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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1917
Page
13
A letter collection recalls personal grief from lost parents and estranged offspring. Mothers share sorrow from deceased spouses and one daughter, a son’s neglect during holidays, and a young woman’s view on parental duty and marriage.
Mrs Flora A Lake of 12 Durham Street Boston sends a photo and describes her cat Jockey Lake as not a trick kittie but very intelligent and almost human at times. He waits patiently for food, taps on the window to come inside, and has many friends across New England.
The Post extends a cordial invitation to its women readers to write to the Sewing Circle, encouraging participation and correspondence for craft and community交流.
Recipes for chicken with long slow simmer, crisp fried rice, and fruit salad with pineapple grapes pecans marshmallows and lemon mustard dressing. Includes baked lamb chops with potatoes and a note by Helen Barber of Cambridge.
An introspective meditation urges a return to moral duty and self examination. Voices of past captains and dreamers awaken to call us to confront inner foes like sloth pride and cynicism. A higher power renews national purpose guiding toward an eternal goal.
The page collects reader letters discussing Red Cross aid sending work to the front, parental advice on women seeking town work, Pearl White’s address, home life in Hollywood, courting tips, filial duties, social gatherings funded by readers for Red Cross, updating wardrobe with plaid choices, and explanations of service flags stars marking relatives in uniform.
The writer notes braid is in fashion this season and could conceal past fashion lines, making the dress look fresh. Douglas Fairbanks is with Lasky Studios in California on a fly to support Liberty bonds and will return by letter time. His latest play is The Man From Painted Post.
A reader asks about remedies for dry hands and is advised to consult a surgeon ahead of town for a proper cream. The note endorses mutton tallow as helpful but emphasizes professional prescription for better care.
In St Johnsbury Vermont on November 20 today Mr and Mrs W H H Robie celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary The couple have long served the community with Mr Robie as commander of the local Grand Army post and a 12 year town overseer of the poor
The speaker urges men to honor duties under human laws with hope and trust. They affirm that no act is trivial in service of the world and ages, and that enduring wounds or bleeding is part of striving to fulfill a noble, shared war purpose.
Chiffon velvet gowns charm evenings with rope embroidery of taffeta and cloth. Satin collars glint with crystal buttons while the bustle suits the very thin figure. Fur coats stay fingertip length and yellow duvetyn waistcoats appear new. Novelty plaid silk skirts show velveteen pockets and draped robes favor straight lines. The Zouave influence and velveteen coats pair with Latin dresses.
Mrs M M Haven of West Hanover advises measuring flour and replacing a satin number of spoons or cups with fine cornmeal to save wheat. She notes her household has not noticed the change and urges others to Hooverize.
Mayor Curley praised the City Employees Credit Union at City Hall for saving hundreds of employees from loan sharks and enabling weekly salary draws. He urged a five member committee to explore cottage housing for city workers funded by rental payments, noting current government scarcity may delay action.
The New England War Work Council expresses deep gratitude for generous cooperation shown in the 35 million dollar Red Triangle War Work Fund Campaign just closed.
A district publicity director from Boston writes that ongoing public support for the Y M C A Red Triangle has educated people on the service provided to walking wounded and fighting men. He notes the aid will bring mental moral and physical comfort to thousands in camp field and trench.
Herbert J. Brown of Portland has accepted the post of state director of war savings for Maine under the national committee. He begins mobilizing the state by naming a county representative who will form local organizations.
Women can earn $1 to $2 per day knitting hosiery at home using Auto-Knitters. The work is easy to learn and offers year round employment. Write Auto-Knitter Hosiery Co Inc Desk 8 D 147 Franklin St for more workers.
Bishop Anderson heads the general committee arranging a large Thanksgiving service flag presentation at Rowan Memorial Hall. The parish flag will show between 325 and 3850 stars for war service members. The Rev. M. J. Scanlan reports 224 infants cared for by the Guild of the Infant Saviour last year, with a bazaar at the Copley Plaza Hotel to raise funds. The Carmelite feast of St John of the Cross will be celebrated on Sunday November 25 at the Carmelite Convent Roxbury with a 4:30 pm sermon and Benediction followed by veneration of the saint's relic.
Dean Charles R. Brown of Yale School of Religion will lecture at Winter Hill Congregational Church Somerville tomorrow night at 8. Admission funds go to Congregational Home and Foreign Missions. First Baptist Church leaders plan service flag display and weekly vesper services with soldier and sailor attendance. Red Cross work continues Mondays. Rev Dr Blackburn resigns Southbridge Baptist pastorate due to ill health after Civil War service and prior pastorates in Lowell Cambridge Salem Boston.
A description of a cat with a white ground and balanced black patches. An authority explains patches should balance across eyes nose shoulders back and tail, with equal size and shape for harmony.
A female cat named Bobby earns the title sagacious mouser by waking her owner at five minutes past six when the alarm fails. Josephine O Neil of Winchester signs the reminiscence.
A childhood reminiscence from Mrs F A Eaton describes a clever cat that hid her kittens in the woods when bothered by children, returned weeks later grown and playful. The narrator recalls paddling near a millpond while the cat watched and called, and notes the cat’s fondness for fish and prey. The cat later lost a front paw in a steel trap.
Mrs. Charles M. Peterson of Shirley sends a photo and notes her five year old yellow and white cat Dingbat weighs 13 pounds. The pet eagerly drinks milk by dipping his right paw into the glass and laps it up, refusing milk from a saucer.
Adelaide Hayden recounts a spring morning when Countess the cat hunted no prey and instead guided Geraldine the songbird back to safety after the bird escaped through an open window. The tiger cat received thanks for her gentle behavior and the pair resumed captivity peacefully.
A fox drags Tubbie the black cat by the tail near a summer home. The dog Laddie intervenes, the fox flees, and Tubbie ends with a broken tail. The cat later befriends the dog after the incident and recalls previous nursing by the dog during a barbed wire injury. Mrs. Bh. M. Barindy of Medford signs the reminiscence.
Paris reports from Rome deny Italian poet and novelist Gabriele d Annunzio has disappeared. Dispatches say he is at the front actively engaged in aviation work and in the war zone in good health.
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