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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1919
Page
19
A verse meditation on sea, faith, and judgment following Kipling style. Voices of mariners, Judas, wind, slaves, and Paul reflect on the sea as creation, mercy, and doom. The Lord reclaims the sea and grants its endless voyage for those who praise.
Betty and Jack Somers grow close during a rainy Sunday dinner with Betty Thurlow's lively family. Jack praises the homey meal and asks Betty to marry him, prompting her to confess she is deeply happy yet unsure.
A Sunday Post page presents recipes for molasses cookies ginger drops oatmeal muffins and raisin cake plus a halibut steak stuffed with seasoned bread dressing and banana pie with a light cake and a lemon juice garnish. The cooking notes list ingredients and steps for each dish.
A house resident asks how to attract a favored caller without harming a rival. She seeks tactful, modest methods to encourage the charming visitor to call on her instead, noting the rival’s devotion to the other suitor and worrying about propriety.
Poem extols return to nature seeking inner peace and spiritual joy. Speaker vows to seek field and wilderness for purification and strength. Hypocrisy is rejected as he foresees May’s gardens and emerald smile of joy.
A reader letters column weighs whether wives should keep writing to servicemen now that the war ends. One writer argues to cut ties to avoid harming marriages, while others urge support for the home front and advise actions such as inviting veterans to visit.
A reader letter laments selfishness in the Sewing Circle and urges responsible parenting. It condemns bringing children into hardship, stresses parental moral duties, and calls for care in feeding clothing and educating future generations. The writer warns against sponging and advocates cleanliness and family welfare.
The Oldest Inhabitant cites Boston climate notes for April 18 with official figures showing 26 degrees in 1875 and 1887 as cold records and 13 degrees as a warm record in 1896. He adds no precipitation in the past decade except 1912 1916 1917 and 1918.
Cleaning tips cover polishing brown shoes before wear to fill pores and prevent spots. Salt and vinegar clean water bottles and decanters with a three to one ratio, shaken and rinsed. Silk garments respond to methylated spirit in the wash and damp stone drying. Osprey feathers clean when washed in warm soapy water, rinsed, and dried with constant shaking.
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