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MEET BOSTON
 "It is not pure history, nor memory, nor pure fiction, but rather a mixture of all three;
not dry research, but affection that puts life-blood into the material."—W. J. Sidis

89 weekly columns presenting very interesting and little known facts about
Boston, and American history by "Jacob Marmor" (pseudonym) 

in What's New In Town
 Jan., 1941 - Sept., 1942

"BORIS SIDIS was born at Kieff, Russia, May 6, 1868, the son of Moses and Mary (Marmor) Sidis." bio

 

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May 2, 1941


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May 16, 1941
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June 6, 1941
June 13, 1941
June 20, 1941
June 27, 1941

 

 


July 11, 1941
July 18, 1941
July 25, 1941

 

 


August 1, 1941
Aug. 1, 1941 Extra
August 8, 1941
August 15, 1941
August 22, 1941
August 29, 1941

 

 


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Sept. 26, 1941

 

 


 Oct. 3, 1941


Oct. 10, 1941


Oct. 17, 1941
Oct. 24, 1941


Oct. 31, 1944

 

 


 Nov. 14, 1941
Nov. 21, 1941
Nov. 28, 1941

 

 


Dec. 12, 1941
Dec. 19, 1941
Dec. 26, 1941

 

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1942

 


Jan. 2, 1942
Jan. 9, 1942
Jan. 16, 1942
Jan. 23, 1942
Jan. 30, 1942

 

 


Feb., 6, 1942


Feb., 13, 1942


Feb., 20, 1942


Feb., 27, 1942

 

 


March 6, 1942
March 13, 1942
March 20, 1942
March 27, 1942

 

 


April 3, 1942
April 10, 1942
April 17, 1942
April 24, 1942

 

 


May 1, 1942
May 8, 1942
May 15, 1942
May 22, 1942
May 29, 1942

 

 


June 12, 1942
June 19, 1942
June 26, 1942

 

 


July 3, 1942


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July 17, 1942

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August 14, 1942


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August 28, 1942

 

 


Sept. 4, 1942
Sept. 11, 1942
Sept. 18, 1942

 

 

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Special thanks to the volunteer typists, especially Mike Round and family,
and also to Dylan Knight Rogers.

 

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Sidis wrote this introduction to the first week's column:

This is introducing a new kind of column, by Jacob Marmor, to Boston. It is a very impersonal one. As far as possible, the author is an impersonal character, injecting into it none of his personal ideas or habits: and personalities do not enter. To get the right spirit, the reader should regard the author as just an old-time lover of Boston, who, in the course of wandering around, has picked up scraps of information and stories. Not a native, but one who can see the city with the eyes of a lover rather than a relative. It is not pure history, nor memory, nor pure fiction, but rather a mixture of all three: not dry research, but affection that puts life-blood into the material. It is merely hoped that this column will give the reader an idea of what a great and wonderful place our metropolis of Boston really is.

 

"I found this collection of 89 Meet Boston articles, along with the manuscript of The Tribes and the States,
 in a suitcase belonging to Sidis's sister Helena. She had directed me to its location."―Dan Mahony

 

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