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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1917
Page
9
A reader asks how to live with a husband who suppresses emancipation and social freedoms though he claims perfection. Other letters advise on individuality style and handling a dishonest spouse while maintaining family welfare and personal dignity.
A beauty instruction advertises mixing two fresh lemons with Orchard White to create a skin lotion. Applied daily to face neck arms and hands it allegedly whitens clarifies and smooths the complexion. Supposedly stores carry Orchard White and lemons from grocers and druggists.
A fragment sings of a boy called to his country with a hopeful, singing spirit. Images of blue eyes, a carefree heart, and a mother’s plea to keep him safe amid war’s cannons and distant prayers.
A recipe listing suet pudding with quantities for suet egg molasses raisins milk flour and spices with steam time 3 hours credited to Mrs Harold P Arnold of Newport Rhode Island followed by a cream salad dressing recipe by Mrs Ellen Person of Worcester Massachusetts with details for making a soft custard like dressing to be thinned with cream.
A letter counsels a young woman to avoid silks and jewelry on rail travel as immodest and urges obedience to her guardian. It explains proposals of marriage as an honor when reciprocated, noting guardians object to flirtation that invites fortune hunters and impostors.
A teen asks Mildred Champagne about propriety of proposals at eighteen and whether she should marry to please a guardian or father. She seeks guidance on balancing friendships, modesty, and possible future love without clear answers.
Admiral Francis T. Bowles chairman of the Boston Public Safety Committee praised the women who led the post card campaign among housewives in the food conservation effort. He said their efforts showed national unity and solidarity during wartime.
Ottawa telegram notes J McDavitt of Boston is mentioned as wounded in today’s Canadian casualty list.
The Rev. Garrett J. Barry will be buried in a solemn high Mass at St. Philip's Church after dying at City Hospital following a weeklong illness and surgery to remove a kidney tumor. The body rests at the Harrison Avenue rectory and will move to the church this afternoon with Knights of Columbus and Holy Name Society as guard of honor. The funeral officers include Rev. James M. Supple as celebrant and Rev. John A. Crowe, deacon.
Professor Benjamin T. Marshall of Dartmouth College was chosen as president of Connecticut College for Women at New London by the trustees to succeed Frederick Sykes who recently resigned.
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