Boston Observant Citizen reports on local figures and heat wave
The Observant Citizen notes James T. Wetherald as the sole eligible Boston Sinking Fund Commission member under the new charter due to his lack of ties to city deposits. It also covers hot weather scenes at Quincy Market, Harvard Square birds at drinking fountains, a Cambridge engagement, lifesaving feats at City Point, and a gardener cop Andy Cuneo supplying his Jamaica Plain home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Wetherald
Boston Sinking Fund Commission
Wetherald
Chester Kent & Co
Comfort Powder Company
Paxton Toilet Company
Harvard Square
Cambridge
Bellevue
Beacon Street
Beacon Hill
Andy Cuneo
Joy Street
Jamaica Plain
Andy
Commander Eva Booth Visits Boston for Salvation Army Services
Salvation Army commander Eva Booth arrives in Boston for meetings at the People's Palace tonight and Sunday with Colonel William Peart, Lieutenant-Colonel Damon, and Major Richard Griffith. She opens the fresh air camp at West Newton aiding mothers and children, after addressing crowds at Tremont Temple on a prior visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Booth
Salvation Army
Boston
People’s Palace
William Peart
United States
Damon
Richard Griffith
Miss Booth
Tremont Temple
West Newton
Seven Inch Strawberries From Cape Cod Farm Feature Largest Yet
Photo shows three seven inch circumference berries. Mr. Broughton notes these are samples from his Cape Cod farm and claims the crop bears the largest berries yet seen in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Broughton
Chathamport
Broughton
Cape Cod
Boston Heat Wave and Courage at Fire Scene
A Boston heat spell drives crowds to observe a 108 degree thermometer while cool relief comes from the East Boston tunnel. Chrysanthemum Club members plan a July charity outing for poor district children with several Back Bay volunteers. City Point beach improvements earn praise from bathers and officials. In a mill fire a brave man saves 50 mill girls then dies in the flames, and the manager rescues a boy who later becomes the miller’s brother and the stenographer becomes his sister in a hopeful future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Boggiano
Chrysanthemum Club
North End
City Point
Marine Park
Boston Park Commission
Boston
Gines
Wilbur
Foundling's Luck: A Fire Sparks Mercy in an Overworked Office
The scene opens with Miss Bethel and a hot day at a busy office. A ragged boy begs for work, sparking a debate on charity and business. A sudden mill fire forces the manager to rescue Bethel, turning a harsh day toward a shared crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Morris
Miss Bethel
Anager
Love and Sentiment Confession From a Busy Young Man
A 20 year old with a large business asks how to handle a persistent young woman who follows him daily. He promises to marry later to a 17 year old, while the columnist advises calm honesty, spurning overbearing attentions, and suggests explaining the need for private time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Champagne
Mysterious Baltimore-Washington-Los Angeles murder case ends in suicide
The case centers on Eastman Eastman as Emmet Roberts, linked to the murder of Mrs. Woodill, a Spokane academy of society girl. A note to Miss Vinnie Bradcome is found, outlining a violent party and a planned escape. Eastman’s identity ties to Bogota and Bergen county deeds.
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Baltimore
Washington
Los Angeles
Lyman J. Gage
Frank Brown
Emmet E. Roberts
Robert Emmet Eastman
Consolidated Exchange of New York
H Eastman
Vinnie Bradcome
Klaw & Erlanger
New York
Eastman
Mrs. Woodill
Recipes from New England Housewives Featured in Sunday Post
Read about household dishes with practical directions from Concord New Hampshire Somerville and Boston cooks. Includes meringue walnut dessert ham luncheon dish steak roll and other home style recipes with basic ingredient lists and step hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Sunday Post
Furniture for Summer Homes Catalog Items
Rattan rockers and chairs listed with prices for summer home furniture. Items include a high back rocker 14.50 a rattan table 16.00 and a wing rocker 13.50. Also a rattan reception chair 8.00 a couch 21.50 and a wing chair 12.75 with cushions noted.
Old Hickory Furniture Catalog Fragment
Readable item lists various Old Hickory pieces including armchairs and rockers. Mentions Andrew Jackson pattern and items such as a spindle back chair a round top pedestal table and woven back arm rocker with prices like 2.75 4.75 and 6.50 noting partial measurements and incomplete lines.
Edith May Thompson Married Doctor Caswell Divorced
Mrs Edith May Woodill known in Boston through her union with Dr Walter married Caswell secretly and was divorced within two years She was murdered at St Michaels Maryland three days ago by Emmet B Roberts or Robert B Baat a New York man described by a small circle of intimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Thompson
Maryland
Minneapolis
Dr. Caswell
Boston
Miss Thompson
Harry Adams
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Woodill
Eastman
New York
Chicago
Wall Street
Beastman
Bogota
Bergen County
N. J
W. Caswell
Boylston Street
Newport
Edith May Thompson
Garrison Hall
Back Bay
Walter W Caswell
College of Osteopathy
Huntington Avenue
Newport With Her Mother and Stepsister. When They Went Away Dr. Caswell
Mrs. Caswell
Caswell
Meriden
Conn
Old College
Anne Murray
Conant Street
Roxbury
Charles N. Thompson
McDaniel, Md
L. J. Gage
Peabody Conservatory
Edith Thompson
Baltimore
Mt. Vernon
California
Gilbert Woodill
Los Angeles
Adams
Edith May Woodill
St. Michaels
Emmet B. Roberts
Robert B. Baat
Walter
Actress Vinna Bradcome Speaks on Husband in Tragedy
New York June 25. Actress Vinna Bradcome says her husband Robert Eastman is involved in a terrible tragedy and denies that he killed a young woman. She recalls meeting him over four years ago, their January 1908 marriage, and his later insistence on keeping the union secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Eastman
Vinna Bradcome
West One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Street
Severe Weather Forces 650 Workers to Quit at Aver Mill Site
In Lawrence on June 2 the weather forced over 650 laborers on the Aver mill construction, part of Woodworsted mills additions, to stop work at noon. The harsh conditions halted progress at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Aver
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B&b
Quincy
Boston & Albany
Newton
Theresa M. Leddy
John O'Day
M. J. O'Day
Davis Avenue
Brookline
University City
John Hickey
Fawin
Fitzgerald
Somerville
Harvard Yard
John
Lloyd's Eyeglasses & Spectacles
Andrew J.lloyd CO
Washington St
Boylston St
Summer St
Massachusetts, Ave
Wugy
Hub
The
Cape
the Post
Foundling
Alva M. Peterson
Moseley Street
Dorchester
Greene
Ae “Mildred Champagne
Wobby
McDaniel
Rose Creek
Bungalow
Ss. M. Kimball
Nahanto Street
Concord
N. H
John Snyder
School Street
C. E. Wendell
Hudson Street
H. B. Crosby
Lexington Street
East
Paine Furniture Co
Canal Street
Rattan
Washburn
Crosby's
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