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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1915
Page
9
In Watertown a prank by three 12 year olds ends with Miss Sallie Harris discovering a bogus May basket and a decayed fruit trap. The boys face their minister father and his reaction, while Miss Harris shows grace despite the humiliation.
In a cottage scene the Davis family confronts John after he confesses guilt over an act toward Miss Harris. Mrs. Davis urges mercy, the Browns question, and John vows to work to make amends. Billy expresses love for Miss Harris, while Sallie quietly hints at personal change for the adults.
Readers discuss the ownership of a married woman's earnings with the husband’s right to be consulted on family expenses. A letter argues earnings belong to the husband since time and labor are given to the home, while other readers critique treatment of women and call for fairness. The page also includes sewing circle notes and meat substitute recipes.
The Sewing Circle is a regular Boston Post department for home makers in New England. It invites discussions on domestic affairs, parenting, household economy, flowers, and gardening. Respondents may use pseudonyms and seek or offer advice. Letters go to Sewing Circle Editor, Boston Post.
Poems read in New York on April 25 1865 at the Martyred President's obsequies praise Abraham Lincoln's mercy and justice. The verses call him slow to smite swift to spare and claim his task freed the bond and bore him to an honored grave among those who perished for the cause of right.
The Post marks the fiftieth anniversary of President Lincoln’s assassination with a featured poem reflecting on the tragedy and honoring the nation’s leader.
A collection of readers reactions on two word monikers with shared endings. Entries note word pairings such as JUDG MENT and HAVER HILL and include author credits from Germantown Haverhill Bridgewater Roslindale Jamaica Plain East Boston Plymouth N. H. London Street Riverdale and other locales.
Verdi’s Requiem opened the centenary Handel and Haydn Society festival in Symphony Hall led by Emil Mollenhauer. Soloists Alma Gluck Margarete Matzenauer Paul Althouse and Arthur Middleton highlighted a superb chorus and orchestra in a dramatic, technically distinguished performance that will linger in memory.
Cornelius F Murphy aged unknown of 34 Creighton Street Roxbury died yesterday at his residence after a lingering illness He was known in police circles as Murphy and was a member of the Boston police department until about six years ago when he retired
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