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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1918
Page
10
The editor offers a weekly five dollar prize for the best contribution to the Sewing Circle on the question of debt versus cash in household expenses. A reader shares a letter about a husband who forbids debt while neighbors incur it for luxuries, asking Sisters to advise which approach better balances comfort and financial prudence.
Letters to the Sewing Circle debate wife independence and sharing accounts with husbands. A reader describes escaping a controlling mother in law after gaining financial autonomy. Other submissions argue marriage as a partnership with joint budgets and trust, advocating no compulsory accounting. Also includes cake recipes using barley corn oat and rice flours with mixing and baking directions.
A Bar Harbor mother Mrs J H Mcleod praises Dr True's Elixir after six doctors failed to help her sick child. The letter extols the product for stomach regulation worm expulsion and child health with prices 40c 60c and 1.00.
An advertisement promotes Wolf's at the corner of Hanover and Portland Streets offering similar styles to Boylston or Premont streets at much lower prices, claiming easy access from Washington Street and savings for customers.
The passage proclaims a dawn of decisive national purpose with themes of liberty, struggle, and youthful resolve. It frames progress as a sacred war for truth and justice, and rejects tyranny while urging action amid rising national vigor and ideals. The cadence underscored by lofty rhetoric reflects wartime rallying sentiment.
The narrator plans to move before Jack's Washington trip and spends a Saturday in the country tending a garden. Louise unexpectedly returns, refuses to let the narrator keep working, and helps finish planting while gossiping and sharing time until dinner.
Fashion notes emphasize close-fitting toques with burnt ostrich crowns for all ages. Elbow and kimono sleeves with frills appear in styles alongside long close sleeves. Jersey dresses in silk cotton and wool feature embroidery and high or straight waistlines. Striped dimity and simple cotton mornings wear highlight current fabrics and silhouettes.
Mrs Polly Dunbar observed the 100th anniversary of her birth and received a reception at her daughter’s home 136 Summer street Waltham. She informally greeted many friends and received numerous gifts four generations were represented.
Household hints advise mending a leaky hot water bottle with leather cement by a shoemaker or DIY. For apron and dress pockets, place a double material reinforcement at the pocket tops on the under side and sew the seams to prevent corner tearing. M. E. Harding North Conway New Hampshire.
A tale of two tutors to a maiden shows the persistent suitor always nearby and the clever one leaving to test worth. She learns absence makes fondness grow and that out of sight is out of mind. Moral: absence increases desire. Copyright notes from Folly for the Wise by Carolyn Wells.
Advice on handling a man who fails to phone or write on a promised date. The guidance weighs whether to ignore or confront the lapse and suggests asking for the reason while maintaining caution about overinvesting emotionally. It notes some men forgive small slights but remain steadfast in major matters.
The fragment discusses offering another chance and prioritizing an effective approach. It lacks concrete entities, dates, or locations to form a proper news-style summary.
Clergymen across Greater Boston appealed yesterday for the Volunteers of America fund totaling $10,000 to establish a soldiers and sailors lodge in Boston. A girl corps sold carnations on the streets, a noon rally was planned at Victory Cottage, and booths in department stores will solicit subscriptions to fund meals, beds, and a clubroom at low cost with the Exchange Trust Company serving as treasurer.
The article advises that when a young lady attends an outing with a young man she should thank her escort for the pleasant time, acknowledging his entertainment. It also urges inclusive consideration for deaf persons, noting their sensitivity and need to be kept informed about conversations.
Birthday bio briefs note Jefferson Davis born June 3 1808 in what is now Fairview Kentucky. Educated at West Point he fought in the late Black Hawk era and organized volunteers in Illinois. He rose to lieutenant under Captain Abraham Lincoln and built a cotton plantation fortune in Mississippi before politics. He served in Congress and the Senate then became Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce before resigning over slavery tensions and died in New Orleans in 1889.
Toronto report states Cadet Hec tor Strathy Miller of Winnipeg died when two planes collided in mid air near Leaside aerodrome on June 2. The fatal accident involved cadets from the air training corps in Ontario.
A meditation on divine wisdom granted privately to the heart not spoken aloud. The speaker seeks a personal sign or deed to share the insight without revealing it in words.
An appeal in Boston urges motorists to donate their cars for a Nantasket outing for crippled, blind, and orphaned children. Last year over 2500 children rode, but only 1200 cars are pledged. organizers seek hundreds more car owners, with contact details for submitting offers.
Personal A Mitchell Palmer says Germany built in the United States a $2,000,000,000 financial and industrial structure with potential economic and political value to hinder American resources in wartime. He cites 20 American corporations under German control and warns the situation could have proved fatal if not found in time. State Senator Theodore Douglas Robinson of Herkimer, N Y, nephew of a prominent figure is mentioned in connection with the disclosure.
Crazed with grief over the drowning of her 12 year old son Charles Mrs Harry Simon ovitch attempted to throw herself into the Lechmere canal Cambridge while park police dragged for the child The body of Charles was recovered by Lieutenant Breivogel and Officer Biggs at five yesterday afternoon.
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