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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1910
Page
6
A sister asks for help choosing a Christmas present for her 23 year old brother serving in the Navy. She has given silk handkerchiefs and a picture before and seeks new, thoughtful options she can make or buy. She welcomes suggestions from fellow sisters.
A former hello girl warns Salvador about a four week telephone school at 630 Atlantic Avenue Boston. She notes strict discipline and nerve racking work and advises against becoming a telephone operator despite admission to any exchange after exams.
A reader named Claribel asks about the value of a United States half penny dated 1828 showing 13 stars and describes another coin with a turtle on one side a reindeer on the other and the date 1837. She thanks the column for its help.
A reader offers step by step beauty guidance using cleansing cream and skin food. Nightly routine includes cleansing face and neck, washing, drying, then massaging skin food with fingertips in rotary motion for 30 minutes or longer. Also notes neck and scalp care and avoiding tight collars.
A New England Telephone Company operator describes a school at 530 Atlantic Avenue Boston for training student operators. Pay starts at four dollars weekly during learning, rising through six and a half, then seven dollars after one year. The writer notes three years of employment with the company and ends with a statement about two more years.
A fragment from a classified notice urges readers to apply for an operator position claiming good clean work and a chance to earn nine dollars monthly. Applicants must be at least seventeen years old and are encouraged to try for success.
A volley of remarks targets the nickname Happy Fanny and a rival Duke Duchess. The exchange questions weekly income of 17 dollars against fixed living costs including rent fuel gas food and insurance. The clash centers on miscalculated figures and calls for better schooling.
A Roslindale reader asks for help finding cheaper housing near Boston. She notes paying $25 monthly while others offer $9, aims to avoid daily commutes for her husband who must start work in Boston by 8 o clock, and seeks guidance from the newspaper.
An 18 year old girl in a boarding school asks how to handle ridicule from a roommate who mocks her habit of kneeling to pray at night and morning. She values personal prayer alongside the Lord’s Prayer recited at devotion and seeks guidance from fellow believers in the sewing circle.
A collection of home recipes including kidney chops with breadcrumbs and butter, baked 40 minutes with water added midway, a maple walnut candy with lemon extract, and a hearty turkey and bread crumb pudding baked four hours. Also notes on savory dishes and a remark about poultry taste.
A poem narrates a man who takes tenderness lightly while a woman, loving and content, fades away unseen. He never realizes her life ends as her absence leaves him heart hungry and solitary.
A reader asks whether to marry a loving, poor suitor or a wealthy, advancing man. The columnist argues love and character matter more than money and notes mothers often sway choices, but true devotion makes poverty tolerable if the heart is true.
A verse from Walt Mason decries flashy living and debt as pleasure seekers party at Charlie's grotto. He predicts consequences when the social burnouts face morning remorse and legal reckoning, and notes young Cora Jane DeJiggers flirts with danger in moving pictures.
The piece notes two tone velvet coats ermine fur and velvet evening coats with large collars. It highlights corduroy acceptance, semi precious furs in trim, Indian bead work craze, zibelines revival, black revers on gowns, slashed sleeves with contrasting fabrics, nets under chiffon corsages, Paris novelty buttons in china or glass, and fancy bows with Roman or Persian silk accents.
Mr and Mrs Louis Goldman of Milton Street Boston celebrated their 50th anniversary yesterday at Moreland Hall Roxbury. Nineteen nieces and nephews totaling 30 greeted them and escorted the couple while they received best wishes. They were presented a purse of 500 in gold by immediate family.
Bloomington Sr November 20 The will of Mrs. Mary Knight of Adams County probate shows a $23 000 fortune to Ida Knight if she remains single. If Ida marries the estate is divided among two sons another daughter and a granddaughter with Ida receiving nothing.
Spencer, Nov. 20. John Cournoyer, a Spencer barber, suggests a tax on bachelors and old maids to boost marriage and population. He argues the levy would push eligible singles to marry within ten years and provide funds to start young couples in life.
Emily C Alphones 17 months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Alphones of 141 Fifth Street East Cambridge is entered for the most beautiful child in New England. Described as brunette with fine hair eyes and complexion she has many devoted neighbors as friends.
In Cherbourg France Hl G Weidlich sailor from the battleship Louisiana was drowned in the harbor Friday. His funeral was held today with a religious service aboard the Louisiana and the coffin carried ashore under officer and sailor escort.
Dr Dick Allen hurries to a dying boy in Room 27 as a kind girl from the neighbor's big house brings comfort. The child's death alters both physicians and Margaret, ending with the doctor feeling his life enriched by the waif’s memory as twilight and a dove mark his loss.
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