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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1919
Page
17
Jan Monkey, a recent arrival at the city zoo, remains unsettled and homesick. Keepers report the primate seeks comfort through gentle words and soothing interactions as staff monitor its adjustment and enrichment needs.
A promotional notice warns readers may be constipated without knowing it. It likens bowels to a overfilled glass and touts Dr. True's Elixir as a gentle, sweet tasting prescription used by doctors and families to restore health for all ages.
Mollie, a green African monkey presented to the zoo by C. W. Hoagland, has a varied past from sea captain ownership to deck scuffles with a ship’s cat. Trained to wash, dry, and groom, she may join performances with Mollie and animals like Tony Waddy the elephants.
The Gimme Club plans a welcome party at the Allston Dansant for Brighton and Alliston returned soldiers. Members who are veterans will present novelty dances during Friday evening’s event under club auspices.
C A Windle Chicago editor wired a challenge to William Jennings Bryan offering 5000 dollars for a joint debate on national prohibitions to be held in Mechanics' building next Monday night. Windle arrives to be main speaker at a mass meeting by the Massachusetts Branch of the Association Opposed to National Prohibitions.
A Windle challenger offers Bryan $5000 and expenses for a joint debate on constitutional prohibitions at Mechanics Hall Boston on Monday evening June 9. The Iconoclast editor from Chicago is a noted orator and plans a major campaign as a prohibition movement grows in the state with executive offices in the Little building led by managing director John F Mahony.
Thompsonville Conn June 3 authorities abandon murder theory after finding a woman's clothing pile near Shaker Pond and a 15 size man's collar with a pencil note declaring the set up a joke. The police believe someone hid the clothes as a prank and that no death occurred.
The piece reviews Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe with a focus on its grand style and memorable scenes such as the siege of Front-de-Boeuf. It notes Rebecca and Ivanhoe’s intertwined fates and compares the heroes to historic kings, while praising the narrative’s thrilling episodes and character depth.
A study of Walter Scott's youth shows a frail child who became a fierce reader and fighter. Grandmother and aunt fed him border warfare legends and Scottish ballads, fueling a lifelong devotion to his homeland and historical fiction that produced Ivanhoe and Waverley.
In a dramatic siege scene, the Black Knight of the Fetterlock fights side by side with Front-de-Boeuf at the breached barrier as archers and defenders clash. Rebecca witnesses a stunning resurgence as Richard Plantagenet, the Lion Heart, is revealed alive and leading England’s defense against John’s usurpation.
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