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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1921

Page

15

Knowing One Uncle Walt Riffs On Ten Car Repair Men

Walt Mason satirizes nine failed mechanics who doom the narrator’s bus to perpetual trouble. A tenth worker arrives, fixes the car, and restores faith as the machine suddenly works, delivering a humorous takedown of inept repairmen and a triumph of skilled craft.

John H. Milton John Walt Mason

Surprise visit from Aunt Lizzie changes home decor

Jill and Jack return from a journey to find a framed Aunt Lizzie portrait and a mother photograph altering their drawing room. They debate repurposing space, face Aunt Lizzie's potential inheritance, and decide to keep both portraits with a plan centered on family presence.

Jill Jack Wall Street Lizzie Rogues Gallery Aunt Lizzie

Wit and Wisdom Rocking Moment Teases Family Banter

A light excerpt shows a mother calling for help and her son Tommy offering to rock the baby. The playful exchange captures a casual domestic moment with affectionate humor.

Professor Ernest Debates Dust With a Student

A vivid exchange features Professor Ernest questioning the concept of dust while a young student named Mud offers a damp response, using metaphorical juice as a sign of effort and weariness.

Ernest

Jonus A Man and His Wife Are One

A quotation from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat discusses unity in marriage, stating that a married pair remains a single entity with shared purpose. The remark highlights the idea of indivisible partnership and cooperation.

Jonus St. Louis Globe-Democrat

Hogan quiet after Kelly branded him liar

The exchange shows Hogan remaining silent after Kelly calls him a liar. The veteran wrestler, once hot tempered, reportedly only asks have we had enough vet, reflecting a muted reaction to the dispute.

Hogan Kelly

The Letter That Brought a Long Lost Love Back

Silas reunites with Della after years of waiting when a long forgotten letter is found in a coat pocket. He learns he is rich from gold found on his land but forgives his lapse of letters as they embrace. He confesses his fortune and they plan happiness together.

Silas Hal Della Ialmost

Retired Mexican bandit seeks protection from bandits

Francisco Villa, long a famed Mexican bandit, now retired on a government given estate, fears further raids and cattle thefts and appeals for adequate protection. Turkey’s crisis brings Tewfik Pasha out of retirement after serving as ambassador to Britain and Germany and guiding Young Turk diplomacy. Mrs. Nalph Smith of British Columbia seeks a Cabinet post as education minister, previously MP and wife of former finance minister.

Francisco Villa Turkey Tewfik Pasha Sultan Abdul Hamid Grand Vister Europe Great Britain Germany Nalph Smith British Columbia Finance Smith

Poem Fragment He Fell Among Thieves

A dramatic narrative poem follows a lone figure at dawn as thieving killers close in. The man recalls family, school days, and past joys before a final, fatal encounter on a Chilean landscape? No, Laspur hills and Yassin river frame the scene as forgiveness and mortality merge.

Yassin Laspur

Indian beadwork and batik offer home income for women

Mary Chinequilla, born near Camp Supply Oklahoma, explains beadwork and reed basket weaving as easy to learn with strong returns. Museums supply motifs, design distribution is key, and finished pieces fetch good prices. Batik adds color work as a convenient home business. tomorrow features Camping de Luse.

Mary Chinequilla Camp Supply Oklahoma Mary

Post Letter Box Queries and Answers Across Topics

A composite reader mailbag yields questions on senses sources noting skin tongue nose eye ear terms, Jefferson offices, first state with woman suffrage, Q followed by U rule, a Macleod poem motto Trust in God and do the Right, Wilson age in 1910s, and pronunciation of allent in garden with authorities differing.

Sir Wyoming Colorado Utah Idaho God Norman Macleod

Dictionary Pronunciation Shift Noted in Several Guides

Reference dictionaries including Century International Worcester and Webster increasingly omit the silent E in garden and similar words, guiding readers to a pronunciation resembling gardn. This trend mirrors broader shifts in American English spelling and phonology.

Century International Worcester Webster

New Books Review Wanderers and London Reminiscences

A critic praises This World of Ours by J H Curle for globe spanning journeys and vivid word pictures, noting his long travels through Africa Abyssinia Samarcand and more. Arthur Warren’s London Days recalling Browning Gladstone Whistler and Parnell offers nostalgic reminiscences of a bygone capital. The review highlights Curle’s restless Pinzon heritage and Warren’s affectionate portraits of historic figures.

J. H. Curle Mr. Curle Doran Ife Marco Polo Ibn Batuta Burton Abyssinia Samarcand Borneo Cochin China South Seas Volga London Little, Brown Arthur Warren Browning Tennyson Meredith Gladstone Stanley Whistler Irving Parnell Warren Carlyle Littl

Dear Sewing Circle Letters on Youth and Work

A reader urges parents to trust and converse with their children to avoid driving them to rebellion. A narrator recalls a restrictive upbringing and the regret of denied youth, urging open dialogue, shared activities, and responsible chaperoning to preserve family bonds. A separate letter laments harsh domestic service conditions and calls for Brotherhood and the Golden Rule to solve the servant problem.

New York City New England

Slim and Jim Share A Quick Chat

Slim asks for a moment and Jim agrees to share what he knows in a brief exchange.

Slim Jim

Household Hints for Cleaning Tinware and Fabrics

A dated list of home remedies for cleaning tinware glass, vellum, zinc, furniture, wall paper, fabrics and metals. Includes soda, axalic acid, kerosene, ammonia, Castile soap, pipe clay, magnesia, emery powder, and plastering tips. Attributed to Mrs F E Gould of Natick.

F. E. Gould North Avenue Natick

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