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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1920
Page
17
Poem by Amelia E Barr from Songs in the Common Chord describes winter giving way to spring and dreams of distant seas and a peaceful Happy Land. The speaker questions the heart about hope versus time and resolves that the heart will go to imagined lands and eternal flowers.
In a readers column a discussion on whether spouses should reveal past sins. Advice favors honesty but warns deceit harms trust. Letters debate pay envelopes, equality, and practicality in budgeting within marriage, urging balance, communication, and mutual respect.
In a cramped New York apartment a baby outgrows her crib and the family debates adding a regular bed or a child's bed. The grandmother recalls older options like a trundle bed while the mother objects to the idea. The scene captures postwar urban living and family dynamics.
In a household debate about sanitation and space a grandmother defends a childhood trundle bed. The mother and baby’s reformist view waver as plans to restore the heirloom unfold, a dusty attic keepsake promised for reuse and comfort.
In the annual post office appropriation bill debate the Senate sub-committee approved an amendment to establish a transcontinental airplane mail route from New York to San Francisco via Chicago and Omaha. An ad for Pompeian Olive Oil appears in the same clipping.
The description highlights a bright yellow knit scarf with a black white embroidered pattern and a shiny Chin-Chin turban as a foundation for blue green and yellow embroidery. A midnight blue satin dress features a semi-bolero bodice, a girdle trimmed with dull gold galloon, detachable options, and alternatives like a tartan sash or terra cotta georgette for dressier wear.
Recipes from New England Housewives list gingerbread muffins with pie crust serve with whipped cream and include gingerbread graham cookies potato dish coffee Bavarian cream and other desserts. Martha M Stackpole Berwick Maine provides diverse home cooking methods and ingredients including molasses flour cream and spices.
The Boston Sunday Post Magazine will print another Oppenheim tale titled Sir Julian Rand & Co. in its upcoming issue. The author E Phillips Oppenheim continues the whimsical series with this new entry.
The Oldest Inhabitant notes Boston weather on February 17 with official figures showing 11 below in 1886 and 1 above in 1894 as the coldest and warmest 60 in 1883. He adds no precipitation in the last decade on this date except in 1910 1911 1913 1916 and 1918.
Household hints describe paraffin removal from preserves by hot water, sharpening knives on fine sandpaper, brightening lamp chimneys with ammonia, tempering glass jars in boiling water, greasing muffin tins with a clean brush, and removing lettering from salt bags by overnight soaking in kerosene and soap.
A brief introductory note explains that dream interpretation is treated as curious rather than serious. The piece frames the series as an exploration of historical beliefs about dream significance rather than current belief.
The text links white snow in dreams to pleasures and harvests, noting snow as poor man’s fertilizer in rural areas. It warns dirty snow signals humility, falling snow foresees success yet possible disappointment, tasting snow suggests health and a forthcoming journey, and snow bound implies obstacles that can be overcome with perseverance.
Miss Alice Stuart advises that a guest arriving at a club should wait to be recognized and avoid disrupting regular members. If treated poorly, the guest should leave quietly. A professional woman should use separate cards for social and business purposes, per etiquette.
Birthday notes mark Thomas Malthus born February 17 1766 in The Rookery Surrey England. The English economist married around age 40 and became a university professor before dying of heart disease in 1834. His population versus food supply theory evolved from an argument with his father and a developing essay later refined into a book.
An old advertisement urges preventing flu and colds by maintaining blood quality and sanitation, promoting Hood's Sarsaparilla as a standard blood purifier and vitalizer. It also advises consulting a physician for active illness and suggests Hood's Pills as a cathartic if needed to restore appetite and energy after illness.
Mrs J R Wilson of 57 E Springfield St Boston cites Blakes Herb Tablets as an effective preventive during the last influenza epidemic. She says four family members avoided illness while others in the neighborhood fell ill. The testimonial markets the product as a virulent disease preventive.
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