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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1918
Page
9
The editor offers five dollar weekly prizes for top contributions. A reader questions matrimony choosing love, money, and happiness, while other letters urge practical marriage decisions between two suitors, Cake and Kisses, and warn against shiftless finances.
A roundup reviews eight short stories by E K Means and a range of fiction including works by Rupert Hughes, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Percy James Brebner, Alice Dyer Miller, Herman Hagedorn, Montague Glass, and Charles G Norris. The critic weighs themes of race, war Belgium, historical life, love, wit, and detective plots, praising realism and humor while noting occasional tragedy and literary ambitions.
A nostalgic Sunday supper recipe recounts transforming classic meat loaf by adding two tablespoons of Al Sauce-ana. The narrator touts the sauce as a miracle worker, enhancing flavor hot or cold and notes personal culinary reputation hinges on the bottles.
Fragmentary lines describe a cherub confronting hardships along a path with reflections on care and fear. The text hints at loneliness and unease within a poetic, possibly devotional, mood.
Dr Holmes penned new lyrics to America set to God Save the King. In 1860 Boston 1200 schoolchildren sang the stanza "An International Ode" during the Prince of Wales visit. The piece asks blessings on the land and throne, protection for the realm, and unity under a supreme ruler.
War time recipes from Mrs F Nazzaro outline oatmeal custard rice bread and other staples for home cooks. The page includes tips on oats with milk and nutmeg, rice dough for bread, boiled eggs with milk, and a bread mix with yeast. It also lists rye biscuits Boston brown bread and other stove top treats for wartime kitchens.
Lieutenant Harold M. Bates of 129 Bradstreet Avenue Beachmont married Miss Liza H. Bar low daughter of Mr and Mrs George H Bar low of Trenton New Jersey The ceremony was conducted by Rev Dr William Curry at the Presbyterian Church in Trenton.
A 24 year old man asks whether to confess his love before leaving for government work or wait until he returns. The columnist counsels telling her what you feel and letting her decide if she will wait, noting absence can intensify fondness and romance. She urges direct honesty and patriotism shaping the reply.
Mrs. Caroline Morse aged two years attempted suicide at 261 Lynnfield Street Lynn by slashing her throat. Neighbors found her in the hall and she was rushed to Lynn Hospital where doctors believe she has a chance for recovery. Ill health is given as the cause for her act.
Widow of Edward L. Pierce Maria L. Pierce married at home in Milton to Robert J. Walker of Bath and Leicester England. Ceremony led by Rev. Dewees Roberts of East Boston.
Charles Franklin Jones argues that public officials in wartime must act decisively even amid criticism. He compares officials to a jackass at a station, illustrating conflicting reactions to action and delay. He urges that those who win are those who cut the cable and do what they think is right.
The column advises checking the knife and fork before carving a fowl and outlines etiquette for mourning invitations. It notes that after a year, black edged cards may be sent, but responses require a written note rather than a simple accepts or regrets on a card. The dialogue hints a young lady may have been overly cautious in trying to be impersonal.
The narrator greets Helen who has returned after a two week visit and they share lunch and lively gossip. She describes Helen’s horizon-blue linen frock with deep tucks and tan hem, a sleeveless over-blouse, a che mise under-blouse, and blue ribbon cuffs. The writer expresses fondness and happiness at her return.
A man named Roman Killiska was stopped by Special Officer Ferrari while attempting to leave a Savannah line dock with items including shoes corsets soap and washing soap. He admitted possession and claimed no known owner. His wife and children were at Central Court for a probation hearing due to absence of a prior record.
The Most Rev. Denis J. Dougherty, born in Pennsylvania, is inducted as archbishop of Philadelphia by Cardinal Gibbons who has known him since youth and remains a steady ally.
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