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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1918
Page
11
Readers advise debt avoidance in daily life and shopping while sharing personal experiences. Contributors stress paying as you go, financial prudence, and the guiding rule of not incurring debt except for necessities, with examples from marriage and family finances.
Wartime notes present household recipes from Mrs. Mary G. Tucker of Wiscasset Maine for corn bread muffins oats rye and graham muffins and raised varieties. The instructions list ingredients proportions and oven times to bake quick oven gem pans or in tins, reflecting home economy guidance.
A tale contrasts two housewives at a market. One delays and finds scarce fresh goods while the other hustles early but encounters yesterday’s remnants. The moral: the early bird gets the worm and there are always good fish to catch.
Robert Stevenson born June 8 1772 in Scotland was a noted engineer and grandfather of Robert Louis Stevenson. He directed lighthouse construction for Northern Lighthouse Commissioners, advanced lighting with intermittent and flashing systems, built harbors and bridges, and advocated malleable iron for railways before dying in 1850. His sons continued the lighthouse legacy.
A wartime satire in verse where Walt Mason mocks relatives seeking free meals. The narrator vows frugality to aid the nation, forbidding aunts and uncles from dining in his home and instructing them to fend for themselves. The piece critiques social expectations during hardship era.
A letter page answers reader questions about keeping mice from summer storage spaces using camphor, details about pyramids including the tallest at 400 feet, Blondin’s Niagara feats in 1859 and 1860, the meanings of Cold Friday and Black Friday with dates and events, and how moving pictures create the illusion of motion through rapid light and film changes.
The women of New Bedford spearhead the June drive for a million War Savings Stamp pledges and report 5000 pledges secured in the city by yesterday. The city committee notes strong response from mill and factory workers.
Women in Framingham Newton Concord and other towns organize central offices canvassing and stamp sales as the effort expands. Boston leader Mrs Saltonstall delays field action while ward captains mobilize 26 majors and 130+ volunteers to meet a million dollar state goal by War Savings Day.
The verses reflect on life not being lost when a chance is lost and emphasize choosing places to strive for, enduring struggle, and facing challenges boldly as life calls us to the edge where lights shine. It praises resilience and how one fights back against adversity with courage.
The record notes Boston's warmest June 8 highs of 89 degrees in 1884 and 9 degrees in 1908, with the coldest at 44 F above in 1875. It also records rainfall on this date in 1916 and 1917, noting five past years of rain within the last decade.
William E. Masterson of Standish Hall Cambridge employed in government service was arrested on a federal warrant for stealing two cog wheels and six wrenches from the United States government. He pleaded not guilty and was held on $500 bail for a June 12 hearing, taken to East Cambridge jail.
Floyd Gibbons, Chicago Tribune war correspondent at American headquarters, was wounded by machine gun fire while following American troops near Chateau Thierry on Thursday evening. He rests in a Paris hospital in serious but not dangerous condition with a flesh wound, skull fracture, and potential loss of an eye.
The Sunday Post will announce prizes for its recent contest The Funniest Story I Ever Heard. Winners receive awards in a celebration tied to the Sunday edition.
Lieutenant Victor Hugo an instructor to the American army and participant at Catigny. Reporter Floyd Gibbons wounded at the front. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt restored to New York Republican Club rolls. Joseph J. Lannin plans a 1500 room hotel The Maine on 67th St New York. Bertha Krupp presides at Essen plant discipline trials. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. serves as army chauffeur. Mrs Agnes Newman to settle in Boston. Edmund De Valera heads Sinn Fein in Ireland now in New York. Marlborough Churchill promoted to lieutenant colonel on Pershing's staff. King George joked about leaving army and navy. General Haig's daughter born last month. Motto choice for ship drive by Mrs Schwab More caulking and less talking. Mrs Alfred Vanderbilt to marry Ray Baker daughter of Colonel Emerson.
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