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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1919
Page
25
Household hints promote spirits of ammonia for cleaning and silver care, including a wash with warm suds to remove dust and grease and brighten metal. A hot iron presses stains via blotting paper. Gas stove savings suggest covering the top to heat without wasting fuel. Greens for winter use describe salting and pressing dandelions in a pail to pickle for later cooking.
A reader scolds a discharged soldier for vanity and flirtatious behavior. She demands a wholesome, big hearted partner and condemns holding hands with strangers. Another letter from a serious minded girl urges men to seek wives properly and explains why many good girls are “laid on the shelf.” Polly asks how a girl can respond.
A letter from a Berkshire County reader under the pseudonym Bride-to-Be warns future brides about the perils of marrying into a family with an overbearing mother-in-law. She urges wives to demand that their husbands leave their mothers and establish a separate home to avoid ongoing friction and jealousy.
Jean boastfully bakes an elaborate cake to win approval from Bob, loses her engagement ring in the frosting, and discovers it baked into the cake. Bob jokes he loves the jewel but fears her recipes may outprice a future marriage.
A fragment from Samuel Taylor Coleridge retells The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The mariner departs from the bridegroom’s door as the wedding guest becomes wiser and sadder after the visit, walking away into a new dawn.
Charles Franklin Jones urges Americans to model liberty and fairness in daily life. He warns against finger-board Christians who talk of virtue but fail to act. He argues foreigners watch our deeds more than our words and calls for unity and cooperative action.
Princess Radziwill offers another column in the Boston Sunday Post next week presenting her views on Bolshevism. The piece promises an unusually interest ing analysis from a noted author and social figure.
Cookbook fragment details baked macaroni with cheese and white sauce, thin white sauce, and corn meal muffins. Includes method steps, ingredient measures, buttered crumbs topping, and baking notes. Ends with a name and address, Theresa Changelis, Tileston Street, Boston.
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