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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1918
Page
13
A page of letters urges women to earn funds for the Red Cross by baking and selling doughnuts or bread, cutting expenses, and saving the proceeds. Contributors discuss personal finances, independence, and the value of having children, with differing views on motherhood and societal expectations.
A reader asks if she should marry a man with limited means. The columnist argues affection matters but financial support matters too and strength of love versus luxury should guide the decision. If his means suffice to support her, he may propose. if not, hesitation is wise.
Fadts and fashions include decorated china buttons for plain white frocks and gowns in beige tricotine and Roman striped material. Home needlework grows popular with organdie hats and smocked fur trim. Flowered cretonnes dress odd waistcoats and smocks as one piece dresses reveal trimmed fronts and flat backs. Velours, scarce yet desired, remain preferred coat fabric.
Samuel Golden aged nine of 46 Rose Street South End fell from a pier end near Albany Street by the Dover Street Bridge into the South Bay yesterday afternoon and drowned after losing his balance while playing at the water's edge.
A nostalgic lyric recalls a hillside walk and the bride like land after rain. A voice calls Elizabeth, mother’s name, reviving memory and violet feelings as a collie and garden shawl appear. The speaker recalls a mother’s unseen touch and love that endures.
This guide advises men to keep engagements a few minutes before a dance and suggests six couples as a pleasant number. It recommends near convivial partners, a buffet for easy serving, and dining-table service with a hot dish or salad, rolls, olives, ice cream or ices, cakes, and coffee. It notes that a lady should not seek a gentleman's arm, but may be helped across streets if needed.
Sibyl exudes hospitality as she runs a busy camp with guests and a Red Cross knitting box in the living room. She wears a peach organdie dress with graduated tucks and a French-blue sash, urging everyone to knit and participate as the camp’s guiding rule.
The U S Food Administration advises choosing fish at market for freshness by bright eyes, red gills, firm flesh, and fresh backbone smell. Do not buy thawed fish older than sale. frozen fish keep months and should thaw cool and cook promptly. It lists seasonable New England fish and describes salt, smoked, brine, smoked, and canned varieties by type and sale year round.
Recipes from the Food Administration era covering barley flour biscuits buckwheat breakfast cakes waffles and oat corn flour muffins with notes on conservation loaf bread using oats corn flour and optional nuts or raisins to bake in hot ovens and serve hot or cold.
Dr. Frank A. B. Derby a Dorchester dentist and Miss F Irene Durbin daughter of Mrs Mary Durbin of 21 Lonsdale street were married last night in the rectory of St. Margaret's Church by the Rev John Daly.
Charles Franklin Jones urges awakening American resolve to win the war. He shares a parable of a big dog that sleeps while burglars raid, saying a little scare wakes the big dog. The message: stay alert and keep up the effort until victory.
A reflective fragment praising morning as a bracer that sharpens resolve toward high effort. It speaks of clearing the soul and transforming a person beyond mere machinery to reach greater strength and marvels.
Judge R W Bingham of Louisville inherits 5 million from his late wife, Flagler’s widow, with rumors of a newspaper venture. Bushman’s ex-wife and five children buy a Mt Washington home near Baltimore. Sage leaves widow control of millions to fund NYU engineering. An aviator nearly dethrones the Greek king, and Alexander’s Serbian front trip ended with a bomb scare. Mayo goes to France with a new show for troops. Belmont recovers from surgery and remains active. Lord de Manley and Montmorris enter clergy ranks in Britain. Victor Emmanuel marks 18 years on the throne.
Leaders of the Fore River shipyard Machinists Union in Quincy adopt resolutions pledging loyalty to President Wilson and the United States. They vow to aid ship production and resist Prussian autocracy and militarism, sending a copy of the resolution to Washington.
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