Women Conference On Food Work At City Center
An open meeting of women’s clubs to promote food conservation was held at 385 Boylston Street. Dr. Sarah Louise Arnold led the session noting state libraries distributing food and health information and urging rich households to buy differently to support perishable use and army reserves. Frances Stearn urged fireless cookers and simple methods for busy women.
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Medford Man Fined For Neighborhood Punch Down
Judge Thomas P. Riley in Malden court imposed a nickel fine yesterday on Michael Cavaliere of Medford for assault on a neighbor identified as ae tin Kroll. The case highlights a minor assault charge resulting in a nominal penalty.
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Michael Cavaliere
Medford
Aetin Kroll
Cocoanut Oil Shampoo Advocated For Hair Care
An old health tip recommends plain clarified coconut oil as a superior shampoo. It cautions against alkali in soaps and shampoos, says coconut oil creates rich lather with one to two teaspoons, cleanses scalp, and leaves hair silky and easy to manage.
Dear Widows Daughter and Circle Letters of Advice
A cache of reader letters from a 20th century ladies circle covers finance marriage duties and social signals. A man sacrifices work for a sick mother and siblings then gains wife and prospering business. Other letters argue against overbearing mothers delays to marriage and men's night outs. Readers discuss wives duties, husband respect, and fashion standards for young married women.
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Poems for Your Scrap Book Awareness
A short verse asking for awareness and responsibility. The speaker seeks light over blind wandering and urges empathy for others pain. It urges courage through wounded understanding and a commitment to shared action. The source attribution notes the New York Globe.
Dance Frocks and Evening Gowns Spark Adorable Style
The narrative recalls fashion at a party where sportswear dominated until the dance. Miss D. glowed in a pale lilac dance frock with turquoise blue taffeta cloak lined in rose, featuring slits, a rosebud bow, and a rosebud hood of rose silk over the shoulders.
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Potatoes Cheaper This Week In Local Markets
Potatoes and several vegetables such as beets onions beans and cabbage show price declines in yesterday's markets around Faneuil Hall while eggs tea strawberries and certain fish including mackerel halibut and smelts rise. Asparagus and spinach remain scarce and Ceylon teas rise by five cents per pound with top eggs at 53 cents a dozen and top butter at 53 to 50 cents a pound.
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Faneuil Hall
Market Prices For Fresh Produce In The Region
New potatoes are 60 cents a peck and lettuce three for 10 cents. Bunch beets onions six cents, carrots eight a bunch, wax and string beans eight a quart, cantaloupes 8 10 and 15 cents. Watermelons 40 to 60 cents. Peas 65 cents a peck yesterday, cucumbers 10 and 18 cents, tomatoes 20 to 25 cents a pound. White Bermuda onions seven a pound, cabbage four, peppers twenty a dozen. Pineapples 2 25, plums apricots ten cents a dozen, peaches 85 cents a two and a half pound basket. Native white cherries 15 cents a box, California black cherries 80 a pound, currants two boxes for a quarter, red raspberries the same. Black berries 25 a box, Goose-
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California
Fresh Fruits and Sea Goods Price List
A market listing notes berries plentiful at 15, blue berries at 23 cents, Southern cooking apples at 15 a quart, oranges 40, lemons 30 cents a dozen. Fish prices include bluefish 40 cents per lb, cod 10, butterfish 20, finnan haddie 18, flounders 10 and 15, haddock 12, halibut 80 85, lemon sole 16, mackerel 25, salmon 35, smelt 50, turbot 15, weakfish 25, lobsters 50, oysters 40 60 by grade, clams 30, soup 165, swordfish 25, black bass 25, striped bass 85, smoked fish 40 cents per lb, and soft shell crabs 1 per dozen.
Mildred Champagne Talks on Love and Sentiment
A reader, 19, questions a navy boyfriend who breaks plans and writes excuses. The counselor notes the couple is young and buoyant with sentiment, while men often treat such promises lightly, urging caution before assuming lasting devotion.
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Mildred Champagne
Miss Champagne
Fadts and Fashions Review of War Time Dress Changes
Fadts and fashions note that one piece dresses use different materials for waist and skirt. Dainty large hats feature black velvet bundles. Taffetas suit both afternoon and evening wear. Wool jersey suits rise for fall. White buckskin perforated pumps remain stylish. War influence reduces frills in womens wear.
Mothers of Freedom Honor Their Sons In France
Poetic tribute depicts mothers and nation in wartime, praising the sons serving abroad. Soldiers march with Pershing in France as mothers’ faith and the flag unite in honoring brave sacrifice and freedom.
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Pershing
France
Saving Daylight The Heat and Daylight Saving
The piece discusses daylight saving in America during a heat wave. It notes Canadians, British, and French climates differ from ours, making saving daylight a torment. It argues rising earlier requires earlier bedtime and describes how hot rooms discourage early bedtimes and early rising.
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