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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1920
Page
9
A Blooming Optimise and readers of the Sewing Circle advise mothers to rethink harsh parenting. They urge letting the 22 year old son work, contribute, and choose his wife, arguing love and respect grow from freedom and shared trust rather than money and disapproval.
A vivid narrative poem describes Mabel at a cottage window watching a stormy sea. A lighthouse beacon, a fort rocket, and a tolling church bell frame a tragic scene as four fishermen die at sea. The poem ends with Mabel no longer watching the beacon, gazing skyward.
Harry Belden searches for a taupe silk for Aunt Olivia but is misled by a silken parcel. He meets Miss Jessie Galbraith at a Meriden table, exchanges truth about the gown, and they bond over a wedding rehearsal that is later postponed.
A hostess pays all bills in a party at a restaurant or hotel. Traditional tip is 10 percent of the food cost, e.g., a $5 bill would tip $0.50. No tip is mandatory. For cloak room, a dime suffices for one or two. for five or more, 25 cents paid by the host, not the guests.
A sketch of the Catbird describing its size plumage range and wintering. It praises the bird for its song its regal carriage and its clever behavior while noting views on its diet and mischief by farmers. It highlights the bird as friendly and fearless with a mix of arrogance and charm.
A reader asks about Mary Pickford's marriages and children, passport rules for Canada and Cuba, spelling choices, a missed etiquette answer, and the divisions of U.S. states. The exchange includes concerns over fictitious addresses and the need for space for regional divisions.
The excerpt presents a scheme of geographic divisions: New England states plus Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Connecticut. Middle Atlantic with New Jersey Pennsylvania. East North Central Ohio Indiana Illinois. West North Central Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Iowa. South Central and West Central regions including various states. Mountain and Pacific regions with specified states. Non-Contiguous Territory groups Alaska Hawaii and Porto Rico.
The disputed fate of Oscar Wilde centers on whether he died in prison or was pardoned. Wilde served a two year sentence, lived largely abroad under the name Sebastian Melmoth, and died in Paris on November 30, 1900.
A retro verse linking each weekday to traits with lines about Monday full of face and grace for Tuesday. Wednesday brings woe, Thursday has far to go, Friday is loving and giving, Saturday toiling, and the Sabbath child is fair, wise, good, and gay.
The letter asks which metal is heavier among lead and gold and whether anything is heavier than quicksilver. It notes gold specific gravity 1926, lead 118, quicksilver 1387, and adds the platinum group as heavier than all listed.
The note cites McGill University in Montreal with 1300 pupils and 206 teachers and Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario with 1425 students and all teachers, arguing they are among Canada’s first class institutions amid at least 15 high quality colleges and universities.
The report recalls Boston’s warmest August 7 readings: 96 degrees in 1876 and 90 in 1916, with a coldest 55. It also notes no rain on this date in the past decade except 1915 and 1919.
Industrialist Charles Searles dies at his Methuen home after a life of philanthropy including a $2,500,000 gift to the University of California.
Edward Searles, the so called eccentric millionaire of Methuen, rose from a carpenter’s apprentice to wealth through his wife Mrs Mark Hopkins. He built a fortress like estate in Methuen and donated to Methuen and other towns gifts including a George Washington statue and a high school. After Mrs Hopkins death, Searles lived reclusively within the fortress walls and faced a contested will with Timothy Hopkins’s adoptive son. He died with no close relatives, leaving a fortune contested and guarded by state and local officials.
A collection of kitchen instructions for creamed cabbage marshmallow fruit dessert grape nut mince and dark cake with notes on serving. Includes steps for sauces, baking times, and ingredient proportions from Mrs. S. E. Davis of South Paris Maine.
A lyrical poem extols living richly on simple joys and love. It contrasts winged wonders like will o wisps and luna moths with everyday favors such as friendship and kindness. The speaker values spiritual joy over material wealth.
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