Beggar Gateway to Dinner Turns Uncle Theodore Aboard
In the short tale Sam Carlton and wife Margaret improvise to feed a guestless home as Uncle Theodore, a millionare, arrives from Rio Janeiro. They beg for a quarter and manipulate a hotel lobby gypsy to secure a meal. The night ends with Theodore revealing a personal plan he had been forming, validating their ruse.
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Army posts wasteful cost without military value
An analysis argues U.S. army posts are obsolete, poorly located, and costly. It cites Fort D. A. Russell and other sites, proposes scrapping them for better sites, and notes a Congress‑presented plan to save about 5.5 million dollars yearly in maintenance.
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Wyoming
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Kansas
South Dakota
Montana
Nebraska
Oklahoma
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Cuba
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Senate
Sewing Circle offers home life advice to New England readers
The Boston Post Sewing Circle invites home makers to share problems on marriage children and household management. Readers may write under pen names with questions about caregiving smoking etiquette farm living and family finances and receive advice framed as neighborly guidance from fellow sisters.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Novena for St Ignatius Loyola draws crowds at Immaculate Conception
A novena in honor of St. Ignatius Loyola began at the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Harrison Avenue and East Concord Street, with daily services through July 30. The event includes rosary recitals, sermons on Loyola's life, and benediction. Nearby, the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption hosts a parish field day and picnic at Wood Island Park featuring athletics, dancing, and a girls program. The feast of St Ignatius will be observed Jesuit-wide on Sunday August 1 with a high mass at Immaculate Conception. The Most Holy Redeemer in East Boston holds its annual outing next Saturday at Spring Grove, Wellesley. Cardinal O Connell will dedicate the new St Ann Church in Nantasket tomorrow at 4 pm with Brigham and others assisting.
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Society of Jesus
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Harrison Avenue
Concord Street
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption
Wood Island Park
Joseph V. Fitzgerald
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
East
Boston
Spring Grove
Wellesley
Patrick H. Riley
P. R
Cardinal O’connell
Mer. John B. Peterson
St. John's Ecclesiastical Seminary
Brighton
St. Ann
Waveland
Nantasket
Prodigal Boston Office Manager Named in Import Firm
Margaret learns Uncle Theodore plans to appoint a Boston manager as South America export business grows. The moment marks Sam’s rise in the Boston importing house, leaving him dreamily pondering the sudden proposition and a hinted gypsy influence.
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Margaret
Boston
South America
Uncle Theodore
Sam
Protestant Church News and Upcoming Services
The Rev Frederick L Fay of Union Church will preach at 10 30 am on Sunday with the topic Seeing the Multitude An open air meeting on the church porch at 7 15 pm includes a half hour song service and a brief talk by Fred Erenholm From the Dover Street Mission Other ministers including Palfrey Perkins of First Parish Brighton and Charles E Park of First Church Boston lead services in Manchester by the Sea and Boston Each church hosts sermons and Holy Communion on upcoming Sundays and Aug 1 Also noted are sermons by Madison C Peters and Alexander Mann at local churches with topics such as The Evolution of the Backslider and The Grace of Grit Osgood and Nahant Church and the Cathedral Church of St Paul schedule further events for the weekend
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Frederick L. Fay
Union Church
Columbus Avenue
West Newton Street
Fred Erenholm
Dover Street
Palfrey Perkins
First
Brighton
First Unitarian Church
Manchester-by-the-Sea
Charles E. Park
First Church
Boston
Madison C. Peters
D. D
Brooklyn
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
Alexander Mann
Trinity Church
Copley Square
Nahant
Phillips E. Osgood
Evening Services Include Sermon By Rev Edward T Sullivan
Morning prayer and sermon at 11 am followed by hymns at 7 15 pm and evensong with an address by the Rev Edward T Sullivan rector of Trinity Church Newton Centre at 7 30 pm all in the church program of the day
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Edward T. Sullivan
Trinity Church
Newton Centre
Seventeen New Appointments At Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
The MIT staff of instruction announces seventeen new appointments and reappointments. Notable names include H Langford Warren lecturer in architectural history and George Owen assistant professor of naval architecture. Others join as instructors and assistants across physics, engineering, chemistry, languages, health administration, and related fields.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
H. Langford Warren
A. M
Harvard
George Owen
Royal M. Frye
A. B
Charles H. Calder
Horatio W. Lamson
Joseph C. MacKinnon
Elwyn E. Snyder, Jr
Evers Burtner
Thomas H. Huff
George W. Simons, Jr
Andrew N. Wardle
Horatio W. Brown
Rupen Eksergian
Leon H. Webber
Helen Almy
Cornelia S. Love
Charles G. Cook
Otto B H. Plath
C. J. Spear
William Eustis Brown
School For Public Health Officers
Malden Chinese Restaurant Wins Sunday Operation License
Mayor William M. Blakeley signed a license allowing the Malden square Chinese restaurant to stay open on Sundays following a Supreme Court judge's suggestion.
