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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1918
Page
13
The Post invites love letter submissions up to 200 words for a contest with two gold Eagle prizes and $5 in gold. Letters may be original or not, must include real name and address, and may be published. Send to LOVE LETTER EDITOR, The Post, Boston. manuscripts not returned.
The Sewing Circle invites contributions from readers with pen names optional. Letters discuss wartime dress economies and saving for War Stamps, urging readers to reduce expenditures, fix and dye existing clothes, and support Liberty Loans while supporting working families and overall wartime effort.
A Dorchester notice profiles three year old Gertrude who rises at six each morning to clean the stove wash dishes sweep rugs dust furniture and even roll up sleeves to wash tubs. She ends her day exhausted at five in the afternoon under Mrs A J Lundstedt care.
Baby Ruth at 1 year 7 months sits on a stool playing with colored sticks. Her sister Dorothy grabs the baby, sits to play, then Ruth strikes the table breaking the sticks. Ruth then shakes Dorothy by the curls and leaves the room with a calm, serious face. Mrs. Er A Hale Worcester.
A Danvers reader recounts a summer day in Salem when three year old Charley was photographed after promising him ice cream. He later discovers pennies and declares Papa’s monkey wants coins for his bank, repeating the phrase daily since.
Alice Kathleen Conlon, two years eight months in a photo, now four and 47 pounds, recounts barefoot oats feeding incident where chickens pecked her toes. She recalls saying chickens bite my toes and hurt awful turtle. Family notes playful toddler songs and Agnes’s staircase visit. Sent by James Conlon.
The Jordan Marsh Company touts persistent effort as key to success highlighting dogged determination in business. It notes wartime challenges in 1917 including Paris reps crossing to secure French challies and goods crossing the Atlantic, expanding merchandise variety and marking last year as the biggest in its history.
Dorothy a cheerful three year old from Manchester by the Sea and Brookline can sing after brief echoes of tunes and recite poems from picture books. She identifies songs by hearing them and asks about Somerville and Summer plans during visits with her mother Mrs Henry Nolan of Brookline.
A storyteller recalls a Christmas about ten years ago when his young cousin George visited with family. The lively two year old, full of energy, had only a few words but sparked a warm, bustling day at their home.
Poem argues dogs’ devotion and loyalty to humans in defense of ethics and justice. It contrasts canine sacrifice with human cruelty, calling for humans to spare animals from slaughter and to honor dogs as faithful guardians in the name of justice.
Margaret Barton Phippen recalls a family gathering where Uncle John declares “We take the Post” during a discussion of Boston papers. A toddler then repeats the line, amusing the family as George, now 12, reads the Post, marking a first real sentence.
A two year old boy on his first Nantasket boat trip surveys the bay with sober wonder. He questions if other people want a bath and notes a yacht as a distant bath tub while reflecting on life as a grand problem. Sent in by Emma Gragg of Boston.
Mrs. Lera F. Holland died at Augusta hospital from bullet wounds suffered at home in Gardiner on February 20. Lodger Fred Marden of Concord, Mass., was shot and killed. Husband John I. Wolland of Attleboro, Mass., charged with Marden’s murder, is at the State hospital in Augusta for sanity observation.
A public guidance text lays out proper stance for a lady in public and defines a maid's role. It outlines that a maid serves personally, maintains the mistress' wardrobe, prepares baths, assists dressing, runs errands, and stays ready at all times. The maid may accompany a young unmarried mistress to social events and waits in dressing areas until departure.
Funeral services for Mrs Mabel Reed Thompson wife of Captain Fred H Thompson formerly night city editor of the Boston Post were held yesterday at her home 51 Warwick road West Newton The Rev T W Davison Pilgrim Congregational Church Atlantic officiated Interment was in Mt Wollaston Cemetery Quincy
A writer recalls chiding Janette Hornby during a visit with Grace's sister-in-law. She describes plans to write letters, offer tea and gossip, and compliments Janette on her apple green jersey silk frock with cream broadcloth paneling, black satin trim, and a pleated satin bow belt.
The article recalls Elizabeth Felix born February 28 1821 in Switzerland. She rose as Rachel in Paris at sixteen, famed for Roxane and Phèdre in Racine theatrics and Nadi ne's works, shaping a powerful voice from a harsh start, and dying of consumption at thirty seven. Her sister Sophia later Sarah toured with them.
An old advertisement promotes La may Creme L'Ame promising soft white hands for thirty five cents and claims it improves rough skin and wrinkles. It also touts Lamay Face Powder as a pure, long lasting cosmetic superior to other powders.
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