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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1910

Page

11

Damsel’s Despair and a Fatal Note in 1910 Verse

A poem attributed to Walt Mason reflects a distressed woman who resorts to suicide citing failure and poverty. It laments failed literary careers, hunger, and societal neglect, urging labor over idle despair while noting a loaded gun and a final goodbye. The piece critiques Creative toil and economic hardship.

Walt Mason George Matthew Adams

Observant Citizen Reports Warm Dry Line Storm Hopes

The line storm this year in Boston is warm and dry but the worst may come. Friends of Captain J. O. Carter of the Canopic fear cholera has reached Naples where it is raging.

Boston J. O. Carter Naples

Sailors and Salt Weather Echoes in Boston Letters

A wry column blends social notes and sea tales from Boston and Cambridge. Topics include a Catholic University engineering chair offer to Thomas J. Maguire, a Knights of Columbus Europe trip, veterans recounting costs at a Civil War era convention, stray anecdotes from street life, fishing feats, and a dramatic harbor rescue ending with a hopeful moral.

Thomas J. Maguire Tech Catholic University Washington Maguire Knights of Columbus Europe Holy Father St. Peter’s Catacombs Oberammergau Michael J. Downey Columbus Travel Society James C. Monaghan American College At Rome Brockton Atlantic City Sylvester Billy Buttons Big Yellow Cat Anthony Jonathan Sylvester Sylvester's Shanghai Calcutta Jonathan Tony Father Rachel White's New England Race Orrhus

Prizes Awarded for Garden Displays at Stations

An examining committee of the Boston and Maine railroad announced prizes for garden displays at line stations. Brattle station in Arlington won first prize for John Merrill who transformed a rocky hill into a flourishing garden, using loam, plants, and glass-grown seedlings. Belmont’s Hill Crossing earned second prize for an equally striking display.

R. W. Wallace J. F. Judkins Boston & Maine Railroad Brattle Station Arlington John Merrill Hill Belmont

Frances as Nobility and Names Through History

The text traces the name Frances through languages and cultures, noting variants such as Frances, Frank, Fanny, and Francesca. It links figures like Fanny Fern and Francesca Minotti, and mentions literary ties to Keats, Byron, Dante, Pellico, and Leigh Hunt, with notes on diminutives Franceschina and Cecca and related forms in German and Italian usage.

Frances Germany Italy Franzjen Frank Fanny John Keats Fannie Browne Fanny Fern Sarah Payson Nathaniel P. Willis Francesca Minotti Byron Corinth Francesca da Rimini Malatesta Francesca Paolo Dante Silvio Pellico Leigh Hunt Francisca Franceschina Cecca Franziska Franzchen

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