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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1916
Page
17
Benjamin Driscoll discovers hidden chests filled with priceless old faces and linens. He contemplates selling them to ease Aunt Nancy's poverty but chooses honesty and preserves her faith by planning to provide for her. He resolves to secure her future and happiness.
Poem lyric recalling a heavenly homeland with refrain Beautiful Isle of Somewhere. The verse images a bright afterlife where God rules and troubles fade as birds sing and tasks and burdens are completed in a land of renewal. The chorus repeats the ideal land named Somewhere.
Readers share marital tensions and domestic worries in the Boston Post Sewing Circle. Letters describe hidden finances, limited outings, and calls for companionship, with responses urging mutual respect, equality, and practical homemaking guidance.
The letter describes a lively garden party with witty conversation, praising the stylish hat of old-gold satin straw with pink coronet, a Tam o Shanter bound in violet maline, and a cherry blossom parasol. The writer notes the warm sunshine contrasting with the north's midwinter weather and bids farewell.
A letter appeals for support to help the poor and to investigate animal welfare, promising that any funds received would be used for those purposes rather than personal luxury. The writer signs as a friend of animals and asks for a fresh reply.
The Sunday Post features notable letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader interest and community hobbies. Readers discuss sewing tips, patterns, and shared projects, reflecting a lively local interest in crafts.
Baking a fruit cake in pasteboard corset boxes yields fruit flavor with a tender crust. Line the greased manilla paper, fill with batter, cover with buttered paper, seal with the box lid, and bake four to five hours in a slow oven for even slices. Mrs. H. B. Crosby offers the method from East Boston.
Paragraph points on trends note brilliant colored face veils promised by Paris and a shift to wool or silk jersey for sport suits. Gowns feature light bustle hints, circular cut flounces on jackets, and roses at the waist for color. Fashion forward items include long redingotes, snug high collars, and short cutaway fronts.
New York Jan 20 A victim of sleeping sickness after a bite from the African Tsetse fly Dr Albert C Pervail lay in a coma at his Brooklyn home tonight with physicians saying he had not long to live He was bitten five years ago in the Congo while traveling with mining prospectors.
A Sunday Post feature presents six beef serving methods for a pound of meat. Methods include gravy with liquid, potatoes, toast, spaghetti, and breaded options. The note details family servings, quantities, and preparation steps and ends with Mrs H W Fuller of Braintree.
Benjamin Driscoll seeks shelter from a fierce storm at a secluded cottage and meets Aunt Nancy, a widow awaiting her sea-captain husband. He stays the night, shares tea, learns her loneliness, and they form a comforting connection as she clings to hope while awaiting Bennie in name.
Police seek four young men said to be New York gang members who forced entry into St James Catholic Church on Harrison Avenue near Kneeland Street. They ripped four poor boxes from their fastenings and destroyed a brass candelabrum inside the altar railing.
John Paul Winn, claimed by police to have written to President Wilson for money for two or three months, is under arrest in San Francisco awaiting examination by a sanity committee. He confessed saying it was the right of every American to write to the President for money. Winn claimed to be the son of a Petersburg, Virginia minister.
The Arlington Congregational Church held the noonday service at King's Chapel. Boston's Rev John WwSuter will lead the noon service today, with Saturday musical program by Mr Lang. Cathedral of St Paul to start lay training Jan 25 led by Dr Jeffrey Brackett at 5 pm. Second Adventists held a mid winter convention at 160 Warren street with final address by Rev C F King on Jesus Christ’s return. North Congregational Church of New Bedford weighs abandoning its church due to street widening. Harvard Congregational Church of Dorchester pastor Rev Charles F Weeden D D resigns after seven years citing parish money stringency. Mrs Weeden praised. Mr Weeden is moderator of the Suffolk South Association of Churches.
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