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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1910
Page
9
Cousin Martha resists at first but joins relatives for Brookton’s 250th celebration. She endures heat and cramped shoes to host and share in the day, finally resting in her chamber after a long, self sacrificing day with family.
Take warning from the first sneeze and check a cold before the lungs are affected. A remedy mixes Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure with glycerine and whiskey to be taken by teaspoonful four times daily, claimed to break up a cold in twenty four hours and cure a cough. Presented by Leach Chemical Co. of Cincinnati and prepared in their laboratories.
A Boston Post call offers five dollar gold pieces to the photographed child pictured on Beacon Hill on the way home from school. Names and addresses of winners like Marion Manning and Hazel Moore are listed with their schools and teachers, as the paper seeks identification within five days.
In a sunlit kitchen Cousin Martha, exhausted yet gracious, serves tea biscuits cream ginger cake and custards for guests. Cousin Penny Leander Abby and Martha’s friends praise her hospitality while Martha endures a throbbing head and aching feet.
The $100 gold watch lost last June by Sherman H. Ed wards, thought stolen by burglars, was found today at his grandfather’s home tucked between the mattress and feather bed where he slept during a visit.
A reader, 19, asks how to elicit a bashful suitor’s proposal without seeming unmaidenly. Mildred Champagne notes bashful men are supersensitive and may delay. love often moves them to act when truly fond, and sentiment can melt bashfulness.
A reader asks how a young man should respond when invited by friends who snub the girl he admires. The adviser says the insult harms him as well and urges the man to ignore the snub and protect his sweetheart, possibly declining the invitation and defending her.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diuretic as a fast remedy for kidney, bladder, and urinary issues. It promises relief from backache, rheumatic pains, and nervous symptoms after a few doses, claiming unique efficacy and a fifty cent treatment from any drug store.
Candidate James J. Storrow blasted through Boston wards in 36 rallies drawing an estimated 20 000 supporters. He spoke briefly at each stop urging voters to compare his School Board record with ex Mayor Fitzgerald and to back honest government. Large open air and hall gatherings packed venues from Dorchester to Roslindale with cheering crowds and scattered disorder at one intersection.
Street skirts are narrow and short. Gowns fit less snugly than last season. Shorter coats are favored for cloth suits. Long white glace kid gloves dominate opera wear. Drapery effect is the keynote of wraps and capes.
The Met Opera Company opened the season at the Boston Opera House with Toscanini conducting Tristan and Isolde. The performance impressed with a dramatic reading, a molten orchestra, Fremstad as Isolde, and a strong overall cast.
A large society audience attended the Metropolitan Opera premiere with gowns and jewels noted in boxes and foyers. Attendees included Mrs. Roger Wolcott Jr and Miss Elizabeth Gray among many others wearing white satin, liberty satin, black lace, and jeweled ensembles, reflecting a formal, music-loving crowd.
A collection of weathered domestic recipes from Mrs. Dema Cory Mrs Annie Jameson Walsh and Mrs L L Wheeler. It includes a hearty bread using meal flour and yeast, oatmeal flatbreads baked in a moderate oven, a mustard egg custard pastry, and a Thanksgiving Pudding with crackers and raisins plus a vanilla butter sauce. Names and addresses of contributors accompany each recipe.
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