Spring Has Come In Boston Observant Notes
The Observant Citizen column surveys a thaw of signs from asparagus prices to flags on storefronts. It notes Walter L. Sears aiding a Jordan Hall minstrel show, Dummer Academy receiving a mounted moose head, and local scenes of crocuses daffodils and street repairs. It mentions Mrs. Schadle’s Canopic voyage, pigeons eggs at Franklin Park Zoo, and fishing dories selling at a dollar per foot.
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New England
Charles River
Baib
Walter L. Sears
Kneeland Street
Jordan Hall
Walter
C. W. Barron
Beacon Street
J. E. Schadle
Boston
Naples
Charlestown
Franklin Park Zoo
Dummer Academy
Byfield
Hubbard
Lamson & Hubbard
Maine Woods
Dummer
North Shore
T Wharf
Spain
Portugal
25 New Styles in Girls Dresses at 98c Weekend Prices
New girl dresses in pink or blue chambray with yoke soutache and white pique piping. Includes triple blue striped percales, pin dots, coin spots and solid colors. Sizes 6 to 14 with week end price 98c. Also Girls Spring Norfolk Coats at 5.00 with pictured style.
Girls Spring Dresses at Two Forty Nine
Readable text describes Roman striped gingham dresses, long bertha, white pique trim, pink lace collar dresses, two tone ginghams, and middy styles for ages 6 to 14. Weekend price listed as 2.49 with color options in pink or blue and embroidered blouses.
Junior Miss Suits Priced at 16 3 4 Offer
A Friday and Saturday sale features junior Miss suits in navy cadet blue brown and tan priced at 16 3 4. Made from firm serge with a straight hipless junior cut and black satin collar. Skirt length 31 to 35 inches and belts with envelop cross front. Ages 13 15 and 17 available.
By the Tree a Memory of Cynthia and David
In Judge Mansfield’s garden a lonely Miss Cynthia recalls a romance tied to a hollow tree. A childhood apple, a growing love for David Maynard, a quarrel, and a note hidden in the tree reveal his confession of loving another and going to the war.
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Judge Mansfield
Cynthia Mansfield
Miss Cynthia
Cynthia
David Maynard
David
Support for Pending Telephone Bills in Legislature
A letter to the Post praises the Legislature for progress toward popular government. It notes two bills backed by critics of telephone interests, including transferring telephone duties from the Highway Commission to the Gas and Electric Light Commission and allows cities to maintain conduits for wires. The piece highlights disputes over Measured service and carrier costs, contrasting highway policy with the Gas and Electric Commission and urging support for the Boston reform advocates.
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Sir
Friends of Popular Government
Senate
Committee of Mercantile Affairs
House
Barry
Cambridge
United Improvement Association of Boston
Highway Commission
Gas and Electric Light Commission
James H. L. Coon
Watertown
Walter E. Piper
Quincy
Melvin B. Breath
Chelsea
Chicago
Haverhill
X Telephone
Boston
Greater
Ling
Messrs. Coon
Piper and
Breath
Comrades on the Road In A Summer Day
Poem fragment recalls brief companionship along a road during a summer day. The speaker asks for closeness and shared moments before twilight, addressing a fleeting bond described as comrades rather than lovers.
Roxbury Woman Thanking Generous Post Readers
Mrs William Donnelly of Roxbury expresses gratitude to Post readers for aid given to her and six destitute children after their distress was publicized.
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William Donnelly
Roxbury
Post
Russian envoy's wife hosts American visitors at court
London March 14. With the ambassador ill, Mme Benckendorff, wife of the Russian ambassador, presented the Americans tonight. Attending were Mrs. Robert Grant Jr of Boston and Miss Margaret Perin of Washington.
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London
Reid
Mme. Benckendorff
Robert Grant, Jr
Boston
Margaret Perin
Washington
No Bachelors Tax This Year Leap Year Exemption Proposed
The report suggests exempting bachelors from taxation at least for Leap Year if the Legislature accepts the committee on taxation stance. A bill would levy a yearly five dollar tax on bachelors otherwise.
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Committee On Taxation
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