Observant Citizen Notes Navy and City Affairs
The Observant Citizen recounts a Tremont street sighting near Granary Burying Ground and mentions the torpedo boat Perkins at Charlestown Navy Yard, plus a visit to the old Constitution. It also reports Michael H. Sullivan's improving post appendectomy condition and Secret Service Agent Joseph Murphy returning from Panama with Taft, plus State Highway Commission updates.
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Secret Service
Joseph Murphy
Boston
Panama
Taft
Mr. Murphy
Isthmus
Fortune Telling Ad Promises Love Wealth And Guidance
Anodyne astrology promotion offers insights into love health wealth and marriage with a test of past present and future, claiming to reveal true friends and possible multiple marriages. It asks readers to send birth dates and 6 cents to DR A ZEROLA Havana Cuba for a prompt reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Zerola
Havana
Cuba
The Last Fly Uncle Walt Mason Poem
The speaker laments a persistent fly at the end of summer. Walt Mason notes the fly outlived its kin and mocks its timeless pestering from scalp to nose. He cites ancient figures and legends as victims of the fly while asserting flies never change through ages.
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Adam
Abraham
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Skeleton found in Dorchester park asked to be preserved
Workmen uncovered a skeletal remains believed to be an Indian chief in Rockhill Park Dorchester. A tomahawk beads and wires were found nearby and the skeleton with belongings was moved to the Franklin Park park department office for preservation.
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Rockhill Park
Dorchester
Franklin Park
Park Department
The Village Forge Man Recalls War Tales in Cold Smithy
An old blacksmith welcomes schoolboys into his shop as he recalls Civil War memories. He tells how his father joined General Crawford and laments the Union troops being repulsed, with vivid scenes of wartime acts and village life.
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Mr. Hoskins
Luke Hoskins
Wal
Crawford
Abe Smith
Silas Whitcomb
General Crawford
Dr Williams Pink Pills Help Debility and Anemia Claim
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for general debility caused by impure blood. It features a testimonial from John Keller of Syracuse New York describing relief from headaches back pain and fatigue after using the pills. The copy asserts the pills are safe non narcotic and popular at two fifty a box from Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady NY.
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Williams
John Keller
East Division Street
Syracuse
N. Y
Dr. Williams
Willie Interview Sparks Plans For Historic Shed
Mrs. Jones protests Willie at the table while Miss Burke questions him about his stories. She plans to meet Mr. Hoskines next day to locate the old shed General Crawford visited on a memorable trip and hints they may not need bank money for renovations.
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Bull Run
Crawford
Lincoln
Willie Jones
Mr. Hoskins
Iron Bank
Willie
Mrs. Jones
Miss Burke
Mr. Hoskines
General Crawford
Among the Churches of Greater Boston
The first large rally to enroll 10 000 stewards in World in Boston will be at Trinity Church this evening. Rt Rev Frederic Courtney of New York will speak at noon services at St Pauls Tremon Street starting today through Saturday. The Rev Ralph M Harper will preach that day. The Rev Robert M Sturgeon will be installed as pastor of Brockton's First United Presbyterian Church on Thursday. The Women's Mission Circle annual meeting under Methodist auspices will be held today at Robinson Church Malden.
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Newtons
Armory
Washington Street
Y. M. Cola
Church Street
Boston College
Chestnut Hill
Mary Immaculate of
Boston
Trinity Church
Frederic Courtney
D. D
New York
St. Paul’s Church
Tremone Street
Ralph M. Harper
Robert M. Sturgeon
First United Presbyterian Church of
Brockton
Women’s Mission Circle
Robinson Church
Malden
Little dog saves seven in Philadelphia fire
A small dog named Gyp woke Patrick Riley, saving seven people from a fire that gutted the Riley home in Philadelphia. The blaze grew quickly as neighbors battled the flames while the dog alerted the sleeping residents.
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Little Dog
Philadelphia
Gyp
Patrick Riley
Riley
Fowl Stuffing and Rice Doughnut Style Recipe
Detailed old fashioned recipes by Mrs. Wilfred Russell of Greenfield New Hampshire and Mrs. A C Roberts of 198 Faldon Street East Boston. Instructions include stuffing with crackers onions sage salt pork giblets milk and rice based doughnuts fried in butter lard with beaten eggs and crumbs.
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Wilfred Russell
Greenfield
N. H
A. C. Roberts
Faldon Street
East
Boston
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Diogenes
Navy Yard
Michael H. Sullivan
Municipal Court
Dorchester District
United Improvement Association of Boston
Francis D. Donoghue
Ibh bk +t
Clinton White
Walter Perley Hall
State Railroad Commission
Interstate Rate Commission
Washington, D. C
Massachusetts
Harold Parker
Massachusetts State Highway Commission
Houghton & Dutton’s
Robinson Bros. & O Co., Inc
Malden, Mass
Leonard & CO
Broomfield Galleries
Bromfield Street
Caleb Chase
Brooklin c
Elliott
Sheffield Plate
Ballavoine
Banck
Blakelock
Clays
Detti
Diaz
Doll
Daubigny
Epp
Graves
Innes
Latouche Mellin
Meadows
Michael
Meyer von Bremen
Rico
Stiepevich
Vernet
V Couver
van Marcke
Ziem
Walt
Bill Bellrope
Bill
Grocer
BY Williams
Jake
Nual
American Road Builders’ Association
Indianapolis
Paul D. Sargent
Maine
Leet
South
Charles A. Birmingham
Los Angeles
California
Mr. Birmingham
Revere
Winthrop
Kimball
Edward M. Gallagher
The
Boston Infirmary Trustees
the Post
Sunday Post
Elizabeth Poirot
Kingsdale Street
Greater Boston
New England
Europe
Germany
Switzerland
Russia
Sonneberg
Nuremberg
Waltershausen
Wolkenstein
Warschau
Jordan Marsh Company
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