Silas Lapham Builds Beacon Street Home After Social Push
Silas Lapham, a Vermont born miner turned Bos ton businessman, amasses wealth via a mineral paint from a family mine. He and his wife plan social ascent for their daughters by relocating to Beacon Street. While showing the new residence to his daughters, Corey, the son of a Beacon Hill family, is seen, leaving the girls mortified by their father's boastful talk.
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Silas Lapham
Vermont
Boston
Nankeen Square
South End
Lapham
Beacon Street
Thomas Corey
Beacon Hill
Prodigal Son Returns to Boston Home and Wealth Talk
In a Boston library scene, Tom Corey and his white moustached father clash over money and marriage. The father puffs on a cigarette while praising rich matches and debating whether love can pair with wealth, mentioning Lapham and a new house as Tom recalls a summer sighting.
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Corey
Revue Des Deux Mondes
Tom
New York
Boston
Texas
Beacon Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Mt. Desert
Mr. Lapham
Giles Corey
Testing a Soldier's Worth in a New Age Boston
A dialogue between a father and son in Essex County on judging Colonel Lapham and Texas icons reflects Boston attitudes toward merit and culture. The piece contrasts pride in wealth with calls for practical military readiness and civic obligation.
Pinex cough remedy promises quick relief at low cost
A home remedy instructs mixing 2% ounces of Pinex with a pint of granulated sugar syrup to produce a pint of cough medicine. It claims to heal inflamed membranes, loosen dry coughs, and stop phlegm, with a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co. in Ft Wayne Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Swamp Root Ad Claims Kidney and Urinary Benefits
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a physician approved remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims to relieve urinary troubles neutralize uric acid and aid rheumatism with testimonials and a sample offer of ten cents to test the product.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Boston Daily Post
Beauty Doctor Reveals Home Hair Darkening Mixture
Detroit beauty doctor Miss Alice Whitney states a simple home mixture can darken gray hair, promote growth, and add gloss. The recipe uses bay rum water, Barbo Compound, and glycerine with twice weekly applications for a younger look and scalp benefits.
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Detroit
Alice Whitney
Mich
Funeral plans for Edwin Dresser former bank president
Edwin Dresser former president of the National City Bank of Cambridge and Standard Diary Company died at his North Cambridge home. Funeral services will be at Mt Auburn Chapel at 2 p m Saturday conducted by Dr W W Fenn. Burial at Mt Auburn Cemetery. Dresser had been ill for years and was involved in litigation tied to the Coleman case.
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Edwin Dresser
National City Bank of Cambridge
Standard Diary Company
Raymond Street
North
Cambridge
Mt. Auburn Chapel
W. W. Fenn
Harvard Theological School
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
City Bank
Opposition to military training of boys at Boston Latin School
Professor Lowell and Dr. Sargent discuss the U S need for officer education over mass conscription. They warn of rapid capture of U S arms factories near the coast and argue for interior relocation and coastwise defense. Lowell urges doubling officers per unit and coastal knowledge for Massachusetts commanders and supply protection.
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Sargent
Harvard
Boston
United States
Lowell
Massachusetts
Mall Arms
Postal Superintendents Begin Season s Meetings
The Superintendents' Association of the Boston Postal District opened its season with a meeting at the American House. President Philip Abele of West Somerville led reports by officers and a special report by J D Holland of West Roxbury on the national convention in Dayton Ohio.
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Superintendents’ Association
Boston
American House
Philip Abele
West Somerville
J. D. Holland
West Roxbury
Post Office
Dayton
Cartoon Promise Echoes Public's Laugh Over The Colonel
The Post teases a new color page cartoon titled The Colonel for next Sunday, provoking amusement about its likely reception and the public mood surrounding the feature.
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Post
Gets It corn ridder promise from Chicago firm
The ad proclaims Gets It as the simple painless solution to corns and warts, claiming corns lift in 48 hours without tape or knives. It touts easy removal, universal druggist availability, and price of 25 cents, with Boston distribution via Riker Jaynes stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Boston
Riker- Jaynes Stores
Gardner assails Ford Carnegie at Boston defense dinner
Congressman Augustus P. Gardner denounced Andrew Carnegie and Henry Ford before the Boston Boot and Shoe Club at its national defense dinner. He urged immediate growth of the military and bonds to fund it, calling the current armament third class and warning on Monroe Doctrine enforcement and immigration limits.
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Augustus P. Gardner
Boston Boot and Shoe Club
National Defence
Somerset
Gardner
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Ford
United States
Japan
Gardner Denounces Pacifist Policy and Military Cutbacks
Congressman Gardner clashes with peace advocates arguing for a strong navy and immediate mobilization. He condemns Carnegie and Ford influence on peace funding and warns that a nonpreparation stance risks national safety, urging timely defense spending to keep America secure.
Boy Killed by Electricity in St Albans
St Albans Vermont October 20 Clayton Parmelee a newsboy was killed when he grasped an iron pipe charged with electricity from a wire conduit He was the son of Alderman Abner Parmelee and was making rounds of his customers at the time of the accident.
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ST. Albans
Clayton Parmelee
Abner A. Parmelee
Prince Seeks Aid Over Missing Son in France War
Frederick H. Prince of F. H. Prince & Co. asks the State Department to learn the fate of his son Norman Prince who serves with the French aviation corps. Messages from the French war office say he was taken prisoner by the Germans during a reconnaissance in Champagne. No capture details accompany the cable.
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Frederick H. Prince
F. H. Prince & Co
State Department
Norman Prince
War Office
Prince
Champagne
Williams Treatment promises relief for uric acid and rheumatic pains
Warning of morning weakness and aches gives way to claims of strong relief from The Williams Treatment for kidney and bladder diseases rheumatism and other uric acid troubles. Free 50c bottle offered with name address and 10c to cover distribution, plus a free 5c bottle by mail. One bottle per family.
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Williams
D. A. Williams
Dept
New Post Office
East Hampton
Conn
Orrine recovery aid promises sobriety for drink habit
The Orrink treatment claims to destroy all desire for whiskey and beer and restore users to sobriety. It can be given secretly and costs $1 per box with a money back guarantee if no results after a trial. Free booklet available from Orrine Co. Washington DC. sold by Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
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Orrine Co
Wash
D. C
Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
Advice Column From Dr Lewis Baker on Health Remedies
A compact collection of reader questions and Dr Lewis Baker's answers. Topics include kidney symptoms and balmwort tablets, weight reduction with arborone tablets, nervous exhaustion and head pains with eadomene tablets, gaining weight with hypo-nuclane tablets, complexion and kidney concerns with sit pherb tablets, dandruff and hair growth with minsol, and hollow necks with venosol plus three-grain hypo-nuclane as needed.
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William Dean Howells
the Press Publishing Co
Maurice Ketten
England
Germany
Paris
Papa Lapham
Colonel Lapham
Essex County
West
Southwest
W. D. Howells
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Plattsburg
Navy Department
Eliot
Hooker
New Haven
Brougham
John A. Stewart
Kimball Bros. Co
Beauty
Dresser
Ford
Carnegie
General Board of Navy
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Congress
Norman
Harfina
Philo Hay Specialties Co
Newark
N. J
Lewis Baker
College
College- Ellwood Sts
Midge
Grace
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