Dorothy Chooses Love After Playing Chess With Pride
Dorothy seeks a bold move to win Dick Townsend from his careless stance. After Dorothy refuses Dick at a club dance Arthur Willis becomes her partner, and Dick grows jealous and restless. A nighttime ride ends with Dick proposing marriage and Dorothy accepting only after coercion, leading to a renewed plan for a future gathering.
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Dorothy
Dot
Shirley
Dick Townsend
Jack
Arthur Willis
Arthur
Tom
Jack Campbell
Freight Handlers Return as City of Gloucester Resumes Trips
Freight handlers on the Boston and Gloucester line returned to work yesterday after a brief strike. The steamer City of Gloucester resumed its regular afternoon trip to Fish City following a missed sailing.
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Boston & Gloucester Line
City of Gloucester
Fish City
Last Night's Dreams Meaning Series Intro
A 1920 McClure syndicate feature explains why modern readers dismiss dream significance while noting a historic interest. The piece introduces a recurring series exploring dream meaning in olden times and its entertaining but non serious value.
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McClure
Did You Dream of Volcanoes MysticUS Opinion
The mystics say dreaming of a volcano in eruption signals love or business disputes needing settlement. If you dream of a volcano emitting smoke it is a favorable omen for success from personal effort. Looking into a volcano crater foresees peace after trials.
Recipes from New England Housewives on Sunday Post Page
A collage of farm kitchen tips and home style notes includes macaroni and cheese, boiled frosting, pot roast, cabbage salad, lemon cake pie, sugarless cake, and a fashion note on a youth coat with fringe. Contributors include Mrs. John H. Cook, Mrs. Jennie B. Lawrence, Mrs. J. Durand, and Mrs. F. C. Milliken from Rockport Randolph and Limerick.
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John H. Cook
Rockport
Jennie B. Lawrence
King Street
Lynn
J. Durand
Gold Street
Randolph
John H
Household Hints and Frosting Tips from Readers
Tips from readers include mending stockings into warm wristers with a crocheted edge and silicatene trim, a method for thickening frosting with boiling sugar, keeping cream from dripping by butter at the spout, and whitening rice by lemon juice. An economical winter ice cream method uses snow and rock salt in a three to one ratio, yielding smooth results.
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Josephine C. Roundy
Templeton
Carrie Millen
Beechwood Road
East Braintree
D. S Harris
Dale Street
Dedham
J. Henry Rodgers
Williams Avenue
East Providence
A Snowman in the Yard Seals the Innocent Home
A speaker contrasts wealth and grandeur with a simple winter scene. The Judge and Hales boast mansions, gardens, and exotic plants, while the speaker cherishes a snowman in a small yard. Winter’s gift of home and love endures beyond wealth and status.
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Judge
Eden
Love
Dear Miss Champagne Advice Letter on a Persistent Suitor
A 20 year old asks Mildred Champagne for guidance in ending a persistent, sentimental admirer. The correspondent seeks clear, concise expression to reject the unwanted attention and stop the visits, noting a girl’s home as her fortress and the need for personal boundaries.
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Miss Champagne
Fighteen
Helen
Optimists in a Dreamlike Ode to Fate and Future
A lyrical meditation praises optimistic minds as sugar and light. It contrasts their risky gleams with fate’s quiet care, suggesting hopeful dreamers endure, grow, and cast lasting splendor across time.
Facts and Fashions: Straw hats and vivid color trends
Little hats of rough straw with large flowers are in. Dark green and white ginghams are favored. Afternoon frocks feature a long waist and draped girdle. The naiche hat should accompany gowns resembling Dresden sherherdess. Each fashionable costume this year must include a vivid color touch.
The Knee High Closet A Mother’s Clothing Solution
In a humorous piece a mother reflects on the daily struggle to hang up children’s coats hats and mittens. She advocates a knee high closet with a central pole and low hooks to keep garments off the floor and teach kids to manage their clothes.
Sweet Eighteen Faces Advice on Love and Marriage
A letter column offers guidance on securing a good husband through work, good conduct, and a sunny disposition. Readers share experiences from New Hampshire and family life, urging practical homemaking skills and self improvement for early marriage.
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Sweet Eighteen
New Hampshire
Changes of heart on Atlantic crossing spark Boston wedding plan
Domenica Poretti, a Neapolitan emigrant aboard the Canopic, abandons her Naples fiancé for George W. Ward, a Canopic steward. Ward obtains a Boston marriage license at City Hall, but the immigration hearing on the landings remains to resolve the altered plan.
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Domenica Poretti
America
White Star Line
Canopic
Naples
Boston
United States
San Francisco
Cupid
George W. Ward
Domenica
Ward
Station Brig at Charlestown Navy Yard to Close This Week
The Charlestown navy yard station brig will close this week due to few prisoners and the desire to repurpose the building. Prisoners will be transferred to the receiving ship.
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Navy Yard
Charlestown Navy Yard
Bergdoll Seeks Civil Trial In Army Desertion Case
On Governor’s Island, March 4, Grover Cleveland Bergdoll’s defense plans to press a writ of habeas corpus and seek a civil trial in Pennsylvania. Harry Weinberger argues Bergdoll should be tried in civilian court and questions the draft violation, calling the case a test of equal rights for rich and poor and a potential Supreme Court issue. The court-martial adjourned until Saturday as petitions proceed.
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New York
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Islan
Bergdoll
Handon
Pennsylvania
Weinberger
United States Supreme Court
Refutes Attacks Upon Japan By Ambassador at Luncheon
Tokyo relations remained tense as K Shidehara, Japan’s ambassador to the United States, at a Fifth Avenue Association luncheon in New York rejected detraction about militarism. He called such stories mischievous and argued Japan’s wars were not for conquest and would be judged harshly by historians.
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New York
K. Shidehara
United States
Fifth Avenue Association
Japan
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