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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1909
Page
9
A playful verse laments overbearing gore in Theodore stories and exalts Kermit’s adventures. The speaker, Uncle Walt Mason, insists on printing details of hunting in full, praising dramatic yarns while declaring Kermit the ultimate limit for sensational tales.
A young man writes that a shop coworker, aged 20, repeatedly rebuffs his attempts to meet. The advice responder suggests that lack of opportunity indicates no real interest, noting if she cared she would make time and accept invites. The letter implies the suitor should accept reality and move on.
A young stenographer asks Miss Champagne how to deal with a married man in a Boston firm who persistently flirts and invites her to dinner. The adviser suggests assessing his authority, delivering a calm rejection, and, if needed, reporting him to a firm member to stop the harassment.
A village schoolteacher May Woods adores Douglas Meredith, heir to a failing firm. After trials and town gossip, Douglas confesses his father’s failure and gains honor, while May forgives the world. They marry as November joins May in a tale of love stronger than ruin.
Memorial Day events in Quincy and Roxbury honor Irish American leaders and veterans with ceremonies at St Marys Cemetery and Evangeline Hall. News recounts parades and children in dress, a Winchester Center train incident, Arlington color guards, X ray at City Hospital, and local civic updates.
A Monteclair case reveals a groom named George signing an ironclad agreement with his wife detailing conduct rules. The list includes no smoking, strict home hours, weekly pay envelope, limited liquor, and duties at night, with the justice noting a nearby mad dash at nine.
A Sunday Post recipe feature presents green butter sardine toast. Toasts spread with green parsley anchovy butter and sardine paste top each slice, finished with grated egg yolk and watercress bed. Recipe credited to Mrs. Taylor of Roxbury.
Step by step guide for preparing planked steak using thick sirloin or porterhouse. Broil on hot plank finished under flame, with vegetables including carrots, potatoes, peas, asparagus tips, and mushrooms. Finish with a brown meat juice sauce. include mustard vinegar sauce recipe and signatures Harriet Newton and Janie M Pearson.
Governor Dineen says he will sign the bill barring lease clauses that forbid children in Chicago flats. Introduced by Representative McNichols, a father, the measure follows expulsions of families with infants. The reform aims to end discrimination against babies in housing.
A New Englander in the South describes practices on major systems like the Southern, Atlantic Coast Line, and Seaboard Air Line. He notes only one fireman per engine on fast runs, limited coal shoveling by negro workers on midpoints, and higher total wages for negro firemen despite lower hourly pay. He argues white firemen are assigned to freight while negro firemen remain on passenger service and cites monthly earnings and labor conditions. Raleigh May 28 1909.
To the editor the writer challenges yesterday's Post editorial A Fictitious Race Problem arguing the Central of Georgia strike by white firemen is misrepresented. He contends two firemen are never employed on any engine and disputes the article's factual basis.
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