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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 01, 1916

Page

16

Valley of Shadows letter recalls a peaceful bedside death

Readers recount a dramatic farewell as a dying woman nears eternity. A widow describes comforting her sister, defending past torn loyalties, and praying for final peace while urging husband to say goodbye.

Circle Valley of the Shadow Sfore Valley of Shadows Massachusetts

Household Hints on Using Papers for Cleaning and Grease

A reader from Andover provides simple tips to save labor by using paper to clean fowl and to cut up fish meat and bread. Folded paper leaves no washing mess and a soft paper can grease pie plates.

J. A. Rivers Andover N, Il

Earn Money Knitting at Home for Auto-Knitters

Advertises at home knitting work with earnings from $2.00 to $8.00 daily. Claims easy training and steady year round work from home for ladies. Encourages responding to Auto-Knitters Auto-Knitters Co Inc Dept 8 Buffalo NY for full particulars.

Franklin Street Auto- Co., Inc Buffalo N. Y

Mansfield Seeks Bride Amid Leap Year Rumor

Harry Ix of Ferncroft and "Toodles" fame denies an imminent marriage in a New York message to the Post. He says no bride has been chosen yet and notes February’s leap day passes without nuptials as he plans to travel to California soon.

Harry Ix, Mansfield Ferncroft Toodles Mansfield New York Post Boston Sullivan Salem California

Songs of Sunshine by the Bentztown Bard

Poem style lyric praising love as light grows from a small start to bring peace and joy The piece attributes the season of sunshine to love and happiness in life with floral imagery and a gentle tonal arc

The Bentztown Bard

The Cheerful Cherub and the Pretending Grownups

Fragmentary childlike note suggests a speaker doubting adult maturity and seeing grownups as actors. The text hints at a playful confrontation with aging roles and identity. No clear event, date, or named entities are identifiable.

Chin Chin Hemp Sailors Styled Hats At Wolf’s

Women delight in the new Chin Chin Hemp Sailors embellished with silk and flowers, the most bewitching spring hats so far. They sell for $1 at Wolf’s My Clothier corner Hanover and Portland streets, including a legal stamps offer in the bargain.

Wolf's Hanover Portland

Governor's Grandsons From Oregon Visit Him

Two young grandsons of the Governor and Thomas W. Layson arrived at the State House in Boston and took possession of the Governor's office. The four and three year old boys, visiting from Prineville Oregon, caused state business to halt briefly during their stopover.

State House Thomas W. Lawson Boston Prineville Oregon

West boys visit Oregon governor for a prank

Fresh from the West two McCall brothers of Prineville Oregon visited their grandfather the governor He was busy and the boys took over his office he joked the new job put his elective post in the shade He became chief maid in waiting to the boys and declined further work.

Siezf Henry W. McCall Prineville Oregon

Girls With Famous Faces Highlight Mae Burns

Over five million dollars has been spent to publicize Mae Burns image. She is among twelve million dollar faces featured in a double page spread in the forthcoming Sunday Post Magazine.

Mae Burns Next Sunday Post

Dessert Dressings and Fudge Recipes from Mrs M E Davidson

Simple kitchen instructions for cooked salad dressing, uncooked dressing, vinegar taffy and peanut butter fudge. Includes specific ingredient amounts and steps. Ends with the author’s name and address at 48 Meridian Street, Melrose.

M. E. Davidson Meridian Street Melrose

Fads and Fashions Highlight Spring Dress Trends

Silk suits dominate the season with vivid spring presence. A black straw toque with velvet crown contrasts a range of capes and tailored waists. Children's fashions favor simple dresses in colored cotton while blue batiste accents appear in French lingerie. White piping and linings brighten spring suits, and leg of mutton sleeves pair with high contrast collars.

Two Loves at the White Gate In A Funeral Rite

Poem by Father Ryan portrays two loves, one shy and one proud, kneeling before a white gate as prayers rise like wings. The rite unites two hearts, blessing their earthly bond with heavenly grace.

Apples and apples for Jimmy and a helping hand

In a tenement room Helen sews while Mrs Brown bursts in with a basket of apples and a demand to finish a waist. A sick brother, a hungry family, and a bold rescue unfold as a young girl’s claim that Mrs Brown brought the apples to share leads to a surprising act of charity. The stout woman ultimately offers a home for Helen and her brother, promising Jimmy a place as well.

Heaven Helen James Jimmy Law Fruit Dealer

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