Observant Citizen highlights gardens and city life in New England
The column profiles J J Howard in Boston now gardener at Rider Home Plymouth with a tiny plot yielding peas cucumbers corn beans lettuce and more. It notes Somerville grounds, summer school ideas in Malden and local figures from public life and parks with light anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
J.J. Howard
Boston
Rider
Plymouth
Mr. Howard
Howard
Ida B. McKenzie
Malden
The Old Horses Walt Mason Poem Reflections on Abandoned Work
A reflective poem laments mistreated aging workhorses once sturdy in labor, now broken and neglected. The speaker condemns those who wore them down and calls for accountability as the animals endure harsh fates and decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Manning
Guy Warren
Doris
Mr. Warren
Robert
Maud S
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
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Somerville Reader
Plum Island
William J. Casey
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Corps of Cadets
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Europe
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New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
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Woodcock
J. Stearns Cushing
Rhode Island
Master Printers’ Association
Pomham Club
Narragansett Bay
Commonwealth
Norwood Press
National
Master Printers’ Association of America
Shaw Memorial
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John S. Gardner
Chariés River
Clarrie M. Palmer
Greenville Street
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Robert Manning
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San Francisco Bulletin
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Riker-Jaynes Drug Co
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James Russell Lowell
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Er Eer
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