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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1920
Page
13
Lenore Styles notes a young matron drew admiration at a leading women's political club meeting. She wore a modestly priced black taffeta gown with a fitted tunic, Georgette border, hemstitched organdie collar, and a distinctive garniture at the waist.
Practical household tips cover gum removal with kerosene plain water for spills and starching fabric. Advice includes burning oil extinguished with flour or earth freezing shoes with paper and drying damp footwear and preserving table linens by trimming creases. Mrs Josephine Sullivan 1822 Bathgate Avenue New York.
The piece notes tulle sashes with long streamers forming trains, black silk jersey dresses with apron tunics, set in sleeves as a fall note, fall millinery with duvetyne satin and pattera, and panelled over skirts over a tight underskirt. It also highlights tan ostrich feathering and a brown velvet hat with tan and brown butterfly trim.
A Sewing Circle column discusses jealousy in marriage and courtship with multiple readers sharing experiences. Advice covers how to handle jealous husbands, fears of infidelity, and the notion that true love rests on trust, not control. The tone mirrors a late 19th century magazine advice page.
Rates show daily to year long plans with prices from 20 cents to 4.00 dollars. The list includes daily two weeks four months and one year options for mailed subscriptions.
A lyrical vision invites readers to a distant country beyond the city where windflowers, veery, and tumbling brooks create a land of light and laughter. The road to escape tempts tired urban feet toward peace in the woods with call of a voice urging a respite from care.
Readers are advised letters are answered in order received and many are answered if mail arrives. Communications should include correct names and complete addresses to ensure proper handling.
A reader asks about the term copperhead used for Northern Confederacy sympathizers and cites Melville E. Stone. The note then shifts to a horticultural analogy describing grafting seedless fruit from a rootstock grown from seeds, noting the difficulty of concise explanation.
An 1886 playbill announces The Old Homestead as a sequel to Joshua Whitcomb, sparking debate whether Sir-Was Denman Thompson used the Josh or Joshua Whitcombe name. Reports cite Thompson previously appearing as Uncle Josh in Joshua Whitcomb and transplanting the character to The Old Homestead.
The article notes Pittsburg Pennsylvania lies almost directly north of the Panama Canal, making it the closest large American city to a due north position relative to the canal. It implies Pittsburg is the furthest north among major US cities in relation to the canal.
Francois Eugene Vidocq born July 23 1775 in Arras France a former soldier convicted in a forgery plot who escaped prison twice then thrice to freedom. He rose to lead Paris police detectives ran a paper mill employing ex convicts and died in Paris aged 82 in poverty.
A reader cites an archaic verse dividing life into seven year spans from birth to death. The lines outline stages at 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70, and 77 with advice on childhood, learning, work, marriage, prudence, and aging, ending with guidance toward heaven. The message ends with a letter to the editor about whiskey substitutes and wood alcohol dangers to sight.
Lourdes is a town in southwestern France near the Pyrenees. It lies in the department of Hautes Pyrenees, about 12 miles south-southwest of Tarbes on the Southern railway main line.
The ex-Kaiser's mother was Princess Victoria of England born November 11, 1840. If your friend shares her birth year with Victoria, then her birth date would be determined by matching year 1840.
The letter asks how seedless fruits like oranges are propagated after initial seedless trees. It explains that such trees must be started from seeds originally, and then continues to describe propagation methods. The writer seeks clarification on the horticultural process.
Sam Urso of Olean New York appealed to Boston's mayor for aid in locating Stella Urso and her son Thomas. Stella, described as unwell, reportedly planned to enter a Boston area institution or sanitarium, with witnesses saying she left on a train to Boston.
A reader over 20 asks how to attract men without losing her serious nature. Champagne urges balancing reserve with socializing at dances and ballrooms, noting scenes where young people meet helpfully. She advises friendliness over cynicism, preserving natural self while gradually inviting acquaintances.
A compilation of mystic views on roof dreams. Some say roof visions portend dignity and success with standing on a roof. Others warn that trouble descending signals uncertainty about future success. Some see roof dreams as adventures abroad.
This 1920 verse fragment evokes summer joys and romantic scenes. It contrasts bright sun and playful movements with dreamers pursuing happiness in Eden like settings, including imagery of a loved lady, soft nights, and fairy melodies.
A Holworthy Hall tale titled She Named Him Algernon will be featured in the upcoming Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
Readable section presents fish chowder with haddock potatoes onions and milk. steamed bread pudding with bread crumbs molasses and spices. potato yeast with grated potatoes and yeast. a biscuit-like dough with raisins spices and soda. and a general note by Fannie H. Cole from Sunset Maine.
The oldest resident recalls Boston's warmest July 23 on record at 98 degrees in 1918 and 1900. He notes the coldest for this date at 57 degrees and mentions no Rain in the past decade except in 1911 1914 1916 and 1919, citing official figures.
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