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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1909
Page
7
Lucretia, near forty, nursed a home dream as Jim Kaylor returns after years apart. He admits no wife exists, revealing his lifelong love and intent to marry her. He offers a future and a home, and Lucretia sees her dream within reach.
In this letter the writer argues balance in relationships between money and effort. She says men should pay for shared pleasures or quit, and that both sexes should avoid greed. The piece cautions against ego and suggests effort to gain admired things and friendships, ending with Such is life.
A letter from DESPONDENT asks whether to pursue the wealthy but very good looking woman or the moderate‑means damsel. The reply urges not marrying for money, praising love and self-reliance over wealth as the decisive guide for a lasting match.
Poem mocks overbearing laws that imprison common trades and daily acts. A speaker contrasts love of nature with harsh jail terms for petty offenses. The piece credits Walt Mason, dated 1909, with a satirical tone on liberty versus regulation.
A collection of Old Home recipes from New England women includes Codfish a la mode using boiled cod and potatoes with eggs milk and crackers, a salmon and celery salad with walnuts and pickles, a lemon walnut pie with meringue, and a lemon filling Washington Pie with a butter and vanilla cream.
Two English maids married at East Boston dock to their fiances as the Cunarder Saxonia brought 1049 passengers. Ada Smart wed Charles Adcock Needham and Mary Jarvis became Mrs James Harrison. The Saxonia also carried 160 saloon passengers and notable returnees including ex Governor John McLane and Commander Abercrombie Mil lar. The total aboard was 160 saloon 230 second class 659 steerage.
Two tunnel cars collided at Atlantic avenue station when an Orient Heights car slid into a Jeffries Point car. Many passengers were cut by flying glass, though injuries were not serious.
One hundred Bates family members gathered at the Old North Church yesterday afternoon for the association's third annual meeting.
The Medical Examiner ruled that Ethel White of 72 St Paul Street Brookline died of alcoholism, not foul play, after being found in a room at 2 Oak Place South End. Lodger Herbert Smith who found the body was detained but released after the report. Charles White identified the deceased as his wife yesterday afternoon.
The article notes the 100th anniversary of the birth of poet Alfred Lord Tennyson observed today with reflections on his life and enduring influence. It highlights global commemorations and literary tributes from scholars and institutions.
Walton C. Taft, 50, superintendent of the New York & Boston Express Company, wed Miss Mary L. Sampson, 20, in a surprise ceremony at his Boston home. Taft, widower, lived at 1069 Boylston street. his first wife, Miss Snow of Dorchester, died last December. They left for a wedding tour in New York following the ceremony.
Professor Charles Zueblin of the University of Chicago lectured at Chautauqua on the common life. He warned Americans live in social poverty and crave exclusiveness while noting the King James Bible lacks guidance for modern times and proposing a systematic revision every ten years.
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