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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1919
Page
13
A reflective piece argues happiness rests on two parts contentment with what we have and peace of mind from doing our duty to others. It contrasts contentment with marriage notions and stresses shared humanity, urging balance between self and community to achieve true happiness.
In a 1920 Sewing Circle discussion, readers debate whether women should be allowed to propose marriage. Letters advocate traditional male hunting roles, while others urge women to improve themselves and seek independence, with advice to cope if a partner strays.
Dear Agnese faces a dilemma between a French suitor abroad and a local fiancé. The writer cautions that true commitment matters more than looks and urges choosing the steady, well positioned partner who has asked for marriage, noting overseas letters can mislead and that loving two men often means not loving either.
Torchy grapples another trying problem in the Sewell Ford tale featured in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine. The piece portrays Torchy in a sharp, humorous scenario as he navigates a stubborn challenge with wit and grit.
Wilfred Thayer, Carleton College English professor, judges a prize for a true love story at Woman's Sphere. He recognizes the author as Phyllis Kenyon, former Miss Kenyon, who wrote the tale to advance money. He urges her to withdraw the piece, and Confesses love, offering support and a future together.
A Sunday Post full page presents Christmas turkey methods with boil and roast steps, an unconventional stuffing recipe using stale bread oats suet onions sage and eggs, plus several fruit preserves and baked goods. Contributors include Mrs Heaton Avery Street Providence and others from Lynn Jamaica Plain and Concord New Hampshire.
The page compiles questions and answers on etiquette and daily life. Topics include how to address couples in holiday cards, seating guests, handling small eating embarrassments, mustard serving, wood measurement, thermos bottles, and clarifications about holidays and Benjamin Franklin’s title.
The note lists the Mountain Division as Montana Idaho Wyoming Colorado New Mexico Arizona Utah and Nevada. It also asks for Wagner’s best known operas including Twilight of the Gods Flying Dutchman Lohengrin Mastersingers Parsifal Rhinegold Rienzi Siegfried Tannhauser Tristan and Isolde Valkyrie.
A sequence of commemorative days spans Sundays and Mondays including Patriots Day Memorial Day Independence Day Labor Day and Christmas among other holidays. The list reflects customary observances across the year with varying dates and weekend placements.
To the Editor debate on whether traditional Boston baked beans should include a whole onion placed atop the beans before baking. The note cites an old recipe as a reference for the practice and invites reader opinions.
Lincoln served as a captain in the Black Hawk War. Johnson governed Tennessee militarily. Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, and McKinley had Civil War records. Roosevelt fought in the Spanish American War. Taft was Secretary of War. Cleveland and Wilson had no military records at election.
Various practical tips include grinding soap scraps for wash use and painting a willow chair with a hand-spray pump for thorough coverage. A cooking tip suggests coffee in hot pan to flavor steak. Also notes dissolving lye in rancid butter pot to neutralize odors. A Christmas gift list proposes needles pins threads laces and small toiletries packaged for shipping from Norwich Vermont.
The requirement states the marrying party must be informed of a divorce. The license application must include a court certificate showing who obtained the divorce and the cause, even when courts ruled no fault. The certificate accompanies the application to prove the divorce details.
Bonjour means good morning or hello in French, bonsoir means good evening, bonne nuit means good night, and merci means thank you.
In Tom Hood's Faithless Sally Brown the lines describe a death at sea where a man tells the sexton and the sexton tolls the bell. The verse reflects maritime tragedy and somber burial customs with the sexton’s bell marking the loss.
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