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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1910
Page
11
A 15 year old boy pursues a job at a hardware store after seeing a help wanted sign. He befriends the window dresser who is secretly the owner and uses the boy to gain pay and influence. When cash disappears, the owner reveals he runs the business and ends the arrangement. The boy leaves wiser and cigarette free.
A letter from Madeline asks fellow sisters for suggestions on a Halloween party including games decorations and refreshments. Lilac comments that the band does not dance but does not object to attending a dance if desired noting some people see harm in everything.
Readers report the Charles River flooding lessened since a dam near Charles River Village raised water by about two feet during summer, with levels near Dedham and Riverside expected to improve. Other notes mention a Newport painter in Trinity Church, a Nantasket Beach photo request, a crowd at Melrose Street, and early work on grade crossings in Somerville.
Cambridge plans divide the Shoe and Leather World’s Fair building into six units facing the esplanade and Amherst street. Two 500 by 100 foot structures will form a single complex to host summer exhibitions and future tenants in aeronautics and automobiles, with rear rooms used as factories and the esplanade for display.
Dartmouth grads of all ages in Boston gather at the Hotel Bellevue for the formal opening of the Dartmouth Club of Boston. About 300 members are enrolled, with 100 attending tonight’s dinner to celebrate the launch and a series of winter dinners and weekly Fridays lunches planned.
Panghina Hadji Tahil of the Sultan of Sulu's suite delivers a gold-mounted ivory handled kreese to President Taft in Washington. He says the curved knife has been passed down in his family for generations but the message is cut off by the report.
A reader provides a roadside hop vine scavenger route. From Quincy to South Braintree then Plain Street, pass a white house and large barn, cross a bridge, and find hop vines along an orchard fence. the vines are at the roadside and unowned.
A request for card wording for a wedding gift addressed to the bride, signed by a man from his former home in Enfield Connecticut. The writer knows the groom but not the bride and plans to send the gift to the couple’s home.
A sewing circle member suggests names for a newborn girl and asks to inform the circle when a choice is made. The proposed list includes Constance, Dorothy, Frances, Evelyn, Edith, Florence, Marion, Gertrude, Mildred, Barbara, Helen, and Genevieve.
Guidance on writing age appropriate invites for girls and boys aged sixteen and tips for serving a birthday cake. Includes tone, style, and details suitable for a teen audience and parental preferences.
A reader writes a playful note to a new mother proposing names for her baby girl, listing Ardell Ruth Marcella Doris Loretta Lorraine Alice Florence and asking for the chosen name. The missive continues with a separate letter from a wife who loves dancing, sharing personal reflections.
The biennial convention of the Massachusetts Christian Endeavor Union closed in Springfield with Brockton chosen as the meeting place for the next convention two years hence.
A reader identifies as FLOSS asking Sewing Circle for advice on whether a six month old baby weighing twenty pounds may bear weight on the feet. She seeks prompt guidance and thanks the group in advance.
A reader asks why a man who visits their house accepts hospitality yet never invites them to events or outings. The writer seeks sisters’ experiences with callers to daughters and wonders what the man’s behavior indicates.
Before marriage I enjoyed dancing but lost interest afterward. My husband detests round dances, saying men should not caper with another man's wife. He favors quadrilles but hates waltzes and similar dances. Polly.
The poem celebrates September with vivid nature imagery and nostalgic calm. It contrasts September’s warmth and harvest with looming winter, praising the month as gentle, rejuvenating, and filled with pies and golden woods.
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