The Book with a Blessing excerpt
Mary Alice Brown, 12, daughter of Lem Brown, visits Sam Thomas’s farm where she meets Charlie, his crippled son and hero of the tale. Lem, after jail, reforms, works at the Thomas farm and moves his family to a cottage. John Willett calls in Dr Jackson who cures Charlie, and six years pass as Charlie studies art while Mary Alice works.
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Mary Alice Brown
Lem Brown
Sam Thomas
Charlie
Lem
Thomas
John Willett
Jackson
Minot House
Mary Alice
Francis
Mr. Kemp
Mr. Willett
Mr. Stacey
Charlie Thomas
Lucy Bradish
Kemp
Lucy
London
Hilda
Jenny
McGregor
Charlie-boy
Minot
Jupiter
Hillside Falls
New Assistant Francis Willett Joins Store Potemkin
Mary Alice Brown meets Francis Willett at the shop where he works as a cub assistant under Mr Stacey. Francis, recently expelled from college, reveals a cautious, combative edge and hints at family wealth. Mary Alice weighs his change and his future in the store and in their circle.
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Francis
Mary Alice
Francis Willett
Charlie Thomas
St. Michael’s
Tor the Galahad Knights
Stacey
Mercy
Wharf Collapse Ruins Salt and Fish Stock in Tre Mont Harbor
In Ellsworth Maine on July 27 a fish wharf owned by Guy H Parker at Pass Harbor Tre Mont collapsed destroying a cargo of salt and this season’s salted fish valued at about 15000 dollars. Several workers fell into the water but escaped with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth
Guy H. Parker
Pass Harbor
Tremont
Enrolment Records Declared Not Public by Counsel
The corporation counsel issues a decision stating the 1914 voting enrolment list is not a public record and that the election department may refuse inspection. Abolishment of party enrolment extends voting secrecy to primaries, superseding prior retention rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of
the Corporation Counsel
Corporation Counsel
Resinol Ointment Promises Fast Sunburn Relief
The advertisement claims Resinol Ointment soothes sunburn and inflamed skin by forming a protective layer that excludes air. It also markets healing for eczema heat rash chafing insect bites poison oak ivy and minor wounds, available from all druggists.
Little Tony Loses Tusks at the Zoo
At the city zoo a young elephant nicknamed Little Tony lost two tusks after getting his tusk caught on a fence. Curator McNealy trimmed the remaining stub and plans to exhibit the removed tusks for visiting children.
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Tony
McNealy
DIES OF FALL IN LYNN MAN FATAL ACCIDENT
Edwin R. Stickney of 11 Mystic avenue Lynn fainted while visiting friends at 90 Eutaw street Sunday night then fell from a third story veranda dislocating his neck and dying yesterday afternoon at a hospital or residence nearby.
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Edwin R. Stickney
Mystic Avenue
Lynn
Eutaw Street
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Sam
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Lipton
Webster Thomas Co
Boston
Wm. Nieffer
Laura McLane
Joseph A. Ruddy
Geo. A. Sykes
Certone Company
Twelfth Ave
Dept. 18
Neal
striker-Jaynes
The
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Victrolas
Victrola
Victora
CC Harvey
Boylston ST
Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co
Victor
Washington St. and
Cornhill
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden, N. J
George Lincoln Parker
Boylston Street
Little Tony
Regal
San Francisco
Regal Shoe Company
Tremont St
Summer St
Revere House
Scollay Square
Violet
Merrie Maids
Miascotte
Ida Campbell
Anna Wilson
Ruth Rosemond
Babe Sadette
May Morgan
Amon Dell
Marion Grey
Lillie van Burk
Alice Ford
Lillie Harris
Florence Menzie
Janelle Greenwood
Stella Walker
Tommy Levene
Elaine
von Hoff
la Grange
Gordon
Leo Feist
Fremon’s Theatre
Griffith
OFA
B. F. Keith
Hyams & McIntyre
Laddie Cliff Milo
Rubes Marie Shaw
Marguerite Gallagher
Denman ‘Thompson
OLD Homestead
Jas
B. Donovan
Marie Lee
Dare Bros
Majestic Meares Phone Ox
Carle Stowe
Majestic Players
Poston
Boston Daily
Fadettes Women’s Orchestra
Caroline B. Nichols
Emmet Corrigan
Charlie Chaplin
Mary Pickford
the Goddess
Oxford
Windsor
Loew’s Globe Bars
Loew's
JAME
Sconlay
Frederick Mon
Stanley James Co
Foy & Page
Claudia Tracy
Sterling & Marguerite
Wilson & Forte
Charles Bradley
Harlie Chaplin
Ince OF
Targuerite Clark
Seven Sisters
Lenore "Lrich
Perry
DR. Rameau
King Philip
Edw. W. Dixon
Commercial Wharf
Atio AM
Lewes
Gloucester Nort
Cape Ann
RED Sox
Chicago
Fenway Park
A. Shuman & Co
Revere Cycle Track Championship
Wiley Collins-Walthour
Norumbega
Zoological Garden Pene Peo
Carl
Paul Lexing
T Rustic
Revere
DN Park
Boston Harbor
Otis Whailt
Ocean View
Revere Beach
Bass Point
Provincetown
Pilgrims
Dorothy Bradford
Atlantic Ave
No. Atlantic Seanadron
Vrosineetown
Cape Cod
Scituate
Garnet
Otis Wharf
Deliy
South Shore
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