Adopter’s Dream Turns to Sudden Family at 609 Fifth
In New York, Helen Haskell answers a wealthy couple’s ad seeking a 15 to 20 year old adopted daughter. The plan collapses when Mr. Peniston and his elderly wife reveal the ad was a sociological experiment by Curtis Graham. Helen ends up befriending the Penistons and becomes a true daughter of the house.
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Fifth Avenue
Lil
Helen Haskell
Jillian Kenyon
Helen
Mr. Peniston
Miss. Haskell
Miss Haskell
New York
Peniston Murphy
Curtis Graham
Times
Mrs. Murphy
Headless Lady Photo Offered In Washington Summer Street District
A captioned image shows a woman photographed yesterday at the Washington and Summer streets corner. A $5 reward is offered for identifying the lady if she returns in the same costume to the City Editor’s room at the Post between 3 and 5 p.m.
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Washington and
Summer Streets
the Post
New Button Moulds and Silk Costumes For Evening Attire
Among the new button moulds are one inch square pieces with bevelled edges, covered in lustrous broadcloth and some with handwork. Cashemere de soie and crepe meteor are used for new afternoon and evening costumes, mainly silk. Wide ware and chevron serges form smart one piece outdoor outfits. Velvet with furs will be common in winter. Moire chameleon and soft fairies describe evening coats. Paris gowns for grand occasions are tight at the hips and cramped at the shoulders.
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Paris
Mildred Champagne Delivers Advice On Love And Sentiment
Dear Polly asks who should speak first when a man and a girl visit a relative. Mildred Champagne replies that it matters little who suggests leaving as long as the visit ends at a reasonable hour and friends are left wishing for more.
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Miss Champagne
Polly
Dear Miss Champagne Advice to a Young Lover
A 17 year old writes seeking guidance on marrying a 20 year old before he goes west for business. The adviser cautions they are too young and doubts about future love, suggesting she lacks sufficient commitment for a lifelong decision. The letter ends with uncertainty about the depth of her feelings.
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Miss Champagne
M. O
Girls on Horseback Lead Weston Parade Night
A torchlight parade led by Chief Patrick J. McAuliffe and his two daughters opened the Ancient Order of United Workmen smoke talk at Weston Town Hall. About 100 marchers traveled from Town Hall to the railroad station where Boston officials arrived for the event. Irene McAuliffe rode the pony with her Newfoundland Prince following. the eldest daughter rode a full grown horse. The parade ran 7:30 to 8 with strong public enthusiasm.
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Weston
Order of United Workmen
Patrick J. McAuliffe
Order
Boston
Chief McAuliffe
Irene
Prince
Factory to Quit City Over Labor War
Lynn November 15 The A R Little Company shoe makers with 1800 workers announced they are seeking a new location in another city due to the dispute among labor organizations connected with the shoe trade.
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Lynn
A. R. Little Company
Household Recipes and Local Cookery Notes
A collection of era kitchen tips and meals from readers Mary E. Russell, M S Sullivan, Mrs John Brown, and Dorothy Shepherd. Includes custard and meringue preparation, cabbage with corned beef water, turkey broth with rice and celery, and a halibut salad with cream dressing. Readers share names and addresses from Neponset West Medford Worcester and Rumford Maine.
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John Brown
JIR
Mendow Street
Worcester
Dorothy Shepherd
Rumford
A Mason Poem on Service and Wealth
A 1909 Walt Mason verse urges selfless labor and charity over ostentation. The poem reflects on life purpose, brotherhood, and salvation, contrasting wealth with giving to others and serving the Lord.
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Walt
Walt Mason
Boy Fatally Hurt by Fall from Car on Cambridge Street
A 13 year old, Herbert Scannell of 5 Emmett Place East Cambridge, fell while jumping on an outward bound surface car on Cambridge street East Cambridge last night. He sustained injuries described as fatal and died at Cambridge Relief Hospital.
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Cambridge Street
East Cambridge
Herbert Scannell
Emmett Place
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Forty Boys Steal a Locomotive in Birmingham Region
Forty boys at Birmingham, north of Seattle, stole a locomotive sidetracked by a construction crew. They ran the engine for miles, reversed it, then jumped off. All were injured, five seriously. The locomotive reached over a mile a minute, crashed into a freight train in Birmingham yards and was wrecked.
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Seattle
Wash
Birmingham
Chinese official arrives in Washington on tour
Baron Liang Kuei, son of the late Eminent Grand Secretary Jung Lu and brother-in-law of the Prince Regent of China, arrived in Washington today aboard a formal diplomatic visit.
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Washington
Baron Liang Kuei
Jung-Lu
China
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Greensboro
Alabama
Pen
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Mildred Champagne
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Jordan Marsh Company
U. W
New England
Mary E. Russell
Bertram Street
Neponset
M. Sullivan
Allston Street
West Medford
George Matthew Adams
James A. Houston Company
P. Hi. Magrane, Pres
P. B. Magrane
Treas
James A. Houston
Anis & Bossak
West 19Th Street
Skinner’s
Coats
Phene
Anis & Bossak Natural Mink Victorines
Ahis & Bossak
Alaska
Leipzig
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