Book Agent Uses Palm Tree Gag To Sell Encyclopedia
A comic tale features Eliph Hewlett pretending to be a missionary book agent chased up a tree by a dog. He touts Jarby’s Encyclopedia of Knowledge and Compendium of Literature Science and Art to the Iowaville Sewing Circle, weaving AS Africa conversion, recipes, and uplift rhetoric into a humorous pitch. The circle debates buying copies to aid heathen Africans and improve town reputation.
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Miss Fliggis
Iowaville
Tiger
Franklin
Miss Fitgers
Afric
Jarby's
Miss Friggis
Eliph Hewlett
Jarby
Encyclopedia of Knowledge
Africa
Eliph’ Hewlett
Spurgeon
Robertson
Talmage
Beecher
Brooks
Wesley
Et Cetery
Friggis
Adam
Roosevelt
Morocco
Jarby & Goss
New York
Hewlett
Carnegie
South
Freedom
Sewing Circle
Nonnville
Iownville
Missionary Society
Miss Fngels
Eliph
Iownville Sewing Circle
Jarby’s
Medford Methodists Dedicate Handsome New House of Worship
The Fourth Methodist Episcopal Church in Medford celebrated the dedication of its new church building with Morning and Afternoon services led by Bishop Daniel Ayres Goodsell. The event featured a pledge drive toward the $6,000 debt clearance, adding to funds raised, with final costs cited as $28,800 for building and land.
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Medford
John Krantz
Dol
Goodsell
Brookline
College
Apollas Hale
Cross Street
Oakland
Salem Streets
Salem Street
Cross
Greenwood
Washington School
Otis Street
Central Avenue
Kindergarten Church idea gains local support in Somerville
Miss Florence H. Garton of Somerville promotes the Church Kindergarten project started in West Somerville. She plans to attract mothers with multiple children and expects a large class once the plan spreads. Her New York visit impressed her with the successful church kindergarten movement there.
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Florence H. Garton
Somerville
Church
West Somerville
Miss Garton
New York
Greater
West
Albert G Smalley of Chelsea Dies Suddenly
Albert G Smalley aged 54 died suddenly at his residence 281 Washington avenue Chelsea yesterday morning from a paralytic shock. He was a well known Boston business man and wholesale dealer in glass goods and druggists sun dries at 8 Blackstone street, where he had many years in business.
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Albert G. Smalley
Washington Avenue
Chelsea
Mr. Smalley
Boston
Blackstone Street
Tablet Honors East Boston Tunnel Opening Names Officials
A bronze tablet commemorating the East Boston tunnel project was mounted at the Devonshire Street station. It records the start of work at Maverick Square East Boston and the 1904 opening date, followed by Governor Wolcott and Rapid Transit Commission members.
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East Boston
Devonshire Street
Maverick Square
Wolcott
Rapid Transit Commission
Love and money in a young couple asks Champagne
A 21 year old man writes to Mildred Champagne seeking advice on marriage with a woman five years his senior while they earn eight and seven dollars a week respectively. The column advises discussing plans with the partner and notes men's habit of being contrary in relationships.
Advice for a Young Woman on a Lost Romance
A reader asks how to win back a former beau who ended the relationship and now avoids direct answers. The columnist warns that repeated questioning signals to him that she is eager to be chosen and suggests reconsidering the tactic while maintaining dignity.
Retired Inspector Bogan Dies at Home in Revere
Joseph D. Bogan, former Boston police inspector, died at his Fifield Court home in Revere after a brief illness. He leaves a widow and was a brother of the late Colonel Fred B. Bogan of Boston who died in 1898. He was 60 years old.
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Joseph D. Bogan
Boston
Fifield Court
Revere
Mr. Bogan
Fred B. Bogan
Two Sisters Seek Vast New York Land Inheritance Fight
Estelle Clayton Evesson and Isabelle Evesson lead a case to recover their grandfather Abraham Bassford�s estate. A $100000 corporation backs the search for lands across New York City, largely in the Bronx, valued in the millions. The case could influence titles, city maps, and legal precedent amid mentions of Tweed-era alleged confiscation and fraud.
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New York
Estelle Clayton Evesson
Isabelle Evesson
Abraham Bassford
New York City
Bronx
Harlem River
Fire Floods Fall River Academy of Music
The interior of Fall River’s Academy of Music and three ground floor stores were soaked by automatic sprinklers after a small fire in the upper gallery. The sprinkler system extinguished the blaze but flooded the building for hours, with total losses estimated at ten thousand dollars.
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Fall River
Academy of Music
Essex Courthouse Cat Hunt Prompts Community Plea
In Salem on March 10 residents announce a playful appeal for a cat to roam the Essex Courthouse to curb rat problems. The note cites a former cat Bob's past mischief and promises a comfortable home, steady pay, and warm meals for the successful feline guardian.
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Salem
Bob
Burns Fatal to Woman in Danvers Home
Mrs Eunice P Blanchard aged 77 died at Salem Hospital from burns she suffered while lighting a fire at her Pickering street home. The widow passed away today in Danvers reporting.
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Danvers
Eunice P. Blanchard
Salem Hospital
Pickering Street
De Haas Speaks on Zionism in Potter Hall
Jacob De Haas addressed Zionism topics in Potter Hall with Rabbi Fleischer presiding. A large audience questioned him as he argued that "The Jew is looked down upon by the world." Fleischer pledged to reply next Sunday forenoon.
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Potter Hall
Jacob de Haas
Rabbi Fleischer
de Haas
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Sunday Post
Martha Dean Patterns
Tews
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Miss Champagne
Bogan
Tweed
Essex Courthouse
Copper
Tom
Essex
Kipling
Maria
Will
DR. Fleischer
le Thos. W.lawson
Workincmens Co-Operative Bank
Tremont St
Col
Bromfield
Frank E. Burban
Y and
Treas
Bex
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