Observant Citizen notes and Boston updates
The Observant Citizen column shares small town anecdotes from Cambridgeport Boston and coastal notes on Dr Samuel A Green Ella Constable and others. It mentions Engineer Frank W Hodgdon sailing for Panama to define a border and Judge Pierce earning admiration for long Equity Motion sessions amid a hot spell. A Boston trust company uses ice cooling to beat heat and a heavy rain causes a large pond on Columbus Avenue.
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Boston
D. M
Pierce
Columbus Avenue
Dying Caesar bids Cleopatra farewell in final line
The speaker proclaims I am dying and signals to Cleopatra the Egyptian queen to light the path to oblivion. He laments a fall from glory as Caesar is slain by his own actions and begs Isis and Osiris to guard Cleopatra while bidding Rome farewell. The poem frames love and ruin at Actium and the Egyptian court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nile
Senate
Egypt
Falchion
Isis
Osiris
Cleopatra
Rome
Local Notes on Public Figures and Community Cheer
Reported events include a large turnout at a bathing event with many in swimsuits performing stunts, praise for George Philip Mullen’s Carnegie medal case, and attention to a young man at Posner's store who received congratulations from customers. Also mentions John G. Abizaid’s flat earth talks, Rev. Dennis Wholly’s recovery, Professor Arthur I. Williston’s NEA presidency, a trip to Detroit, and Plymouth’s 101 year old resident Tilden Pierce at Ryder Home with golf sticks and ginger ale.
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George Philip Mullen
Peddock’s Island
Posner
School Street
Hero Fund Commission
Plymouth
Tilden Pierce
Ryder
Aoe
HER LESSON
Grace Langley a 19 year old Boston stenographer is lured by a fraudulent New York company offering a high paying office job. The scam involves a $5000 bond and a $1000 startup check. Grace narrowly foils the theft with help from friends and remains in her current job until fall.
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Grace Langley
Grace
Such and Such Company of
New York
Mr. Turner
Home Office
Turner
Lfe
Wolf's Clothier July Mark-Down Sale Notice
Local retailer Wolf's Clothier at Hanover and Portland streets announces the July Mark-Down Sale beginning now. The note signals time for bargain shoppers to visit the store for discounts on merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf's
Hanover
Portland
Sewing Circle forum for New England homemakers
The Sewing Circle in the Boston Daily and Sunday Post invites home makers to discuss domestic topics. Readers may use pen names and ask each other questions about family management, babies, chores, budgeting, gardening, and related issues. Address letters to Sewing Circle Editor, Boston Post.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Advice on marriage trust and self respect in a wartime column
A reader writes about handling jealousy and control in marriage. She urges women to protect self respect, avoid slut-shaming censure, and considers leaving if the husband withdraws affection. She asks sisters for counsel on balancing friendship, secrecy, and fidelity with marital harmony. The tone reflects a sympathetic but cautionary stance towards controlling behavior.
Dear Sisters Advise Practical Marriage Over Romance
Adele urges Sewing Circle readers to seek practical marriage based on character and work ethic. She shares four marriages, noting love grew with a sober, honorable husband after years of hardship, and warns against chasing idealized princes who may not endure. She emphasizes duty, stability, and lasting companionship over passionate infatuation.
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Adele
Jealous Husband Jealousy Tale From Sewing Circle
A four year marriage is described where the narrator believes her husband loves her above all else yet shows extreme jealousy and fear. She asks the circle if any sister has known such intense jealousy in a husband and reflects on the strain it causes in her life.
Boston Lace Store Introductory Sale At Low Prices
The Boston Lace Store offers a July 13 1912 introductory sale on silks satins laces embroideries and trimmings with Messalines 36 inches at 65 per yard and various edgings and flouncings heavily discounted. Located at 8 Lowell Street near North Station.
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Boston Lace Store, Inc
Lowell ST
North Station
Indignant note condemns wife for leaving husband for shows
A harsh letter to a woman accuses her of abandoning a hard-working husband. The writer argues the law cannot force the husband to give earnings to a wife who acts irresponsibly and questions why she married him. Indignation dates the complaint.
Saving Husband's Pay Dear Sisters
A reader urges wives to intervene before payday and manage their husbands finances. The letter advises meeting the husband before he spends receipts and taking charge of money from borrowing friends to prevent financial strain at home.
Defends Baby Talk To the Sewing Circle
A writer argues against censoring baby talk in the Sewing Circle. The author questions critics who fear sentimental loss, noting children form vocabularies from imagination and urging patience as the child grows. The message defends embracing playful language as a stage before reality.
Another Genius To Mother of a Genius
A reader argues for teaching children plain English over baby talk and praises a two year old girl who speaks clearly. She urges parents to model sensible speech and hopes other sisters agree. The note appears in Mothers of a Genius No 2. Some letters to the Sewing Circle will be printed in Sunday's Post.
Paragraph Points on Fads and Fashions
The vogue of the separate coat is immense. Auto veils of Shetland silk are worn. The black and white trend appears in new bathing costumes with many in black and white stripes. Tiny rhinestone letters decorate bags on various materials. The shanting coat and skirt return with heavier silk. Oriental red, Mediterranean green and lapis blue wraps create unique ballroom toilettes. A jabot features net with Valenciennes lace and hand-embroidered batiste.
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C. M. Payne
NIGHT
The
Yau
Rocker
Cambridgeport
Samuel A. Green
Massachusetts Historical Society
Dr. Kilbourn
Groton
Green
Ella Constable
Dorchester
Girls’ High School of Practical Arts
Castle Island
Arthur F. Ferguson
Rhode Island School of Design
Huger Elliott
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Arthur E. Harriman
East Baptist Church
Lynn
Ocean Park
Frank W. Hodgdon
Arlington
Panama
Costa Rica
Hodgdon
Harbor and Land Commission
Boston Harbor
Richard Hodgdon
Greater
Sydney H. Cliffe
North Adams
Foss
Massachusetts
Parker's
Antony and Cleopatra
William Haines Lytle
Actium
Octavia
John G. Abizaid
Tyler Street
Boston Common
Abizaid
Fitzgerald
Charles Street
Dennis Wholly
St. Joseph's Church On
Circuit Street
Arthur I. Williston
Wentworth Institute
Huntington Avenue
National Education Association
Chicago
Williston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pratt Institute
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Society of American Engineers
Edith P. Bowman
Langley
Boston Post ‘Sewing Circle
Fair
Husband
New
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