Observant Citizen column notes odd local happenings
A Weymouth pig births eight then eleven piglets in five days while a Athol cow has a healthy calf and a full brother follows. Dr EB Goodall and twin brother in Dartmouth class of 1857 are highlighted along with local Ocean Park swimmers and an old sunken spring reopening.
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Weymouth
I. . Hood
Athol
EB. B. Goodall
Portsmouth
N. H
Dartmouth College
F. H. Goodall
United States
Washington, D C
Dartmouth
Goodall Jirst
Goodall
Burbank
Maine
Duffy Wins Prize for Boston Modern Spirit Photo
Lawyer John F. Duffy president of the Mattapan Improvement Association reports winning a prize from a major moving picture company for a photograph best illustrating Boston's progressive spirit. Residents along Walnut avenue Roxbury mourn elms felled for a new granolithic walk near the James M Morrison estate. Elm Hill gains its name from these two grand trees. A lone town pump in Newburyport remains in demand during the heat wave as water usage soars from the spring supplying it.
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John F. Duffy
Mattapan Improvement Association
Franklin Park
Oberammergau
Boston
Walnut Avenue
Roxbury
James M. Morrison
Elm Hill
Newburyport
Cuticura Ointment Heals Child's Skin Sores
A Boston mother reports her eight year old son cured of sores on hands arms legs and body after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She baths him with Cuticura Soap applies Cuticura Ointment and notes he sleeps well and remains clear. Ad promotes free samples and advises Cuticura products for tender faced men.
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Paris St
Boston
Mass
John J. Girmer
Misfit Life Ends in Tragic Moment
Poem narrates a weary man’s suicide by pond after marital conflict. His wife laments causing his death by chasing social status and neglecting home life. The verse critiques pride, labor, and unhappy unions amid 1912 copyright by George Matthew Adams.
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Waltason
George Matthew Adams
Well on Market Street Provides Fresh Water by Chain
Citizens use a spring fed well on Market Street. When emptied the chain is placed to permit refill, then removed to resume public access to cool drinking water after the spring replenishes.
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Market Street
Summer Plans Foretell New Metallurgy Course
Dr Er D Peters and Gordon McKay, metallurgy professor at the university, indicate they will be busy all summer preparing material for a new course, signaling extended recreation plans beyond a month.
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Er. D. Peters
Gordon McKay
Bachelor Bookshelf: Henry H. Levenson Ends Long Study
Henry H. Levenson secretary of the Jewish Kehilla will finish a lengthy Blackstone study to gain subject knowledge. A member of a wholesale dry goods firm, he is described as a studious young man whose bachelor status is tied to his love of books.
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Henry H. Levenson
Kehilla
Blackstone
Levenson
Island school boosts trades with self-made shoes and shirts
John J. Ryan, superintendent of the Rainsford Island School, reports boys are advancing in shoe and shirt making, and cabinet work is improving. He plans to install power in the cabinet shop, anticipating better results, with a fine electric plant on the island supplying power.
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John J. Ryan
Rainsford Island School
Ryan
Redmond to visit Boston and attend Philadelphia convention
William Redmond brother of the Irish Nationalist leader will visit Boston in September and speak on Irish Home Rule at Tremont Temple on October 1. He will also attend the United Irish League of America sixth biannual convention in Philadelphia September 24 to 26, with this likely last such gathering in America before anticipated passage of the Home Rule bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Redmond
Boston
Tremont Temple
Redmond
United Irish League of America
Philadelphia
America
Reunion at Sea Reveals Truths About Marriage and Aunt Ella
On a shipboard night Jack Maitland recalls a past clash with his wife Marion and a child. He reunites with Marion to confront a buried debt to Aunt Ella and the needs of their family. The moment forces humility as memories collide with present truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Maitland
Jack
Marion
Ella
The Blessed Damozel Poem Scene in Heaven
A speaker recalls the blessed Damozel leaning from Heaven’s gold, her eyes deep as water, lilies in her hand, and stars in her hair. She prays for union with her beloved expecting his coming, shares a vision of a single life with him, then awaits and weeps as angels pass by.
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Damozel
Heaven
Protesting Marion Delays Secret Meeting In Moonlit Moment
The moonlight falls as Marion urges patience and resists words. Jack gazes at her, entreaty in his eyes, and she softly invites him to go inside and say prayers together.
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Elsie
Marion
Jack
Fad and Fashion Notes From Suede Shoes to High Neck Ruffles
Paragraphs discuss suede promenade shoes with Cuban heel and turned sole, metal buckle, and a pump cut. Ruffles return in frocks and mantles, with chiffon parasols. Black toques trimmed with white ribbon back, hemp hats with velvet accents, and high neck ruffles like Medici collars. Lace-chantilly with red wire adds stand-away bodice shaping.
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Chantilly
Freckle Face Remedy Guarantee for Freckle Removal
A promotional offer touts a new freckle treatment promising a money back guarantee if it fails to remove freckles. Buy ethine double strength from Houghton & Dutton Drug Co or Riker Jaynes Drug Co and use one night’s treatment to see a clear complexion with little cost if effective.
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Houghton & Dutton Drug Co
Riker-Jaynes Drug Co
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