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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1918
Page
17
Household hints describe three uses for screw-eyes including walnut crushing with a wooden handle and ring, securing a dropper in a Stopple with a rubber band for height control, and installing top and bottom screw-eyes on window sashes to raise shade without flapping.
A humorous verse chides parents for giving only practical gifts on Christmas Day. It targets a daughter craving a ruby brooch and a son desiring an electric train, while warning against suspenders and rubber items that would dampen joy. The piece/playfully argues for thoughtful presents over purely utilitarian ones.
Mrs. M Turner of 910 Main Street Waltham shares instruction for brown bread and multiple cookies. Directions cover boiling water mixing, steaming times of 3 and 8 hours, and a variety of ingredients including corn meal molasses raisins oats rye flour and spices with notes on texture and baking times.
The letter column presents reader responses on whether to continue food aid and sacrifices for Germans during wartime. Contributors argue for feeding German women to avoid sowing hatred, while others urge continued economy and emphasis on duty.
A fashion note describes shirted panel tops, a black velvet gown with birch color chiffon tunic edged in brick duvetyne, and middy style blouses. Camel hair dresses and suits remain popular, with grosgrain ribbon for binding, blue fox trim on Jade duvetyne, and new shoes featuring cloth or suede tops and leather buttons.
George H. Allen, held on $3000 bail for breaking into three garages and stealing a motorcycle, was hurried downstairs at Central Court by Chief Ambrose Abbott to prevent a possible suicide. Lieutenant Irwin urged heavy bail while noting Allen is difficult to manage. Police say he is wanted for auto larcenies in Quincy Providence and other places. Allen lived on Chandler street and faced a prior Berkeley street store break case.
The report notes Allied forces using wireless contact to maintain communication with German positions amid ongoing operations. Details are terse and focus on signal exchanges rather than battlefield actions.
Manders keep relaying German progress to American forces via wireless. On Sunday interruptions blocked several messages the Germans wished to transmit. Two white flag officers crossed the Moselle at Waeserville and carried the final German messages before retreating, claiming a long journey to their regiments.
General Miles offers high regard for a young General Pershing in his writings about Indian campaigns. The remark appears in The Real Life of General Pershing by H F Wheeler, to be published in next week's Boston Sunday Post.
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