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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1918
Page
15
A humorous mock natural history sketch describing the fly as a friendly insect. It notesMay emergence in May and August, living through cold, frequenting flowers and kitchens, and causing mishaps from milk cans to gourds. The piece mocks naturalists and social habits with playful, rustic language.
A Kingston era column offers sewing advice using a taupe needle for knitting repair, frying and simmering chicken for tender meat and brown gravy, and ironing tips to avoid shine. It also suggests cleaning discolored steel with potato and wood ash and signs off with Anna D Donovan of 146 Fletcher Street, Lowell.
The letter writers debate whether a woman should warn a friend’s husband about a course that could ruin the family. Opinions vary from staying silent to informing the husband, with emphasis on the Golden Rule and personal responsibility.
A recipe fragment describes warming water, dissolving a yeast cake, and adding 1-2 teaspoons salt plus brown sugar in a dough preparation. It captures a homemaker’s kitchen method with early 20th century language and a playful tone.
A reflective poem in which the speaker and their Other Self sit by a stream under starry skies. They recall missed pleas for help from Yesterday and weigh each other’s strengths and weaknesses. The speaker imagines switching places with the other and longs for shared humanity.
Readers ask about pronunciation of financial and the history of Winter and Summer streets in Boston noting Winter once bore Blott's Lans Bannister's and Willis Lane and Summer was Ye Mylne Street laid out 1644, renamed in 1708. They also inquire about Boston's first church built 1632 near State Street head and replaced in 1639.
Readers are invited to explore War Time Recipes including Acadian Valley Bread Escalloped Potatoes Graham Muffins and Oatmeal Bread from Concord N H Leominster MA and other New England locations Names MRS PERCY HOLBROOK MRS LILLIAN SMITH and places such as Stone Street Concord Pleasant Street Leominster are cited as contributors The notes present directions and ingredient lists for daily bread and desserts amid wartime kitchen tips.
The San Diego wireless station has successfully communicated with Australia and relays messages to the Philippines from Arlington Virginia, bridging transcontinental distances up to about 6000 miles.
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