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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1920
Page
19
Readers share views on whether spouses should reveal past indiscretions. Letters recount personal experiences with honesty aiding trust, while others warn disclosure can harm relationships. Opinions vary on timing and impact across marriages and families.
A sultry day ends in a perilous lake crossing as Barbara Savoy and her father capsize in a storm. Robert Garrick saves them from drowning and later rekindles a budding romance during summer visits and post office encounters at the hotel.
A lyrical verse contrasts gentle moonlit journeys with stark industrial toil. It speaks of unseen routes through a tranquil landscape, inviting a small guiding hand to discover higher skies and seas shining with a rare rune.
A poem asks for a hill with heather and a red sun to honor soldiers buried far away. It recalls Flanders and Picardy, the Gordon green, and a convalescent’s name read on the Soldiers' Cairn. The speaker pleads to build a noble cairn as a cradle’s croon for the fallen.
Birthday bio briefs describe George Peabody born February 18 1795 in Danvers Massachusetts. The early philanthropist built a fortune after 1812 wartime service and business partnerships in Washington and London. His bequests funded education scientific institutes and model dwellings, with royal honors declined.
The Observant Citizen remarks on Ash Wednesday and Lent while warning against assuming the end of snow. It cites Blue Hill Observatory figures, recalls 1920 storm impacts, and shares anecdotes of neighborly aid from Dorchester to Newton Highlands along with birds' resilience and parrot warnings before earthquakes.
A young man asks how to win a woman who refuses an engagement ring. The columnist suggests she may have another suitor, notes the difficulty of changing her feelings, and warns that her actions are not favorable. The letter reflects 1920s society views on romance and marriage.
A Sunday Post food page provides recipes for raised biscuits or dinner rolls beans with pork in a pot beef en casserole potato surprise baked fruit dumplings sour milk cake and more. The article credits Mre A E Power of 104 Hemenway Street.
A 1920 McClure syndicated piece explains dream meaning as a historical curiosity. It notes modern skepticism toward dream significance while outlining the tradition behind dream interpretations.
Dreaming you visit others is deemed a favorable omen by most mystics while some warn of struggles if the visitor is visiting you. News from a loved one or a profitable venture may follow such dreams, though a distressed visitor signals hard work before success.
An office dispute over removing hats in elevator rides with ladies present ends with the view that men may keep hats on if not conversing with a woman. The Century Dictionary notes elevators as lift devices. In Boston, hats are generally kept on in public building elevators except in private apartments and hotels.
The Oldest Inhabitant notes Boston coldest and warmest readings for March 18 with figures from 1896 1903 and 1880 plus a note on no rain or snow in ten years except 1916. The remark also mentions fashion detail about skirts showing plaiting when not draped.
A study of the Pacific Ocean map reveals an immense chain of atolls appearing as tiny dots, each an isolated coral reef enclosing a lagoon. Nearly all are inhabited, with about 140 inhabitants per square mile.
The blazened bard Walt Mason refuses retirement, declaring he will not lay down his lyre. He jokes about loafing near the Blue Front store but vows to continue writing limping lines and mocking aging with verse. Copyright by George Matthew Adams.
Household hints cover baking, greasing sheets, raisins distribution, cleaning aluminum with steel wool, enamel care with kerosene, vinegar on serge to remove shine, and a folk influenza-prevention charm with campiro in a cheesecloth bag. Includes signature Mrs Power.
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