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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
9
Mary and Bess unwind a chaotic shopping trip by choosing to donate gifts to a needy family in their name. The sisters describe the joy of giving over buying for wealthier relatives, and reveal a compassionate gesture that reshapes Christmas morning at Uncle Frank’s.
Walt Mason writes tribute to Mr Bok praising his generosity and ingenuity in teaching crafts from string art to painting bricks and gilding horns. He cites lessons on decorating a home and making pole shows, ending with a wish for Bok’s presence at death.
Tide atmosphere surrounded a busy welcome as Aunt Martha arrives and offers Santa like gifts from the girls. Nan and Mary prepare for a California journey lasting until spring with both going along, Mary showing distinct emotion.
Paragraphs describe spangled and net robes, shell inlaid hair ornaments, and chalks and albatross fabrics for negligees. Heels stay high but sturdier while long dressy coats, jet trimming, and velvet gowns with fur are noted. Bows appear on shoes. blue beaver turbans feature velvet bands and rhinestone buttons. mourning muffs use crepe. pillow covers echo cross-stitch past designs.
A reader asks how to handle a romance blocked by a mother’s disapproval. Mildred Champagne suggests the suitor lacks backbone and urges the girl to step away from the family dispute, noting the man may not love her or deserve the effort to win him back.
A reader asks if giving a young man underwear or valuable jewelry is appropriate. The adviser lists safer gifts such as a scarf, scarfpin, gloves, handkerchiefs, books, a pocketbook, or a cigar case, noting underwear is improper unless wed to him for decades. The piece suggests such gifts may not prompt discussion of the future.
Mrs. Margaret Flaherty of Worcester plans to file claims for part of the $4250000 estate of the late Eugene Lynch of Boston. Lynch died after his wife perished in the Republic disaster and Mrs. Flaherty asserts kinship to the deceased.
Boston attorneys say contesting Eugene Lynch’s estate is futile as the will governs and intestacy would split assets among siblings or their children. Mrs. Garrett F. Barry of Springfield, a sister, would receive one third, a brother one third, and two nieces each a sixth if no siblings survive. A Worcester woman, related to Eugene, seeks a share but faces a law that favors the will and fixed shares.
A reader asks days of week for October 27 1854 and August 4 1864. Friday and Thursday given. Other letters advise consulting an attorney. Inquiries for Dr Andrew Still’s address and Cunard liner Ivernia cargo capacity answered.
A collection of home kitchen tips and recipes from Nellie Stiles, Nellie Fe Zackular, Mrs H B Crosby, and Mrs Mary E Russell. Includes fried bread, rice corn meal batter, beef pie, and Boston brown bread with ingredients, steps, and baking notes.
Dr Woods Hutchinson cites Cosmopolitan on the path to halt baldness by improving health and keeping the scalp clean and ventilated. Birt’s Head Wash is touted as a safe, mild antiseptic cleansing formula free of free alkali or ammonia.
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