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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1908
Page
7
A stationed soldier dreams of freedom and home beyond the prairie line. He plans to cross the dividing horizon but loves Alope the reservation girl and chooses honor and country over crossing. The tale ends with a man weeping at the unseen line.
A column of home recipes from readers including Mrs. Flynn of East Boston and Mrs. Raddin of Lynn. Dishes cover fried chicken with gravy and corn dodgers, marmalade punch, lobster cutlets with tomato sauce, cheese and lamb dishes, Yorkshire-style suet pastry, and toad in the hole.
Worcester dispatch reports Dr George E Savage and his wife Minnie Porter Ward Porter Savage separation confirmed. Mrs Savage and her three children from first marriage live at Brightside apartments King Street while Dr Savage resides at Hotel Newton. The earlier marriage to Dr G Arthur Savage and pending Boston wedding to Miss Ethel Merrilees are noted in the rumor.
Dr. Savage returned from Boston to avoid his son marrying a dancer. Mrs. Savage told a Post reporter they are on friendly terms after separation, with visits twice weekly. She suggested the son could do better in marriage and noted the family’s concerns over his actions.
Dedham officials warn parents as the 272d annual town budget is issued. Kindergarten schools face abolition unless attendance rises. Daily attendance has fallen from 90 in 1904 to 71 last year, with costs around $600 per room per day and $380 per child. The issue will be discussed in the school appropriation article at the annual town meeting.
A letter from Zenus asks if abandoning a drinking wife for a new job is justified. The adviser Urges against desertion, recommending he seek counsel with a clergyman and place her in a Christian institution if needed, while supporting her both financially and spiritually. The piece promotes staying loyal and working through hardship.
A Bostonian writes to the Post praising it and discussing a case similar to Zenus. He contrasts a wife suffering under a negligent husband with a man who fell into drink and vice, losing wealth and status before a late recovery.
A reader urges Zenus to stay with his wife and endure her hardship. The letter writer argues life offers hope, requests patience, and asks Zenus to consider promises made and the happiness portrayed by Justice. Both letters advocate steadfast support and moral endurance.
The Ruggles Street Baptist Church marked its jubilee celebrating the pastorate of Rev. Dr. C. C. Earle with an original hymn. Dr. Earle spoke on The Church of the Times as part of morning services.
In Edinburgh Lord Guthrie heard Rev Herbert Herlet Hill of Dundee seek an interdict against his wife under an English deed of separation. He alleged she follows him and spreads unfounded slander forcing him to move repeatedly. The case marks an unusual entry in Scottish judicial records.
London March 1 The Duke of Leinster the premier Duke of Ireland comes of age tomorrow and will hold a seat in the House of Lords as Viscount Leinster. After fears of tuberculosis he is now hale and the cautious life has kept him out of public sight while London mammas seek to marry him off to American girls.
Miss Clara Sterling, a teacher at the Tusecara was County Children's Home, is accused in a probate judge filing of torturing children. The county board reports she forced several boys to taste ground mustard, burning their mouths, and alleges placing a tack in a six year old pupil's tongue.
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