Dorchester Estates Fade as Modern Development Encroaches
The Tileston, Pope, and Sumner mansions on Washington and Bowdoin streets are being removed or altered for new housing. The Pope estate survives as a mansion but other historic properties will be replaced by modern homes. The area once drew thousands to Dorchester and hosted notable figures including Booth and Lincoln’s era stories from a local store are recounted.
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Tilestor
Washington Street
Dorchester
New Methodist Church
Walter Baker
Tileston
Pope
Washington and Bowdoin Streets
Captain Sumner
Cutler
Sumner
Bowdoin
Washington
Booth
Lincoln
Ives
Tuckers
Tucker
Garfield
Williams College
Boston
Sumner Mansion
Heir Claim Crowns Farm Wife’s Remarkable Rise to Fortune
A farm wife born to humble roots inherits a vast sum from the New York heiress Mrs. Susan Van Nort. The tale traces her ascent from chambermaid to wealth and status, aided by beauty, ambition, and strategic marriages, and ends with her position as sole heir to a prince of industry.
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Old Derkshire
Isabel Duffy
Susan van Nort
New York City
Wichusetts
Duffy
New York
Mar
Lowe Catalog Promotes Domestic Rugs and Draperies
In the advertisement Lowe markets a wide range of rugs including Wiltons and Smyrnas, with oriental suppliers listed such as Turkey Persia Afghanistan and India. The Drapery Department features lace curtains Portieres window shades upholstery fabrics and trims in varied patterns and brands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOWE
Brussels
Turkey
Persia
Afbanistan
India
West
Kiss by mail and a campus prank in Omaha county
A Washington woman recalls discovering how to send a kiss by mail after lips left a print on a letter. The tale widens to a school prank where two youths arrive early for a kiss prize, hoping for attendance incentives. the plan collapses as propriety intervenes and the contest is canceled.
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Énda-Kieses
Washington
Moon
Eto
Tady
St. Louis
Romar
Adth
Prise
Kiss Rules and Thefts of Kisses In Curious 19th Century Tale
A chaotic item blends tales of a school kissing rule with a Paris canvasser assault. It notes Miss Daniels renewal, a whimsical weekly kiss for punctual pupils, and a crime story of Thullier forcing kisses on Mile Meyer aboard a train from Neuilly to Boulogne.
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Milo
Meyer
M.thul Mer
Neuilly
Mile
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Elme
Tain
Liverpool
Shane
Wenhile
Bingland
George /W. Van Nort
New Yap
Mhat
Kim Cure
London
Porres Drug and Chem. Corp
Bole Tops
Hossa Orld
P, and
Blood Orld
Briti
Home Furnietiere
Atkinson Furnishing
Atkinso Furnishing CO
Washington St
Cor
Gommon St
Thomas O’callaghan & Co
Summer ST
Anoston
Mass
Pinos Street
Felix Thullester
Paris
Hungerford
Ford
John of Gaunt
Comtesse d'Alencourt
Wilhelmina
Tao
Cett
Rochester
LA Paris Railway
Pall ‘S
Placin
Uae
Erie
Celia Lacross
Providence
Fit
Nicolas
Kenelecos
Lacrosa
Ty Kenelecos
Alette
Aad
Gare
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