Charlestown Residents Demand Silence for Somerville Fire Whistle
Charlestown residents led by A F Hyde urge silencing a steam fire whistle on a Cambridge street factory that alarms Somerville. The device, first placed near Franklin street Somerville, has shifted location to Charlestown with wire hookups from Boston and Maine. Neighbors complain night noise disrupts sleep despite Chief Hopkins arguing it serves East Somerville and may stay unless a stronger objection arises.
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A. F. Hyde
Cambridge Street
Charlestown
Somerville
Whistle
Franklin Street
Fire Committee
Hopkins
Somerville Line
Boston & Maine
East Somerville
Opera notes and city gossip from Boston era
The Observant Citizen reports on a New England Conservatory performance in Boston Theatre with Signor Bimboni and Mrs. Cabot Morse in Santuzza, plus politics, club news, and local anecdotes. It mentions Harry Adams, Emil Mollenhauer, and O Shea, as well as a tale from Washington about Dr Hale and a molasses incident in Boston Harbor.
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School of Opera
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
Signor
Oreste Bimboni
Harry Adams
Mrs. Cabot Morse
Signor Bimboni
Santuzza
Washington, D. C
Dr. Hale
Oregon
Municipal Concert Postponed In Caledonian Hall
The municipal concert scheduled for March 16 in Caledonian Hall has been unavoidably postponed.
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Caledonian Hall
Shoes Shoes Release Huge Shoe Sale Across Three Lots
A major shoe sale offers three price tiers. All $3 shoes priced at 1.50, all $3.50 and $4 shoes at 1.70, and all $5 shoes at 1.95. The event features all styles sizes and leathers, with a total stock of 60,000 dollars.
Old Jokes Hospital Receives Readers Submissions
A trio of letters to the Daily Post from Cape Cod and East Boston readers proposes jokes for the Old Jokes Hospital. The notes include quips about a hen crossing the road, Taft’s seating capacity, Eve and Adams Express, and March weather jokes about Saint Patrick’s Day.
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Joe Kerr
Old Jokes Hospital
The
Daily Post
Willie
East
Boston
Taft
Boston Theatre
Parry
Adams Express Company
Josh Goodfellow
Cape Cod
Mass
Limericks On Eastern Names Prize Verse Printed
Selected limericks from the war poetry editor’s prize bout describe far eastern names in humorous five line verses. Readers note the contest encouraged pronunciation challenges and adherence to limerick form for the gold prize.
Satirical Verse On Japanese War Chants Names and Journeys
A sequence of verse quatrains pokes fun at wartime travel and dispatches. The pieces name locations such as Vladivostok Yokohama Blagovestchensk and Petropavlovsk while characters like J. G. Hollingsworth J. P. Drumgoole Henry L. D intremont Anna G C Brooks and Jobiosky are credited. The poems mix puns and foibles with travel by drosky and routes across Asia.
Neverwed jokes patching trousers and auctioneer chant
A quip about patching worn trousers ends with an auctioneer repeating one oh seven and crying the bid while a doctor notes a fever. The scene hints at a comic intertwining of illness and a sale.
Aunt Cynthia Aims at Gill Jones With Air Wings Controversy
A fragment from a Nebraska item notes Aunt Cynthia warning Gill Jones as a cyclone nears. The text references air wing construction and implied wrongdoing, reflecting local concern and blame during a storm event.
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Cynthia
Wal
Gill Jones
Mrs. Anna D West a Leader in Massachusetts Clubs
Mrs. Anna D West of Somerville ranks among Massachusetts leaders in the General Federation of Women's Clubs. She works on assembling delegates for the St Louis world’s fair and handles extensive correspondence. Former president of the Heptorean Club of Somerville, she remains active in the Massachusetts State Federation. She is married to Charles A West, a Boston businessman, and lives in Somerville’s Central Hill district.
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Huntington
Massachusetts Society For the University Education of Women
William E. Huntington
Boston University
Thomas Mack
Commonwealth Avenue
H. O. Cushman
F. B. Patten
Longwood
Myra H. Nichols
Brookline
Bbb
Twentieth Century Club
E. A. Filene
Boston
James P. Munroe
Lexington
Fred H. Tucker
Newton
Mary Morton Kehew
Annette P. Rogers
Joseph Lee
Robert A. Woods
Edwin D. Mead
Charles F. Dole
Jamaica
Anna D. West
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Somerville
Massachusetts
West
St. Louis
Heptorean Club
Massachusetts State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Charles A. West
Slill
Taft reviews father's War Department portrait
Secretary of War Taft studies Alphonso Taft's oil painting in the War Department, praising the governor's commanding eye and joking he may be good under the steady gaze. The piece notes Admiral Alexirff is described by the Russian Advance as a man full of nervous energy and dash.
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Taft
Alphonso Taft
Grant
Alexirff
Lis
Alexieff
Admiral Dewey
M'Enery
Fiddler Hero Rescues Jamie From Burning Shop
Lois discovers her brother Jamie trapped in a burning paint shop as flames lick the stairs. Neemie, the simple violinist, uses a net and a promise of Benny Dune to persuade the boy to jump to safety, saving him and gaining the town’s gratitude.
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Captain Briggs
Lois Moore
Neemiie
Lois
Hamelin
Jamie
Jamile
Neemie
Benny Dune
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