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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1921
Page
19
The piece laments wrongfully denied entries yet urges persistence and renewal. It counsels shedding yesterday’s records while embracing a fresh start, urging resilience and action. The speaker offers assistance to those who claim they can improve, even as past failures loom.
A letter to the Sewing Circle argues that bolting a daughter out at midnight is abusive and ineffective. The writer suggests courts or patience as better tools, while others defend discipline and discuss women’s roles in domestic service and professional advancement.
A courtroom scene features two lawyers discussing the verdict. The jurist delivers a five year sentence, with one lawyer affirming the sentence carried conviction and the other agreeing the client received five years.
A barber asks if the victim will have facial marks after the cut and the victim jokes about hoping the barber leaves his nose intact, suggesting a light exchange amid a risky haircut incident.
In a railroad station a grandfather scolds children playing tag under his feet. A mother retorts angrily, claiming she will raise her own children. The exchange shows a clash of parenting styles and public etiquette.
Toledo Blade quotes a man asking about peanut shells in a car. The reply claims shells were placed in the overcoat pocket of the man he was sitting beside.
A shopkeeper notes fur prices climbing while a customer blames the cost of animal life. The exchange reflects rising costs affecting fur buyers and sellers.
A brief London Opinion remark highlights how certain old songs linger in memory and mood, noting sharp wit about musical tastes and the lingering impact of melodies.
A classroom riddle prompts students to identify the father of Noah's three sons. After hesitation, the boys answer Mr. Smith, paralleling their neighbor with three sons John James and Joseph Smith to illustrate the logic. The scene ends with the teacher confirming Mr. Smith as the father.
Walt Mason railed at hollow liberty praising democracy as he lampooned Trotsky and Soviet Russia. He contrasts brutal uses of freedom with American ideals while criticizing supporters who praise radicalism from abroad. The verse mocks angebots of universal freedom and questions loyalties amid political turmoil.
Jill asks Jack to install a pantry shelf. He grumbles then happily agrees after a quick quarrel. He later complains about women yet completes the task, while Jill hires Gus to finish the shelf for 75 cents, saving time and money.
A quiet family ceremony in Joyce and Antoinette's spacious colonial home unfolds with a hand built arch of chicken wire and a race to retrieve music. Holmes drives to fetch the missing score as rain edges away, bringing noon sun and a joyous first wedding in the house.
Dr Alexander Graham Bell visits London with wife and granddaughter Miss Mabel Marlakander Grosvenor noting telephone growth and belief in wireless aiding international relations. Lord Robert Cecil is critiqued as too gentle for world politics. Emma Gartland authors New England history used in New Bedford schools. Poet Robert Haven Schauffler sails Brooklyn to Baltimore amid a collision and hurricane. one boiler fails and a port anchor fouls.
Mrs George B Streeter of Vermont turned her lifelong hobby of taking pictures into a small home business after her husband’s death. With a compact camera she offered vivid, non studio portraits of interiors, children at play, gardens and pets. She shipped proofs by the dozen and earned over $2900 in her first year while enjoying the work.
A compact portrait of Millard Fillmore born January 7 1800. The piece traces his English lineage to New England, early schooling, clothier apprenticeship, move to Buffalo, law studies, and teaching. It notes his role advancing Morse telegraph funding, service as Vice President and President, and quiet years ending in Buffalo 1874.
A page of home cooking from the Sunday Post includes beef loaf and salmon loaf recipes, notes on mousse and quick luncheon soup, plus contributions from readers Lillian Blain of Keene New Hampshire and Mrs Hazel Atwood of Rockland Maine. Also outlines a COCOANUT CREAM PIE filling and serving suggestions.
Two recipes shown: a vanilla custard pie with meringue brown topping and a rice muffins method. Cream pie uses cornstarch milk and egg yolks with vanilla. meringue added from egg whites baked to brown. Rice muffins mix flour, baking powder, salt sugar milk egg shortening and boiled rice then bake in tins.
A home baking note describes making a quick lightning cake in a cup with butter eggs milk sugar flour baking powder and flavoring. The recipe is attributed to Jennie S Lawson of 14 Weston Street Brockton.
Household hints cover knife storage, drain cleaning with coffee grounds, smoke stain removal with ashes, fish scaling on paper with a coarse grater, grease protection for sinks, keeping food from slipping on ice with a rubber ring, recipe book envelope for loose notes, lamp-wick use advice, mold prevention for cheese with waxed paper, milk test using a knitting needle. Mrs Elizabeth R Seigel, 1383 Harold street, Roxbury.
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