Fresh Air Camp appeal for Salvation Army funds
Colonel Gifford mails an appeal to Salvation Army friends to support the summer work in Greater Boston. An attached booklet shows last year’s finances and camp photos at Can ton where 100 mothers and children will start a ten day rest a new swimming pool improves bathing for the children and 100 more will be sent every ten days. Commander Miss Booth will open the camp which has been enlarged to house charges. The Army seeks more funds than in prior years to sustain this effort.
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Gifford
Salvation Army
Friends of the Army
Greater
Boston
Canton
Miss Booth
Mexican Life Drama Debuts At Plymouth Theatre Boston
Eleanor Gordon presents The Mexican a new three act drama by Mildred Champagne at the Plymouth Theatre Boston. The play portrays Mexican life and a humor filled pathos rich love story and will be staged with a strong company and elaborate scenery. Some Wakefield residents oppose Sunday gardening amid broader town tensions.
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New England
Eleanor Gordon
Plymouth Theatre
Boston
Mildred Champagne
Mexico
New York City
Wyrley Birch
George A. Hibbard
Francesca Rotoli
Rosamond Carpentier
Dougall J. Wood
Wright Kramer
Edward Langford
John Meehan
British golfers in America shed heavy tradition on sunny course
The London Telegraph notes that under American sun British players may over time shed the heavy Scottish golf attire. It argues the glare and heat push Britons toward lighter clothing, adopting an "in shirt-sleeves" style akin to Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
America
London Telegraph
Curious Bits of History: The Escorial in Spain
A. W. Macy notes the Escorial near Madrid, a vast complex 786 by 623 feet built as a convent church palace and mausoleum. Begun 1563 after a 1557 victory, it honors St. Laurence with a gridiron motif and houses treasures including Cellini’s ivory crucifix. The complex cost over 10 million dollars and houses Spanish royal tombs.
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A. W. Macy
Madrid
Escorial
Europe
St. Quertin
Philip II
Charles V
Philip V
Ferd
Inand VI
Philosopher's Musings on Life and Love
A compact collection of wry reflections on human nature and everyday foibles. It ponders self pleasure, luck, friendship, temper, marriage, and the quirks of fate with dry humor. The tone hints at a newspaper humor column critiquing modern behavior.
Lemon Remedies and Folk Cures from a Historical Page
The article lists folk uses of lemons for health and cosmetics. It prescribes lemon juice for malaria sore throats coughs and headaches and as a facial treatment. It also describes a macabre lemon method to lance a felon and a rose water glycerin facial rub.
Signs and Superstitions From Folklore and Belief
A compilation of beliefs linking natural signs to weather and fate. Cats sneezing, goat cries, fox barking, sand moles, and October coat color foretell rain or winter. Crickets' chirps signal rain. beetles and bees carry symbolic meanings across cultures.
Love and Warnings in a Witty Proverb Page
A collection of corny aphorisms on marriage, luck, brains, and love. It lampoons relationships, two sided bargains, and the perils of hobbies, noting how memory, pain, and habit shape couples and fortune. The tone mimics a newspaper quip feature from an earlier era.
Mothers Shaping Heroes Through Generations
Quotations on mothers shaping sons and leaders from Adams Lincoln Napoleon Emerson Ruskin: maternal influence molds character, discipline, and ambition across ages and nations. The excerpts celebrate motherhood as a driving force behind virtue, intellect, and perseverance.
Facts and Fancies in a Humorous Look at Society
A collection of wry observations on behavior and pretensions. It critiques amateur theatricals, sermonizing youths, and the link between social polish and success. The piece lampoons journalism humor and the pretenses of educated status with satirical bite.
By the Wayside comic quips on alimony and burglars
A humorous column notes that alimony is civilization’s price for errors it encourages and jokes about the loneliness of ladies in comic papers. It quips that burglars would be deterred if alarms appeared when opportunity comes snooping.
Because of Jane fragment from Buck play item
A fragment references lines from Because of Jane by J. H Buck noting two classes of people born getters and born givers. It mentions youths liking a fat man on floor and women discussing clothes and children as the four c’s of polite after dinner talk.
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Jane
J. H Buck- Tose
Stand by the New Haven road and its leadership
The Meriden Bulletin urges support for the Connecticut owned New Haven road and its president Mellen. It argues opposition harms state prosperity, notes stock held by Meriden banks, and appeals to community interests to back efforts to strengthen the railroad.
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Meriden
Mellen
Connecticut
Post Office Boxes Stay Green Amid Revival Order
Postmasters slow to paint letter boxes red now praised as wiser as the post office department reverses the order and allows the familiar green to remain in service.
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Post Office Department
Local Paper Seen as Top Advertising Medium
The article endorses the newspaper as the premier advertising medium in the area, highlighting its reach and effectiveness for local businesses. It discusses the value proposition for advertisers and the paper's role in connecting merchants with the community.
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Nature
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Erin
John Quincy Adams
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Emerson
John Ruskin
George Ade
General Electric
Tenney
E.e.orr
Shirley & Centennial Aves
Revere
Norcross Pharmacy
Winthrop Ave
Beachmont
K. C. Brown
Winthrop Centre
Winthrop Stover’s
Winthrop Beach
Winthrop
K. C
Crest Avenue
Winthrop Highlands
J. D. Napoli
Revere Street
Columbia Sq
Beach’St
Suburban Gas & Electric CO
THE
New Haven
Meriden Bulletin
Consid
Ness
Commonwealth
Ohio
Toledo
Li County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gleason
Deusen
Lever Housewives
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock Elatine Co
Mass
Liptons Tea
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