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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1914
Page
11
West Somerville civic committee led by Howard D. Moore drafts plans for a memorial to Sam Walter Foss, longtime Somerville librarian and celebrated poet known for “The House by the Side of the Road.” The piece highlights Foss and related local histories.
A Boston resident recalls a record chilling Christmas in 1872 when the thermometer sank to 8 below zero and contrasts it with a 1888 Christmas Day when temperatures climbed to 60 degrees above zero. The Oldest Inhabitant reflects on the city’s climate extremes and seasonal swing.
An advertisement promotes Emerald OKl for swollen and tubercular glands. It claims two ounces of full strength solution applied daily will bring boils to a head, discharge toxins, and heal with no scar, noting hospital use and physician endorsement. It also touts efficacy for varicose veins and goitre.
Advertisement for Teader gum remedy claiming to stop sore receding gums and looseness. Recommends using a small original bottle daily until teeth feel firm and soreness ends. States bottle lasts weeks.
The Post invites submissions for its Short Story Competition. Writers must submit original, non copied work. Read rules on the editorial page of the Sunday Post.
Jack Douglass returns from fifteen years abroad to find Molly gone, but his sister Bobbie Sheldon and her Sunday school class warmly welcome him. He becomes Santa, delivering toys to the children, and rekindles a romance with Bobbie that leads to a marriage proposal six months later amid June roses.
The Dolly Dip Tango series, with words and music, is highlighted in the Sun Day Post. Details describe the next installment in the musical column.
Poem titled Fore Christmas, a late Eugene Field work reprinted with permission. The piece uses child narrator Willie Willie Bill voice with rustic humor and Christmas themes, noting antics with Sport the dog and a sled, and urging good behavior just before Christmas.
The Boston Post Sewing Circle is a regular department offering a woman’s forum for New England homemakers. It covers home and household topics, domestic challenges, family matters, baby care, gardening, and household economy with advice and questions from correspondents using pen names. Letters are to be single-sided and sent to the Sewing Circle Editor.
Reading letters from the Sewing Circle, readers share what made their happiest Christmases. Mothers recall first births and bank-book gifts, a reconciled friendship, a panic-era thrift, gifting shoes and books, and a caregiver’s Santa role for country children.
A narrator recalls an ideal of freedom on the way to America, but encounters strict social hierarchies at sea. She describes singing in steerage, hopeful talk of a new life, and longing for her missing son who sought fortune in the West amid wars back home.
Household hints advise mixing cake in an earthen bowl and note salt meat is less nourishing than fresh meat. Hot plates extend dinner enjoyment, while care tips include preventing tam o shanter shrinkage by placing it over a dinner plate.
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