Observant Citizen letters lampoon civic life and theatres
The excerpt presents letters and notes from readers in a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper. It includes satire on Massachusetts chimneys and social manners, a Cambridge correspondent signing as A CARPENTER, and remarks on General Bancroft's role as Boston Elevated Railway president and a trustee at Phillips Exeter Academy.
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Massachusetts
Cambridge
Boston Elevated Railway
General Bancroft
Phillips Exeter Academy
New Hampshire Preparatory School
The Real Secret of Rejuvenating the Face from The clubwoman
A guide claims facial rejuvenation by nightly use of mercorized wax to remove dead skin cells. It asserts safe gradual absorption of old skin, revealing a youthful layer within weeks, with soap and water removing residue each morning. It also cites saxolite solution for deeper wrinkles.
Stingy husbands and suffrage era notes in a 1912 column
The piece quotes Walt Mason on spendthrift husbands driving wives to suffrage tents and anger over small expenses. It also mentions Brandeis supporting a movement with a $25 check, Dr. Briggs admiring the American Beauty rose, and notes on Wellsley 1890 alumnae, many of whom wed within five years of graduation.
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Scott
Belle
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Brandeis
Lloyd V. Briggs
Wellesley
Assembly Club
Observant Citizen notes and seaside romance snippets
A collage of brief items from Boston area readers includes praise for a trustee at a local academy, park and tower observations, licensing figures, a clergyman who sails, a police corkscrew anecdote, and a serialized tale about Billy Harwood the aviator ending in a romantic resolution with Milly.
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Post
Boston
Wages of sin and virtue cited in verse fragment
A fragmentary verse passage contrasts the wages of sin with mortality and virtue. It ponders endurance, rewards, and the irreversible fate of death, questioning comfort and rest in a poetic, contemplative tone.
Kilmer Medicine Co. President Jonas M. Kilmer Dies
Jonas M. Kilmer died at his Binghamton home after a long illness. He was president of the People's Bank a trustee of the Binghamton Savings Bank and head of the Dr Kilmer Company. Kilmer and his brother started the medicine business in 1878 and he became sole owner in 1898.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Jonas M. Kilmer
Kilmer
People’s Bank
Binghamton Savings Bank
Darrow Trial Set Amid Jury Tampering Charge
Clarence S. Darrow faces trial in Los Angeles for alleged jury tampering as chief counsel for the McNamara brothers. Prosecutors subpoenaed 40 witnesses. Darrow plans to call about 30. Judge George H. Hutton to preside with limited seating for 51 spectators.
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Los Angeles
Clarence S. Darrow
Chicago
McNamara Brothers
Darrow
George H. Hutton
Judge Faces 191 Divorce Cases in Suffolk County Session
Judge Pierce, presiding over Suffolk County Superior Court divorce session, confronts a docket of 129 uncontested and 62 contested cases. Yesterday opened with 30 entries but collapsed as counsel failed to produce witnesses. the judge warned that such delays would lead to continuances to the next term.
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Pierce
Suffolk County Superior Court
Paragraph on Fashions and Fads in Dress Styles
Brilliantly colored small flowers form clusters that ornament hats while rubbers at the neck gain popularity. Apple and emerald greens accompany black charmeuse and white satin as hemp hats, changeable taffeta toques, and winged or aigrette trims appear. Skirts show yokes and varied drapery with details like striped jackets, crystal buttons, panniers, and crinoline hints.
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van Loon
Fruat
Dan
Ciwaitar
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Kaufman Bros
New England
West St
Walt
Academy
Nathan Tufts
Medford
H. C. Pearson
New Hampshire
Allen A. Stockdale
Braves
South End
William P. Powers
Malden
Joseph Campbell Rhea
Buford
Tenn
Boston Unversity Law School
Rhea
Grove Hall
Symphon Hall
Somerville
Samuel A. Green
Harrison Avenue
Beach
America
Alexander Mann
Trinity
Beth Dear
M. Saks & Co., Tailors
Field’s Corner
Geneva Avenue
Louis D. Brandeis
Federation of American Zionists
Cleveland
Billy
Marion L. Sippel
Denver Street
Saugus, Mass
Jack Benton
Milly
Billy Harwood
Jack
William Harwood
the Imp
Harwood
Imp
Pete
Japan
Jordan Marsh Company the
The
Sunday Post
Dour
By Tennyson
Inlan
Kilmer Medicine CO
STEEL
Spencerian Pen CO
Broadway
New York
the White Tar Company
John ST
Stone & Forsyth
Kingston Set
la Vallieres
Jordan Marsh Company
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