The Dorchester Beacon, October 26, 1907
Mrs. M. A. Reed
Dealer in ice cream and confectionery at 111 Savin Hill Avenue, Dorchester
It is now two years since Mrs. M. A. Reed opened her cozy ice cream and candy store at No. 111 Savin Hill Avenue, Dorchester, and, in that time, the place has attained a wide popularity. The store is neat and tidy in its appearance and is well arranged. Mrs. Reed sells ice cream, candies, cigars, tobaccos, cigarettes, stationery, soda water, tonics etc. The Davis cream is served, and her place is liberally patronized in the hot season by the lovers of that delicious and refreshing dish. A soda water fountain is in the story, and from its faucets are drawn the most life-giving and refreshing beverages imaginable. Everything which could possibly be provided for the convenience of the patrons of the store is there, including a station of the Boston Post Office and a long distance telephone pay station.
Mr. Reed is a native of the state of Connecticut. She has lived in Dorchester for several years and is known to most of the people of ability and tact and has been able to make her way in the world, as well as if she were a man. All of her customers think there is no one quite equal to Mrs. Reed, and the oftener they can make their way to her store, the better they like it.