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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1915
Page
9
Boston Public Library trustees urge Mayor Curley to expand equipment rather than new branches. The report notes most residents are within a mile of a library point, with some areas even closer.
The trustees call replacing wooden stacks with steel to cut fire risk and urge ongoing protection without hindering library work. They warn of selfish vandalism by students and readers mutilating periodicals. Annual library maintenance costs run to 417,688 with 10,000 more for wages and the system houses over 1.1 million volumes across Central Library and 30 branches.
Readers of the Boston Post Sewing Circle discuss whether women should wear uniforms to curb expenses. Letters describe social effects, class signals, and personal experiences from waitresses, maids, and students, weighing costs against status and romance.
Poem-like lines reflect a speaker addressing bees about a grandfather who has died. The text muses on sleep and a hidden comforting place, using orchard imagery and gentle bee imagery to convey mourning and solace.
Readers respond with frugal guidance on marriage finances and home setup. A correspondent urges self reliance and shared budgeting, suggesting work options and thrift in furnishing a three room home. HUBBY'S HELPER advises prioritizing household duties and cooperation over style.
Abbreviations used in cooking explained for common measures and terms. A hand wash recipe uses spirits of camphor glycerine and soft water, advised to soothe skin and keep long. attributed to Mrs. R. C. Marsters of Boston.
A Ford Hall entertainment event next Friday under the Cicolo Italo Americano funds will aid Italian earthquake sufferers. Performers include Marguerite Fiske Gertrude Gifford Charles Anthony Antonio Girardi N Oulukanoffi Minnie Little Longley and Pietro Valini.
William Leonard aged 49 of 700 Massachusetts Avenue was arrested by Inspectors Towle and Loughlin in the shopping district. He is booked as a vagabond and will be arraigned in Police Court today.
The Sunday Post highlights intriguing reader letters to the Sewing Circle. Readers comment on sewing tips, outfit ideas, and craft challenges, offering practical advice and community chatter from local hobbyists.
A wealthy woman named Margaret faces a breakup as her fiancé Angus admits money shaped his affection. In the dim parlors she confronts the end of their engagement and contemplates love, youth, and loneliness despite wealth.
A piece extols Holstein cows for their record milk and butter output and for producing milk ideal for general households. It urges mothers and housekeepers to evaluate Holstein milk using expert findings and offers a free booklet titled The Story of Holstein Milk via postcard request.
Mrs Leander Pope a feeble 70 year old of Manchester New Hampshire was found burned to death in her bed today after neighbors smelled burning cloth. She had retired last night in extreme cold and supposedly used two overheated flatirons in bed causing the fire while she could not rise to alarm others.
At a New England Relief Fund meeting the committee reported plans to send a relief ship to Rotterdam by March 1 loaded with flour, wheat, clothing especially underwear for women and children, plus hundreds of tons of food and garments. Subscriptions totaled 186,276.41 with numerous local contributions and charitable donations listed.
Amos Ronsall, the last surviving member of the Elisha Kent Kane Arctic expedition of 1853, died in Philadelphia at age 8. He served as master's mate aboard the brig Advance and endured two years of hardship in the Arctic.
Receivership proceedings were started against the Fwuller Greene Company, confectioners at 30 Lewis Wharf, by the Hoooton Chocolate Company of Newark New Jersey in the United States District Court. The firm owns a large confectionery plant with liabilities estimated at 56000 dollars.
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