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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1918
Page
9
The Sewing Circle editor offers five dollars weekly for top contributions and invites women to submit problems or comments. Letters share opinions on whether home training or office work better leads to marriage, urging practical paths, housekeeping, budgeting, punctuality, and personal conduct.
Wartime kitchen notes from a Sunday Post page present recipes and tips from Mrs Annie MacDougall of Roxbury and Mrs Julia Wallace of Concord New Hampshire. Included are potato cakes liberty doughnuts squash muffins apple cornstarch pudding jam and marmalade with notes on sugar salt and substitutions.
Dr. H. F. Moore warns Massachusetts lobster supply faces wipeout if sales are not restricted to medium size. He cites overharvesting of large and small lobsters and urges planting oyster and clam beds to replenish scarce beds along the coast.
The article highlights a fearless mobile race hero who has won three major auto races this year, risking life for glory and growing rich. Belgium’s queen honors Mrs. Norton for aiding Belgian sufferers and plans to photograph them with the queen. Mrs. Norton travels to raise funds to remember Belgian soldiers at Christmas. Masaryk praises President Wilson, saying the nation remains grateful for his leadership.
A column offers tips on wedding gifts noting guests should acknowledge gifts promptly with a short personal message. It also advises against crest use on visiting cards and suggests a married woman may add Jr. or Sr. to avoid name confusion.
Alice May laments her lack of share in her earnings amid household labor. Wilhelm Stitch notes a proposed act to sack husbands who refuse weekly allowances for their wives’ work. The exchange frames a suffrage era critique of economic rights within marriage.
A 19 year old wife asks about a letter from another woman found in her husband’s coat. The advice urges respecting privacy, avoiding suspicion, and not nagging, noting many doubts create unhappiness and that the husband may be innocent.
Household hints provide simple advice from Mrs Roy Spaulding of Plymouth New Hampshire. Tips include cleaning sinks with kerosene on a damp cloth and refrigerating pastry before baking for better texture. A milk glaze yields a shiny surface and drink slowly rather than gulping. leather care suggests beeswax and turpentine to extend life.
Airplane ambulances will transport injured aviators from accident sites to field hospitals. Trials at Gerstner Field Louisiana led to adoption at nine Texas fields, with War Department orders directing all field commanders to implement the system.
We had the dress rehearsal last night and Cecilie was perfect. If she does as well during the performance, someone may persuade her she was born for the stage. She wore a flesh color chiffon crepe dress with silver ribbon bands, pink chiffon waist sash, and silver accessories.
Fadts and fashions describe draped skirts in brown tones with new veils bordered by narrow fur. Lace fichus, small trimming buttons, wide necklines, and long organdie sleeves with silk cuffs dominate. Coat collars gain importance and organ dies are favored for dressy frocks.
A narrator recalls surprising her husband Jim with toasted cheese sandwiches flavored with Al Sauce, calling it a miracle worker. The meal reflects modest means and Jim’s politeness as they return home from a night out.
Captain Edwin Denby and Lieutenant Arthur Brennes Jacques with Private Ward B. Arbury reunite as marine Devil Dogs at a South Carolina training camp. Wabash College trustee William H. Hays heads a college board in Crawfordsville. New York women repair soldiers uniforms, tallying 8000 items. Newsboys sell extras at an Indiana Methodist church. Admiralty Secretary McNamara holds 45 million dollars of prize money for England’s fleet.
A reflective poem by Eugene Richard White from Songs of Good Fighting contemplates the fate of the ship Kite. It questions victors, preachers, and sailors as the sea swallows the sun and a ship and its crew vanish beneath the floor of the sea.
Official records show Boston’s warmest August 27 reached 91 degrees in 1881 and 90 in 1886, while the coldest was 47 above in 1880. Rain fell on this date in 1911 1913 and 1914 within the past decade.
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