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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1918
Page
13
Readers discuss making household finance a business. A 62 year old advises wives to know and claim their in kind salary from housekeeping, while others urge husbands to share bills and pricing. Perspectives urge financial transparency and partnership to reduce unhappiness in marriage.
The Post invites essays up to 200 words for a Baby Story contest with three cash prizes: a Double Gold Eagle $20, Single Gold Eagle $10, and $5 in Gold. Submissions must include real name and address, be written on one side, and may be original or not. Submit to BABY STORY EDITOR, The Post, Boston.
A handwritten reminiscence from Helen Estelle Barnett of Gardner Massachusetts praising her cousin Lillie Silvester Denison a five year old. The piece recounts playful incidents including Lillie’s imaginative line about a doctor and a grandmother and anecdotes about Seymour her male cousin who loves music hates the Kaiser and learns poetry and violin scales.
The photograph shows George Libby, 19 months, of Contoocook New Hampshire. He enjoys motorcycle rides in a sidecar and watches his father clean guns with keen interest. He has never had an accident and once vanished with a set of keys during a thorough room search.
A nostalgic note describes young Seymour H Hambro at age three near five, cheerful and patriotic as he marches around the house singing Tramp, tramp, the boys are marching. He has saved a few dollars and intends to buy a Liberty bond though his father will provide most of the money.
A stirring ode to France as the beacon of liberty and courage. The poem urges a name that inspires learning art and freedom, moves nations to unity, and calls the world to share the burden of democratic life through sacrificial striving.
A collection of brief anecdotes from Boston area families recounts children mispronouncing prayers and a girl observing a rich suburban home. The pieces note Selma Hambro and Mrs Stan dish as the senders and observers from Dorchester Lynn and Boston describe daily life and polite errors.
A 19 year old asks if she should keep writing to a man in France despite her fiancé’s disapproval. The advisor says no, noting a fiancé would object to such correspondence and likens it to a partner writing to an army nurse, warning that patriotism is an insufficient justification and urging faithfulness.
Little Ruth Hallowell was invited to spend the night at Dorothy Murdoch’s home. On Ruth’s first night away, her mother stressed courteous, thoughtful behavior toward the host family and urged her to be very polite.
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