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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1917
Page
11
A reader column responds to Dear Widow's Daughter advising young women to remain with their families rather than marry, citing fear of hardship and loss of support. Letters from readers FAIR WARNING and LEARNED BY EXPERIENCE share views on duties, happiness, and personal choice.
Fragmented poem retelling Psalm 23 style in archaic hymn lines. It depicts the Lord as shepherd guiding through drought and death, supplying needs, guarding, and comforting through lonely wilds with green pastures and living streams.
Professor Charles Sargent urged adding 75 acres to the Arnold Arboretum to expand space for hundreds of thousands of specimens. He toured Holm Sea and noted Boston’s renowned institution faces crowding, estimating room could be bought at about 5000 dollars per acre to accommodate future gifts and growth.
A compact kitchen note lists recipes for scalloped lobster with buttered crumbs and milk, devilled tongue using beef tongue with pepper mustard and vinegar, and fried sweetbreads parboiled and breaded. It attributes the note to Mrs. Austin Page of 55 River Street North Adams.
Four representatives from Boston travel to Chicago to attend a national conference of motor car dealers. John H. MacAlman serves as president, Chester I. Campbell as secretary, and John H. Johnson with Frank B. Wing as directors of the Boston Automobile Dealers' Association.
A reader letters page compiles queries on Theodore Roosevelt age the Scandinavian war strength US population by sex and language usage world tongues and Victoria's reign dates. Answers cite Roosevelt age 58 and Victoria’s June 1838 coronation and 64 year reign, with figures for Sweden Denmark Norway populations and languages.
The German Empire covers 208 780 square miles while the text begins to outline the United States land area but cuts off before completing the comparison.
The text states Alaska including outlying possessions covers 3 026 789 square miles, while Texas spans 265 896 square miles. It contrasts the vast extent of Alaska against Texas in land area.
The passage notes salad served whole requires a knife and fork. A large lettuce leaf is hard to manage without a knife, and the fork carries it to the mouth. It also says oysters should not be cut but sometimes are large enough to need cutting with an oyster fork.
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