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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1916
Page
12
A reader asks whether a fiancée may insist her future husband save most of his wages for their life together and stop giving money to his mother. Responses defend warning others about immoral behavior and weigh the value of harsh honesty against privacy.
A reader urges a plan to limit housework hours to ten per day to resolve the domestic service problem. She praises Post writers and editorials, asks for letters to cheer authors, and signs as a mother of boys hoping a practical solution emerges.
Some of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle are printed in the Sunday Post, offering readers insight into mailing habits, patterns, and community craft discussions.
A Medford reader asks for the meaning of the motto Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem on the state coat of arms with two translations offered. The letter notes the Hoosac tunnel is not the longest in America and cites the Duke of Connaught tunnel under Selkirk Mountain on the Canadian Pacific railroad as about five miles long and the longest double track tunnel in the Western Hemisphere.
A Boston woman cites the last census showing 23.4 percent of females in the United States aged 10 and over were employed in gainful occupations in 1910. The note discusses women working outside home and the scope of the employed population.
Ralph Waldo Emerson served as a minister in Boston at the Second Church from 1829 to 1832, shaping his early religious and intellectual trajectory.
The city of Boston owns the Washington Street tunnel and leased it to the Boston Elevated Railway Company.
A young woman claimed she was from Massachusetts General Hospital and sold vials of a supposed "sure preventative." She offered inhalants at two for a quarter in Cambridgeport. Police traced the hoax after contacting the hospital and are pursuing her.
The poem describes a waterfowl gliding across rosy skies and distant shores as a guiding emblem. A speaker notes the bird’s solitary journey and verses about fate, urging inner guidance through life’s vast, unseen paths. The final stanza likens the fowl to a mentor who would lead the speaker along the long road ahead.
Aunt Molly and Uncle Joe prepare for their fiftieth anniversary while tending to Uncle Joe's pneumonia as the maples set the scene. The tale unfolds with hope, faith, and a final family celebration after a near turning point.
The Sunday Post highlights its summer fiction prize with a $1000 award for the best contest stories. Readers are invited to submit tales and enjoy a showcase of new writing in the upcoming issue.
A movie convention night at the Blackstone hotel features a dinner with notable guests including Adolf Zukor and the Fredericks. Pauline Frederick and I tour the Paramount booth amid crowd noise, with a memorable but faltering stage speech about Hulda from Holland and early cinema life.
Product note explains pure transparent soap flakes dissolve instantly. Dissolve in hot water then whisk into thick lather. Soak baby woolens in the bubbly solution for a few moments to clean and soften.
From the Coliseum the crowd was carried on heroic firemen shoulders to an automobile and sped toward Chicago University in a vivid mass moment.
The excerpt cites M F Marshall Nielan as a leading man in The Girl of Yesterday and Madam Butterfly. It notes multiple directors per studio and advises checking moving picture trade journals for lists of New York studios and direct contact.
June M notes many actresses lack beauty yet are clever. Self acceptance and a sweet disposition can make one appear prettier over time. Mary Pickford's Talks will appear usually five days weekly in the Daily Post and each Sunday in the Sunday Post.
Those accustomed to lemon flavor in tea can enjoy orange in the same way. Wash an orange and slice it thin, then pour hot tea over one or two slices and add leaf sugar. Anna M. Daly, 43 Royal Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Veal cutlet in cracker crumb coating fried 20 minutes with brown gravy. Veal loaf made from bread dressing and fat pork fat, baked, then tomato soup gravy. Veal pot roast with onion and gravy, baked two and a half hours. Cocoa for summer serving with evaporated milk and corn starch, vanilla. Miss Alice Reimer Orchard Street Cambridge.
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