Playstead Name Changes Draw Local Ridicule
In Winthrop residents mock the renamed station area once called Shipley as Playstead a new label draws chatter. Amherst figures mix with local notices as Mrs. Nutting Philips and Mrs. Maria Nutting celebrate birthdays while historians note Dr. Ebenezer Nutting the famed Cambridge blacksmith. Br Brighton Avenue Church steeple torn down and not rebuilt amid electric fears. US Navy training ship Ranger reports Madeira and Bermuda legs on schedule with cadets in fine condition. District attorney’s office sees fall cases ready to start.
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Shipley
Winthrop
Wikitthe
State College
Amherst
A. Whipple
Maria’ Nutting “Philips
Ebenezer Nutting
Cambridge
Brighton Avenue
Brighton
Commonwealth Avenue
James Lavin
Massachusetts
Ranger
Madeira
Boston
Bermuda
Islands
Psychological moments and political melee at Curley era rally
A Boston hall scene during a campaign for reelection to the Board of Aldermen features Congressman Curely describing a tense moment amid chanting crowds. He recalls a dramatic sun going down on Tammany remark and introduces two “derelicts” sobbing as he closes attacking the rival group.
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Curely
Hall
Curley Bailiwick
Board of Aldermen
Tammany Organization
Tammany
Ship of Pearl Poem Vision of Rebirth and Renewal
A lyrical meditation on destruction and renewal. The speaker recalls the ship of pearl wrecked by the sea and hears a heavenly message from a Child of the sea. It urges the soul to abandon the past and build ever nobler temples until freedom from life’s shell.
A Race With Conscience by Lucy Lincoln Montgomery
Miss Miriam Ayres loses wealth after a bad investment and faces scorn from her maid Christina Macfarland. A dying uncle Ayer’s plea and a train journey spark forgiveness as Ayres humbles herself to seek reconciliation. Christina’s nobility contrasts with Ayres arrogance. The pair race to catch a train and mend their strained bond.
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Miriam Ayers
Christina
Cape Breton
Mary
Miss Ayres
Dr. Upham
Robert Ayers
Fordham
Mr. Ayres
Prisk
My Uncle Walt Mason Poem 1912 Lament
A verse recalling an uncle as a trusted refuge in poverty mischief and hardship. The speaker asks who lends aid supplies and support through bleak days and moral scruples and even beyond to the cloud after life.
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Walt Mason
Sunday Postal Law Explained Sunday Postmaster General Says
Atlantic City N J September 6 Charles P Granfield First Assistant Postmaster General declares at the annual convention of first class postmasters that Sunday closing law simply legalizes department practices. He urges postmasters to use discretion and says the law aims to grant postal workers a day of rest wherever possible.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Charles P. Granfield
South Boston News Editor Merrigan Celebrates 28th Anniversary
The South Boston News marks its twenty eighth birthday as one of the state’s oldest weeklies. Started in 1884 by editor John J. Merrigan, it has stayed under his management and vows to continue voicing South Boston citizens.
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South Boston News
John J. Merrigan
Merrigan
South Boston
Legacy Recipes and Home Baked Goods from Various Authors
A collection of old kitchen notes includes recipes such as a bread loaf mix with eggs flour and milk, a rustic crust for pies using butter and water, a salmon bake with layered crumbs, stewed peaches spiked with cloves, and a rice custard batter with rice and milk. Names and addresses accompany each recipe submission.
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H. B. Crosby
Lexington Street
East
Boston
Brockton Woman Secretly Weds Argentine Railway Magnate Son
Miss Margaret Sullivan wife of Ferdinand Lavendos, son of a wealthy Argentine railway magnate, wed secretly last February in Boston. Sullivan, a Brockton High and Smith College graduate, learned of the marriage from her parents. The couple plans to reside in Argentina after the ceremony.
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Brockton
Mass
Margaret Sullivan
John F. Sullivan
Ferdinand Lavendos
Sullivan
Brockton High
Smith College
Boston
Mona Brown
Lavendos
Argentina
Rumor of Guild Return Tied to 1908 Ticket
An unconfirmed story claims ex Governor Guild may return from Russia to join President Taft on the national ticket amid talk of Vice President Sherman’s retirement. Courtenay Guild and Secretary Groves at Republican headquarters deny any knowledge of the plan.
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Guild
Russia
Taft
Sherman
Republican
Courtenay Guild
Ambassador Guild
Groves
Princeton Women End Lean Week Charity Drive
Princeton, Missouri observed a week long lean fast with fast food and patent eats to aid the town’s poor. The event raised about $800 for winter relief.
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Princeton
Oider
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