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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1919
Page
13
The speaker vows unwavering belief despite broken masts and battered sails. They affirm trust in a guiding Hand and God, even when prayers go unanswered and grief remains, ending with a resolve to cry I do not doubt at the last breath.
A household health warning urges meticulous sink cleanliness as neglect breeds disease. It emphasizes sewer gas from uncared waste pipes polluting air and recommends Sylpho-Nathol as the disinfectant for waste pipes and garbage cans, urging daily cleansing of the sink.
Readers letters in the Dear Sewing Circle argue over whether women doing the same work as men should receive equal pay. Contributors note women’s temporary employment view, different reliability, and justify or oppose wage parity, with calls for merit over sex and a satirical proposed resolution about breadwinners for women.
Susie, a waitress, notes Joe Drake dines nightly and imagines his life as a taxi rider. A flirtation fades after Joe stops visiting, then returns and orders with false cheer, prompting Susie to misread his absence as illness before quietly reconsidering their strained tension.
Square dealing Uncle Walt says he can sell a tinhorn sonnet but not oded, for once fooled a human being you earn a black mark. He warns against bilking schemes and urges honest advertising to bring customers back. Copyright by George Matthew Adama.
A collection of home recipes includes Japanese Toulon with onion simmered tomatoes rice and optional curry, plus suet pudding with flour molasses soda spices and raisins. Sauces use evaporated milk water sugar egg and vanilla. Recipes credited to Mrs E V Hughes and Mrs J F McIntyre from Union Street Bridgewater and Whitman.
In a domestic vignette, Susie and Joe dash for a taxi after a playful breakfast scene, then grimace at the fare as Susie questions spending. They decide to walk home, keeping the mood light while quarreling over funds. The page then offers a recipe column including Parmer’s Stew and scalloped onions from Ada Russell of New London, with a Chicken Soup recipe beginning to simmer.
A column on social customs explains the tin wedding and its playful gifts, notes that after ten years couples move toward greater formality, and offers etiquette guidance on receiving guests, leaving calling cards, and handling post refusal dance invitations.
A long string of beads may crown a gown while handkerchief linen shapes new slip on blouses. Navy blue and black camisoles appear under thin tops. Cobwebby laces remain the season’s most sought material, and a few tailored silk waists feature high collars with tiny turnovers.
The oldest resident recalls Boston weather for November sixth, noting official figures of 70 in 1888 and 69 in 1896 as warmest, 21 in 1879 as coldest, and no rainfall on this date for the past decade except 1911, highlighting a long-term climate pattern.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to improve complexion through Woodbury's Facial Soap and steam cleanses, detailing nightly and weekly routines to remove blackheads, stimulate pores, and restore color. It promotes trial sizes, treatment booklets, and optional powders and creams, with addresses for The Andrew Jergens Company in Cincinnati and Perth Ontario.
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