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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1912
Page
6
A feature on cutting the cost of living through leftovers, foreign and near meatless dishes, and efficient use of fireless cookers. The piece outlines practical ideas to stretch meals and save resources amid rising prices.
Suggestions from Boston area residents on reducing living costs through leftovers and frugal cookery. Mrs M H Burbank favors buying quality foods and repurposing scraps with recipes for salads soups and croquettes. Miss Tibbett promotes foreign cookery fireless cookers and stews as economy measures.
O Carpenter of the English High School champions cooperative buying to cut costs for $18-21 weekly families. Mrs. Burbank shares practical reuse ideas, from Spanish omelette and Creole sauce to browning leftover beef in butter with cream sauce, plus tips on sour cream dressings and saving milk, eggs, and potatoes for unexpected guests.
Harold Thurlow aged 6 of 403 Washington Street Somerville was blinded in a firecracker explosion in Wincoln Park last night. Sergeant Harmon carried him to a passing car and he was rushed to the Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston where doctors report loss of sight in both eyes.
Jose Diera Dan drade 40, of 63 Worthen Street, drowned in the Merrimack River between Beaver Brook and Aiken Street bridge. He was seized with cramps while swimming and a companion tried to save him but failed.
Fire at Elvin Newton & Co. wholesale fish dealers on Commercial wharf caused $25,000 in damage. The blaze started from a rocket early July 4 in Portsmouth New Hampshire.
A large crowd witnessed the Jamaica Plain firemen muster on the Common. The Gingers led by Philip Mack won the handtub playout with a 163 ft 512 in mark, Dorchester second at 137 ft 3 in, Stars of Jamaica Plain third at 120 ft, Roxburys last at 111 ft 12 in.
Andrew Dowbridge of Boston, a freight brakeman on the Portland division of the Boston and Maine, saved a freight train in the Portsmouth yard by leaping between cars and breaking the air hose to deploy the emergency brake, stopping the train before a derailment.
At sunrise on July 4 Mrs. George Westinghouse raised a new silk flag with 48 stars at the summit of Jacob's Ladder, the eastern gateway to the Berkshires. She was assisted by Mrs. R DeWitt Mallary, widow of President Mallary, who spoke at the road’s 1910 opening.
Northampton Mass July 4 A dive into shallow water in a Worthington clay pit proved fatal for William Michelmas 19 of Northampton. He is believed to have struck his head on a rock in the shallow water.
A Catholic Standard and Times note quotes a humorous exchange about an umbrella stolen during ongoing rain. The fragment highlights a casual confession gag and city weather mood.
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