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William M. Blakeley
Malden Square
de Courcey
Supreme Court
Fragmented Note on a Moonlit Evening
A cryptic snippet describes sentimentality at dusk and a belief that a real moon affects something unseen. The readable lines hint at personal reflection and a looping thought about timing and mood.
Notable Letters From the Sunday Post's Sewing Circle
The Sunday Post prints several of the most engaging letters received by the Sewing Circle, highlighting reader opinions, sewing tips, and community updates. The column reflects hobbyist concerns, craft ideas, and local outreach through correspondence.
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Sunday Post
Dream of a Peach Hat In a Rainy Town
A narrator recalls an evening hat of peach blossom silk felt noted as a picture hat with a jet ornament and osprey. on the way home the same woman is seen marooned in mud beside an open car while her husband and chauffeur repair it.
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Liddie Lax
Jack
Letter to the Editor on Misattributed Vandalism at Boston Wall
Reuben Brooks of the Chinese-American Company disputes Boston press claims that two Chinese Commission members vandalized the Custom House tower. He presents evidence that the inscribed names July 20 1915 belong to others in Canton China and Boston and urges correction of the misimpression.
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McAdoo
Custom House Tower
Lake Chess
Pittsburg
Penn
Canton
China
Hong Sing Chong
Republic of China
Reuben Brooks
Chinese-American Company
Devonshire Street
Concert on Common for Children by Newton City Band
Boston firms sponsor a free concert by the Newton City Band on the Parkman Memorial bandstand at the Common from 8 to 5 this afternoon. Officials of the Morgan Memorial arranged it for poor children with notices sent to settlement houses and local vacation schools, promising a large audience of youngsters.
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Boston
Newton City
Parkman Emorial
Morgan Memorial
Sullivan resigns as Dominican minister in Washington
James M. Sullivan American minister to the Dominican Republic has tendered his resignation to President Wilson and it has been accepted. The resignation follows an investigation by Senator Phelan into his fitness for office. findings were unfavorable to Sullivan.
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Washington
James M. Sullivan
Dominican Republic
Wilson
Sullivan
State Department
Phelan
California
Beatrice Grimshaw’s Fiji voyage sparks famous method
Book News and Notes profiles Beatrice Grimshaw who funded a Fiji and New Guinea sojourn to gain ideas for her writing. She repaid a $2500 loan within a year and found rapid success with The Girl of the Nutmeg Isle. The piece also notes Mary Johnston’s Virginia estate and Sara Teasdale’s new verse libre in The Century.
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Beatrice Grimshaw
Sunday Post
Mary Johnston
North Shore
Three Hills
Hot Springs
Miss Johnston
Fads and Fashions Highlights In 1910s Style
Smocks rival the middy blouse as black and white checks rise in popularity. White linen blouses often feature rose piping. Grecian head dressings appear occasionally. Crepe de chine makes fine silk negligees. New autumn tones show black and brown. Girls’ dresses stay plain with lace trimmed vests. Coats may hem well below dresses. French roll hair gives way to a low back knot. Race and country club outfits look like posters. Luxurious sweaters top afternoon silk dresses slung over evening wear.
U S Gunboat Nashville Reaches Santo Domingo
The United States gunboat Nashville arrived in Santo Domingo today after orders to proceed to the port amid a Dominican Republic revolutionary outbreak. The revolt is described as unimportant and many rebels have already presented themselves to federal authorities while others seek guarantees to do so. Quiet prevails in the capital.
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United States
Nashville
Dominican Republic
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