Should Girls Pay Half the Bills In Courtship
A series of letters from readers arguing if couples should split expenses 50 50 in dating. The Tasco Girls defend paying half the cost of outings while hosting at home. others urge equal sharing or women paying their own way. A Bay State Tommy reflects on wartime experience and insists love is not bought by money.
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Sewing Circle
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Uncle Sam
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Dan
Neville’s Woods
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New York
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Oakdale
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Margaret Rutherford Mn
Barbara Rutherford Hatch
Gainsborough and Reynolds
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tenn
James Lovergrove
William Kavanagh
Years of the Modern as World Shifts in Dream
Poem fragment depicts a transforming era with vast social upheaval. It contrasts perform’d powers of America and Europe with an unperformed future, as tyrants tremble and humanity seems poised for a single global consciousness. The speaker feels history accelerating toward unknown, possibly divine upheaval.
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America
Europe
Butterscotch King at 72 Builds Own Candy Biz
Charles J. Powell, a former hotel manager from Springfield Ohio, retired at 67 and started a candy venture in Toledo. He created a creamy butterscotch and opened a tiny shop earning about $1,000 monthly, becoming independent and earning the nickname Butterscotch King. Powell says nerve and determination matter for money-making.
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Powell
Toledo
Dear Miss Champagne: Quandary Over Jealous Boyfriend
An 18 year old seeks advice about a changeable lover who grows jealous and distant. The columnist urges preemptive self respect, suggests his motive is to end the relationship by fault finding, and advises protecting her pride and well being.
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Miss Champagne
The Clergyman’s Wedding Fee Etiquette
A clergyman cites a wide fee range for wedding ceremonies from three cents to five or ten dollars. Etiquette writers say the fee reflects the groom’s means and appreciation for the bride, with discretion in amount and a mark of refinement.
Subscription Rates for Post and Daily Post Announced
The Post outlines regular delivery options with pricing for Daily Post and Sunday Post. Rates listed include 3 months 2 weeks 1 month and 1 year with charges of 25 cents and 50 cents for unspecified periods. The notice emphasizes timely delivery as a faithful friend to subscribers.
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Sunday Post
Salem Oregon vs Salem Massachusetts Which is bigger
Letter to the editor compares population and status of Salem Oregon with Salem Massachusetts. The writer asks if Salem Oregon is larger or smaller than the well known Witch City and notes Salem Mass is more populous, while Oregon’s Salem ranks second to Portland among western cities.
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Sir
Salem
Mass
Oregon
Bay State
Portland
How to Pronounce the Word Guild In Society Context
To the Editor the writer asks about pronunciation of guild as applied to a body of men or women or a society. He wonders if it is pronounced gild with the i as in ill.
Voting split ticket in presidential elector system question
A reader asks if a ballot can elect one party’s presidential nominee and another party’s vice presidential nominee. The editor explains voters elect electors, and ballots must list only candidates or crosses. In practice, the most likely outcome is that Republican electors vote Harding and Coolidge and Democratic electors Cox and Roosevelt, so the answer is no within practical limits.
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Sir
Cox and Coolidge
Harding
Coolidge
Cox
Roosevelt
Wellington praised as England's greatest son in Tennyson poem
The passage notes Tennyson’s Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington praising the victor at Waterloo as England's greatest son who fought a hundred battles and never lost an English gun.
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England
Tennyson
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Punctuation in The Moss Covered Bucket Line
The question asks whether a comma is correct after moss-covered bucket before which, as Goold Brown argued, an emphatically repeated word is set off by a comma. Brown cites The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well, noting the pause before which. The poem itself varies in editions. Home Book of Verse and Stedman's American Anthology do not place a comma after moss-covered bucket.
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Goold Brown
Stedman
Flexible Martian Traits and Hand Types
The article describes lower and upper Mount of Marsa hand features signaling aggressiveness and resistance. It notes flexible Martians seem refined yet vigorous, with a brilliancy and polish that avoid effeminacy. Flexibility, though rare, correlates with physical exertion and strong appetite, affecting temperament.
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Marsa
Mars
Nancy Willard and Letters of Love and Mischief
Nancy Willard receives two letters about marriage to Bob and a stranger from Hiram Rogers. She replies with a mock set of شروط demanding age, education, wealth, and chores, then accidentally sends the wrong letter to Bob. A mix up leads to comic confusion until Bob reveals the truth and the couples unite.
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Nancy
Hiram
Mr. Rogers
Bob
Silver gray gown shown for afternoon wear
A delicate silver gray satin gown with a narrow box-pleated gray georgette tunic is highlighted as an ideal afternoon dress for slender figures. The piece features an extremely narrow foundation and evokes a serene, dressy tone. A separate roster notes the Boston parade plans and invites war service groups to join veterans in a Yankee Division celebration on Boston Common.
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YC Boys
Boston Common
American Red Cross Society
Knights of Columbus
Household Hints From Old Times on Practical DIY
A column of thrifty tips advises repurposing worn garments into children’s clothing and accessories, such as using collars for pinafores and skirts for aprons. It also suggests recycling old hats and shoes into moccasins, and converting worn stockings into kids’ stock. Practical household hacks cover cleaning enamel and organizing under the sink.
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G. W. Harris
Iiberty Street
Rockland
Fadts and Fashions Feature Scalloped and Loose Dolman Styles
The scalloped hem trend carries the uneven hem idea with outfits in dark blue serge, white chiffon collars, and long-waisted fur coats with pleated skirts. Black satin with tan Georgette makes an afternoon frock, while strap pumps look to be fall favorites. Feathers lose popularity in millinery but ribbon bows appear, and the loose dolman coat with secant skirt and bloused bodice stands out.
Makeup of Edwards Day March in Boston Parade Details
Full lineup for Edwards Day parade and reception to General Edwards in Boston next Tuesday released by YD Club at 200 Huntington Avenue. Contains division marshals and commanders for the march as part of the planned observance.
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Andéo
Secrecy Ordered in Searles Estate Case
Mrs. Mary Allen Rowland of Melrose Park says Lewis L. Delafield jointly executor with Arthur T. Walker ordered secrecy regarding the $50,000,000 estate of Edward Francis Searles, the Methuen exile art connoisseur, in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Lewis L. Delafield
Arthur T. Walker
Edward
Francis Searles
Mary Allen Rowland
Melrose Park
Ham baked in milk and other New England recipes
A collection of homemaker recipes from Melrose Highlands and Haverhill including ham baked in milk with a milk gravy option, potato griddle cakes with eggs and baking powder, a spiced pudding with lemon sauce, fried banana or apple batter, and everyday cake using raisins. Recipes credited to Mrs Merrill Katherine Hardwick Ida Belanger and L. H. Merrill.
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JL. H. Merrill
Melrose Highlands
Katherine L. Hardwick
Ida M. Belanger
Lowell Ave
Haverhill
L. H. Merrill
Will Reveals Large Trusts in Rowland Searles Estate
Lana Rowland and her three sons inherit Methuen castle and 4.5 million in trusts from the late Massachusetts magnate tied to Searles. Executor Delafield orders silence as questions swirl about reasons for the bequest and the widow’s limited share.
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Mr. Rowland
Rowland
Searles
Collegeville
Songs of Sunshine by the Bentitown Bard
A 1926 poem celebrating young feet and April dancing through life with joy and wind and sun. It pictures carefree feet skipping over hills and hollows, chasing dawn and dew, while life’s fears remain distant and unshaken. Copyright notice appears from Southern Press Syndicate.
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Songs of
The
Bentitown Bard
Southern Press Syndicate
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