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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1918
Page
11
A period verse by the Benztown Bard from 1918 depicts a poet’s love for the city of dreams. The speaker travels through valleys and hills to bright seas and skies while praising birds flowers and sunlit fields as part of a nostalgic panorama.
Fanny May Hewitt of East Boston provides several cornmeal dishes. Muffins use milk egg salt corn meal baking powder and oil to yield 24 muffins. Pancakes mix cornmeal soda salt flour with buttermilk oil and egg for a hot griddle. Dates version cooks cornmeal with milk and dates. Apple Cornmeal Rolypoly wraps apples in cornmeal paste and boils for serving with sauce.
Black satin trimmed with white crystal beads charms the eye while a velvet gown with fur trim exudes wealth. White serge edged with red velvet flowers offers a novel dress. Lingerie from the Philippines enjoys vogue as piqué collars adorn smart dresses for girls. Fur accents on wraps are urged as spring silhouettes are anticipated.
Household hints warn against placing rubber items near heat or sun as heat and sunlight cause cracking. Freezing also makes rubbers brittle. Avoid mismatched heel heights on rubber footwear to prevent cracking at the heels. Scratched pans can be revived by soaking and baking to shed burned spots. Unraveled stockings can be repurposed by winding the legs onto a spool for darning. Soles for bedroom slippers can be cut from old felt hats. North Easton.
Funeral services for Mrs Bridget Kerrigan wife of Michael Kerrigan longtime Brookline resident were held at St Marys Church of the Assumption a solemn high mass was offered by Father Michael T McManus assisted by several priests. She leaves her husband seven daughters and burial took place at Holyhood Cemetery Brookline.
The Boston Daily and Sunday Post invites readers to send original or any good baby stories up to 200 words. Include real name and address, sign stories, and accept publication rights. Judges are Rufus B. Tobey and Theresa M. Lally with the Baby Story Editor.
Miss Mabel Wilson reports on Dot the three year old sister who aids at home by wiping dishes sweeping dusting and tidying. Dot helps roll rugs carry them out to the piazza and is put to bed by shared duty between her brothers amid a family rule to ensure peace at night.
The passage describes Little Nellie known as The Madcap living in a high wheat country where sunsets are beautiful. Her chief joy during the period centers on this rural setting and its simple pleasures.
An old time remedy using Sage Tea and Sulphur is praised for darkening gray hair. Advertisements claim Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound restores natural color after one or two applications and is easy to use with a dampened comb. It notes the product is not a disease cure.
A Boston girl Helene Cohen, four, resists a stranger’s request for her blond curls at Revere Beach. The earnest reply quotes Helene’s mother and Helene’s firm refusal, ending with the girl insisting her mother would never sell her.
Nellie plots with Grandfather to test Charlie the horse but the mare remains stubborn. After Nellie hides in the wheat and then dashes to the stable she escapes unharmed. Grandmother fears for the child’s safety as the family recalls the episode and the summers fade. Millie M. Devine, 19% Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury.
A Roxbury family note paints five year old Irving as bright and thrifty. He saves from October, now has over eight dollars, plans to buy a Liberty Bond and help defeat Kaiser and Germans. He mimics stories, memorizes books, and attends kindergarten on a steady education path.
The poem calls for men to match grand landscapes and vast future aims. It envisions pioneers with empire in purpose, clear thought, and moral vigor to tame nature and join an expansive destiny with the sea.
A young boy in Somerville observes and eventually hides a neighbor’s stolen can of corn in his family’s wine closet. The neighbor’s missing item is traced to the grocer’s delivery and to Bobby’s discovery years later. Mrs. Owen D Maguire of 15 Benedict Street recounts the incident.
A Keene New Hampshire reader recalls a two year old who refused hash at a church supper. The child insisted no thanks and quoted her mother saying she need not eat or speak about foods she dislikes, ending with a memorable line about not fussing all day.
A 17 month old boy at dinner plays with water and a spoon in a silver mug. When no spoon is at his place he calls for one and rejects a larger serving spoon. After a brief cry he smiles, then laughs at his own spoon and is given his spoon, bringing peace. Mrs C Hempstead Finley, 1838 Washington Street, Brookline.
A short family anecdote from Claremont New Hampshire recounts three year old Florence insisting on visiting her aunt Neenee. When kept home by a busy mother, Florence calmly offers a practical solution and proposes walking on the sidewalk. Florence’s placid resolve delights and amuses.
Advertisement promising steady year round employment knitting hosiery at home using Auto-Knitters. Workers can earn one to two dollars per day or more, with simple training. Address Auto-Knitter Hosiery Co. Desk 8 D, 82 Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo NY for details and a postage stamp.
A series of letters weigh a wife's right to choose companions despite a husband's disapproval. Authors argue from strong willed independence to mutual respect, with calls for harmony, trust, and personal moral agency in marriage.
The Sunday Post prints notable letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader voices and community perspectives on craft, fashion, and daily life. Readers share opinions, tips, and anecdotes that reflect local interests and social rhythms.
A bill approved by a government task force would extend vocational rehabilitation to soldiers and sailors unfit for further military service. Under certain conditions injured individuals in civil or federal employment could access the program. The measure will be sent to Secretary Baker with a recommendation for congressional consideration.
The Oldest Inhabitant recalls Boston’s coldest January 23 with official lows of 6 below in 1882 3 below in 1888 2 below in 1907 and 1 below in 1898. He cites a warmest 60 degrees in 1874 and notes rain or snow on this date in 1908 1909 1911 1913 and 1915.
A Lourdes novena will be held at St. Marys Church North End on February 2 with Rev William J Conway S J rector as preacher. Lent will feature the play My New Curate at St Marys Theatre and Notre Dame Academy hosts a lecture by Rev E F Garesche S J. St Pauls Dorchester notes no winter parish reunion but calls for donations to fund two Liberty bonds. South Boston Catholics note Rev Joseph A Lally S J active in New Orleans assisting Corpus Christi parish.
Professor Frank E Farley serves as secretary for the Cathedral Church of St Paul with Dr Robert M Lawrence and Joseph F Woods on the chapter. Fri days feast day services honor St Paul apostle. Reverend George R Stair to lecture at Gordon Bible College tomorrow. Stair also leads Y M C A physics society course for New England directors. Trinity Home for the Aged benefit sale set for Feb 19 in the parish hall. The Church of the Advent Girls Friendly Society presents An Evening with Mother Goose at Croswell Hall tomorrow. Ex Governor John L Bates elected president of the Lord's Day League with Dr Martin Kneeland as general secretary and officers William D Brigham W H H Bryant William Shaw as auditors.
Michael McDonough aged 48 is at Massachusetts General Hospital with a fractured spine after slipping from the No 5 freight house platform of the Consolidated road on Congress street. He lives at 18 West Third street South Boston and his name is on the dangerous list.
Edwin Brown president of the American Card Clothing Company collapsed and died on Pearl street near Main while returning home from the station where he had booked a trip to California. He resided at 70 Elm street and was set to depart tomorrow.
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