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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1922
Page
15
A fragment from a 1920s sewing circle features a coming of age dilemma for an 18 year old girl torn between two suitors with starkly different fortunes. It includes calls for early marriage and varied reader letters arguing gender roles and domestic burdens.
A humorous reflection on learning etiquette after a magazine photo shows a man left out. The narrator recalls buying a book to master manners like proper dining, train travel, and dance floor behavior, noting how ignorance made people uncomfortable. The piece casts etiquette as essential social literacy.
Joshua learns Israel sinned after Ai attack. Achan admits taking a garment and silver and gold from Jericho spoils and hid them in his tent. The people stone Achan and burn his belongings, then raise a heap of stones. the Lord's anger is appeased.
Ebony era recipe notes include WYNNE ALEXANDER of Norwood advising berries baked in a pan for 60 minutes in a moderate oven. MISS J. M. MURPHY of Roxbury shares a meatless soup made by simmering a bone broth with tomatoes onions celery and spices, then chilling and reusing the liquor. A citrus-egg frosting method with corn starch and lemon follows.
Ruth Leigh explains three simple tests to judge silk quality before purchase. Tear strength reveals artificial filling or weak warp, scraping shows slipping threads, and burning distinguishes real silk from weighted fabric. Real silk burns slowly leaving black ash, weighted silk burns quickly leaving dull red ash.
Wash and drain berries. Mix butter sugar eggs salt nutmeg baking powder flour and mili. Sift dry ingredients twice then fold into batter. Dust berries with flour then fold in. Bake until set.
The letter asks about Whittler's term for rocks at Hampton River mouth and the poem title The Wreck of Rivermouth. It asks Mt Vernon distance from Washington and owner, notes Dublin New Hampshire as highest New England village at 1493 feet, mentions Mt Monadnock, Glacier National Park location and features, and asks who claimed humans have more than five senses, citing Dr Glenn S Moore of Chicago.
The Cleveland convention last July 25 proposed adding the muscle and kinetic static senses to the five primary senses. Guidance on lightning injuries advises rapid clothing removal, cold water dash, drying, warmth to the stomach, and artificial respiration for up to an hour.
Practical shortcuts and kitchen cures for brass cleaning lamp light and boot restoration. Tips include lemon juice polishing for brass umbrella repair with alum in the handle and camphor lamp illumination. Also covers magnesia lemon paste for hands and salt in gasoline to prevent ring stains.
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