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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 1915

Page

11

Grandma Burgess Steals a Day With Baby and Sparks Change

Grandma Burgess secretly takes the baby for a day to feel young again. A fire later destroys her cottage, Edith regains her gentleness, and Tom realizes the value of care over rigid rules as grandmother and family unite.

Granny Grandma Burgess Mother Burgess Edith Grandma Marie Tom Mary John Alice Malvina Perkins Malvina Grandma’s Mario Isdith Son

Marking Harvard's first teacher and early houses

A slate tablet was placed in Harvard yard marking notable spots from Harvard's 1636 founding. Two sidewalk slate squares note Nathaniel Eaton's house during 1638 to 1639 construction and Edward Goffe's house in the college's early days.

Harvard Harvard Yard Nathaniel Eaton College Edward Goffe

Sewing Circle Letters On Budgeting And Babies In Boston Post

The Boston Post Sewing Circle invites homemakers to share problems and advice on home economics and parenting. Readers reply with frugal living examples and opinions on childrearing, debt, and family roles, including a defender of a small family and critiques of vanity.

Sunday Post New England Boston Post Boston Daily Sewing Circle

Talk Postponed Due to Illness of Former Senator Brown

The talk on the Boston Harbor Development Situation by Hon. Charles H. Brown, former Senator from Medford, scheduled for yesterday at the Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange rooms, has been indefinitely postponed.

Charles H. Brown Medford Boston Harbor Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange

Wanderlust Poem Fragments Inspire Trail Journey

Poem fragments speak of vast lands and starry stillness. The speaker muses on heaven or hell, choosing to follow the trail on trust. An inner resolve suggests the soul will leap forward on this wanderlust journey.

Heaven Hell

Fair Lawyer Wins Verdict In Folk Superior Court

Miss Caroline Leveen represented Mrs Genendel Zass in a suit against son in law Louis Kolikoff. The jury awarded $846.98 for boarding and lodging of Zass’s daughter, wife of Kolikoff, for 60 weeks at eight dollars weekly. Kolikoff operated a Boston tailor shop and resided at 51 Poplar Street.

Caroline Leveen Genendel Zass Louis Kolikoff Suffolk Superior Court Hitchcock Kolikoff Atlantic Poplar Street Boston

Old Fashioned Scrappel and Cheep Cookie Recipes

A collection of home cooking notes including Old Fashioned Scrappel using pork, sage and cornmeal, and recipes for soft ginger cookies, chicken pie crust, creamed cakes, and crisps. Contains Clara B. Grant from North Attleboro with practical kitchen directions.

Plan Park for Howe Couple Memorial in Strandway

The Julia Ward Howe Memorial Association seeks funds to buy 125,148 square feet of Strandway land in South Boston bounded by Ninth and Eighth streets. The park, once paid for and memorials to Mrs. Howe and Dr. Howe erected, will be turned over to Boston. The land costs 75000 dollars with 6000 already paid to secure the sale, and Mayor Curley was asked to boost public interest.

Julia Ward Howe Memorial Association Strandway South Boston Julia Ward Howe Dr. Howe

Cure for insomnia in verse prescribed by Harvard professor

Harvard Medical School professor Dr Walter B Cannon advised rest as personal hygiene and recited two poems to lull readers to sleep. He urged monotony such as repeating the alphabet and said sleep is the best rest, requiring warmth darkness and quiet for deep slumber.

Harvard Medical School School For Health Medical School Walter B. Cannon George Higginson Harvard Cannon

Poem Prescribed as Sleep Aid for Adults and Children

A medical text describes two bedtime poems used as sleep aids for all ages. Adults recite a tranquil verse about sheep, rain, rivers, and skies while repeats continue until sleep or fatigue ends. For children a longer, simpler lullaby about white and gray sheep calms them to sleep aided by a caregiver.

Cat

Miss Jessie Walker to Wed Dr Walker

The engagement of Miss Jessie Helen Walker a nurse at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital to Dr I Chandler Walker assistant resident physician at the hospital was announced yesterday by her parents Mr and Mrs George H Walker of Fryeburg Maine.

Jessie Helen Walker Peter Bent Brigham Hospital I. Chandler Walker George H. Walker Fryeburg Vs Chandler Walker

Noted French composer Emile Waldteufel dies in Paris

Paris February 16 Emile Charles Waldteufel a noted French composer died today He was born in Paris in 1837 and led the orchestra at the court of Napoleon III He composed waltzes polkas and mazourkas that gained wide popularity worldwide

Paris Emile Charles Waldteufel M. Waldteufel Napoleon III

Cartoonograms Highlight Next Sunday Post Features

The note hints at more cartoonograms and pictures in the upcoming Sunday Post showcasing the latest illustration wizardry.

Next Sunday Post

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