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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1909
Page
9
A sequence on Washington street describes an electric trolley slipping its trolley and the motor man not throwing the switch, forcing a conductor to chase and halt the runaway. The item also notes Irene Berry of Malden returning from a successful season and other local civic events and plans across Massachusetts.
A fine assortment of light and dark gray two piece outing suits offered for vacation. Come early and secure one of these great bargains. Choice only 2.98.
Sample suits in brown and gray worsted with hand padded shoulders offered for Saturday at 7.50 each. Vales up to 12.50, featuring men and youths sizes in a fine assortment.
In a crowded Boston terminal a tired shabby man talking with a boy at a shoeshine stand inspires a hopeful romance. A poverty stricken writer, Miss Underwood, recognizes how generosity changed her life and uses it to help him. The pair reconcile while onlookers hail a new start in the West.
A bronze memorial tablet will be dedicated at the First Congregational Church in Lynn commemorating the Old Tunnel Meeting House on the Common. The event includes an invocation by Rev. Perkins, a dedication address by Benjamin N. Johnson, a talk on church civic life by Rev. Owen, a poem by Arthur Santry, and unveiling by Virginia Carr, descendant of Rev. Bachiler.
President Taft lauded Pope Leo XIII as one of history’s greatest popes during a speech before Roman Catholic missionaries in Washington. He recalled meeting Leo XIII at the Vatican, noting the pope’s sharp intellect and lively engagement at age 92. The remarks touched on the Philippine friar lands settlement and included a vivid account of the pope replying in French after a 30 minute briefing. The narrative ends with a list of attendees from various towns and groups who planted ivy at the event.
Lewiston Maine on June 11 reported Ivy day exercises taking place in Hawthorne field with students participating in the traditional ceremony.
A reflective poem by IlValt Mason contemplates an imagined distant rest from strife. The narrator envisions future travelers looking back on a zigzag life marked by conflict and misspent kindness. It ends with a hopeful note that love brings enduring light.
Two cups strawberries prepared with 11 2 cups cold water boiled ten minutes. Sugar added, strained, and gelatine folded in. Beaten egg whites folded in as it thickens. Serve in custard cups with a warm yolk custard and hot milk custard, chilled. Mrs H B Crosby East Boston.
Instructions describe creaming butter with sugar then alternately adding milk and flour with baking powder, vanilla, and stiff egg whites. Bake in eight layers with fruit and nut filling. Filling uses sugar syrup poured into beaten egg whites, then folded in with raisins pecans and figs. Address Mattie E Flynn 244 Lexington street Mast Boston.
A historical recipe describes making light brown butter and flour cakes with currants mace and cinnamon baked on flats then topped with jam and an egg white icing. The instructions specify butter flour sugar currants and flavorings with a final glaze of whipped egg white and sugar and a brief return to the oven. Mrs Wood 10 Buffum Street Worcester is listed.
Advice urges a decisive choice in love. A woman should not marry for money or sentiment with an unworthy partner, and should avoid rushing a decision while undecided, urging patience for a rational, sensible pick.
Letter to the columnist questions how men who are too poor or too stingy to marry can meet respectable women. The writer asks readers to discuss ways single women and marrying men can connect, noting many men still seek good wives and inviting responses.
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