Notable Cambridge and Dorchester Folks Gatherings and News
A column of light local notes covers a periodical store incident, Roxbury sisters' birthday surprise, Frank Sobey’s death in Warren New Hampshire, Walter Adams’ skiing trip to Quebec, Dorchester canoeing sisters at Canobie Lake, librarian Richard Ray’s rescue of a book, Postmaster Britton’s window reflections, backyard youth theatre plans, a barefoot Kneipp cure sighting in Boston Common, Sullivan family’s Dorchester return from Alton Bay, and Captain William H. Cushing’s death and service exploits in the Spanish American War.
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Oka
Mendlesohn
Dora
Lillian
Hammond Street
Roxbury
Friends
Walter E. Adams
Boston & Albany Railroad
Wit
Chateau Frontenac
Quebec
Walter
Boston
Tek & Y
Dorchester
Canobie Lake
N. H
Simon Curran
Burt Street
Josie McCarthy
Esta Ochs
Annie Sheehan
Elizabeth Curran
Miss Sheehan
Miss Curran
Boston Common
Andrew J. Sullivan
Continental Clothing Company
Alton Bay
N. c
Andrew, Jr
California
Cushing
Calumet
Chicago
Key West
Havana
The Girl and the Bag at South Station
Katherine Fenton loses her bag and purse on a Boston to Braintree journey. A sympathetic young man Ralph Broadbent helps, recovering the bag and arranging safe arrival at Ruth’s home. A humorous postscript shows a wedding invitation and a jab about luggage duties from a friend.
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Katherine Fenton
Katherine
Braintree
Ruth
Ralph Broadbent
Ralph
Fashion Notes: Gowns Trimmed With Net and Jet Embellishments
Dorys Buttons grow larger and more ornate as gowns favor straight lines and longer topcoats. Fringe, net coats, embroidered features, and bold jet accents define this season. White serge dresses braided with soutache appear, while Bermuda-like handbags replace suitcases.
Opposes Bricks Between Car Tracks on Huntington Avenue
A letter to the Boston Post from Max Henry Newman protests the Boston Elevated and streets department plan to replace the grass plot along Huntington Avenue with bricks. He argues the brick frontage spoils the beauty of the parkway, which compared to Commonwealth Avenue and Beacon Streets, should be kept in good order.
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Sir
City Beautiful
Boston Elevated
Huntington Avenue
Commonwealth Avenue
Beacon Streets
Max Henry Newman
American Girl Weds Prince Miguel in Scottish Royal Marriage
Dingwall Scotland Sept 6 The proclamation from Dingwall Barracks confirms the Sept 15 wedding at Tulloch Castle of Prince Miguel of Braganza and Miss Anita Stewart marking Scotland's first royal union since the Reformation.
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Dingwall
Scotland
Tulloch
Prince Miguel of Braganza
Anita Stewart
Recipes from New England Housewives feature in Sunday Post
A collection of vintage recipes lists ingredients and steps for cookies biscuits and a peach dessert. Included are entries from M. E. Palmer in Hyde Park Edith Kelso in Dorchester Mrs R A Fournier in Worcester and Nellie Zackular in Everett with notes on oven temps servings and serving suggestions.
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New England Housewives
Sunday Post
M. E. Palmer
Greenwood Avenue
Hyde Park
Nellie E. Zackular
Baker Road
Everett
Post Letter Box readers ask about presidency eligibility and public notices
A reader asks if a boy born in the United States to Japanese parents can be president. answer confirms native birth qualifies. Other questions cover Catholic eligibility, color blindness, Boston education offices, civil service, applying for teaching posts, mail law on obscene content, college funding, and inquiries about James Connolly and the Republic collision.
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United States
The
Congress
N. P
Boston Board of Education
Boston
Municipal Civil Service Commission
Berkshire Hills
New Hampshire
New York City College
Yale
Harvard
Mason Street
Massachusetts Civil Service Commission
Beacon Street
State Board of Education
Massachusetts
New York
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Observant Citizen
Frank Sobey
Warren
Cambridge
Sobey
University City
Richard Ray, Jr
Boston Young Men's Christian Union
Robert Peary
Union Library
Ray
Britton
North
Bib
William H. Cushing
United States Revenue
Nana M. Waters
Whitman, Mass
Sterling
Morris & Butler
Summer Street
the Post
Lloyd's Eyeglasses & Spectacles
Kryptok
Andrew J. Lloyd CO
Washington St
Boylston
Massachusets, Ave
W.b.clarke Co Aid
Tremont St
George
George McManus
Lugo
Sam
E. Burton Johnson
Sonny
Kipter
Miss Mary
Dorys
Lkely
Mildred Champagne
Champagne
Prince Miguel
Graham Biscuit
Edith Kelso
Hancock Street
R. A. Fournier
Canterbury
Worcester
Canada
America
Axminster
AXONY
RUGS
Bedros Kazanjian
Frothingham, Heffernan & CO
Plain Worth
State ST
Joel Goldthwaite & Coa
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