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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1917
Page
13
A reader column argues women deserve higher pay for same work due to greater clothing and living costs, while another letter warns against early marriages and a law allowing women to work only if marriage is possible. The exchange includes debates on patriotism, family duty, and social expectations.
Readers ask about the new war tax on first class mail and post cards and sailors abroad. They query diplomacy with Germany and definitions of ominous and billions in different countries.
The description details Dolly's elegant suit in heavy black satin lined with glova skin for warmth. The upper coat is tight fitting with seal skin collar and cuffs, while the full peg top skirt is fur trimmed and slit at the side. Embroidered black medallions adorn the waistline.
Mary Ludwig known as Molly Pitcher followed her gunner husband to battle during the American Revolution. She loaded ammunition and fired a cannon after his death at Monmouth, earning praise from Washington. Tradition records eight years in service, a half pay status, an annuity, and a memorial grave marker.
A column presents several recipes from New England housewives including fricasseed lobster with butter water vinegar mustard and egg, Midnight Sun sandwiches with raisin lemon filling, nut bread with mixed flours nuts and raisins, and oatmeal muffins with oats milk and lard. Contains contributor names and addresses from Brockton Waltham and Beverly.
Poem from the Gardner News about Jimmy boy who has enlisted, returning with a khaki suit and pride. It describes his family’s mixed emotions as he goes to muster, the mother’s prayers, and the town’s recognition. The piece frames his enlistment as a patriotic duty and a local homage.
A guide discusses proper address for a young girl and married couples, noting cards show first names with surnames for sisters, and Mrs is avoided for a wife living with her in laws. It also advises mothers in law to offer help without asserting authority and explains theater passing etiquette and courtesy when moving past seated neighbors.
Practical home hints show how to repurpose empty baking powder and coffee cans as labeled spice and pantry containers. The article also describes converting a wire dish rack into a drying rack with a rack-made jar storage solution, crediting Mrs C A La Roch of Portland and Mrs Rose Hurley of Arlington.
In Dorchester F E Brown on Pierce avenue cultivated a war garden potato crop that sprouted eyes forming noses mouths and a hump backed profile. The harvest yielded statuette like tubers and small sculptures resembling a diplodocus and a poodle dutty amid the unusual growths.
A poem contrasts easy hurts with deeper wounds of the heart. It notes that physical scrapes mend quickly while emotional injuries resist healing and haunt the soul, defying sleep and fading with time.
Miss Ruth Packard daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter M Packard of Chestnut Place Quincy and Everett G Rhodes of Old Colony Ave Wolaston were married at the bride's home last night. Rev A L Hudson of First Parish Church Quincy performed the ceremony.
The Aero Club of America voted 10000 dollars to aid American aviators in France through its foreign service committee chaired by Ambassador William G. Sharp. A Medal of Merit and Honorable Distinction will be awarded to aviators for heroism and achievement, with a Paris Service and Information Office to help pilots find affordable hotels.
John Randall Dunn of St. Louis will deliver a free lecture on Christian Science next Monday at 7 30 PM in the Back Bay church edifice. He is among 18 board members authorized by the Mother Church to lecture, chosen for training and experience in Christian Science.
A free public lecture explains Christian Science and bears testimony to the life and work of its discoverer, Mrs. Eddy. The talk invites all interested readers to attend and learn about the subject.
The Boston building trades unions and Aberthaw Construction face no adjustment on open shop plans for the $9,000,000 Fore River shipyard at Squantum. Labor reps led by New England Organizer Frank H. McCarthy head to Washington to meet Secretary Daniels, with a potential move to President Wilson.
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