Baby Story Contest Offers Prizes and Publication
The Post invites baby stories capped at 200 words for three prizes: a Double Gold Eagle worth $20, a Single Gold Eagle of $10, and $5 in Gold. Original or not, stories must be signed with real name and address, kept by the paper, and may be published in Daily and Sunday Post. Judges include Rufus B. Tobey Theresa M. Lally and the Post’s Baby Story Editor.
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Baby Story
the Post
Hoston
Daily
Sunday Post
Rufus B. Tobey
Boston
Wonderful Floating Hospital For Children
Remarkable four year old Ruth Adele Pacific in Cambridge
Ruth Adele Pacific, nearly four, once shown as a double jointed baby, has an elastic body allowing acrobatic feats. One night at age 112 she woke with her left arm hidden in her sleeve and her leg in the sleeve of her nightgown, a strange sleep posture. Mrs Hermine M Pacific reports her doll like form and sleep pose from North Cambridge.
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Ruth Adele Pacific
Hermine M. Pacific
Reed Street
North
Cambridge
Ruths Napkin Saga and the Shed Penances
Ruth learns to obey through quiet defiance and self chosen penance. A neighborly morning play leads to a mischievous remark about a child’s burn. Ruth eventually accepts a napkin ritual by spending time in the shed until she agrees to wear it. Mrs. C. A. Lawrence lists King Street Lynn Mass.
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Ruth
Ruthie
Dorothy
Ruth Lothrop
C. A. Lawrence
King Street
Lynn
Mass
Mischievous Twins and Bunny Mischief At Home
A mother recalls her mischievous twins Bertha and Beulah who received rabbits as pets. While the mother worked, Bertha’s bunny slept peacefully, but Beulah tried to sleep her bunny by striking it with a stick. The mother warns they must stay contained or they will cause mischief. The note is signed by Mrs William N Ferguson of Chester Street Wollaston.
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Beulah Ferguson
William Ferguson
Chester Street
Wollaston
Bertha
Mamma
Beulah
William N. Ferguson
Doris Shares A Joke Of Service In A USO Style Tale
A reader recalls Doris at 38 who jokes she is good for nothing yet vows to serve. The birthday dress features a red cross on pockets while Mamma knits soldiers’ pins. Doris, in a playful salute, proclaims I am a red cross girl and sings America Here Is a Girl For You. Ellly Norden. 469 Sumner Street East Boston.
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Doris
America
Elly Norden
Sumner Street
East
Boston
Bobby’s Brave Word of Honor Amid Smoke and Fire
A imaginative child named Bobby refuses to break his word of honor in a burning hallway. With a toy gun he stands his ground as flames rise and a crowd gathers. He shoots at rescuers and collapses from smoke, later recovering and revealing he hated to kill.
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Bobby
Debating a Wife’s Evening Visits in The Sewing Circle
Readers discuss whether a wife should visit friends her husband disapproves of and how marital harmony, wage earning rights, and home atmosphere influence decisions. Contributors weigh in on equality, mutual respect, and shifting roles in marriage.
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Sewing Circle
Uncertain excerpt notes a man’s injury and recovery
An unclear fragment describes a man claiming to have shot someone and, after assurances of recovery, smiling and falling asleep. The text names Mrs. L. L. Kneeland, Sherman Maine, but provides no full event context or specifics.
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L. L. Kneeland
Sherman
Maine
Willie’s Custard Pudding Mischief Narrated
A mother recalls two and a half year old Willie who improvised a custard pudding. He broke eggs mixed with baking powder corn starch and milk, tugged a chair to the pantry and filled the oven with a puffed balloon like pudding. Mrs. William E. Thomas, 218 Hancock Street Everett.
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Willie
William E. Thomas
Hancock Street
Everett
Billy and His Canary Bird
A child named Billy, aged 44, leaves his pet canary in his cat’s care while he visits town with his mother. Upon returning, he finds the bird killed and the cage broken, lamenting the loss and questioning the cat’s trust. The notice ends with a signature from Miss B. of Amesbury.
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Billy
Kitty
Birdie
Kittie
Mack
Miss B
Armes
Main Street
Amesbury
Household hints for cooking and flavoring
A set of kitchen tips advises quick boiling for beefsteak, onion juice extraction, and new flavor ideas for cakes and tea. It warns against grating onions and suggests using orange peel to enhance tea fragrance, credited to Mrs. C. E. Washburn of Augusta Maine.
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C. E. Washburn
Western Avenue
Augusta
Brother of Mine Echoes Death and Joy
The speaker urges a brother to press on despite fear and death, expressing a longing for a different fate and the hope of shared joy in life. The passage meditates on courage, kinship, and tempering fate with resolve.
Captain Crank Dies Aboard U S Prairie
Captain Robert K. Crank, commanding the U S Prairie, died last night from a stroke of apoplexy. He was born in Houston, Texas, and served aboard the vessel. The incident occurred while the ship remained docked or in transit as reported.
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Prairie Washington
Robert K. Crank
Prairie
Crank
Houston
Tex
Delicious Halibut and Scalloped Cod Recipes From New England
Recipes from New England Housewives include a baked halibut with onions and crumbs, a codfish scalloped with milk gravy and bread crumbs, and a fish sauce of butter lemon and Worcestershire. Also featured are two cookie and pastry recipes from Mrs Alfred Lancaster of Pawtucket and Miss Beulah Fowlie of Rockland Maine.
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Alfred Lancaster
Pawtucket
R. I
A Little Chat on Style from Dorothy Over the Wire
Clara Dolly and I shopped yesterday for shoes underwear and hats. We visited a shoe shop then Lydia’s lingerie and then spent the afternoon trying on hats. Dolly favored a straw hat while I preferred a dark blue satin tafteta sailor with an old gold ribbon.
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Dolly
Clara
Lydia
Urges fixing of price of grain by food administration
L B Briggs of Sussex Club of New Hampshire appeals to the Post editor about the high grain prices harming poultry farming. He warns a poultry and egg famine could follow if grain is not priced to allow profitable hatching, urging the food administration to set grain prices so farmers can “live and let live.”
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Food Administration
Washington
L. B. Briggs
Sussex Club of
New Hampshire
Cherry Cottage Farm
Epping
N. H
Birthday tribute to Edgar Allan Poe highlights his life
Birthday notes mark Edgar Allan Poe born January 19 in Boston 1809 and recount his adoption by John Allan in Richmond Virginia. It chronicles his education military service at West Point dismissal by court martial early poetic works and prize winning stories. It notes The Raven fame and his decline after wife’s death and quotes Tennyson praising him.
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Edgar Allan Poe
John Allan
Richmond
United States Army
West Point
Allan
Baltimore
Poe
Tennyson
Post Letter Box Debates Women's Presidential Votes
A reader asks if women in any state have voted for President. The note claims Wyoming has had suffrage since 1860, Colorado since 1883, Utah by 1890, and suggests equal terms with men in all elections.
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Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Letters to the Sewing Circle Highlighted in Sunday Post
The Sunday Post features notable letters to the Sewing Circle. Readership shared opinions on fashion, crafting tips, and community gatherings, reflecting locally sourced humor and practical advice from readers.
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Sewing Circle
Sunday Post
Questions and Answers From The Boston Post Opinion Page
Readers submit queries on voting rights pronunciation statehood civil service ages and a wartime motor truck test. The text notes electric and horse car lines in Boston dates, Arkansas pronunciation and statehood year, civil service age rules, a proposed light and heat therapy device, and a Detroit to Atlantic seaport military truck test for France.
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Cambridge
Back Bay
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United States
Detroit
Atlantic
France
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