Best Baby Story Contest Open at The Post Boston
The Boston Post invites readers to submit Good Stories About Babies for a prize pool of a Double Gold Eagle 20 dollars a Single Gold Eagle 10 dollars and 5 dollars in Gold. Entries must be original or not and signed with real name and address. Stories limited to 200 words single side of paper. Publication rights reserved. Winners printed in Daily and Sunday Post. Judges include Rufus B Tobey Theresa M Lally and the Post Story Editor.
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the Post
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Sunday Post
Rufus B. Tobey
Wonderful Floating Hospital For Children
My Baby Ellen Visits Father In Sickness
A quiet sickroom shows an elderly man with throat trouble and a nurse present. Ellen asks about a silver tube in his throat and learns details from her mother and Mrs Allan, prompting Mrs Duffy to vow greater discretion around her child.
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Allan
Ellen
Patrick Duffy
Summer Street
Central Falls
R. I
Wyman’s wartime questions reveal a child’s view
A child named Wyman questions war, religion, and Germans through newspaper cartoons. He recalls a first sight of a dump and laughs at family jokes after moments of moodiness. Sent in by Woburn EB W Parker.
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Wyman
Woburn
EB. W. Parker
Beach Day Dilemma
A Mother recalls six year old Mildred’s clever reply that “today is yesterday’s tomorrow” to secure a beach trip, turning a simple family moment into a fond memory. Written by Mrs. Bessie Hermann of East Weymouth.
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Mildred
Bessie Hermann
Commercial Street
East Weymouth
La-MayFace Powder Aims Pure Skin Care Trade Mark
A specialist claims a pure face powder that stays on without white lead or starch rice powder. The Lamay product uses a medicinal skin healing powder and promises fewer enlarged pores, blackheads, and pimples. Available in large fifty cents or half size twenty five cents.
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Nework
Wallace Drown a Baby Prodigy Delights Dorchester
The 212 year old Wallace impresses with nonstop health and astonishing speech. He answers math with two from under two years old and exclaims jokes at the table. He sings tunes, recites rhymes, and pronounces words clearly. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Drown of 695 Washington Street Dorchester share the marvel.
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Wallace
Washington Street
Dorchester
Hubbard
Tiny prodigy croons and plays at fourteen months
A Raynham reader notes a 14 month old boy who sings four songs including Oh Boy Oh Joy, identifies tunes on piano and mandolin, and imitates car sounds. He speaks hello and goodbye into a phone and enjoys toys, feeding animals, and imitating an automobile. The letter seeks inclusion in famous child stories.
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Johnny
Charles H. Moy
Broadway
Raynham
Wilton the Bright Child and a Fateful Night
A mother worries after a three year old named Wilton, noted for his angelic health, tells how his stoma whispered to be felt as a stomach. She checks with a hot water bottle and listens as he explains his heart feels “wight” and “cubber.” W.F. PURDY.
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Wilton
Devonshire Street
Has the husband the right to spend more on himself
A series of letters from readers and “JUSTICE TO ALL” discuss whether a husband may spend more on his clothes than his wife. They consider household fairness, gender roles, and thrift, with opinions urging shared budgeting and prudence.
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Navy
Sewing Circle
Bestir
Cinderella
Four year old Julia's witty exchanges with family
In Willoughby Vermont Mrs. Elvira L Drown recalls daily scenes with her young daughter Julia. The child parries remarks with sharp humor about waiting work and dress making showing a lively mind at age four. James laughs at her antics and the mother notes her stubborn wit.
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James
Julia
Elvira L. Drown
Willoughby, Vt
Yachtmen Celebrate at South Boston Club Anniversary
At the Elks Club banquet the 60th anniversary of the South Boston Yacht Club featured Captain W T Cluvevius praising convoy systems and home support, Brigadier Charles Flamand recounting Marne battles, and over 500 plates served with Daniel V McIsaac as toastmaster.
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United States
France
Navy
W. T. Cluvevius
United States Navy
South Boston Yacht Club
Elks’ Club
Army
Charles Flamand
Boston
The
Marne
Paris
Daniel V. McIisaac
South Boston
Soldiers of K Company to Attend Dance at Roughan's Hall
Soldiers of K Company 101st Infantry Camp Devens will skip guard duty Thursday evening to visit Roughan's Hall in Charlestown. They will mingle with Charlestown friends and dance the night away. Most members hail from the Bunker Hill area. Lieutenant George Meehan, a noted swimmer and Charlestown native, leads the event.
