Mamie Buckley Chooses Sweeney Over Jimmie Smith
Mamie Buckley at a Cambridge store shifts loyalties from floor walker Jimmie Smith to candy salesman Jack Sweeney driven by a bold plan and new beauty aids. Mamie fends off Smith while Sweeney flirts and later proclaims plans to visit. A dramatic engagement ring swap signals Mamie’s decisive choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Buckley
Jimmie Smith
Nellie Davis
Mamie
Nellie
Jim
Miss Davis
Mr. Sweeney
Nevermore
Sweeney
Jack Sweeney
Fortnight Mission by Paulist Fathers at Cathedral
Four leading members of the Paulist order will conduct a fortnight mission at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross beginning tomorrow at 10 50 o clock. The first week focuses on married and single women while the second week addresses men both married and single.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Clergy Moves and Church News in Greater Boston
The Rev Allan A Stockdale leaves next week for Kansas City to attend the Men in Religion Forward Movement convention for ten days. Bishops Mallalieu and Hamilton attended Weslayan Academy trustees’ meeting in Springfield. The Evangelical Alliance of Greater Boston issues its 87th annual report. Rev William S Osmond accepts a call to Church of the Holy Trinity Marlboro. Rev Samuel M Crothers returns from a South trip visiting Atlantic University and related schools. Rev Philo W Sprague to go South until after Easter for health reasons. Bishop Lawrence and wife on a Pacific coast trip with a two day Grand Canyon visit en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan A. Stockdale
Union Congregational Church
Kansas City
Men In Religion Forward Movement
Mallalieu
Bishop Hamilton
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wesleyan Academy
Springfield
Philo W. Sprague
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Charlestown
South
Lawrence
Pacific Coast
Grand Canyon
Understanding the phrase sentimental in the dating slang
A young Boston clerk asks about the meaning of being called sentimental. The columnist explains the phrase likely signals that young women are jollying him and suggests replying playfully to avoid being troubled. The piece notes men often prefer being jollied to feeling lonely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Champagne
Boston
Home wall papering tips and size formula
A reader asks about why wallpaper peels and how to prep walls. The note explains dampness, vacant houses, and new walls needing size made from glue, alum, and water, plus a flour paste recipe for paste. It also briefly mentions a beauty remedy unrelated to wallpaper and signs off with the name Eloine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenhorn
Chapped Hands Remedy Suggested in Reader Note
A reader signs as MAXIE and shares a home remedy for chapped hands. Mix one half pint with hazel, one ounce glycerine, and juice of one lemon in a bottle, shake well, apply as often as desired, described as not sticky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia
Maxie
Winter Gripes and Nostalgia in a Letter to Veritas
A sketched winter reflection contrasts summer charms with cold woes. The author bemoans frozen pipes, germ risks, and a busy line while recalling bright memories, ending with a wry sign off from Mrs. Veritas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Querida
Mrs. Veritas
Remedy for chapped hands and lips using rosewater and glycerine
The writer Cornelia shares a winter remedy for dry hands and lips. She recommends a mix of rosewater and glycerine in a ratio of one part glycerine to three parts rosewater, either prepared at home or by a druggist, noting it is the only method that helped her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia
Reader seeks sassafras remedy for weight loss
A letter from OLD RED HILL asks how much sassafras to take daily and whether ground bark works for slimming. The writer notes they cannot find sassafras flowers and mentions enjoying the Sewing Circle while seeking guidance on dieting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Red Hill
Advice on Visiting a Sick Gentleman Friend in Hospital
A reader asks if visiting a sick gentleman is proper or if sending flowers with a card is better. The advice favors flowers with a card unless the person is a dear intimate who would benefit from a visit. proprieties give way to heart felt attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Champagne
Seek Man Who Cut Horse Tongue Out
Three agents of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals left Boston to find the person who entered I. J. Beaudreau's Milford barn and cut a horse's tongue, causing the animal to be killed. Rewards, up to $100, have been posted in Milford and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Boston
I. J. Beaudreau
Milford
the & P.cg
Shiny Suit Remedy and Sparrow Advice
A reader suggests removing gloss from a shiny suit with a damp sheet placed over the fabric and pressed with a flat iron. The note also advises opening and closing shutters occasionally to deter sparrows, ending with an emphatic Marvelous.
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Bellen
Rutland Letter Advises Health, Marriage, and Work Opportu
A reader from Rutland describes a friend who got a job collecting for a money lending agency through a mercantile agency. She mentions good health for over three years and suggests marriage soon if she can maintain a home and healthful lifestyle with continued fresh air treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Recipe for Chapped Hands Remedy Shared by Dear Sisters
A reader recommends a home treatment for chapped hands combining glycerine and lemon juice. Use ten cents worth of glycerine mixed with an equal amount of lemon juice, strained first. Mix well and add perfume if desired. Signed N M P.
