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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1916
Page
13
A column of letters from readers sharing romantic trials and remedies. A wife recounts saving her marriage on $11 a week and the risks of poverty, while others describe tempering jealousy and silent indifference, seeking hope for home and heart.
On a 20th birthday a woman receives a daguerreotype of her mother as a child from Aunt Jane. She sees kinship in the portrait and then misplaces her own handbag containing the photo. After a emotional search she advertises the item in the newspaper’s Lost and Found column seeking its return.
A woman loses a reticule containing her mother's picture and is found by a man who confesses lasting affection. He declares she is the great reward and asks for a love more than payment as he falls in love after two days. The scene ends with a kiss and a dreamlike blessing.
Katharine C. Denning, 38, of 1 Stanmore Place Roxbury, swallowed five bichloride of mercury tablets last night in a suicide attempt. She was taken to City Hospital and placed on the dangerous list, with police citing despair as the motive.
The Amateur Gardener advises removing Easter lily bulbs from pots, cutting off old tops, and planting them outdoors this summer to encourage blooming next winter. He notes greenhouse facilities are often needed for indoor success.
Cambridge council debates amending building laws to allow Billy Sunday to use a wooden tabernacle. Seven councilors weigh in with mixed views as a Cambridge ordinance committee vote looms, while other sites remain under consideration. If Cambridge acts favorably, Sunday will come. otherwise the revival may move to Boston or a suburban site.
Officials at Wesleyan Hall urge expansion of the penny lunch program and parental education after Franklin B. Dyer cites half of Boston schoolchildren as inadequately fed. Edward F. Brown notes low earnings constrain food quality. Ira S. Wise links malnutrition to educational and health problems and higher taxes.
A reflective poem asks passersby what they give to and owe to a baby. It ponders whether adults provide care and guidance, and what the infant returns through faith, hope, and joy held in a small hand. The piece speaks in questions about responsibility, gratitude, and the baby’s need for living and protection.
A column features a fashion note about a pink batiste blouse with white linen collar and cuffs tied in a bow, plus reader questions on the Welland Canal length Boston Common acreage and Old South Meeting House ownership and admission funds.
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