Observant Citizen Reports Local Scene and Park Landmarks
The column notes winter lingered into April 1865-4 and cites hope for more snow. It describes Jamaica Plain L station progress aiding mornings, the Franklin Park stone tower mystery, tame and wild ducks on the park pond, and Dr Francis F E Clark visiting ancient sites linked to Seven Churches and St Paul’s travels.
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Jack Frost
Franklin Park
City of
Boston
Francis FE. Clark
Auburndale
Society of Christian Endeavor
J. John
St. Paul
Greece
Turkey
T. Clark
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you
Reader notes a column filled with assorted city gossip and observations from Boston areas. Items include building work, a book publisher, street cleanliness, star gazing by Technology students, Palm Sunday palm sources, railroad inspections, and local signpost debates with brief quotes and attributions.
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Stuart Street
South End
Technology
Ely's Cream Balm Provides Quick Relief for Catarrh
Advertises Ely's Cream Balm as a fast, antiseptic remedy for nasal catarrh and colds. Claims direct application to sore surfaces relieves sneezing eyes and throat symptoms. Promises to heal weakened membranes and end catarrh with a 50 cent bottle, labeling it harmless.
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Ely
Boston Post praised for helping defeat Bird Bill No. 38
Charles M. Gardner Massachusetts State Grange Master thanks the Boston Post for its editorial denouncing the Truse bill No. 38. He credits the paper with influencing Beacon Hill legislators and saving third protective laws from destruction. He signs from Westfield dated March 31.
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Post
Massachusetts State Grange
Commonwealth
Boston Post
Beacon Hill
Charles M. Gardner
Westfield
Mareh
Edward I Skilton Named Architect of Somerville Library
Edward I. Skilton of New York selected as architect of the new Somerville Public Library by the library trustees. Skilton is noted for designing the library at Springfield.
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Christian Endeavor Publishing Society
Huntington and
Longwood Avenues
Lynn
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Shoetown
Swampscott
Edward I. Skilton
New York
Somerville Public Library
Mr. Skilton
Spring Filla
Glasgow University
Great Britain
Palmy Days Recalled In Banter Between Patience and Practice
The lines picture Patience recalling youth and frequent marriage offers, while Practice jokes those were her palmy days. The exchange reflects a lighthearted reminiscence between two speakers about courtship prospects.
Toad in a Hole and Cookie Recipe Segment
A compact recipe note lists ingredients for cookies with raisins and a flour sugar mix, and a toad in the hole bake variation by Mrs. D J Dilbert. It also includes a Milks recipe using sugar butter nutmeg egg soda sour milk and cassia, credited to Mrs W D Young at 61 Wall Street Springfield Vermont.
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Gardner
F. Bradford
D. J. Dilbert
Cassia
W. D. Young
Wall Street
Springfield
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Laodicea
Smyrna
Poston
Cambridge
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South America
Holy Land
Herbert W. Briggs
E. H. Rollins & Sons
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Organization Committee of Investment Bankers
American Bankers’ Association
Briggs
House of RE. H. Rollins & Sons
Iowa Central
Minneapolis & St. Louis
John F. Duffy
Mattapan
J. Henry Gill
Connecticut
Cuban
Charlestown
Harvard — Street
United States
Hayes
Coleman Bros
Richard Dimes
John T. Bowditch
Massachusetts Dairymen’s Association
T. E. I. Kemp
Storrs Agricultural College
Rhode Island
W. W. Ferguson
Fiske Avenue
Waltham
N. K. Fairbank Company
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