Notable reads and figures highlighted in era profiles
GENERAL HORATIO C. KING long known as composer and writer. JAMES F. HYDE claims oldest municipal officer at 91. AUSTIN CHAMBERLAIN mimics Joseph Chamberlain. MISS HELEN GOULD cherishes Raleigh flag memorial. M PICHON on the Japanese soldier’s stamina, sharpness, and cost. MARQUIS ITO vast daily reading habit across European and American literature and languages.
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Horatio C. King
Army of the Potomac
Washington
Dickinson College
Penn
James F. Hyde
Lincoln
Ill
United States
Austin Chamberlain
Joseph Chamberlain
Helen Gould
Raleigh
Lyndhurst
M. Pichon
Marquis Ito
Memorial Day Plans Prompt Personal Appearance Upgrades
If your Memorial Day observance plans require improving your personal appearance we can help. Negligee shirts priced at 89 cents for $1.00 level items and $1.39 for the $1.50 class. Straw hats range from $1.00 to $3.00.
Boston Endures Record May Heat With Hopes For Rain
Boston sweltered in a first real hot spell of the season as temperatures rose to 8 degrees with high humidity. The heat surpassed most East cities, with Washington and Baltimore hotter, while a distant storm from the West promised relief that failed to arrive. Several residents sought medical aid, and James McDonald of Salutation Street was overcome by heat near Stamford Street and hospital staff reported favorable recovery chances.
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Boston
Washington
Baltimore
Weather Bureau
James’ McDonald
Salutation Street
Stamford Street
Error Of Detail
A humorous dialogue recalls a misidentification of a family elder, where a speaker mistakes a grandmother for a grandfather and questions a presumed military background, prompting a corrective reply from Miss Thrush-Sir.
AT THE FANCY DRESS BALL
A playful exchange unfolds at a fancy dress ball as a mistaken clown identity sparks romantic banter between She and Henry. The moment shifts from comic confusion to affectionate terms and lighthearted apology.
Touched Her Heart Gritty George No I Cannot Tell a Lie
In a terse exchange, George declares his gambling past while seeking aid from a stern Lady who responds with a sharp reply about her pack of cards and truth in a taunting turn of dialogue.
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George
Quincy Boilermakers Strike Settled After Six Weeks
Quincy May 26 The boilermakers of the Fore River Ship and Engine Co settle the six week strike. About 300 men return to work tomorrow on a 55 hour summer schedule shifting to 64 hours in fall. No arrests reported and a conference with President Bowles planned.
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Quincy
Fore River Ship and Engine Company of
Robert M. Waugh
Boilermakers’ Union
Waugh
Bowles
Wilson
Philadelphia
Tufts Dental Fraternity Banquet Elects New Officers
Over 60 Tufts Dental Fraternity members met at Copley Square Hotel for a banquet and officer elections. Toastmaster William A. Gobie led the event with guests Tufts President Capen and Dr Branhan in attendance. Harry H. Harrison gave the welcome, J. M. McKimmon spoke, and Dr. Osgood and Dr. M. Proctor addressed the gathering. Officers elected for the year include H. A. White grand master, D. Keefe junior master, J. D. Low secretary, H. J. Dowd treasurer, F. Miller chief inquisitive, and J. D. Pierce, D. G. White and Louis Dart as officers.
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Tufts Dental Fraternity
Copley SQ
Copley Square
William A. Gobie
President Capen
Tufts
Dr. Branhan
Harry H. Harrison
J. M. McKimmon
R Osgood
M. Proctor
H. A. White
D. Keefe
J. D. Low
H. J. Dowd
F. 3. Miller
J. D. Pierce
D. G. White
Louis Dart
The Letter Box Prize Forecast for Saturday Voting
A boys life value is weighed against his sister s in a contest where last letters are printed Saturday morning. A jury of fathers and mothers will award a 5 prize to the most convincing argument and the winner s name appears in Monday s Post.
Equal rights for girls and boys in law and life
Letters to the editor condemn a judge for unequal treatment based on gender. Malden and Boston writers argue that a girl’s life is worth as much as a boy’s and that modern women earn as much as men, urging statute reform to replace obsolete laws.
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Post
Adame
Malden
I _R
Moat Street
NK Miller
Boston
Alphone Chote
Value of a Girl's Life Beyond Wages
A quotation from James J. Knox argues that a girl's life holds greater intrinsic value than a boy's when devoted to love, care, and happiness for parents. The passage contrasts wage earning with domestic virtue and cites Constitution Wharf.
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Constitution Wharf
James J. Knox
Brush, Bouquet, and a Bet on Love in Electric Age
Mrs Minnie N Hinds of Winchester recounts a whimsical courtship begun with a brush on a coat and carried through a comic crash and reveal. Gordon Trent woos Betty Forsythe, aided by a society pin, a rescue brush, and a future promise, ending with a playful proposal and a joke about Hortense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Harvard
Betty
Betty Forsythe
Gordon Trent
Jack
Cupid
Colorado Welcomes Pardoned Burton Homecoming
Francis R. Burton, one of four pardoned men, enjoys freedom in Colorado Springs before likely returning to his invalid wife in Dumont. He has substantial mining interests damaged by imprisonment, and Dumont residents plan a homecoming. The Colorado Governor helped sign the pardon petition.
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Francis R. Burton
Dumont
Cod
Burton
Colorado
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Hoto
Chickering
J. William Blaisdell
Lafayette Lodge
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Masconic Temple
Warren Street
Roxbury
G. A. R. and
S. of V
Washington and Brattle Streets
CCA
Individua
Washingten
The
AERO
Thompson
Washington, Street
Mr. Gush
Miss Thrush
Grandpa
Grandma
Henry
Romeo
Morse Mo T
Ape Balter
Washington St
Handsome
Segrenents
Sunday Post
Minnie N. Hinds
Glen Road
Winchester, Mass
Chestnut Hill
Joseph
Washington Street
Cor Elm and
Union Sts
Summer Street
Swift
Maine
Ity Special
New Orleans
Ginter Grocery CO
EGAL
Canal Street
Tremont Street
Shawmut Ave
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