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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1920
Page
13
Poem titled My Country by Edward H. Dewey won first prize at the Father and Sons dinner in City Club. President George S. Smith read it, aligning with the seventh annual event and themes of democracy, freedom, and aid across lands and seas.
The column introduces a 1920 series on dream interpretation, noting modern skepticism about dream significance. It states dreams are “interesting but not important” and explains the aim is to summarize historical beliefs rather than endorse them.
Mysticus states milk dreams foretell birth, love for a young man, wealth for an older woman, and general peace and travel. Free-flowing milk signals good fortune. blocked milk hints withheld money or property. Drinking milk predicts success and a long journey. sour milk urges a sunnier disposition.
SUNDAY POST presents a full page of recipes including Pancake Custard from Mrs. Robert Stafford of North Oxford and Hamburg Roly Poly from Baird of Providence Rhode Island. Also included are One-Egg Muffins from Mrs. F A Heutschel of Cliftondale with detailed measurements and baking steps.
Berlin reports the Bauer cabinet has resigned. Foreign Minister Wiermann Mueller is authorized by President Ebert to form a new cabinet. Vorwaerts says Herr Mueller agreed to head a new ministry under social Democrats following labor federation discontent after Stuttgart visit.
John J. Reilly will address the final Common Cause Forum meeting at Franklin Union Hall tomorrow at 8 p m on The Principles of the Declaration of Independence. Leonard Whalen A M will discuss The Boy Choir and Its Problems at the Boston Public Library on April 4 at 3 30 p m. Master Lloyd Carnegie will sing as part of the program. The Three Hours Agony devotion at the Convent of the Cenacle Brighton will be led by Rev James F Mellyn J P on Good Friday from 12 M to 3 p m.
Funeral services for Mrs Margaret Brown Hunter of Watertown will be held Monday at her former Marlboro home 9 West Main Street. She died yesterday after a several week illness from heart trouble. Wife of James J Hunter she was a Marlboro native who lived in Providence Allston and Watertown after marriage. Survived by husband a son a sister Mrs Edward M Burns of Watertown two brothers James A of Allston and Edward F former Marlboro mayor. A requiem high mass is set for 9 o clock at the Church of the Immaculate Conception with interment in Marlboro.
The Boston Branch of the National Equal Rights League voted to donate 10 to the America’s Gift to France committee as a tribute to a nation with no color line in civic privileges. An observance of the Boston Massacre anniversary will be held at Twelfth Baptist Church next Thursday with Rev. D Ormonde Walker as orator. The group also urged Senators Lodge and Walsh to seek a senate inquiry into alleged harsh treatment of striking colored workers in the Panama Canal Zone.
Readers debate whether today’s youth are progressing or deteriorating. Letters praise schooling and culture but criticize selfishness, lack of courtesy, and dance hall culture. Contributors urge better parental guidance and higher standards, urging young people to choose wholesome, ambitious partners.
A timid woman at Grand Central charms a refined man into a theatre date and supper. They share music, dancing, and a walk to Bronxville where he discovers he has been flirting with his own wife, ending the night with a playful confession.
Orange-hued chainbray frock with a bloused waist and white muslin frills. four pearl buttons hidden by a green silk cord. A green straw sun hat trimmed with white taffeta and black velvet ribbon tops a leggy young figure in a playful grass scene. Bright shades predominate with Or landie French vyolle chambray and dotted Swiss in navy blue with white or red dots and ribbons.
Gurdon Saltonstall born March 27 1666 in Haverhill Massachusetts. Harvard graduate 1684 at age 18 and later governor of Connecticut for 16 years. He expanded news distribution, financed a printing press, and led Connecticut toward rapid growth. Died in New London in 174?
In a letter to the editor the writer asks what can be mixed with castor oil to destroy its offensive taste without injuring the oil. The reply suggests beating the oil with white of egg and notes gold dissolves in aqua regia though not by either acid alone.
The Florida East Coast railway reaches Key West, using coral keys as stepping stones to Havana, placing the city about 90 miles from the rail route. The extension adds 165 miles to the prior Miami terminus, broadening the line toward Cuba.
Dr. Kendrick Smith of the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association says the Massachusetts College of Osteopathy is not in Cambridge but at 415 Newbury Street Boston. The college occupies the Volkman School building it purchased years ago.
The text discusses how to pronounce Goliath as Go-Li-ath with th like in thin. It claims Goliath stood six cubits and a span tall, with interpretations of nine feet four inches or eleven feet three inches, and notes that the tallest authenticated modern man was eight feet tall.
The term describes the 12 month period used for budgeting and accounts. In the U.S. it ends June 30, while England and Germany end March 31 and France ends December 31. It governs financial reporting and balance of accounts.
Readers debate sugar in stewed tomatoes. Many favor a touch of sweetness while others deem it improper. Mrs Farmer advises to season with butter salt and pepper.
The expression equates a man's home with his own property and security. It appears in Micah chapter 4, verses 3 and 4, describing a peaceful era where people live without fear under their own vines and fig trees. It evokes final settlement and prosperity rather than conquest.
A poetic meditation on a benevolent world guided by divine protection. The narrator celebrates divine care as the world rolls through day and night toward a bright future. Images of sunlight, meadows, and stars underscore a hopeful, faith-centered view.
Henry Ketchell Webster presents the second story And Tomorrow's the Day featuring Dorothy the clever 1920s model girl. It will appear in the Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
An advertisement proclaims Pompeian Olive as pure, fresh and good. The brief notice emphasizes quality and consistency for cooking use.
Charles Edgar Roberts of 7 Beacon Street Hyde Park longtime district reporter for the Boston Globe and Hyde Park Gazette Times died late yesterday at Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital in his 66th year Funeral arrangements will be announced today
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