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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1916
Page
14
A famous comedian husband faces a wife’s account of his affair with a younger stage beauty. The narrator recalls marriage, a move from city life, and a year apart before the affair ends as the husband chooses his wife. The other column describes a French soprano performance and an elegant orchid gown.
The notes list actors and their roles across several silent era films including J K Travers in The Closing Net Edwin August in The Yellow Passport Blanche Ring Ethel Clayton and more. It mentions the star Geraldine Farrar in Temptation and notes about Carmen as her best picture.
A reader panel of letters advises a young woman on engagement fidelity and choosing a future husband. It questions reliance on other suitors before marriage and stresses honesty, shared adversity, and presenting oneself as a partner’s committed companion. It also counsels against a large age gap and warns of divorce risk.
An older reader counsels a 19 year old engaged woman to resist going out with other men. She urges placing trust in the fiancés commitment, imagining others as temptations, and emphasizes honesty, respect for the bond, and the consequence of choices as the harvest.
A poem inspires perseverance by recounting a doubter scoffing at a task. The protagonist shrugs off worry and faithlessly mocked, starts, and completes the feat with a grin. It urges readers to ignore naysayers and begin work, proving the impossible can be done.
A collection of kitchen guidance detailing cranberry jelly proportions and methods plus several dessert and salad recipes. Includes Banana and Peanut Salad, Apple Pudding, Sugar Gingerbread, and Sponge Drops with quantities, steps, and serving notes credited to Elizabeth B Miller of Providence Rhode Island.
A reader questions norms of engagement secrecy and female propriety amid scarce goods and public expectations. The letter argues kissing scars and suggests morals hinge on class and reputation in communities.
A letter asks who inherits a bank account held in trust for a son if he dies, mother or wife, noting no explicit trust declaration. The response outlines that if money is in the mother’s name without a trust, the wife may receive up to 5000 dollars plus half the remainder. A second inquiry asks if English-born people can adopt in Massachusetts and whether the State provides guidance to cure hens of roup, with a question about where at the State House to apply.
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