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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1917
Page
9
A recipe fragment discusses a veal souffle using chopped cooked veal butter milk cream with eggs and timing for folding whites. It also outlines a baked bean dish with onion fat pork and light sugar or molasses, to be kept just moist and finished in the oven for Saturday night serving.
Molly joins the author shopping in town and buys a striking blue silk Jersey suit. The outfit features pearl buckle accents, blue violet bead trim along hems, a beaded medallion motif, and a violet hat with a wide brim and no ribbons.
Poem extols the flag and its colors as symbols of liberty. It honors founders and soldiers, linking stripes to blood shed and white to the dead. The speaker pledges the flag’s enduring strength until all nations know freedom.
The feature traces Charlotte Bronte born 1816 in Thornton England as the third of six children and her rise from pen names to fame with Jane Eyre Shirley and Villette. It notes employment as a teacher, marriage to a curate, and her death. also includes brief reader questions about military pay rates and word pronunciations.
The letter explains the term ten penny nail as a historic size from the 15th century when nails were sold by the hundred for ten pence. The name reflects old pricing rather than a precise modern dimension. The size was established by custom and varied by region and era.
A reader asks if marriage is possible with a woman who flirts while the man works long hours. The advice cautions against suspicion without solid proof, warns that constant watching harms both, and urges forgetting the faithless sweetheart to protect future happiness and the home.
Letters to a sewing circle discuss levying war taxes on unattached men and women who do not enlist or support families. Readers argue for taxing childless, dependent-free individuals first, noting high living costs and burdens on mothers and fathers.
A gentleman should try to have the lady's card filled after escorting her to the dance. The term Co Ed refers to girls living together at boarding schools or colleges who borrow each other's clothes and jewelry, a habit considered bad and to be avoided.
New York April 20. Ben Teal well known theatrical producer and stage manager died here today. He was once associated with Charles Frohman and with Klaw and Erlanger in musical comedy productions.
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