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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1917
Page
9
Readers debate the idea of dividing a family income into four equal parts for rent food clothes and a discretionary share for the husband. One letter argues that even with frugal meals a family of three struggles on $22 weekly, while others caution about clothes budgets and social expectations.
Recipes from the Sunday Post include Potato Scones made with mashed potato egg sugar cream salt and flour then fried in butter. A meat loaf uses round steak fat pork rice egg milk and tomato sauce baked in a cake tin. A beef stew over bread and cheese fry-ups with stale bread are also shared by readers M E Marston and Mrs Frank Lewis with location notes in Maine and Connecticut.
Reader questions on when Charlestown ceased as an independent city and joined Boston. The column notes Charlestown was annexed in 1874 and that Bunker Hill Monument was dedicated in 1843.
Advertised foot remedy Ice Mint claims to soothe aching corn and calluses instantly with a cooling sensation. The cream supposedly loosens corns and allows removal with the finger, leaving surrounding skin healthy and comfortable. It urges readers to buy at drugstores and try the product for swift relief.
Estimates totaling 1 123 000 000 for completion of the governments 1917 ship building program were sent to Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo tonight. Congress will be asked to appropriate the sum as soon as President Wilsons approval is obtained.
The board seeks a total near two billion dollars to build and buy a merchant fleet by year end. About 719 million will fund ship construction including 250 million for steel vessel fabrication and 265 million for commandeering yards. Some 120 lakes ships will move to the Atlantic. over 350 thousand tons total. The plan aims to cut ocean freight rates by using a government rate basis and amortize excess profits.
Frank J. Damery of St. Johnsbury Vermont told a Central Court judge he could not recall what happened to rolls of wallpaper tied to a job with Annie Gateley. Damery was arrested after being found in a mud puddle during a storm.疑. Gateley admitted she wanted the wallpaper returned. Gatesey earned 6 cents as a witness fee.
A brief item notes the Vermont paperhanger serving a one month jail sentence. No further details provided in the readable text.
A reader asks about a young man who denies engagement yet acts distant. The columnist explains his reluctance to cause hurt, notes his mixed signals likely show lack of reciprocal interest, and cautions against pressuring him for explanations.
A fragile relationship faces strain as the absence of mutual attraction and magnetism between two people erodes friendship and potential romance. The fragment suggests reevaluating connections and emotional alignment to restore harmony or redefine ties.
Edith M. Fuller, named as the alleged Medford burglar, was held in $3000 for the grand jury by Judge Wentworth of the Somerville Police Court after waiving a lower court hearing through attorney Edwin P. Fitzgerald. A further charge of breaking and entering the home of Guy B. McCusick was added, making it her third charge.
William F. Kenney, president of the library trustees, was asked by Mayor Curley to prepare a report on creating a library rest room and convenience station in the basement of the Old South Meeting House at Washington and Milk streets.
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