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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
11
A reader questions accepting a Christmas gift from a male escort and balancing husband feelings with social escort norms. Another letter warns against male flirting and describes girls seeking rides from a city chauffeur near Huntington and Massachusetts avenues.
A reader recalls a crowded street scene and warns of strangers luring women in private cars. A second letter reflects on a broken marriage, a wary wife recounting years of harm, reform, and advice to play fair. The piece closes with the Sewing Circle letters and social critique.
A playful note from Maurice Ketten Poor describes Jane declining sweets on a diet yet secretly enjoying chocolate eclairs. She wears a bis cu it color velvet hat with pink rose band. Short advice snippets follow on cleaning, washing, and kitchen tips attributed to Mrs. H B Crosby and Mrs. Charles Aldrich.
A lyrical verse invites putting aside the week’s toil and trouble to enjoy a morning of rest and beauty. It imagines youth reviving in nature and dreams returning as birds awaken, while another week hovers on its golden wing beyond the mist.
Miss Marion L. Lane of Boston shares a chocolate and raisin pie recipe with steps from mixing to baking and a pulp boil, while Mrs J M McFarland of Springfield offers a red kidney bean salad with beans, sweet pickles, onions and vinegar.
Edna Flower a jealous wife and Louis Clifford wed in a circle of friends. Her suspicions grow until she finds a fake note. Louis exposes the ruse at a surprise party staged by their loved ones. Edna learns to trust and laugh at herself.
Letter responses clarify that a person born in the United States is a native born citizen, not naturalized, and that there is no national holiday in the country. A reader asks about a daughter's husband’s duty to support a mother. the statute covers children, not in laws by marriage.
A short promotional piece touts Rhymes of a Red Cross Man as a Great War sensation. It quotes a dying soldier's vision of poppies cornflowers and lilies, seeing cross shaped graves and the claim that heaven grants him a cross.
Fire Commissioner Grady announced the appointment of two new captains and two new lieutenants for the Boston Fire Department. Captains Donohoe of Ladder 13 and McClay of Ladder 12 fill vacancies from retirements Ramsey and Mitchell. New lieutenants are Leary of Engine 7 and Dwight of Ladder 6. Also promoted was Edward F. B. Williamson to engineer. Reinstatements include John J. Earl who resigned to join the Ninth Regiment at the Mexican border.
The Rev. Philip J. O'Donnell, pastor at St. James Church, Harrison Avenue, was misquoted in a recent sermon delivered to parishioners.
State Treasurer Charles L. Burrill led a protest against the award for razing buildings in front of the new west wing. Special police officers have been stationed on the property to prevent materials from being carried away.
President Wilson spent over an hour in downtown Washington shopping with several Secret Service agents. He visited multiple stores making purchases as part of his holiday activities today.
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