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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1920
Page
17
Ada Alden shares a recipe for beet cups and baked apples with pie crust. Readers submit letters debating how young men and women should share expenses, while Aunt Myra and Mrs Horton discuss sewing circle charity and a plan to turn dressmaking into paid talks.
A reflective poem recalls a summer walk on the sea shore. The speaker gathers shells as a child and discards toys, noting how imagination shifts from youth to age and how shells symbolize keeping or letting go. The verse threads memory with waves and playful reverie.
Edwin H. Reiber started as a chemist but turned to observing wild birds from his lab window. He found existing birdhouses were too dry and hot, built an artificial nest that mimicked natural conditions, then discovered a market for scientifically constructed houses. He notes any hobby can be capitalized with effort.
A reader asks the editor to clarify the difference between farther and further. The letter explains that farther denotes measurable distance while further indicates quantity or degree, with examples comparing distance to Revere and Winthrop and suggesting a further discussion.
The text notes towns named Chelsea in Kennebec County Maine and Orange County Vermont and discusses whether state names or abbreviations are needed after city names in letters, referencing large New England cities like Worcester and Springfield for guidance on addressing conventions.
To the Editor of the Post Sir Wha U. S. coin commands the greatest premium among all the rare coins. Silver dollars dated 1804. A recent coin catalogue lists them as worth from 400 to 800 dollars. It is not their age but their scarcity that makes them valuable. Most of the issue are supposed to have been lost on a vessel at sea.
The Century Dictionary defines Scandinavian as including Icelandic Norwegian Swedish and Danish matters and adjacent islands. It extends to all four nationalities and associated territories as part of the regional scope.
The writer lists four proposed pronunciations for golf and invites readers to choose among them. The options range from pronounced letter by letter to variations resembling Scottish or English pronunciations, noting the differing vowel sounds.
A reader asks if breaking off an engagement after a surprise party is fair. The adviser says the fiancé’s reaction is blameworthy and churlish, suggesting his reluctance to share the news publicly signals a possible mistake and urges self-respect.
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