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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1918
Page
13
Dorothy Lucille phoned for a shopping trip and bought an afternoon gown described as dark blue satin meteor. The skirt is tight and plain with a back bustle. the bodice features brown crepe georgette panels and a sash crossed at the waist, bronze beaded outlines on the panels and sleeves.
Letters from readers discuss the propriety of gifts and friendships between married women and other men. A private bookkeeper stayed with a rich employer for pay, while husband "went West." Others warn women to guard actions and speech, upholding self respect, and insisting introductions are necessary for safe cross sexes.
The passage explains proper address for soldiers below captain as Mr Brown and rejects calling Private Smith in introductions. It cautions against paying a lady’s car fare unless you are sure she is not inconvenienced, and states returning fare should be accepted. It also notes that a fee to a clergy officiant at a christening should be sent by mail if he is not a relative or close friend.
A Sunday Post recipe from Mrs. A Campbell of Meredith N H outlines a fast bread using 59 50 and 20 percent substitutes to save flour. Mix melted fat sugar salt soda and milk, add several flours and cream of tartar, bake about 40 minutes in a covered pan for a flat-topped loaf.
A brisk notice invites readers to consider purchasing a bond, contrasting hardship with investment. The phrasing echoes historical rhetoric urging support for national finance during difficult times. No other details are provided in the fragment.
Household hints explain heating safety and draft control for wood and coal fires. It covers opening drafts to ignite gases, managing heat by adjusting drafts and dampers, cleaning flues every two to three weeks, and cautions against closing the smokepipe damper too tightly. The note is signed by Nellie Bh. Zacikular of 14 Baker Road, Viverett.
Roger Sherman born April 19, 1721 in Newton Massachusetts. A signer of the Declaration of Independence and early American political leader who rose from cobbler to lawyer and Connecticut Assembly delegate. He helped draft the Declaration and Articles of Confederation and crafted the Connecticut Compromise. He died in New Haven in 1795.
A terse message urges support for the war effort by buying government bonds. It presents the bond as the primary means to back national defense, framing financial sacrifice as essential to national security during the conflict.
The Post invites stories up to 200 words on one paper side with original or not. Include real name and address. copies kept, not returned. Send to OLD FOLKS EDITOR, The Post, Boston, with signed manuscript. Judges: Agnes Small, John E. Gilman, and Old Folks Editor. winner printed daily and Sundays until further notice. FLEANOR L. WHEELER, 280 Washington St., Gloucester.
C B Montgomery of Oneco recounts a portrait of Miss Caroline Kenyon born 97 years ago near Moosup. The pension agent impressed him with her clear sworn statement and profile of Democratic portraits in her home, noting many relatives past eighty.
Captain Edwin T. Amesbury of Greenwood Massachusetts, aged 83, spent 56 years at sea and sailed around Cape Horn. Known as Cap by locals, he reads the Boston Post without glasses and boasts his own perfect teeth. Active this summer, he tends the family garden with a hoe. Fred Amesbury, Westford.
A spry elderly woman known as Mrs Lucy Q Davis lives with her granddaughter and helps around the house. Friends praise her as a wonder for her pie making and knitting, including lemon pie sent to a relative for dinner.
A reflective verse celebrates the bend in the road as a source of hidden blossoms sudden joys and hopeful paths. The speaker finds relief from worry and strife and trusts a lovelier path leads to a higher, holier ground.
A jumble of aphorisms on character pride and mystery by Josil Billings, followed by letters to the Editor from readers seeking the meaning of Los Angeles, St Vitus Day, quicksilver versus water, and a literary quote about Love Me Little Love Me Long, with brief answers and references to sources.
The passage ponders owe no man and the burden of support for others. It argues that the least able often have the most dependents, that many are stubborn as they age, and that people travel to learn yet should first learn to travel before they begin.
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