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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1916
Page
13
Letters from readers urge a young woman to stay with her parents rather than seek clothes and money on her own. Advice emphasizes the value of home, steady wages, and avoiding risk, with personal anecdotes about budgeting and the dangers of lodging houses.
Benjamin Franklin Clark 73 of 63 Maple Street Malden died yesterday from a bullet wound in the eye received fifty years ago in the Battle of Antietam. Clark served in the Fifteenth Massachusetts Regiment from Ball’s Bluff to Antietam and never recovered, his injury leading to paralysis.
The opening of the new Back Bay postal station, scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed until the month’s end as finishing, decorating, and postal apparatus installation remain incomplete.
A Woodrow Wilson marching league was formed by Roxbury Democrats at Deacon Hall. The group voted to parade with torches to the rally in the Boston Arena Monday night. William F P Hannon was elected commander and P B Lynch secretary.
The maid of honor Lucille wore a striking sapphire blue tulle gown with a cream lace underlay and a changing chartreuse and blue taffeta bodice. The train and pannier featured roses and blue tulle accents, drawing note from morning papers.
Poem fragment describes dreams as small lights replacing candles, shining briefly along the northern sky. Dreams settle to rest and then travel outward into space, suggesting a quiet, celestial motion as sleep begins.
Poem depicts a distant western land with a sparkling lake and green isle of Lovers. It contrasts serene natural beauty with fierce warriors guarding maidens, then notes travelers vanish when seeking the shore. The piece ends with the plea to find a home undisturbed, the green Isle of the Lover.
A New England homemaker page presents recipes for Welsh tart and coconut cake with detailed ingredient lists and steps. It includes lemon cake pie, a pineapple dressing for fruit salad, and credits to Mrs. L Nielsen, Mrs. S J Kerrigan, and Mary E Russell with addresses in East Brookfield Somerville Neponset.
A young woman seeks guidance from Mildred Champagne about an admirer in his twenties who hints at a troubled past. The columnist advises caution, noting that his confessional tone may be a manipulation and questions the value of starting anew with him.
A guidance note warns against trusting a man who uses a woman's name to boast of influence. It urges vigilance and self respect, stating you won’t be harmed if you stay guarded and reject any implication of lowering your moral standards. It suggests your decency could steer him toward better behavior.
A letter asks if a man can attach property deeded to his wife for his debts and notes the possibility of creditors reaching property in her name. It also asks who receives a deceased husband’s life policy when a wife learns the marriage was secret. Finally a reader asks the meaning of S O S in wireless signaling and whether it stands for Save Our Souls or Pend Other Service.
The text recalls Canada's Dominion status from 186 Canada and mentions England's defeat of the Armada in 1588. It lists two Bull Run battles in 1861 and 1869 and references The Old So House on Washington Street as the second in its series with a first built in 1670 and a present structure erected in 1729.
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