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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1920
Page
16
Readers discuss whether married men and single women can maintain an impersonal comrade relationship without sex entering it. The letters favor both cautious views and defend trust, secrecy, and moral standards, with examples from personal experience and calls for respect for women.
Recipes include Baked Ham with spices by Mrs Katherine Lucier of Hardwick and Breakfast Muffins from Emily Worrsam of Lynn. Also Lemon Pie by Mrs Elizabeth Putnam of Laconia, N H with notes on bean cooking and muffin method.
Practical tips from Mrs. R. W. Harrington of Boston offer methods to remove ink with melted tallow, refresh velvet with a warm flatiron, quiet creaking doors with soap on hinges, and clean glass using damp newspaper followed by a dry wipe.
Peggy, 17, disguises herself in a grown up outfit to meet Dick at the station, hoping he will see her as mature. A mistaken meeting with Dick and his cousin Vera reveals the deception, leaving Peggy exposed as her plan backfires.
Peggy arrives and stays with her mother while Dick offers explanations. Peggy’s mother invites Dick’s cousin to see photos and Ray leaves, joking that the April Fool was on someone. The mother wonders which photo shows Peggy before she grew up.
A short note explains that modern readers doubt dream meanings and that the column will explore dream symbolism as a historical curiosity rather than a belief. It introduces a series on the significance of dreams in earlier times.
Mystic interpretations assign meanings to orange dreams. Seeing or eating oranges denotes happiness and abundance or amusement, with illness or sorrow warned for eating sour or unripe fruit. Buying oranges suggests eventual great business gains amid complications.
A 19 year old writes about a young man two years older who flirts with several girls. Mildred Champagne counsels caution, advises not to invest deeply where attention is spread, and urges waiting to see if the man becomes exclusive or disappears.
Miss Alice Stuart advises on sending anniversary gifts. For silver or gold anniversaries gifts should be sent in advance to be addressed to the couple jointly, accompanied by the sender’s visiting card with brief congratulations.
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