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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1920
Page
13
Poet James Owen Tryon recalls a relic shop with twin gargoyles on the door and shelves packed with battered volumes. The speaker cherishes Balzac and Kim among memories, noting the store as a haven where dreams are sold and time can be spent among old friends.
A collection of letters discussing adult children independence, parental control, and marrying for love. Guidance urges paying room and board, saving, choosing a partner with parental harmony, and letting young adults manage their own finances and life choices.
William Stavens McNutt, famed short story writer, has an amusing tale titled She Saved Him, ’Tis True, But in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
Janet, on a hot May day, swaps bundles at a bathhouse and finds a man’s suit instead of hers. A mistaken bundle leads to a seaside dinner with Ward Franklin, revealing his identity and sparking a budding romance. She plans to return the suit, then laughs at the mix up.
A notice explains that letter responses are handled as promptly as possible, with many replies by mail and all communications requiring correct names and addresses. The page stresses orderly processing and accurate sender details.
In a letter to the Post, questions arise about author Joseph Lincoln who writes of Cape Cod life. It notes his summers are on Cape Cod but legal address is Hackensack New Jersey, born in Brewster Barnstable County fifty years ago last February, and that he changed his residence from Massachusetts to New York in 1899.
The author describes mileage milestones on principal roads west and north from Boston. Traveling west via Auburndale Wayland Marlboro Northborough Worcester Brookfield Palmer Springfield and West Springfield, the 10 mile mark sits about three miles before Westfield. Traveling north via Lynn Salem Beverly Ipswich Newburyport Hampton and Portsmouth the 100 mile point is at Wells on the road to Portland.
The text explains that water freezes at zero on the Centigrade scale and 32 on Fahrenheit. It states water boils at 1090 on Centigrade and 212 on Fahrenheit, and that one Centigrade degree equals 1.8 Fahrenheit degrees.
Historians note that Newfoundland's first permanent settlements formed gradually with fishing groups at various points. Cabot may have landed at Bonavista in 1497 and claimed the land, Gilbert failed at St John’s in 1583, and Calvert established Ferryland before abandoning it. dates and places are obscured by obscurity.
Lift together 2 cups flour 1 2 teaspoon salt and 2 teaspoons baking powder Rub in lightly 2 tablespoons lard and add 2 tablespoons sugar beat 1 egg thoroughly and add to 11 2 cups milk to the dry ingredients Bake in a hot oven 15 to 4 minutes steamed fresh fruit pudding lift together 2 cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 2 teaspoon salt and 2 tablespoons sugar add 2 eggs and 1 cup milk mix to batter pour into greased cups fill with fruit then cover and steam about 1 2 hour Mrs J A Laroche 29 Brown Street Whitefield NH one cup stewed tomatoes 3 eggs 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar pepper parsley grated onion beat eggs mix with hot tomatoes pour into toasted bread rounds served by Mrs P W Richmond 84 Main Street West Springfield
Lenore Styles presents practical help for common wardrobe issues. The column offers quick fixes, care tips, and style ideas to resolve everyday clothing challenges with accessible advice.
A white knotted silk twill slip-over blouse with a blue Belgian embroidery and a belted white kid belt paired with a blue-stitched flannel pleated skirt drew attention at a Newport tennis event. Another young spectator wore a mulberry pleated jersey skirt with a gray slip-over sweater, noted among season’s trends.
Fads and fashions describe white linen dresses with butter collars and cuffs. Evening frocks feature sashes hanging below hems while handkerchief linen tunics gain popularity. Copper red embroidery on blue serge, bright linen hats, and Paris wraps in silver cloth with velvet trim are noted.
A poetic passage explores unity and shared struggle, suggesting that individual life is intertwined with others and a higher power. The lines reflect on companionship, mutual uplift, and the mystery of creation.
President William A. Nealey of the Massachusetts State Branch AFL, in his annual convention report, accuses Governor Coolidge of inconsistency for vetoing the 2.75 percent bill while signing the daylight saving bill. The 35th annual convention opens today at Orioles' Home on High Street in Lynn.
President Nealey announces public support for 2.75 percent alcohol sales while opposing daylight saving, as labor groups clash with Chambers of Commerce over contracts and political campaigns. Joyce notes a $11,185.57 income and $10,059.59 expenses for the state branch, with a $1,075.98 balance. The convention opens at 10 am with about 350 delegates, Lynn Mayor Creamer delivering the welcome.
President William Collins of Local 97 says the new bill of prices raises hand work to 24 dollars per thousand and mould work to 15 dollars per thousand, up from 22 and 14 respectively. He notes similar raises have since been granted to cigarmakers in Providence, Manchester, Bangor, Springfield, Westfield, Hartford, and New Haven.
An all day conference at Quincy House formed the New England Council of Federal Employees Unions. Delegates from Boston Portsmouth N H Portland Me Springfield Hingham Providence New London Conn elect William J Burke president and Wallace L Hale secretary. Members are classified workers outside the post office and skilled mechanics. They vow to obey civil service rules restricting political activity and push for reclassification of field service higher wages an eight hour day and one paid day off weekly.
Ruth Woods a hotel bookkeeper aged 25 is held as a material witness after a wild party at Samuel T. A. Loftis's apartments ended in his death. Police say she is not responsible and Roy Shayne, her fiancé, arrived to help as Loftis allegedly fell striking his head on a doorknob during the incident in Chicago.
Donald MacFarland age 2 a clerk at American Trust Company was shot in the left hand yesterday when a revolver being examined by William M Griffin another clerk discharged accidentally. They were at the company's home on Newport road Kenberma MacFarland taken to Sturgis Hospital Allerton where the 82 calibre bullet shattered two bones in his hand.
The Hardwood Finishers' Union 174 yesterday endorsed the building trades unions drive to build homes for organized labor members. Members voted to join the movement and support the initiative.
Washington August 1 Associated Press states that rate increases approved for the railroads by the Interstate Commerce Commission aim to yield an annual net operating income of 1.134 billion dollars, about 241 million more than the standard return set by the government based on the three year pre control average.
Rate experts will draft tariff schedules after railroad carriers seek 1 233 billion net operating income with 99 million less than that in the record year 1916. The government guarantee of 893 million expires six months after private operation begins.
A wireless Berlin despatch reports Brest Litovsk fortress 110 miles east of Warsaw has fallen to Bolshevik forces after light Polish resistance. The message says Soviet troops press toward Warsaw and Lemberg as of August 1.
Aug 1 funeral for Mrs. Sarah A. Harris killed by a New York New Haven Hartford train near her North Acton home will be held tomorrow at 2:30 PM from her late residence.
Harry W. Douglass, ex serviceman, who shot and killed Mrs Grace Cummings at her Cambridge apartment on Mt Auburn Street and then shot himself, remains critically ill at Cambridge City Hospital with death momentarily expected.
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