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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1909
Page
7
Aunt Jane recalls a past romance with a farmer after Gracie talks of riding with Malcolm and Roger Wilkins. Gracie praises Malcolm’s city life and poetry while Aunt Jane contrasts his manners with Roger’s boorish ways. A county fair memory anchors the tale.
A 1909 George Matthew Adams column by Uncle Walt offers simple humor and advice.
A woman recalls a doomed love triangle and a heart breaking choice between two suitors. She reveals a past longing for the man she truly loved, a betrayal of her fiancé, and a person’s quiet farewell as she learns the truth. Grace then leaves home in a restless, unresolved mood seeking a friend at Wilkins’ place.
A lean ham is seasoned with onions cinnamon allspice mace cloves and a flour paste then baked skin side down in cider with pepper and paprika. The joint browns, basting continues two hours, paste and skin removed, crumbs parsley added, cider reduced to sauce, and the ham served on cress with decorative apples. Mrs. F B Flinn of St Johnsbury Vermont.
Two cupfuls seeded raisins two tablespoonfuls flour two cupfuls boiling milk eleven half cups sugar small piece butter and two lemons. Mix flour in cold water then pour boiling milk over it. Use only lemon pulp rind removed. Slice lemons chop raisins and add to thickened milk then melted butter. Makes two pies for small plates.
A drink for hot weather uses sour red cherries covered with cider vinegar in a wooden vessel. Bruise and stir for four days then strain juice, add sugar, boil and skim. Bottle well and cork tightly. Mix half an inch of cherry vinegar with a tumbler of ice water. Lawrence.
Mrs. R. A. Fournier of 119 Canterbury Street Worcester shares a recipe for a night mixed dough. Mix mo lasses brown sugar shortening sour milk and spices then soda with flour until stiff. Leave overnight roll cut rounds bake for a hearty panful.
Advertisement claims X-Zalia liquid stops the itching of brown-tail poison instantly and provides sure relief for readers seeking immediate aid.
Captain Ernest Kinney, master of the Prince Arthur, recounts a 43 year maritime career from Yarmouth to the Pacific and North Atlantic routes. He details shipwrecks and survival, official duties with the revenue service, and enduring friendships with Gloucester fishermen formed during his career in Canada’s marine service.
Amherst July 6 The Massachusetts Agricultural College summer school opened with 150 students and more than 200 registered. Most students will live in tents and lectures will be given in an open air amphitheatre. Courses started in agricultural education entomology market gardening and plant and bird life.
Ruth Stanley aged two climbed a chair, obtained ten matches from a shelf, and ate the ends. She died today from phosphorus poisoning. The notice includes an advertisement for Salada Tea served iced with a dash of lemon.
A reader responds to the column disagreeing with One Exception's dating standards. The writer argues a self-respecting woman would not use a man for gain and suggests healthier expectations, noting many such women remain in Massachusetts.
The writer seeks guidance after a canoeing overnight with a friend while dating another woman. The adviser says a year of courting implies engagement should bind both, urges refraining from privileges the partner would not accept, and advises telling the girlfriend the incident was minor and to move on.
The article notes rule updates for daytime wear and formal dresses, urging restraint on extreme styles. It highlights sleeveless coats, rolled brim outing hats, matching scarfs with gowns, foulard facing in tailoring, hip yoke two and three piece suits, fuller sleeves, and simpler Recamier coiffure as fashion moves toward simplicity.
A lyrical meditation on Ticonderoga and Champlain through ages of war and discovery. The speaker conjures historic figures including Champlain and Abercrombie, the Iroquois, and Ethan Allen, set against Lake Champlain and Lake George as visions unfold from colonization to liberty.
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