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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1918
Page
29
Boston writer Charles Franklin Jones presents a wartime reflection on patriotism. He defines patriots as those who sacrifice willingly for the country, contrasts willing sacrifice with self interest, and predicts future questions to distinguish true patriots from non patriots.
Letters from readers discuss changing female norms in the early 20th century. A mother laments skirts above the knee and makeup, while a man praises wage earning wives as empowering. Others urge charitable sacrifice for German women, invoking religious appeal and wartime duty. A sister of three fighters signs as FIGHTERS.
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau and Foreign Minister Pichon told the Chamber that France had not official or semi official notification of the American peace delegation. The likely response is a formal official notice of the American delegation's arrival.
Sunday Post presents a full page of recipes by MES. HH. B. Crosby of East Boston including Macaroni a niqw way layered with corn and crackers, stuffed beefsteak with a turkey dressing, and parsnip chowder with pork onion potatoes and milk. Also a personal vignette describes Ruth’s dance lesson and attire in a peace blue chiffon dress with mole color velvet trims.
The Boston Post Sunday Magazine will feature The Trousers of Theophilus Gelas, a war story described as both amusing and unusual, credited to bb: Donald Hamilton Haines.
An advertisement style reminiscence notes Jim’s disdain for Thursday afternoon teas while he still snoops home early. The narrator praises homemade sandwiches with graham or war bread, cream cheese and olives, or meat fillings, all flavored with a French sauce known as At Lance.
A veteran superintendent visits a rural schoolhouse after hours and finds Miss M- discouraged yet hopeful. He recalls his own failings, builds trust, and reassures her she will not be asked to resign. Weeks later the pair reconnect when he returns in a fine car, revealing mutual attraction.
Professor Abel Le France claims Shakespeare was William Stanley, sixth Earl of Derby, sparking uproar in literary circles. Frank Teetes touts a Danish cabbage stalk variety yielding 19 perfect heads with a central large head. Father Dunigan celebrates mass for 2600 soldiers in Coblenz. Wilson writes Alsace Lorraine longing. Elsie Janis treats soldiers’ children at home. The Mikado marks Japan’s 123rd monarch, oldest dynasty. England gifts Paderewski a cruiser to Danzig sailing as honor.
A reflective verse bids farewell to the departing year, thanking it for health and daily toil while acknowledging its rougher blows. The speaker jokes about Fate and stress, expressing gratitude for love and friends, and wishing a pleasant onward journey into the new year.
The verse is a selection from Tennyson's In Memoriam urging dawn of a better era. It includes repeated refrains about ringing out the old year and ring in the new, with lines on truth, justice, peace, and moral renewal.
A 17 year old bookkeeper asks if she should pursue a 27 year old suitor who provides rides and gifts. The adviser notes her youth and allows cautious dating with parental permission, acknowledging the man is attentive, possessive, and well off.
In a Boston Sunday Post preview, Pershing recounts his war against the Macui Moros, describing the exciting and exacting campaign and how he prevailed against strong resistance. The piece promises his own words on a defining chapter of his career.
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