Observant Citizen notes and local updates from Boston area
The column records assorted town chatter from Nahant to Dorchester including Doctor of Laws honors for Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, plans for a safe Fourth of July in Boston, temperance parades led by Father Butler, and travel news of John Foley's Franco nia voyage. It reports on local personnel, school leadership, and community curiosities such as gingko trees and a steam roller near Teele Square.
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Nahant
Henry Cabot Lodge
Amherst
Lodge
Philosophy
Harvard
Williams
Yale
Clark University
John F. Dever
Boston
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Dever
Francis J. Butler
St. Ann’s Church
Somerville
Holy Family Temperance League
Father Butler
Knights of St. John the Baptist
Knights
St. Ann’s Temperance Cadets
Bournedale
Cape Cod Canal
Boston & Maine
Madison
N. H
Silver Lake
Teele Square
Tor
Grand Opera
Omerville
Itizen
Poems for Dour Scrap Book By William Browne
A fragmentary reference to a 16th century poet William Browne and a possible collection of verses titled Poems for Dour Scrap Book appears alongside a late Renaissance fable context. The text hints at biographical dates 1588 1643 and a decorative or thematic subtitle Underneath this fable herse.
TIZ Foot Bath Promises Quick Relief and Fit
A vintage advertising piece touts TIZ foot bath as instant relief for aching feet. It claims dissolution of bunions and calluses, enables smaller shoes, and promises lasting comfort, with a free trial offer from Walter Luther Dodge & Co. in Chicago.
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Casey
Walter Luther Dodge & Co
South
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Witty Exchange Between Wife and Husband
A brief humorous dialogue shows a wife remarking silence as golden and a husband quipping about wealth if he had not asked her to marry him. The exchange captures a light domestic moment and playful irony.
Restful Daydream by the Northampton Ironing Scene
Charlotte rests in a rural Massachusetts home as John William Pearson Hilliar Butler clashes with her plan to rest. She stands by the ironing board while he scolds her and she quips about Adam’s rib. The scene blends spring joy with domestic conflict and a prospective mother-in-law test. Charlotte’s peace is interrupted by chores and social expectations.
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Charlotte
Apollo
John William Pearson Hilliar Butler
Adam
New England
Morris
Spanish Castle
Mrs. Butler
Hke
John
Readers Seek Adventure in Far Off Lands and Mystery
A collage of excerpts and narrative scenes shows Walter Mason inviting readers to lose themselves in fiction from Doyle and Haggard, while a domestic drama unfolds in which Mrs. Butler welcomes Charlotte, a friend of her son John, to rural country life and mutual trust grows between them.
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Hope
Farnel
Phillipsheim
Conan Doyle
Rider Haggard
E. Oppenphillipsheim
Old Bagdad
Cathay
Rudyard Haggard
E. Phillipsheimen
Walt Mason
Beef Steak Preparations and Related Recipes
A detailed home cooking column provides steps for making a beef steak cake with salt pepper and water, searing then slow cooking, butter baste, and serving with sauces. It also includes rhubarb jam instructions and a ham and parsley toast dish with timing and serving notes from multiple contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Down
Hillside
Wachusett Avenues
Arlington Heights
A. B. Coffin
Beacon Street
Somerville
Ministers Listed for Summer in Greater Boston Churches
The Young Men's Christian Union gathers names and addresses of ministers from every denomination in Boston for July 1 to September 15. The public may consult the list at 48 Boylston Street daily from 2 am to 10 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Young Men’s Christian Union
Boston
the Union
Boylston Street
Fads in Fashion Highlight Washable Foulard and Matching Accessories
Washable foulard rises over linen for this season and lighter wear. Shoes and stockings should match the gown, with new white silk parasols featuring shirred panels and natural wood sticks. Slipper buckles in varied materials and the growing Robespierre frill with fine lace are noted trends. Foulard frocks in delicate blue become more popular.
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Robespierre
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van Loon
Vad Ee Ein
S&e
Washington
Pittsburg
Jack
Tampa
Jacksonville
Key West
Walter T. Littlefield
Moosehead Lake
William H. Burgess
Po- Nee
Messenger
Bachelor Girls’ Club
Boston Normal School
Alice Marion Duston
Dorchester
William Bacon
Thomas E. Kelley
East Boston
Phillips Brooks School
Station 2
John V. Foley
Congress Street
Old Country
Franconia
Patrick V. Foley
England
Ireland
Antwerp
Mr. Foley
Harris Ginsberg
Clinton Street
Cambridge
Harvard School
University City
Miss Fabyan
Ginsberg
Lillian Ginsberg
Ernest Richards
Columbia University
Frederick II
Prussia
the Great
Frederick the Great Falls
Professor Richards
Conces
William D. Moons
Derry
Evelyn Parnell
Brand Opera
Europe
America
Old Shuman
Roxbury
William D. Preston
Brush Hill
Milton
Hyde Park
Helen T. Cochrane
Japan
William P. Hill
First Field Artillery
United States Army
Mansfield
John A. Avery
Somerville High School
J. R.finley
Minnesota
Lake Superior
Mr. Finley
Charles Head & Co
Dour
William Browne
Sidney
Pembroke
Tiz
Charlotte’s Rest
Leila Noland
Arnold
Northampton, Mass
Walt
George Matthew Adams
Cadum
Sunday Post
A. C. Robinson
Main Street
Springfield
Greater Boston
St. Paul’s Church
Leander Hockenson
Ridgeway
Penn
Swedish Lutheran Church of
Quincy
Edmund S. Rousmaniere
D.D
Conference For Church Work
Ocean Park
Old Orchard
A. M. Parker
Somersworth, N. H
J. B. Coy
Harrison, Me
F. H. Means
Ernest W. Shurtleff
St. Paul
Paris
Allen E. Cross
Old South Church
Egypt
Holy Land
Turkey
Lever Bros. Company
Camsbridge, Mas
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