Observant Citizen notes on historic figures and local events
The letter column recalls Rev. Samuel McClintock’s grave mislocated in Greenland and cites valued images from the Battle of Bunker Hill. It also mentions a new peach species in Forest Hills, the Cardiff Giant hoax holdings in Fitchburg, clergy movements, Old Home Day events in Burlington, and local family news including a seven year old typing prodigy and newborns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel McClintock
Battle of
Bunker Hill
Greenland
N. H
Warren
E. H. Wilson
Arnold Arboretum
Forest
Mr. Wilson
Thibetan
China
State Forester Kane to Study Forestry After Congress
State Forester Frank W. Kane will represent Massachusetts at the second international congress of entomology in Oxford England August 5 to 10. After adjournment he will visit the Black Forest in Germany to study forestry conditions and the gypsy moth issue, returning to Boston in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Kane
Foss
Massachusetts
Oxford
England
Black Forest
Germany
Boston
Notable Maritime Anecdotes and Recent Medical News
A look at historic ships in Boston harbor and Narragansett Bay boats, noting Success Polly and James Morgan with engines still active. Sharks near Fast Greenwich, birthday for George Partridge, Boston News Bureau’s 25th anniversary, and Hist gunboat's fate. Dr Donoghue to study mesotherium as radium substitute in cancer care abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Harbor
Polly
Amesbury
David A. Wasson
Kittery Point
James Morgan
Poughkeepsie
Robert Fulton
Narragansett Bay
A. A. Wilson
Boston News
Financial Daily
C. W. Barron
Boston
Hist
Tlist
Uncle Sam
New York
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Orient
Francis D. Donoghue
Dusseldorf
Czerny
Heidelberg
Douglas and the Dead Heart Prayer
A nostalgic lyric poem pleads for reunion with a departed Douglas. The speaker remembers a trusted, loving bond and asks for forgiveness and blessing from heaven. The piece centers on memory, devotion, and sorrow after death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas
Madam in the Boston Store Unmasks Jewel Theft Ring
A Boston clerk named Kitty and detective Billy uncover a high society jewel theft scheme. A pampered shopper known as madam drugs the store with demand and tricks a floorwalker Evans into fencing gems. They expose how madam hides jewels in garments and Evans retrieves them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Davis
Evans
Billy
Kitty
Kit
Getting into Society by Mrs Noovo and Silas
The great ball leaves Mrs. Noovo and her husband counting bills. The total rises to 2000 pounds and Mr Noovo laments the sum. Mrs. Noovo argues they must spend to enter society, while the old man jokes that society is getting into them.
Also Mentioned on This Page
van Loon
Speaker
Jagre
Roosevelt
Chicago
Congress Hotel
Washington
Tik&t
Baltimore
TRE
Fitchburg
Frances Lawrence
Frank O. Hardy
Cardiff
Powers
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cyrus Cobb
Alexander Sloan
Enfield
York Beach
Voliva
Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Mr. Sloan
Bela Pratt
Burlington
Fred Nichols
Charles S. Mace
Melrose Highlands
Charles, Jr
Edward Albert Grimes
Main Street
Woburn
New England
Master Grimes
Fred F. Walker
Department of Animal Industry
Cattle Bureau
Harry M. Haynes
Herman P. Chelius
City
Mt. Clemens, Mich
Scoffer
Norumbega
Newton
Walter Eliot Thwing
Beech-Glenn Street
Roxbury
Major Thwing
Canada
Thwing
George S. Partridge
United States
Franklin
Partridge
P. T. Barnum
Dinah Mulock Crask
Sadie M. Cunningham
Fallen Street
Mass
Stickney & Poor
Stickney & Poor’s
Stickney & Poor Spice CO
State Street
the National Mustard
Victor
Victrola
Steinert Hall
Arch Street
Franklin and
Milk Streets
Bangor
Portland
Brockton
Fall River
New Bedford
Worcester
Springfield
Lowell
Haverhill
Waltham
Providence
Pawtucket
Manchester
New Haven
M. Steinert & Sons Co
Scime
Victor Victrolas
Victor Talking Machine Company
Camden, N. J
Ernast Chine CO
Lyst England
Tremont St
Stereumnetre
Victor Victrola
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