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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1920
Page
11
Poet EDGAR A. GUEST calls for humility and service in a verse urging simple, everyday kindness. The speaker rejects pride and a lone throne, choosing to hear children and help the humble, valuing the worth of humble work in daily life.
A letter writer counsels a 22 year old to seek independence and self supporting adulthood, arguing parents should not demand the pay envelope nor quash a young person’s education. Readers weigh in on family sacrifice, marriage, and the right to earn and spend money as an adult.
A reader asks whether to wait for a sailor who has not replied for two years. The columnist suggests faithfulness may be over and that the sailor likely found another sweetheart, advising the writer to give up hope and pursue other acquaintances.
A solicitor for Hymen Sonny-Bunny and Little Mother eye a white straw hat with pink roses as they discuss weddings and money. Sonny-Bunny schemes to push Silas Lovejoy toward marriage, triggering a parsonage wedding that fixes their finances and yields the needed hat.
Recipes from the Sunday Post feature include German potato salad using bacon and onion with vinegar, to be served over boiled potatoes. Also listed are ginger snaps and coconut puffs with measurements and oven instructions, credited to local homemakers from Maine towns.
In Deerfield, Mrs Matilda S Hyde builds a dolls and history venture from her home. She crafts era themed paper dolls with brief historical notes, starting with the Sheldon family and 1704 massacre replica set. Demand grows, boosting income and financial independence.
The column shares quick home fixes such as pot menders to seal kettle holes and a three minute egg timer for phone calls. It also suggests rug borders from cloth and alum paste, bottle neck scissors tricks, oak saplings to prevent boiler scale, and soft putty repairs for tin pans.
A batch of reader questions and replies to the editor covers topics from U S gender ratios in 1910 census and Finns of Pompeii to Guy Empey in the army and Robert W Service’s war status. Other items include ice cream freezing salt ratios and cautions on rapid freezing.
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