectator comments on the performers, noting the equestrian duo’s sharp humor and light horseplay.
One Method Steathy: Obesity Talk At Turkish Baths
In a humorous exchange a seeker asks if Turkish baths help reduce obesity and a doctor replies affirmatively if one can secure a job as a rubber. The brief quip plays on wordplay and social mores of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steathy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pawer Wiew
William Hurgit
Jamaica Plain
York Beach
Mr. Hurgit
John Sherman
State House
Sherman
Cornelius I. Murphy
Blue Hill Avenue
Roxbury
Hungary
Boston Harbor
William Dean Howells
Walt
George Matthew Adams
Kittery Point
Howells
York
Thomas Nelson Page
Barrett Wendell
Margaret Deland
John Kendrick Bangs
John Fox, Jr
Finley Peter Dunne
Dooley
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Hull
Nantasket Beach
Pope
W. Ingham
Fred Rundle
A. C. Ratshesky
United States Trust Company
Court Square
John Buchanan
Federal Street
Birkenhead
England
John
France
Somerville
Mary G. Whiting
Charles S. Clark
Daniel M. Goodridge
Chicago
Commonwealth
Mr. Goodridge
State Naval Reserve
James B. Reynolds
Republican National Committee
Dartmouth College
Jimmy” Reynolds
Chort
Mary R. Colgan
Kingman Road
Somerville, Mass
Nan
FacSuale Signame of
New York
Chas. K. Fletcher
Central Drug Co
Detroit
Mich
Christy Drug Stores
Pittsburg
Jacob Bros
Philadelphia
Hess& McCann
Kansas City
Voegels Bros
Minneapolis
Minn
Fletcher's
Polk Miler Drug Co
Richmond
Arays
P. A. Capdau
New Orleans
M. C. Dow
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fletcher
Chase & Sanborn
Formosa Ooloong
Orloff
Pound
Isters
United States
Crown Feather Co
Dept
Washington Street
Siegel’s
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