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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1915
Page
11
A Savannah report recounts a house party near Atlanta where mosquitoes attacked all but one guest wearing bright yellow stockings. A physician noted insects in the area avoid yellow tones, concluding wearing yellow may deter mosquito bites.
Multiple church leaders are announced for autumn lectures and pulpits. Tremont Temple hosts Rev. Robert S. MacArthur with sermons on Sergius Paulus and Timothy. Park Street Church plans Gordon School lectures on Organized Efficiency. St. Paul’s Church in Malden receives a new rectory gift valued around 6000 dollars.
Itching skin eruptions including eczema and ringworm can worsen with improper treatment. The Resinol line from Baltimore doctor, available as ointment and soap, claims instant itch relief and rapid healing at low cost. Free sample offered by Dept. 22-R, Resinol, Baltimore, MD.
Readers advise on financial control in marriage and parenting. The Sewing Circle column features Lucy Lane and others debating allowances, trust, and practical budgeting, with stances on chaperones, home life, and daughters' independence.
Cinch Notes Complin and benediction held at Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Next Saturday is fast and abstinence day. Twenty six children welcomed at Home for Destitute Catholic Children. Harvest whist for SS Peter and Paul tower fund August 11 with orchestra. John Dugan joins St Eulalia’s parish novices at St Andrew on the Hudson. Most Rev John Bonzano marks silver jubilee and attends convention in Toledo August 15-18. Eleven Greater Boston women enter Sisters of Charity novitiate at Rockingham N H. Dorchester Roxbury and West Quincy natives named.
Dark colored tulle frocks feature full cloudlike layers over close fitting taffeta bases this summer. One model shows heavy pasaementerie ornaments at the bodice front and embroidered scallops on each tulle layer. Sleeves are full length and transparent with a modest V neck.
A reader argues that strict chaperones on girls leaving home after dark are unnecessary if girls choose trustworthy companions. They warn mothers against spying, saying it pushes daughters to seek loopholes and undermines parental vigilance. The letter reflects tensions in social norms and youth autonomy.
The Sunday Post features a selection of engaging letters to the Sewing Circle audience. Readers share tips, project ideas, and community notes, reflecting hobbyist interests and local craft trends.
A collection from Westfield and Roxbury cooks includes sponge cake and fruit cake style batters. The sponge cake calls for ten eggs sugar flour lemon rind and juice with gelatin milk and chocolate mix and citron raisins currants, served with whipped cream. Also cream cheese and spice breads with egg milk butter and dried fruit are described with steps and baking times.
In a colorful account from Philadelphia dated August 8, the piece declares Noah as the true source of humanity’s fall, portraying him as the grandiose figure who condemned mankind. It exonerates Adam and Eve, reimagining their Eden as serene and guiltless while casting Noah as the pivotal actor in the tale.
Dr Steven Langdon of Oxford translates a Yale University Museum tablet claiming Sumerian theology predates Genesis by about a thousand years. The tablet locates Eden on the Arabian Gulf coast with Enki as water god and Ninella as creator goddess, Noah as gardener, and notes Paradise lasted 64 800 years.
The writer praises a white handkerchief linen blouse with old rose and blue detailing, black silk ribbon at the throat, and gold buttons. They plan to wear it tomorrow and mention a speed boat bought by Jack, with a trial trip planned, and ask for a name suggestion.
John Antonelli aged 38 son of Joseph Antonelli died from burns suffered when he pulled a kettle of boiling water onto himself at his Dorchester Avenue home in South Boston on Friday evening.
MRS J BUCKLEY of Cambridge offers practical fixes for common mending tasks. Melt paraffin inside a leaking watering pot on a tin pan to stop leaks. Butter spreads easier if placed on toast after both sides brown on the toaster. A broken wire strainer can be fastened with a safety pin in a pinch. Patch large holes in black stockings with black bobbinet and sew through holes. white bobbinet for white stockings.
A butcher displays a large ox tongue in the shop window with a sign declaring it the tongue that never told a lie and very rare. The curious label satirically invites customers to doubt the claim amid wartime chatter.
In a lively social note, Miss Passe asks Miss Cutting about an impending engagement. The chatter centers on the prospective groom, whose identity remains the subject of playful guessing among guests.
Rock Island Lines offers a smail folder detailing 42 popular routes to California Expositions with map at a glance. The package includes hotel lists with rates and low round trip fares from Boston. It promotes trains such as the Golden State Limited and Colorado California Express, with all‑steel equipment and dining car service. Contact Rock Island Travel Bureau at 288 Washington St Boston for folders and tickets.
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