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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1921
Page
11
Readers debate a husband who reads his wife’s mail yet bans her from opening his. Letters from H. H. A. L. and others argue whether the husband’s claimed right is fair and how to handle a wife’s wine habit. Advisers urge health, dialogue, and lawful boundaries.
A Sunday Post feature presents home cooking tips with Tomato Dumplings using tomato soup and sausage meat, Pear and Orange Preserve ready overnight, Pineapple Pie with lemon, pineapple juice and meringue, and Strawberry Pie with light meringue. Recipes credited to Mrs. E. H. Williams, Mrs. A. T. Bernhard, and Mrs. H. B. Crosby from East Walpole, Roxbury, and East Boston respectively.
Practical household hints from Mrs. Rose Smith of Nashua New Hampshire cover methods to brighten alpaca with coffee remove ink with sour milk brighten carpets tea leaves soak dries stove polish vinegar and sugar polish with newspaper beans soda tea stains ashes nildew buttermilk sun exposure unvarnished furniture kerosene wool and flour silver care moth protection tar paper and inexpensive packing materials plus a note on milk cream and coffee yields.
A playful reflection on witches and Salem lore notes that witches once rode broomsticks and pranks were common but claims no Salem burnings occurred. The speaker counters certainty about the tale and ends with a cheeky claim of meeting a Salem girl who is “a little witch.”
A suburban couple lets a film crew use their house for a quick exterior shoot. Chaos erupts as actors topple plants and a camera crashes. After a shootout of misadventures, the pair cash in on a negotiated $50 and decide to keep out of the film business.
A collection of letter questions to the Post editor covers syllable counts for Salome, Harding’s education, Roger Williams ancestry, radium discovery honors, World War I costs, Boston barometer norms, auto license rules, car registration dates, and taxi fares during traffic delays with the Boston police allowing no extra charge for time lost.
A witty anecdote describes a drunken man who sobs in a movie after claiming he is stone deaf. A friend tries to calm him as the film plays with a nonpathos scene, while the story lampoons public behavior and media quotes.
Charles Devens born April 4 1820 in Charles Town lived to January 1891. Harvard graduate, Massachusetts state senator, U S marshal at 28. He aided fugitive slaves yet enforced the law. He served as brigadier general in the Civil War and fought at Fair Oaks Antietam Fredericksburg and led the first assault on Richmond. Later he was Massachusetts Supreme Court justice and U S Attorney General under Hayes.
Lydia Warren visits her niece Marjorie in Warren Corners and endures a Parisian style dining mishap then returns to a New Hampshire farm life. Marjorie, tired from city visits, falls for Phil Mason as autumn winds down and a moonlit romance blooms at the hill farmhouse.
Jill asserts strength against gender expectations while a family begins their errand. A mother had promised Bond Bread and milk for the children, who hurry down with a basket and bread in sight.
The speaker notes Boston’s warmest April fourth days reached 66 degrees in 1892 and 1906, and the coldest 19 degrees above in 1879. Rain on this date occurred in 1911 1918 1915 1916 1919 and 1920, according to official figures.
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