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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1920
Page
15
A trio of Sewing Circle letters debate whether a 25 year old son owes his parents money for his birth and support. One writer argues respect and affection, not debt, while another urges practical board payments and self reliance. A third defends a mother’s affection and her lifelong role in guiding society through her son.
A poem compares men to old shoes, noting similarities in aging, wear, and repair. It suggests humility, fate, and moral judgment, asking whether one would rather be a man or his shoes as they both endure use, mending, and decline.
The advice notes that age alone does not decide happiness. If you love him, he is right despite the age difference. Mother's approval adds weight, but your own feelings are decisive. if you lack love, even good qualities may not bind you.
A reader challenges social notions with wind observations on the Atlantic coast and asks whether prodigal implies repentance. He notes July and May winds and debates if prodigal means wasteful, not necessarily repentant, citing the Prodigal Son parable.
The article notes that green grapes and green blueberries can be preserved like other fruits. It claims many find green preserves delicious and provides a practical cue to cook and store them as usual.
The record states William Jennings Bryan was elected to Congress, beginning in 1891, and later nominated for the U S Senate in 1894 where he was defeated by John M Thurman. It also notes his presidential nominations in 1896 1900 and 1908.
The reader asks for the meaning of Chautauqua, noting it is a New York town and former Sunday school institute that grew into nationwide chautauquas. The name is said to be of Indian origin and readers are invited to supply its original meaning.
The cat o nine tails is a flogging instrument with nine knotted cords attached to a handle. It was once the standard punishment in the British navy and army but flogging has been abolished in the services.
A Groton Conn recipe roundup lists Potato Soup using potatoes milk onion celery butter flour and seasonings, French Toast with bread milk eggs and salt, baked cabbage pudding with eggs and milk, and Grapenut Pudding with grape nuts sugar eggs and spices. Signed by Mrs Louis A Anderson.
Molly Saunders leaves the East for a Western candy store world. She discovers delights with Norton Frost yet longs for Leonard Ray and the apple orchard bungalow, finally choosing to return home after a cross country odyssey that tests love and place.
The article compares male and female Indigo Buntings with plumage notes and range from Lower Canada to the Gulf States. It portrays the pair as socially unequal with the male flaunting bright blue while the female remains brown and nest safety anxious, and notes the male’s noon-time song in August.
In Washington on July 27 union pickets demonstrated before Galt & Bros. jewelry shop linked to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. Twenty seven members of the jewelry workers local accuse the firm of denying collective bargaining by requiring individual contracts. They picket four other jewelers in retaliation.
Drowned in Wading. Dominick Isominia 9, son of Mr and Mrs Dominick Isominia of 6 New Street Bradford, fell in while wading with companions near Haverhill.
In Chicago a wife testified against Gustave Victoreen, describing army training as shaping his violence. She claimed he abused her during close infighting training, and outlined his pattern of wandering and theft of clothes or food. The court ordered probation after Gustave pledged reform and financial support.
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