Observant Citizen reports higher food costs and local notes
A Boston statistician states food costs are up 20 percent from last year with a market basket at five dollars then and six dollars now. meats and related items up 22 percent and wheat and grains up 33 percent. The column also notes yacht yard activity, a young cadet orator, a Brookline wedding, charitable acts, and municipal Fourth of July fund leaders.
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Boston
P. KL R
Brookline
Children’s Hospital
Somerville Reader Red Ela Warren Entertains Public
Red Ela Warren, secretary to Mayor Burns, emerges as a public reader after delivering a fine Ingersoll selection. He is sought by patriotic groups to entertain on their special evenings.
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Ela Warren
Burns
Somerville
Ingersoll
Boston as musical center praised by Professor Elson
In a column praising Boston’s musical heritage Professor Louis C. Elson notes the city’s early American composer, first orchestra, and first public school music programs. The piece travels to Hull and Rye scenes, census work, and a pond display at Harvard Gardens, ending with Charles S. Allen’s wild goose aviary at Rye.
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Boston
Louis C. Elson
America
Mharticultural Hall
Robert Cameron
Harvard Botanical Gardens
Cameron
Longfellow
Pop Concert Tonight at Symphony Hall Programme
Tonight's programme at the Pop Concert in Symphony Hall features a mix of overtures waltzes solos and dances. Highlights include Offenbach Benvenuto Cellini Berlioz Carnaval Romain and Saint Saens Cello Solo with solos by Hubay Keller Lincke and Maquarre among others.
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Symphony Hall
Boccaccio
Suppe
Zampa
Herold Waltz
Barcarolle
Waldteufel
Benvenuto Cellini
Berlioz
Krafft
Weber-Berlioz
Carlos
Maquarre le Cygne
Saint-Saens
J. Keller
South
Berliner Luft
Lincke
Saint Agnes Reveals Secret Promise Between Lovers
In a quiet, intimate moment, Jordan tells Agnes he needs her and that she is his promised wife. He recalls paying her debts in Paris long ago, and Agnes finally confirms her name, establishing a clingy bond between the pair.
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Jordan
Saint Agnes
Paris
Agnes
The Flys Uncle Walt Rouses Swat Spirit 1912
Walt Mason urges readers to combat flies with humor and resolve. The verse lampoons pestilence caused by houseflies and calls for decisive action from swats and rustic methods, reflecting early 20th century public health fears.
The Doves of St. Agnes Tale of a Dreaming Artist
An artist named Jordan seeks a divine face for a painting of the Crucifixion. He notices a feisty Parisian woman who feeds doves from her hand and later models a face from memory. She reveals herself as his benefactor and forgives debts before illness returns. The doves symbolize hope as she slowly recovers feeding them each dawn.
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Jordan
St. Agnes’ Court
Calvary
Saint Agnes
Paris
Mrs Merriwed and her Suitors headlines next Sundays Post
The Post promises one of the best comic story pages with Mrs Featherweight Mrs Pushbutton series by John Brady and Mrs Merriwed and Her Suitors by Kennett Harris along with short stories by Walt Mason and other noted humorists.
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John Brady
Answer To A Mother Or Lover In Love And War
A girl asks how to win her mother’s consent for marriage to a young man who adores her. The columnist urges the lover to prove worth through honesty, industriousness, and stability, and notes a mother’s approval hinges on a worthy partner. The reader asks if kissing or cuddling is wrong. the editor treats affection as natural and unavoidable in a loving relationship.
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Nantasket
Pemberton
Windermere
Hull
William G. Grundy
Miss Champagne
New England
Couple Plans Marriage After Saving Enough
A man writes to Miss Champagne that he is not yet engaged but his sweetheart and he intend to marry once he has saved sufficient funds. He seeks guidance on timing and steps toward a formal proposal.
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Dorchester
Laserson
Mr. Laserson
West Indies
America
Old Shuman
Church Property
Walnut Avenue
Roxbury
Shuman
Asia Minor
Moxie Saunders
Lynn
Miss Champagne
Reflections on a Past Wound and A Fresh Start
A consoling voice urges the reader to forgive a childhood incident and to seek a new life away from hometown shadows. It emphasizes love, charity, and rebuilding future happiness free from past labels.
Vaccination for Cholera Gains Backing from Dr Roux
Dr Pierre Roux of the Pasteur Institute in Tunis reports progress toward a cholera vaccine. He claims a culture containing living cholera bacilli can immunize, and he has notified the French Academy of Sciences with hope of complete immunity. Boston doctors express cautious belief in his claim.
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Pierre Roux
Roux
Pasteur Institute
Tunis
French Academy of Sciences
Paris
Boston
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Ana
Witte
Great West Side
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ITBIG
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Wile
Reep
POP
Lawley
Yacht Club
Russell Masterson
Dudley School Cadets
O’dowd
Sergeant Masterson
Louis N. Silverman
Nova Scotia
Hudson River
Silverman
Sonie Paeff
West End
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Frank C. Wood
Columbia Trust Company
Thomas F. Rice
East
Miah Laserson
The
Globe-Trotter
Harry V. Gould
Malden
Gamma Sigma Fraternity
Buffalo
Mr. Gould
Stratton D. Brooks
Oklahoma
State University
Brooks
Cortland Myers
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Europe
England
France
Switzerland
IR. H. White CO
R. H. White CO
Rudolph Mertin
Chickatawbut Hill
Boston Harbor
Great Blue Hill
Milton
Chickatawbut
Blue Hills
Rye
N. H
Charles S. Allen
Allen
Franklin Park
Mr. Allen
WM. Shakspere
Walt
Doc
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Hort
ST. Agnes
Annah N. True
Neptune St
West Lynn, Mass
Mildred Champagne
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Lever Brothers Company
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