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K Company
S01st Infantry
Camp Devens
Roughan’s Hall
Charlestown
Bunker Hill District
George Meehan
Obituary Notices for Desmond and Souls in Massachusetts
Desmond John J. of Waltham aged 50 dies suddenly. Funeral from 81 Dale St Thursday at 9:15 AM High Mass at St Marys Church interment Calvary Cemetery. Member of Waltham Council Knights of Columbus Esteemed Leading Knight Waltham Lodge 953 BPOE Boston City Club. Souls James H. of Winthrop dies February 5 notice of canal era.
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John J. Desmond
Waltham
Dale St
St. Mary’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
Waltham Council
K. of C
Waltham Lodge
Boston City Club
Soulis
Winthrop
James H. Souls
Oyrs
Canera
Sacei
Prayer for the New Year in Good Housekeeping
Poem by Margaret Widdemer urging divine comfort for a world in pain as the year ends. It asks blessing for both the praying and unpraying, and calls for healing and freedom through divine care.
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Margaret Widdemer
Contest Over Osborn Will Brings Family Dispute to Court
Adolphus Osborn died aged about 90 after a healthy life spent with hot water baths. Granddaughter Minetta Louis Osborn Johnson challenges the will in the Supreme Judicial Court before Judge Braley, alleging unsound mind and undue influence by his widow Joann Wadleigh Osborn and granddaughter Louise Langdon Crimmins. The Probate Court in Cambridge allowed the will, now on appeal.
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Adolphus Osborn
Minetta Louis Osborn Johnson
Supreme Judicial Court
Braley
First Granite Railway Terminal Questioned in Quincy
A reader asks where the Granite railway terminal in Quincy was located. The reply notes the tidewater terminal near East Milton about three miles from the quarries and Faulkners curve as the pier point, with ships loading granite into scows at the Neponset river mouth.
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America
Quincy
Bunke Hill Monument
Tidewater
Old Granite Railway
East Milton
New Haven
Faulkners
Monclair
Neponset River
Plymouth Boy Dies in Army in France
The death by scarlet fever of William C. Bonney aged 20, a private in the American overseas forces in France, was not yet told to his mother Mrs. George Bonney of Plymouth due to her serious illness. Bonney enlisted at 18 in Plymouth in D Company with the Massachusetts Regiment.
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William C. Bonney
France
George Bonney
Plymouth
Bonney
Massachusetts Regiment
Earn Money Knitting at Home by Auto-Knitters
Advertises home knitting work from Auto-Knitter Hosiery Co Inc offering daily earnings of $1 to $2 or more knitting hosiery. Claims year round steady employment and easy training. Requests writing with 2 cent stamp to a Buffalo New York address for immediate applications.
Alsace Lorraine History and Transfer to Germany
The region Alsace Lorraine was German imperial territory since 1871, comprising the former French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine. It had been part of the Roman Empire and was ceded to France in 1648, later surrendered to Germany after the Franco Prussian War by the Treaty of Frankfort.
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Alsace-Lorraine
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Alsace
Lorraine
France
Westphalia
Germany
Frankfort
Hb Ds
Birthday Bio Briefs Encourage Reading for Kids
A daily feature aimed at parents and teachers promotes birthday themed bio briefs to engage children in reading. It highlights concise, age appropriate bios of notable figures and invites classroom use.
Birthday of Anne Queen of England Feb six sixteen sixty five
Birthday of Anne Queen of England recalled. Queen Anne known as Good Queen Anne for her religious devotion and stern temper. Daughter of James II she refused Catholic crown, married Prince George of Denmark, reigned after 1702 amid war art and literature flourish but personal sorrows marked her life.
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Queen Anne
England
James II
Mary
Prince George of
Denmark
William
Anne
Sarah Churchill
Sage Tea and Sulphur Compound for Darker Hair
Grandma kept her hair dark and glossy with Sage Tea and Sulphur. The Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold in stores to restore natural color, darken evenly and wash out gray by morning with simple brushing.
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Wyeth
Fashion Notes From The Sewing Circle Letters
The Sunday Post highlights popular letters to the Sewing Circle and notes patent leather trimmings are gaining fashion traction.
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Sewing Circle
Sunday Post
Parmint Double Strength Relief for Catarrhal Deafness
If you suffer catarrhal deafness or head noises, visit your druggist for 1 ounce Parmint double strength. Mix with hot water and a touch of sugar per package directions, take 1 tablespoonful four times daily. This often eases head noises, clears nasal passages, eases breathing, and stops mucus from dropping into the throat. Easy to prepare, inexpensive, and pleasant to take.
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