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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1915
Page
11
Boston writer Thomas Bailey Aldrich is to publish The Story of a Bad Boy in The Post starting this Sunday and continuing in daily and Sunday editions, delighting readers with his humorous chronicle of boyhood adventures.
The article reflects on Horace Aldrich as a loyal Bostonian and prominent prose writer. It notes his rise from Charles Street to Mt Vernon Street, his editorial career at the Atlantic starting in 1881, and his influence in shaping the magazine's prestige. It details his world travels after leaving the Atlantic and his death in 1907 after a brief illness.
Buckle down and meet it whatever it may be. The call that comes to every man of energy at length inspires effort. Buckle down to duty and bear it with will to conquer shadows of ill and reach the dreams. Copyright 1915 Southern Press Syndicate.
James Warner and Alfred Finnigan faced Municipal Court yesterday before Judge Dowd and were found guilty of selling a load of furniture consigned to a storage warehouse for Mrs. A. M. Griffin of 26 Minton Street Dorchester. They received six and nine month sentences in the House of Correction respectively.
Readers share views on escorts, motherhood, and marriage roles in a Boston Post Sewing Circle page. Contributors urge education for girls, discuss bachelor taxes, and seek budgeting help for a family of six amid tight finances.
Readers write in with sewing tips and anecdotes as the Sewing Circle features selections in the Sunday Post. The letters showcase practical advice, project ideas, and community reflections from longtime hobbyists.
The column lists recipes for Fruit Snaps Plum Cakes and Queen Sponge with ingredients such as sugar butter molasses eggs raisins currants ginger cloves cinnamon and spice. It includes baking instructions and notes the creator Mrs Bertram B Goodwin of 14 Highland Street Gloucester Massachusetts.
Society people from New England and New York attend a moonlight surf ball hosted by the Bar Harbor Swimming Club in Bar Harbor. Notable costumes include Miss Katharine Fay in a Napoleonic hat and collette gown, escort William Lawrence Green as Pierrot, and Mrs. Ferdinand Kuhn in a multicolor bloomer outfit.
The speaker asks Helen to judge a new street costume described as Russian green faille with gold military fastenings, a broad black patent belt with red inserts, pleated skirt, a black velvet toque, and a red leather brush ornament, suitable for motoring or country club. Jack approves the outfit, causing suspicions.
Gardner W. Bullard aged 82 dies at his Tufts College home after a three month illness. A Boston businessman for 64 years he led Wellington Bros. & Co and the Allen Lane Company. He is survived by his wife and by his daughter Mrs. Leo R. Lewis of Tufts College.
The article surveys winter fashion trends with tulle petticoats, reduced dyed furs, braid trims, larger petticoats, picture hats, shorter corsets, many pockets, striped hat fabrics, flounced parasols, linen suits lined in chintz silk, black satin hats, belted suits, waist curvature, tapering sleeves, matched waist and color, beaver fur, full evening wraps, transparent top coats, pleated organdy collars, side pleats in skirts, one piece frocks, and striped taffeta street dresses.
A poetic fragment speaks of a lingering spell and the notion of dreams to sell. The speaker considers what they would buy in longing, hinting at intimate choice and yearning.
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