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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1916
Page
7
Aerial view of changing home life contrasts with yesterday’s spacious houses. City apartments hide clever built ins and concealed appliances while kitchens shrink and services grow. Sociologists warn of swinging too far toward convenience and call for balance.
The author laments modern conveniences that exclude children from desirable apartments and contrasts today with the old fashioned home. He recalls a living room, dining room, kitchen, back yard with swings, front yard decorum, no moving pictures, family prayers, and simple family rituals as lasting memories.
A reader signs as An Ad mirer praises a writer of religious verse sung nationwide. The letter notes the author’s youthful spirit at 81 years old and expresses gratitude for encouragement and the sense of universal good the poetry has spread.
Mary Pickford announced she will appear five days a week in the Daily Post and every Sunday in the Sunday Post. A lingerie blouse for the season is shown in colors in the next Sunday Post.
Three 600 gallon motor water wagons, built in Boston, left for El Paso to aid the Mexican campaign against Villa. The White Company, Standard Oil, and Boston & Albany cooperated to deliver by 24 hours after order, with each wagon priced at 3004.18 dollars.
Mrs. William Lowell Putnam urged U S military preparedness before the Federation of Progressive Women at the Hotel Brunswick. She warned victorious Europe may seek to keep fighting and stressed the need to deter any attack with strength. She said the United States must be ready to fight or prevent aggression and may face jealous nations seeking to recover losses.
William Bancroft Carpenter 48 head of mathematics at Mechanic Arts High School died at his Jamaica Plain home. Born Lookout Mountain Tennessee February 10 1869 he studied at Phillips Andover Amherst and Harvard earning his Harvard degree in 1891. He taught at St Marks Southboro Taunton Woonsocket before joining Mechanic Arts in 1900. Funeral set for tomorrow afternoon.
James J. Phalen, 45, of 714 Commonwealth avenue, was struck by a car on Commonwealth avenue near St Mary street and may die from injuries. The driver, James McDonald, 21, of 4 Renfrew street, Dorchester, said he tried to avoid Phalen but skidded and hit him. McDonald was arrested.
A shopper from corner Hanover and Portland Streets found great value at Visiting Wolf's My Clothier. He bought four shirts priced at 1.50 each for 90 cents apiece and was pleased to receive legal stamps included in the bargain.
Two lieutenants of the First Aero Squadron are lost in the Sierra Madre foothills with only three days of rations and two canteens. Officials doubt sniper involvement. Lt. Robert H. Willis and Lt. Edgar Gorrel departed Sunday without a mechanic or observer. eight planes had left to join a desert expedition. A wireless report notes Lt. T. S. Bowen injured in a 50 foot fall during a test flight amid high winds. Bowen, from Franklin Kentucky, was part of the earlier Fort Sill to San Antonio flight.
Edwin Young a 15 year old Roxbury choir boy vanished from his Dorchester home five years ago after answering a Boston newspaper ad in March 1911. His mother renews the search saying a nationwide effort failed to locate him with last sighting reported in New London Conn.
A trove of letters from grateful users lauds Eimer & Amend's 2851 as a relief. The copy notes reliable druggists carry the medicine and urges readers to obtain it locally.
George Straight, 5&8 years old, night clerk at the Eagle House South End 17 Pleasant Street was assaulted by two men who looted the cash drawer of about $10 after midnight. Straight was struck as the robbers fled into the street, where they disappeared.
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