April 29, 1909
Everything in (Revere?) is booming
What in the world is the matter that you don’t write. I wrote you telling you of my youngest br. Death Mar. 10th and you haven’t ans. I am very well and busy. The (Marks?) have moved in Dr. Morris’ house so we have lost our neighbor. Try to get time to write.
(H. Gary?)
Mrs. Henry H. Haines
Madison, Maine
Haines the Druggist
Boston's Shawmut Church is a very historic building in the South End of Boston. There's a New York Times article about the church's divisions in 1892, an address on Abraham Lincoln, delivered by civil rights leader Moorfield Storey in 1909, and a Flickr page set up by the Boston Public Library with early 20th century photographs. The church was severely damaged by fire in 1978, and was converted into residences in 1990. Some units are for sale today!
Madison, Maine is a small town in Somerset County with a population of about 4,000, incorporated in 1804. In 1900, the population was 2,700 and had a thriving business center. Maine genealogy records show a Henry Haines that died at age 92 in 1972, but there is no mention of his drug store, or any "Haines" currently doing business in Madison. Taylor's Drug Store boasts that it has been family owned for over 100 years, so perhaps they changed their name or provided some stiff competition for the neglectful Mr. Haines.
The scolding tone of H. Gary? is a departure from the usual text seen on postcards. It is a tale of loss, displayed for any postal worker to read, as well as a plaintive cry for communication. Was H. Gary a dear friend of Mr. Haines? Or perhaps a former lover? If the latter is true, than the sender was out of luck, if ancestry.com's marriage record of Henry Haines is the recipient.
Boston's Shawmut Church is a very historic building in the South End of Boston. There's a New York Times article about the church's divisions in 1892, an address on Abraham Lincoln, delivered by civil rights leader Moorfield Storey in 1909, and a Flickr page set up by the Boston Public Library with early 20th century photographs. The church was severely damaged by fire in 1978, and was converted into residences in 1990. Some units are for sale today!
Madison, Maine is a small town in Somerset County with a population of about 4,000, incorporated in 1804. In 1900, the population was 2,700 and had a thriving business center. Maine genealogy records show a Henry Haines that died at age 92 in 1972, but there is no mention of his drug store, or any "Haines" currently doing business in Madison. Taylor's Drug Store boasts that it has been family owned for over 100 years, so perhaps they changed their name or provided some stiff competition for the neglectful Mr. Haines.
The scolding tone of H. Gary? is a departure from the usual text seen on postcards. It is a tale of loss, displayed for any postal worker to read, as well as a plaintive cry for communication. Was H. Gary a dear friend of Mr. Haines? Or perhaps a former lover? If the latter is true, than the sender was out of luck, if ancestry.com's marriage record of Henry Haines is the recipient.
FYI, the Shawmut Congregational Church was known as the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith by the time of its 1978 fire. Demolition on it had begun when my father's attorney, Phil Degnon, filed a court injunction to block the demolition, and it was rebuilt as the Taino Towers condominium in the Villa Victoria neighborhood of the South End.
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