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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1917
Page
9
A collection of reader letters to the Sewing Circle weighing marriage versus care for kin. Widows urge staying with mothers and children over marrying and risking charity. Other notes argue young marriage, independence, handling in-laws, and personal duty to family.
The Mystic River drawbridge linking Charles Town and Everett, the largest of its kind in New England, opened to street car traffic just before 6 am with no dedication ceremony. Construction took a year to complete.
The Lynn Shoe Work ers' Association dispute drags past two months affecting 11 000 employees. The State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation narrowed the issue to a wage point, but no settlement. The board will issue its final report Tuesday for both sides to act on.
A patriotic enameled pin depicting allied flags and the word Freedom is sold at 192 State Street. Wearing it signals meal provision for the wife and baby of a service member, with each pin purchased feeding a front line family. George W. Bentley leads the firm raising relief funds, previously amassing ten thousand dollars for British soldier families.
The Oldest Inhabitant cites official Boston figures for July 2 temperatures, listing highs of 90 in 1900, 89 in 1908, 88 in 1910, and other years. Coolest on the date was 67 in 1912, with 59 degrees noted for July 23. Rain fell on this date in 1909, 1911, 1914, and 1916.
Mrs. Clarence A Noble of Woodfords Me shares a mince meat cake using tomato mince meat and a rice based pudding method. The piece also promotes rice as a potato substitute with boiling steaming and baking methods, plus serving ideas with tomato sauce and cheese.
Readable segments describe a fruit based cake mixture with currants raisins and lard plus spices. boil then cool before stirring in flour and soda and baking at a low oven. Additional notes list another batter using flour hot rice baking powder sugar butter milk egg and salt.
The narrator recalls Costanza a young vaudeville performer seeking work in New York during the war era. She supports two children from a former marriage and confronts an unfaithful husband by serving court notice, keeping hope alive through hard times and a new job in a grand dining room.
Funeral services for Charles Henry Hazard Sherman long time recorder of Independence Lodge A O U W of Lexington will be held this afternoon at 2 o clock from his home 41 Lincoln Street Lexington following his death on Saturday.
A promotional note by Alex Stocks invites readers to spend summer on Wyoming ranches offering housing, saddle horses, guides for fishing and mountain trips, and wholesome food. He claims ranch vacations provide rest and recuperation and offers to arrange itineraries and provide facilities and cost details. Contact C. B. & Q. R. B. Co. agent at 264 Washington St Boston.
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