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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1921
Page
11
Poem from an a8 book of poems written by C Fox Smith published by George H Doran Co. reflects an aging sailor imagining life ashore after years at sea. It contrasts landbound peace with lingering ache for the ship and distant friends and vessels.
A reader letter from a young stenographer describes a 18 year old supporting two younger siblings on 25 a week, questioning parental control over clothes and outings. A companion note from Symp No 1 echoes concerns about balance between work, money, and family, urging cooperation and calm for happier days ahead. The page closes with fashion notes on Cape wraps and suits.
A newspaper notice states that until further notice no stories will be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope. It instructs readers to provide SASE for future responses.
Janie, a nearly 20 year old in a rural bungalow, injures her thumb after hammering a fence board. She clashes with a mean neighbor, contemplates leaving home, and gains a new ally in a young doctor who treats her and eyes hint at romance as she moves toward independence.
A collection of quips and sayings on honesty, rules, and human nature, featuring Mark Twain style anecdotes about borrowing and keeping items at home, a sausage maker’s joke about body and rabbit sausage, and wry maxims on honesty, worry, and civilization.
The piece praises Berta Buck for humane love stories with humor and clean youth. It summarizes Sweet Stranger about an English officer and an American girl on a quest across the United States. It notes Zizi's Career as a problem play style tale of a wife and stage ambition, and The Passionate Spectator as a sensational critique of marriage and radicalism.
A page of homey dishes from readers includes a brown sugar raisin rhubarb cake, tapioca and grape juice pudding, and pork chops with tomatoes. Recipes credited to Mrs H W Kavanaugh in Millers Falls, Tre ne Gagnon in Bradford, and Mrs James Wight in Cascade New Hampshire.
Household hints cover cleanliness and housekeeping tips. Suggestions include heating bread before cutting, using saleratus for paint removal, soaking vegetables overnight, drying dishes on the radiator, flouring pie plates to prevent sticking, and tidying methods for rooms and bathrooms. Mrs Ann Rose Austin of 20 Woranoco Avenue, Westfield, provides these practical reminders.
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