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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
11
A reader section invites contributions with a weekly five dollar prize for best letter. Various correspondents urge resolutions rooted in wartime duty, kindness, and frugality, urging smiles, Red Cross support, saving, and personal discipline for the year ahead.
Wringing sheets and tablecloths with the selvage gathered through the wringer prevents edge curling during ironing. Cheese should be kept moist by cutting it into small pieces and storing in a glass-topped preserve jar. Pasta can be boiled by immersing a wire flour sifter in boiling water to prevent sticking. Rubber thumb and forefinger cuts are sold at drug stores and aid in peeling produce.
The Sunday Post features some of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle, spotlighting readers’ views and opinions on craft topics and community interests.
The note marks Louis Pasteur born December 27 1522 in Dole France. It recalls his early dislike of books his rise to science solving France industrial problems including wine preservation pasteurization and vaccines for cattle. It notes his later fame pension and public funeral at age 73.
The article offers dated social etiquette on greeting cups with curved fingers not sticking out the little pinky and advises on visiting cards using given names or full names depending on family presence. It also outlines gift etiquette with flowers and candy, engagement exclusivity, and when to return gifts, including Christmas returns if the relationship endures.
Indianapolis News features a poem by William Herschell telling of a soldier who is brave and loyal yet tender. The speaker notes the paper letters home reveal the war’s softer side, with jokes, smiles, and comradely cheer overcoming fear as the soldier pledges the flag.
Miss Irene Kelynack of Crestwood Park New York sails for France to join an ambulance driver corps in a base hospital. She will be accompanied by Miss Maurean Dowling an Englishwoman visiting the United States.
The Interstate Commerce Commission postponed the headlight requirement from January 1 to July 1, 1918. Locomotives placed in service after July 1 must have high power headlights, and existing engines must receive the lights at their first general shop repair after that date.
Springfield Street Railway Company announces substantial reductions in runs across its system and rerouting of several city lines as a power conservation measure. The changes take effect in one week under Interstate Commerce Commission rules.
The narrator recalls a hunch about a couple, shopping together, and a playful exchange about their trousseau. They received Christmas announcements with photos, noting the pair will leave Pensacola for Miami where he will teach as an instructor.
Brightly colored handkerchiefs bring gaiety to plain outfits while wool scarcity forces shorter Spring jackets. Salmon velvet with Hudson seal trims evening wraps. Tailless ermine trims bridal veils and gowns. A round neck on a girl’s dress gets a pleated frill. Checker-board cloth paired with solid black is a fashionable effect.
Toorkistan in South Tartary near the Caspian Sea is famed for a pure horse breed called Toorkomans. They are large 15 to 16 hands, swift and tireless, with records of 900 miles in 11 days. Though leggy and necked, they command high prices up to £800.
A New England farmer’s horse named Bob trudges through snow and rough terrain to reach the barn. The horse then rouses the farmer’s wife with blows of his hoof, and Sir Bob walks in, proving sharp instincts. JOIN DOHERTY. 469 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston.
A memoir recounts Khaba born in Calcutta sold at age five to a missionary family. Gentle with a brown coat he enjoyed children and the game tag for sugar. During monsoon travel a wind blown lanterns and a broken bridge forced a new route home. Ruth Stores.
Parker the farm horse escaped after being sold to a Durham man and trekked 32 miles home in seven hours. He swam a river, navigated unfamiliar roads, and neighing, found his old stall beside his former team. Mrs. Alex. W. Monroe, Middletown, Conn.
Edward A. Grant recalls riding with his favorite horse Dan and a woolly sheepskin. A fast dash ends with a fall as Dan nears a gate and returns, then surrenders. He signs his South Boston address.
A young woman asks which suitor to choose between a wild past and a quiet, parents approved partner. The columnist urges heeding parental wisdom and condemns double standards that judge men and women differently, praising parents as pioneers for moral justice.
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