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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1916
Page
15
A reader letters page urges women to support each other and avoid suspicions and jealousy. MA reads about not letting a mother’s praise turn to pride, and about a fiancés demands to drop longtime friends. Foxboro notes and a reply to a fiancée question offer practical guidance on loyalty and personal boundaries.
Readers share personal dilemmas on leaving housework for shop work and gaining independence from family control. A correspondent urges a woman to seek work in a shop for autonomy and social contact, while others counsel staying home to protect virtue and family funds. A Navy-identified reader defends sailors and calls for respect toward service members.
Poem by James Whitcomb Riley reprinted from The Lockerbie Book presents children as bright symbols of longing. It contrasts parental gaze with divine birthright and the children of the childless who bring solace and joy in sorrowful homes.
Doughnuts have risen in price at a downtown restaurant. Patrons now receive two doughnuts with coffee instead of three. The official reason cites higher costs of ingredients and production.
Readers ask about color blindness definitions, whether slavery existed legally in Boston, the origin of Bell Alley, and whether tuna and tunny are the same fish. Responses note color perception variances, historical slavery practice in the 18th century, Bell Alley as a North End name, and tuna tunny equivalence with mackerel relatives found offshore and in the Mediterranean.
A cookbook column reproduces varied household recipes and tips including raisin walnut sandwiches with mayonnaise, a sick drink combining ginger ale and milk, jellied chicken with stock gelatine, and a honey cake recipe. Contributors include Gladys Porter Acworth New Hampshire Mrs G Kellett and Mrs Charles A Capwell Pawtucket Rhode Island.
The poem urges yielding on the road to avoid conflict and allow others to go by. It frames turning out as a noble act that reduces friction and reveals the world’s singing spirit. It contrasts vengeance and control with grace and shared space.
Instructions from Lilla Howe describe boiling and wiping china to prevent chipping. Wrap each item in rag, submerge in cold water, boil ten minutes, cool, then wipe with a soft towel to enhance durability. Address: 1449 Forest Ave Brockton.
Corinne Webster longs for a summer as a boarder with Crystal Springs attractions and a pink silk sweater. Her mother teases and worries about status while Dr. Gordon teases a role as summer gentleman. Corinne and the doctor confess real feelings as the holiday ends.
Building Commissioner George J L Dudley announces that seventh and eighth grades in Forster and Preston grammar schools will be transferred to new junior high schools due to the opening of junior high facilities.
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