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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1918
Page
11
Reader letters debate whether to marry for affection or financial comfort. Responses praise steady character and responsibility, warn against shiftless partners, and emphasize affection backed by practical support.Names Eleanor Sterling Mary Pickford and Francis X Bushman appear in anecdotes.
The narrator describes a club celebration organized as a fundraiser with girls selling red white and blue boutonnieres and carrying donation boxes for tobacco, chocolate, milk and Red Cross. Dolly wears a dramatic black silk hat and the narrator notes fatigue from a long day.
War time notes present recipes for oatmeal snaps orange salad bread muffins and marshmallow fruit filling. Instructions list ingredients and steps with substitutions and yields. The page highlights home cooking guidance for wartime households through practical measures and modest desserts.
A reflective verse extols the joy of giving and brave toil. It envisions personal ascent as a ladder aiding others, rising toward a divine expanse described as God’s zone. The piece emphasizes happiness through liberal sacrifice and communal uplift.
The article recounts Thomas West Lord De La Warr born in 157 in Hampshire England who studied at Oxford and fought in Europe. He led Virginia colony starting 1610 sailing with colonists to save Jamestown, rebuilt forts, married Pocahontas’s court link,Named the Delaware River after him, died at sea in 1618 and his brother continued the work.
A young woman asks for polite ways to become better acquainted with a nice young man she meets daily. The answer advises gradual conversation expansion, possible mutual introductions, and keeping boundaries clear to avoid appearing forward while allowing natural progression of friendship.
A poem recounting marching regiments and the cadence of battle. It contrasts civilian life with war, praising discipline and sacrifice while warning of shell fire and death, and urging soldiers to return to the fighting swing.
The piece urges careful speech during wartime, citing Lincoln on responsibility for words and deeds. It asks readers to consider how today’s harsh judgments would sound after victory, if government actions and fundraising had altered the war’s outcome.
Mrs Mary J Whitney the Somerville Home for Aged resident known as The Betsy Ross for repairing city flags marked her 98th birthday yesterday. She hopes to serve in France and aid soldiers, while area friends shared wartime cake topped with 97 flags. Her family history includes father Elisha Couch a War of 1812 veteran and grandfather Captain John Couch a Revolutionary War soldier. She will soon leave Clarendon Hills to Camp Zachary Taylor for five weeks of chaplaincy training.
A newspaper snippet discusses manners for youths, urging boys aged 10 to 12 to learn courtesy, hat tipping, and walking as gentlemen. It advises a young woman to diversify attention and notes theater seating etiquette. It highlights Boston women knitting for soldiers and honors for Mrs. Nina L. Duryea for war relief work.
News notes Protestant churches under grace with a Church of the Advent service Sunday night marking the French national holiday. Rev Dr William Harman van Allen will preach as the congregation sings Marseillaise and patriotic songs. Rev W J Dixon from Tucson will serve at St Johns Winthrop for three weeks as pastor while Rev Ralph M Harper is away. Third Century Class of First Congregational Braintree plans a Nan tasket Beach auto trip tomorrow. Rev William M Pettus has resigned as rector of St James Episcopal.
A St Augustine's Hall event raises funds for the poor and a parish whist party benefits Father Condon's table. Mrs. Frank Walter leads the committee. The late P J McDermott's estate supports Little Sisters of the Poor Dorchester St Mary's Infant Asylum Somerville and Home for Destitute Catholic Children. Forty Hours devotion starts Friday at Sacred Heart Water Town Blessed Sacrament Houghs Neck and St Bridget's Framingham.
Household hints praise blackberries as a family tonic and praise tomatoes for digestion and liver health. It suggests cornstarch as a pastry and gravy substitute and notes 24 inches per place at table. It also advises using kerosene to treat blood stained clothes and cleaning a frying pan with bread crust and hot water and saleratus.
Hugh Cairns the sculptor is at work on a series of church panels in Cambridge including The Sermon on the Mount The Marriage at Cana and The Flight into Egypt Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo is recovering from a cold in southern California Mrs Anson Phelps Stokes seeks a large 29 room New York flat Hans Wagner plans to wear puttees for home defence Pirates town unit joins Home Defence President Wilson’s signature Okeh spelling endorsed by Century Dictionary Amy A Barnardy the famous Italian
A reader describes making vegetable croquettes after a meatless family demand. Leftover potatoes beets carrots corn beans and onions are cubed seasoned with sage galt and pepper then covered in a thick cream sauce with Al Sauce. The mix is formed into spoonettes and fried in butter substitute for a French chef flair.
On July 8 an appeal to the American people titled Fight and Pray was made public in New York. Cardinals Gibbons Farley and O Connell urged three daily prayers for the success of American arms in a message read to the public.
The speaker urges the Catholic population to unite in sacrifice and prayer as the nation fights. He recalls the Holy Father’s day of prayer, asks for divine guidance for rulers and troops, and pleads for mutual understanding and swift peace through steadfast faith.
The Massachusetts Civil Service opens positions for women with salaries from 75 to 2000 dollars. Competitive exams are set for July 2 and applications are available at the Civil Service Commission office in the State House. Eligibility requires Massachusetts residency for the past year.
Major Fred McDonald of Charlestown, head of the United States Guards in this district, is named provost marshal for New England by General Buckman. He will keep command of the Third Battalion at Allston Armory, with Captain George P. Carter of A Company assisting.
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