Observant Citizen statue moved to Edward Everett Square
The Observant Citizen statue of Edward Everett was moved from Beacon Street Mall in Public Garden to Edward Everett Square Dorchester. The piece was part of a critique by Wendell Phillips of Boston’s public statues. Mayor Fitzgerald said annexation questions would not hinder campaign tours, noting schedules are set by Dick Field.
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London Pastor to Speak in Boston Theatre May 28
Notices report Pastor Russell of London and Brooklyn Tabernacle will preach at Boston Theatre on Sunday May 28 with two services at 3 and 7 30 PM. The column also covers Civic chatter about transit changes and a Swampscott youth's black hand scare, plus local stories of rescues, community acts and a mystery about a buried mother and child reunion.
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Pastor Russell
London
Brooklyn Tabernacle
N.Y
Boston
Paul Wilson
Ruth
Joseph
Whitefield
Mr. Wilson
Nanny
Zions
America
Europe
Dear Sisters I seek guidance on a troubled marriage
A wife writes of waning love six months after a baby's birth. She loves her husband but says her affection for him has faded while the child is central. She asks if this will worsen and if she will stop caring for her husband. She signs Bertha and includes unrelated social commentary from Samantha.
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Bertha
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Muriel
Fessie
Sunday Post
Post Devotee Wisecrack Sparks Street Talk
A sharp street remark about a devotee prompts embarrassment as tradespeople mock the idea of social pretensions. The speaker implies the devotee relies on a husband or someone else for living and jokes about the butcher and baker earning their money.
Englishwoman Urges Return to England Over Rules
A reader named Mabel derides an Englishwoman for adhering to perceived rigid society rules and criticizes American women, questioning the value of speaking to a street maid and defending American perspectives. The exchange centers on cultural manners and personal judgment.
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England
Mabel
Circle Letters Suggest Women Build Themed Colony
A reader proposes forming a women’s colony to ban tradespeople from their street. They muse about living together with like minded women and rely on the Englishwoman and Post Devotee as potential founders. The note ends with a question about where groceries would come from.
Advice Columns on Marriage and Family Ties from Grandma No. 2
Letters discuss name changes and compatibility, with warnings about marrying into a groom’s family. Readers praise sensible points on balancing adult life, sharing duties, and keeping personal identity while integrating with in laws. A note from Grandma No. 2 closes the column.
Old Fashioned Pickle and Queen Cake Recipe Fragments
Fragments describe soak and pickle method with cider vinegar pepper salt mustard cloves cinnamon and sugar claiming equal to any picalilli from Mrs Thompson of Lisbon New Hampshire. Also includes a cup flour cornstarch sugar butter egg whites milk almond flavor baking powder and whipped cream texture cake recipe from Mrs Grach Box 22 Raymond New Hampshire with 45 minute moderate oven and icing option.
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J. Thompson
Lisbon
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