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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1917
Page
7
A reader group weighs morals on handholding kissing in public and how a man shows loyalty. Letters recount married life and social expectations, urging modesty and respect, with anecdotes from couples about affection in public settings.
A letter from a 34 year old man defends private affection over public display, praising respectful treatment of his wife. A responding couple shares how they saved affection for private moments, and a reader named Heartbroken is advised to choose the cat over her attachment to a pet.
A 1917 lyric expresses a sunnier heart in daily tasks and keeps a steady fortitude to endure blue outlooks. It urges hopeful resilience amid shadows and rainy dawns, aiming to deck the years with roses out of dust.
Mrs N Jenkins of 13 Park Street Lynn offers a household hint to light a smoky stove. Light a piece of newspaper, place it in the stove cover nearest the stove pipe, and let the flame rise up the chimney to start the fire.
The article details canning alternatives for very ripe fruit and tomatoes, including fruit pastes and butters, jams and jellies, pectin extraction, and sugar ratios. It covers apple, gooseberry, quince, apricot pastes, marmalade from small fruits, and peppering notes on clarity and storage.
Due to the Broadway extension bridge closing to surface cars the Bay View line will run to Franklin street via Summer street until 4 40 p m and then via Summer and Washington streets to Adams square beginning Saturday August 18 1917.
Poem by Edith M. Thomas published in the New York Times questions why the white nights are sent to youth and age. It warns that the night�s charm comes with a toll and laments that sleep and dreams can trap the reader. The speaker recalls praying to avoid sleep but the poem notes the watchful God of Sleep over all.
An American port reports a British tramp freighter escaped a German U-boat off the French coast after a moonlit chase. The captain ordered defensive actions, the crew of 60 manned positions, and the ship zigzagged to gain speed. The submarine abandoned the pursuit at 5 am without firing a shot.
Litigation over the Manufacturers' National Bank of Cambridge begins in the Supreme Judicial Court before full organization. Director Albert E. Lynch seeks an order to compel Emery H. Marsters to produce books and records for inspection, alleging improper stock sales and altered original bank papers. The case resumes Tuesday.
The United Shoe Workers of America and the Allied Shoe Workers Union split after a joint conference committee recommended ending recognition of the Lynn Manufacturers Association. The Allied union voted to accept the recommendation while the United union rejected it.
Secretary Wilfrid Wheeler warns that unless corn prices drop this fall the price of eggs may reach one dollar a dozen this winter. Poultry producers are culling hens due to high feed costs, threatening egg supply and raising potential prices if costs rise further.
New York announces Boy Scouts of America will adopt a Big Brother from men called for military service. Scouts will visit twice weekly to assist families, especially the elderly, and keep soldiers informed of home town news including baseball. If a soldier has no relatives, a Little Brother will be assigned to help.
Alderman Fred E. Hansen, acting Mayor of Everett, complains Mayor Mullen is on vacation and the city runs with 12 cents and 14 two-cent stamps. He warns he may request Mullen’s return to manage the department with the same limited funds.
Washington August 17 A cooperative purchasing plan for materials to finish ships was agreed by U S shipbuilding plant representatives. A central office will coordinate with Major R E Wood purchasing officer for the emergency fleet corporation. Rear Admiral Capps convened the meeting to speed up vessel construction.
Marshall Field, born Aug 18 1835 in onway Massachusetts, began in a country store in Pittsfield and rose to a leading Chicago merchant. After a great fire in 1871 destroyed his holdings he rebuilt quickly, expanding to France Germany and England and becoming the largest wholesale and retail employer. He died in 196 leaving 8 million to the Field Columbian Museum for world fair exhibits.
New England housewives share inexpensive dishes and desserts for Sunday meals. Leftover meat croquettes mix meat bread and egg then fry. tomato onion pepper stew served on toast. cocoa cake uses cocoa sour milk and boiled water. muffin batter plus evaporated milk hints. mashed potatoes with bacon bits. pimento walnut cheese spread makes two jelly tumblers. Mrs Nelson E Kidder Winter Hill provides the page.
Members of the Holy Name Society at St. Peters Church attend a morning mass and parish men are invited. The secular calendar lists feast days through the week. Eight archbishops and 20 bishops will attend the Catholic Federation convention August 26 27 28 and 29 in Kansas City with 32 bishops represented by delegates. A solemn pontifical high mass opens the convention at the Cathedral on Sunday August 25 celebrated by Apostolic Delegate John Bonzano D D.
Federal authorities prepared for possible disruption from the August 20 I W W strike across Washington Oregon Montana and Idaho with potential deployment of federal troops only if local and state efforts fail to prevent disorder or interruption of war essential industries.
The finance committee lists additional subscriptions to the guarantee fund for the coming encampment. Donations include amounts from Samuel Appleton, William F. Shedden, George W. Taylor, Mass. Order of Loyal Legion, Chandler & Farquhar Co, New England House, Wright & Potter Printing Co, and others, totaling about 2000 in combined gifts, plus earlier acknowledged 21,725.00.
Protestant church news reports Frank Curtis the evangelist returning from Maine cities will preach at the Advent Christian Church in Melrose with Wallace Fay Tenney assisting. Also noted are open air meeting leader Colonel Fred A. Lindsay and family attendances from Old Orchard, and the Trinity Episcopal rector Edward T. Sullivan scheduled for Cathedral services with porch hymns at 7:15 PM.
Ottawa Ontario August 17 Exportation of flour to the United States was prohibited today by Order in Council issued by the Canadian food controller. The ban lasts for the duration of a prior wheat export prohibition, with possible modifications only by the controller in his judgment.
The Arlmont Golf Club hosts a cemetery tour today in Arlington Heights. This event concludes the season with the last cemetery tournament of the year led by Lameny on Sope.
Washington reports the Senate cleared many uncontested war tax items including wine and motor vehicle schedules. New rates raise wine taxes and motor vehicle fees with an added Knox surcharge on cars over 3000 dollars. Debate continues on publishers incomes and second class postage with action postponed to next week.
The Independent Shoe Manufacturers' Association of Lynn says its members signed price list agreements last spring under coercion and asks the State Board of Arbitration to reopen negotiations with the unions. The group, about 300 factories employing more than 10 000 workers, endorses the stance of the Lynn Shoe Manufacturers' Association and notes wage disparities across independent factories.
Washington plans three to four weeks of lantern slides in theatres in Illinois Massachusetts New York and Pennsylvania on canning drying preserving and pickling of perishable foods. The move by the Agriculture Department with the war committee aims to prevent waste from surpluses in large population centers.
Mr and Mrs W A Cleveland announce the engagement of their daughter Violet T to Percy L Paige of Pawtucket Rhode Island. Mr Paige is a son of Charles K Paige of East Livermore Maine and is stationed with Battery A RI F A at Quonset Point Rhode Island.
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