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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1918
Page
17
A humorous 19th century quip filled piece by Josh Billings notes that wealth does not buy virtue and happiness comes from simple pleasures not pleasure. It parodies modern foibles, mocks laziness and time management, and praises patience good breeding and accepting events as they come.
Samuel Pennypacker born April 9 1843 in Phoenixville Penn served in the Civil War with the 26th Pennsylvania Emergency Regiment. He became a lawyer judge and state governor while amassing a vast local antiques collection including pottery pewter and colonial furniture and a large library of Pennsylvania history books.
Born in the shadows of Bunker Hill Mrs Mary J Burnett eighty two years old remains active in the world s work and attends Women's Relief Corps meetings She keeps a student apartment house in Cambridge known as Story House for Harvard grads and law students She travels to Boston alone this winter has knitted much and now lives with her daughter in Lexington after giving up her rooming house last September.
Mrs Mary J Burnett is listed among the spry old folks of New England. Edith M Rice is from Brookside Lexington.
EVA B. WEBBER of Norwood reports a wartime veteran using one arm to chop and pile hardwood. He has cut 50 cords this winter and split several with an eight pound hammer. He remains busy in the woods near Norwood at present.
Mrs Annie Ham of Chelsea, a Civil War nurse from 1860 to 1865, cared for private families into old age. She aided five smallpox patients at 87 with Dr Sibly noting her faithfulness saved lives. She traveled alone to visit kin, stitched quilts, braided mats, and stayed educated and engaging until her death at 93.
A letter discusses a mother’s right to read a daughter’s mail. It argues that closeness and honesty affect trust and that different children require different approaches. The writer emphasizes studying each child’s mind and disposition to avoid harming trust, even in sensitive matters.
A reader argues daughters letters should stay private while living at home and urges trust between mother and daughter. Another notes propriety varies by family and that early letters reveal private thoughts, inclinations, and betrothal sentiments.
The union painters of Greater Boston reject the Master Painters' Association offer of 5.60 dollars per day and insist on 6 dollars per day. The stand aims to secure the higher wage as the union maintains its bargaining position.
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