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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1919
Page
17
An aging speaker asks Beauty for solace as time wears away youth. He and his dog seek warm memory by a dying fire while a clock ticks like a withered wire. He longs for wisdom and passion to nourish the soul before darkness, hoping beauty will bloom in the night.
Louise and Jack reunite after a blueberry picnic mix up at a country house. A misunderstanding about a rival, a forgotten lunch basket, and a locked door leads to a joyful reunion as Louise admits she kept the key all along and vows not to run away again.
Household hints describe methods to remove grease spots from silk using blotting paper chalk and a warm iron. Bleach handkerchiefs by overnight soaking in water with dissolved cream of tartar. Remove scorch with a metal coin and rub briskly. Wagon grease cleans with melted lard or butter then soap and hot water. Clara L. Bell Atlantic.
Instructions include stirring Grape-Nuts into baked goods for nutlike taste, using common cookies with cream, breaking cookies into cream when half frozen, omitting an egg in thick bread pudding with extra baking powder, dried celery leaves as flavoring, cream of tartar to stiffen meringue, and a lemur juice substitute flavored with cream of tartar. Orford New Hampshire signed by Mrs G W Rhodes.
After sailing from San Francisco on March 28, 1900, the narrator and Mrs. Cook wintered near the Baillie Islands. About 80 igloos housed families, with a central large hall for dance and theatre. Natives learned to sew from Mrs. Cook while she studied skins and furs. whiskey myths and molasses tales add color to life in the Arctic winter.
T visited Jane yesterday afternoon noting she is recovering quickly and walking in the garden. She has grown thin and fears gown fit unless designed to hang loose while describing a pale pink crepe de chine dress with a white organdie collar and decorative ribbon girdle in violet and pale turquoise blue.
The oldest resident recalls Boston weather for August 26, noting official highs of 97 and 99 in 1909 and a low of 50 in 1912. He says there has been no rain in Boston on this date during the past decade except for a few sporadic instances.
Worcester aug 25 pledging themselves to any sacrifice for the cause of Irish freedom the Ladies auxiliary Ancient Order of Hibernians opened its first biennial State conv entice since 1916 at the Bancroft today Plans include Massachusetts plans for raising 150000 pledged toward the Irish Victory Fund and naming committees and candidates for office The convention opened with high mass and featured a $50 check toward a battlefield monument to nuns in Washington The Australian ballot will be used for the first time in elections tomorrow 4000 delegates 14000 members expected
A collection of brief biographical notes and reader Q and A items from a historic newspaper page. Topics include Prince Albert and Queen Victoria’s romance and reign, spelling questions, wartime commissions, California’s statehood, the Suez Canal, and Canadian provincial sizes.
Brigadier General Marlborough Churchill is named chief of military intelligence. He is not a West Point graduate, but Harvard educated, earning a commission two years ago through an examination. The letter to the editor discusses his background.
A long reader column argues recreation vs home interests, defending dancing when properly chaperoned and criticizing narrow views. Letters from MOTHER OF THREE, SISTER BETTY, and BLUE EYES weigh marriage prospects, trust, and how dancing affects family life.
A reader disputes both suitors in Home vs. Dance, praising balanced preferences. She favors a future husband who enjoys dancing in moderation and values home life, concluding with a pledge to remain happily married and seek lasting happiness at home.
A collection of dated home recipes including a sandwich filling with egg cream cheese olives and cranberries a savory salmon and pea dish and a birthday cake with boiling frosting. Names Dorothy Carpenter of Manchester New Hampshire and Mrs Ladine Fowlie Foxcroft Maine appear.
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