Suggested club names for G. R. B. by TESSIE
A note proposes name options for a G. R. B. club with suggestions including Viollan Club and Rosemary Club attributed to TESSIE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viollan Club
Rosemary Club
Tessie
Endeavor Fund Reaches Thirty-Two Thousand Dollars
The Boston campaign for the International Christian Endeavor Headquarters building at Huntington and Longwood avenues has surpassed the $32,000 mark. The committee reports $17,891 still to raise, with a long list of donors including William C. Bray, Samuel B. Capen, Thomas Todd Company, Oriental Tea Company, and many others contributing from $1 to $100. The grand total reaches $32,109 and notes recent gifts from diverse contributors across Boston and nearby areas.
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Edgar Ll. Rhodes
Greendale People’s
Worcester
Charles Palmer Potter
Benjamin P. Emerson
Leon B. Wade
Fannie EB. Scott
Lucius BH. Bates
Baptist Temple Y. P. S. C. B
Fall River
Ruth E.kingman
Pensioners to Receive First Quarter Payments Today
A special deposit of 2 275 000 was made at the local sub treasury to cover the first quarterly pension payment due today. Captain A J Hoitt in Boston reports 65 249 pensioners locally, including 6781 navy and 48 515 army cases with veterans from the Spanish American War and earlier conflicts.
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A. J. Hoitt
Boston
Navy
Little Known Facts About Well Known Persons
Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio is described as the son of a clergyman and early public servant as mayor of Wymping. Theodore P. Shonts rose from bank clerk to rapid transit magnate and later studied law in Illinois. John Wanamaker started as an errand boy and became a top clothing retailer. Jeannette Gilder began as a Newark reporter for the New York Tribune. The Rev. Phebe A. Hannaford was the first woman ordained in New England in 1868. Walter Wellman, journalist and balloonist, started a weekly newspaper at 14 in Sutton Nebraska.
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Judson Harmon
Ohio
Wymping
Theodore P. Shonts
Illinois
John Wanamaker
Jeannette Gilder
Newark
N. J
New York Tribune
Phebe A. Hannaford
New England
Walter Wellman
Sutton
Nebraska
Stage Notes Boston Theatres Feature Busy Engagements
Billie Burke opens at Hollis on Monday in a double bill Suganne The Philosopher of the Apple Orchard. The Spendthrift closes in Boston as Margaret Anglin arrives at Tremont with Green Stockings. Continuous big week at Shubert Globe and Keiths with stars including Julian Eltinge and Charmion.
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Billie Burke
Margaret Anglin
Tremont
Mile
Emma Trentin
Boston
Mlle
Trentini
Julian Eltinge
Cyril Scott
the Majestic
Rita Johnson Young
Madame X
the Globe
Light Eternal
Eugenie Blair
Grand Opera House
Shubert Theatre
Mary Norman
Charles Lovenberg
Yorke
Adams
Berlin
B. F. Keith
Charmion
Cora Livingston
Kenney
Hollis
Bowdoin Square Theatre
St. Patrick’s
All Lady
Pat White
Columbia
Chelsea Man Missing From Home
Mrs Katie McIsaac of 61 Williams street Chelsea reported to the Boston and Chelsea police that her husband Neil McIsaac an iron worker was missing since Wednesday morning. He was last seen going to work in Cambridge and has not returned or been located by his wife who is destitute and unaware of his employer.
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James Jimson
Quimper
James
Pance
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adame
Katie McIsaac
Williams Street
Chelsea
Boston and Chelsea
Neil McIsaac
Cambridge
Recipes From New England Housewives Featured
A Sunday Post page presents several dated recipe notes from New England homes. Mrs Frank Martin of Grasmere New Hampshire shares veal bones stuffed with pork and mushrooms, plus mushroom gravy and peas. Mrs John A Lacey of Worcester offers a pork loaf and spice rich sponge cake with layered banana cream. S Annie L Swan of Bath Maine describes a chowder using salted pork and onions, potatoes, milk, and a seasoned broth.
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Frank Martin
Grasmere
N. H
Calé
S. Annie L. Swan
Last Farnsworth lecture ends season in Tremont Temple
Eugene Farnsworth delivered the final talk of his season at Tremont Temple last evening on Old Nuremberg Salaburg and in the Valleys of the Tyrol. The illustrated lecture drew attention to photogenic localities and he will repeat the presentation this afternoon at 2 30.
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Eugene Farnsworth
Tremont Temple
Nuremberg
Salaburg
Tyrol
Farnsworth
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the Press Publishing Co
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Evangelical Alliance of
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Trinity Church
Woburn
Church of the Holy Trinity
Marlboro
Samuel M. Crothers
D. D
Atlantic University
Mildred Champagne
Thayer, McNeil & Hodgkins
West Street
Temple Place
Booklovers
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Houghton & Dutton Company
Jerome H.remick & Company
Tremont Street
Norine
Paul Spessardy
Deers
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Thatcher
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Cambridge Street
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Rursell
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