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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1917
Page
9
A story warns against concealing age. A woman hides years to appear younger, marries a wealthier man, and after decades of deceit discovers lies corrode marriage. When truth finally comes, she loses her husband to a younger rival and faces solitary regret.
The narrator describes a hat shopping ordeal choosing among about twenty hats. Clara helps select two, a simple sport hat and a large red straw hat with black and white ribbon bands and a red straw rose. The description notes crown trimming and rib pattern under the brim.
The note lists industry shifts with Jennie L Sidney Drew and Edith H Pauline Frederick among actors now with Metro Vitagraph and World Film. It cites Violet Mersereau Crane Wilbur Francis X Bushman Warren Kerrigan Charlie Chaplin and Marshall Neilan as figures connected to various productions and studios.
Dear Miss Champagne argues that kisses blur lines between friendship and love. She warns girls to guard their affection, noting that many so called friendly kisses mislead both parties and may damage respect and true bonding.
Special services mark the anniversary of Rev. William Mann Tufts at First Presbyterian Columbus avenue and Berkeley street. Nine new members join this month bringing total to 626. St Ann's Church hosts Renner from St John’s University Shanghai.
A 2000 member Housekeepers League votes to boycott potatoes until prices fall to 40 cents per peck and to urge a broad abstention across about 25 000 people including 2000 Jewish families. The move, led by Mrs. Ida M. Hebbard, aims to pressure markets and seek lower prices while pondering substitutes like rice and macaroni.
A prose note introduces Robert W Service with WWI verse about Red Cross work in France. The poet recalls songs about the soldiers singing It's a Long Way to Tipperary and includes stanzas praising brave lads, mixed with reflections on loss, memory, and the impact of war on homeland.
Mrs Ethel Byrne, a birth control advocate, remains resolute after 100 hours of a hunger strike in Blackwell Island Jail. A corrections bulletin notes normal blood pressure and heart but claims of back pain, no food or medicine, and no drink. Her lawyer and sister were denied access as tension grows over the protest.
Italian Sacred Heart Church members hold a bazaar and festival at St Johns Hall Moon Street North End ending tomorrow night with a grand concert. Prominent singers including Miss Rose Casasga and Anthony Guarino will perform as part of the program.
Davine's band of 60 musicians will perform. Devotions to St Ann at St James Church Harrison Avenue daily after the holy hour at 1 15 PM and Wednesdays at 745 PM. Rev Philip J O'Donnell plans a St Ann shrine. A Middlesex County Catholic Federation mass meeting at Holton Hall West Medford features talks by Charles Fay on the Catholic Citizen Charles S O Conner on Catholic Unity and Charles T Daly on the Federation's purpose.
John A Murphy of Roxbury had every detail of his final request carried out at Crosby funeral rooms. A lock of his wife's hair was interred with the body, as he wished. Dr Dixwell of the Kearsarge Naval Veteran Association and delegations from the veterans and the G A R Club attended and escorted the casket to Mt Benedict Cemetery.
Letters recount hardship of widowhood and large families, arguing for or against old age pensions funded by taxation. Readers share personal struggles, critique thrift, and question fairness while one writer from Windsor, YT, argues men show more forgiving kindness.
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