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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1918
Page
13
Charles Franklin Jones of Boston defines patriots as those who sacrifice for the country willingly. He notes many sacrificed during the war but warns some only sought personal gain. After the war, he predicts a reckoning will reveal who truly stood for the nation and merit greater consideration.
A letter page features varied views on women’s roles and modern fashion. A “Woman Doctor” argues up-to-date women lose charm due to clothes and careers. others counter, noting wage earning can boost a husband’s prospects. Additional correspondence urges support for German relief and wartime charity, urging sacrifice and faith.
Paris reports that Premier Clemenceau and Foreign Minister Pichon told the Chamber of Deputies the French government had not been officially informed of the names of the American peace delegates. A formal notification of the delegation's arrival is likely to be sent.
A scanned column presents two kitchen recipes by Mrs Crosby of 260 Lexington Street West Boston and a personal reminiscence. The macaroni dish layers macaroni canned corn butter and milk with cracker crumb topping. the stuffed beefsteak uses pork fat, onion, potatoes and parsnips cooked with vegetables, milk and chowder crackers. The piece also includes a social vignette describing Ruth’s dance lesson and attire in a poetic travelogue tone.
A driver visits a town schoolhouse and meets a distressed young teacher Miss M- over recent board interference. He shares guidance and reveals he is the new superintendent, comforting her and promising she need not resign this term. A boy praises Miss M- and the car as a sign of changes to come.
The Boston Post Sunday Magazine promises four unusual war stories including The Trousers of Theophilus Gelas by Donald Hamilton Haines in next week’s issue. The teaser hints at humorous wartime episodes and quirky escapes.
Jim dislikes afternoon teas yet visits early home to snoop the ice-box when the hostess is not hosting. The narrator bakes sandwiches with graham bread and war bread using cream cheese olives cheese and meat with French A1 Sauce to flavor each serving.
Poem fragment from Tennyson’s In Memoriam invites ringing out the old year and ringing in the new. It calls for discarding falsehoods, strife, and disease while welcoming truth, peace, and noble virtues. The verse envisions a hopeful moral renewal amid seasonal change.
Professor Abel Le France argues Shakspere was William Stanley, sixth Earl of Derby. Frank Teetes promotes a Danish cabbage stalk variety yielding 19 heads. Father Dunigan celebrates a Christmas high mass for 2000 soldiers in Coblenz. Wilson expresses lifelong Alsace Lorraine loyalty in a private letter. Elsie Janis hosts Christmas for 12 soldiers’ children. The Mikado is Japan’s 123rd emperor in an unbroken line since the seventh century BCE. England grants Paderewski a cruiser to Panzig.
A reflective verse bids farewell to the old year praising health and daily labor while noting its tricks and pains. It thanks the year for friendships, Sundays rest, and lessons from hardship, hoping for a pleasant flight into the next year.
A young bookkeeper asks if it is right to date a 27 year old man who accompanies her to parties. The adviser urges considering maturity, parental permission, and the man’s stability, arguing this may be a suitable companionship provided boundaries and safety are respected.
General Pershing’s account of his war with the Macu Moros describes a tense and exacting campaign. The Real Life of General Pershing, to be serialized in next week’s Boston Sunday Post, promises his perspective on how he overcame substantial resistance.
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