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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1910
Page
9
Mildred promotes a homemade pest spray using 10 cents worth of tobacco dissolved in water. The solution is sprinkled on rose bushes and lawns with a cloth or broom, and is said to drive away bugs without harming plants.
A reader shares home canning guidance for storing butter from September to June. Ensure jars are clean and scalded, butter spread in layers, salted between lots, jar to within 1.5 inches of top, then brine to fill space. Earthen covers preferred to wooden tubs for better flavor.
In a letter to “Hartford” Lady Isabel suggests elegant, low cost parlor improvements. She praises architectural beauty, proposes mantels, colonial wainscoting, built in furniture, and wall treatments. She offers to help with room plans, furniture selection, and layout guidance.
Readers ask for steps to plant Easter lily bulbs so flowers appear around Easter. Guidance covers optimal planting time, depth, soil, light, watering, and a timeline to achieve spring bloom. Tips emphasize patience, proper bulb health, and temperature cues for reliable flowering.
Elinor asks readers for practical guidance on keeping goats for milk. She seeks aging recommendations for started milking goats, price ranges, and sources for healthy stock. She notes a three acre country place with clover and asks about milk quality for a one year old child currently on cow’s milk, plus general habits and care tips.
A reader describes a light hair lemon wash and a dark hair version called liquid verbena soap. It directs dissolving white castile in rain water, cooling to a cream like consistency, adding deodorized alcohol, settling impurities, and scenting with verbena. A borax additive is suggested for cleansing.
A letter writer aged 18 asks Mildred Champagne how to handle a love triangle with a elder sister. The adviser suggests letting time and shared family boundaries resolve the tension and advises not to quarrel, proposing the sister adopt a joint approach with the young man.
A letter from a young woman asks how to win the affection of a older, dark haired lover without seeming immodest. The response urges patience, then playfully suggests using imagination while sharing gentle guidance. Recipes for snacks and baking accompany a few home tips from multiple authors across addresses in Warren and Haverhill.
Edward Brewster dreams of fame while awaiting Evelyn Leicester in Lindenlea. After twenty years a reinstatement offer comes via John Brinslee, but a spray of white lilac seals a deadly pact. Brinslee destroys the forged letter and sinks the plan, while Brewster signs away his rival’s career as the lilac spritz completes its silent mission.
The Prix des Vaut d Or run at Saint Cloud covered 10 furlongs and valued at $2009. Vanderbilt's Ramesseum won as Clatterfoot finished third in the Prix des Clochettes.
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