Four Gardner brothers share long Railway Service record
A family record stands with four Gardner brothers at London Brighton South Coast Railway totaling 172 years. Charles Gardner Sutton station master 46 years, Thomas Gardner Victoria station clerk 46 years, Henry Gardner Hailsham station master 48 years, Edwin Gardner Clapham Junction station master 87 years. Their father had no railway ties, all began at bottom rung. A local florist and rival replied with playful seed and earth offers in shop windows.
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Gardner
London, Brighton, South Coast
Charles Gardner
Sutton
Thomas Gardner
Victoria
Henry Gardner
Hailsham
Edwin Gardner
Clapham Junction
Sewing Circle readers trade advice on wives money
In a Boston Post Sewing Circle column, letters discuss wives keeping money, marriages, and domestic roles. Readers share experiences of saving, husbands in business, and moral judgments, with anecdotes of domestic service and a kidnapping ransom scare that unfolds through community chatter.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Post
Mother in the Arm Chair Heart Throbs Poem
A narrator recalls watching his mother aging and dying in her old arm chair. He honors her memory with vivid emotion and laments the loss, describing how she cared for him and how memory floods back as he reflects on her life and love. Reprinted from Heart Throbs.
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New England
Sewing Circle
Maine
Bold Kidnapping Looms Over Missing Baby Beth
Una the governess reports the baby Beth has vanished from the Graham household. Mrs. Graham, shocked, searches the nursery and grounds while Mr. Graham contacts a detective from Mr. Cutler. Detective Clayton reviews the scene but finds no sign of intruders. the mystery deepens as a ransom possibility is discussed.
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Clayton
Bobby
Graham
Hobbs
Una
Beth
Cutler
Mr. Graham
Gerald
Mr. Clayton
Refusal of Censure Move on Lloyd George in Commons
In London the House of Commons, by 34 to 20, refused to pass a censure motion against David Lloyd George the chancellor of the exchequer. Sir John Randles proposed the measure citing repeated inaccuracy and unfounded attacks on individuals linked to Lloyd George's land campaign remarks.
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London
House of Commons
David Lloyd George
John
Randles
Manchester
Northwest
Cloyd George
Doctor Seidler Faces Opium Charge In Federal Court
In New York on March 10, Dr Hermen Seidler testified in his defense on a charge of manufacturing smoking opium without a license. He claimed he sought a cure for patients opium habits but became a victim of persuasion by the drug. Many of his patrons are described as prominent.
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New York
Hermen Seidler
Rise of the Radways Promoter Confessions Preview
The Doings of the Van Loons page remains in color in the upcoming Sunday Post. The Rise of the Radways, first in a new series of confessions of a promoter, will appear in the next Sunday Post Magazine.
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Pa van Loon
van Loons
Sunday Post
Radways
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Pictorial Review
Jordan Marsh Company
The
Boston Post (Sewing Circle
Cook’s
American Wine Co
ST. Louis
Europe
A. Wolfing & CO
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Bauer Chemical Co
Medical Review of Reviews
Wm. Lee Howard
Eliza Cook
Shewi
Weeee
Drake
Savin Street
Roxbury
Paes
Tory
Sunsing Post
Ina B. Libby
Rochester, N. H
Westfield
Priscilla
Alden Speare’s Sons Co
Cambridge
Masa
Lloyd George
Commons
Combtell
Dolith Suz
Chase & Sanborns
Boston
Washington ST
Boylston ST
Summer ST
Harvard Square
Salem
Essex ST
Andrew J. Lloyd CO
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