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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1916
Page
15
Dear Sisters discuss a husband’s weekly night out and management of household money with tips on consent and limiting funds to temper excursions. Other letters urge fair gender norms, caution Eve’s influence, and reflect fashion trends with ornate hats, fur-trimmed coats, and turban styling.
Clara drops by with a lavish raisin color coat described as velvet soft and warm. The garment features a deep circular cape, moleskin collar and cuffs, smoked pearl buttons, and silver taffeta linings. paired with a matching muff, just a week before Christmas. Alma V. Robinson and Gertrude Adams sign off recipe notices amid festive chatter.
A series of reader questions covers leap years 400 rule deposits in postal savings banks and city populations. Also included is an update on Mrs Angela de Acosta Sewall and her husband William G Sewall arriving in New York after six years in British East Africa with hunting trophies and war service details.
General Pearson argues universal compulsory military service should be organized through National Guard units at local armories rather than the regular army. He notes the Boston Post supports the plan and contends a home-based system could be cheaper and fairer, criticizing pay gaps between officers and enlisted men. He remains unsure the general staff has a practical plan.
The third fatality from gas poisoning at the South End this week was recorded yesterday afternoon. William Dunn, a lodger at 10 Milford Street, was found unconscious in his room about 4 o clock by landlady Mary McCormick, with the gas cock of a wall bracket open.
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