Prayed for the boys and victory in a wounded stanza
A war poem by W. H. Lett from Hallowe'en and Poems of the War depicts a dying soldier praying not for relief but for his comrades. He asks God to keep the others and to press forward with them toward victory. The scene blends blood and resolve as he notes the cameron’s progress and utters a final sigh.
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W. H. Lett
Hallowe’en and Poems of the War
New York
E. P. Dutton
Camerons
Love and Etiquette Over Ice Cream and Fares
Mildred Champagne addresses a reader about social decisions with friends at an ice cream parlor and on a streetcar. She suggests propriety favors the gentleman’s paying only in small matters and notes a fuller stance if the issue were more weighty.
Who Shall Decide How Daughters Should Work or Study
A mother asks if she may control her two daughters future choices on college or work and how earnings should be used. Letters from two women advise daughters go to work and contribute weekly, while a mother in Rockland shares sacrifices raising her son and stresses pride and regret in his adult distance.
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Sewing Circle
B. A. Dyer
North Avenue
Rockland
Boston
Songs of Sunshine by the Benz Town Bard Corumph
A poem in period style extols school life and discipline praised by the speaker and calls for divine help to keep joy and effort steady as students master lessons and rise in spirit. The piece reflects classic schoolyard admiration and moral uplift.
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Benztown Bard Corumph
Southern Press Syndicate
Ice Mint Japanese Corn Remedy Promises Quick Foot Relief
An advertisement promotes Ice-Mint, a Japanese corn remedy, claiming it quickly dissolves hard and soft corns and calluses with no pain. It touts healing inflamed or cracked toes, odor prevention, and comfort for long-standing wearers of high heels and standing workers.
Three Year Term for Mail School Doctor
Archibald S von Sonneberg was sentenced to state prison at Charles Town for a term of not more than five nor less than three years after being found guilty of performing an illegal operation on Elizabeth Messier. Sentence stayed pending Supreme Judicial Court review.
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Archibald S. von Sonneberg
Charlestown
Elizabeth Messier
Supreme Judicial Court
German Sea Raider's Captain Captured
Count von Luckner commander of the German raider Seeadler was captured September 21 off the Fiji Islands by Fijian constabulary, according to a steamer from a trans pacific port arriving today.
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Pacific
Count von Luckner
Seeadler
Fiji Islands
Parisian Coffee Custard and Breakfast Volcanoes Featured
A collection of vintage kitchen entries includes a Peel fresh mushroom dish with chicken, celery, and onion, plus a Parisian coffee custard recipe with milk gelation and gelatin. Also included are Breakfast Volcanoes from Mrs. N Frances Wood, Dorchester, offering flour milk egg and buttered gem pans.
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Herbert Walker
First Street
Lowell
N. Frances Wood
Charles Street
Dorchester
Household Hints on Starch Lumps Beaten Smooth
In making starch if not very carefully prepared it often becomes lumpy when cooking. If this is the case, just beat with the egg beater for about three minutes and it will be very smooth and free from lumps. Mrs. A. B. Tucker North Brookfield.
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A. B. Tucker
North Brookfield
Brer Rabbit Molasses Ad Invites Cans Only
A vintage ad touts New Orleans Molasses branded Brer Rabbit as superior for pancakes biscuits muffins and waffles. It promotes three can sizes in medium dark flavor and urges shoppers to ask their grocer for Brer Rabbit in cans only.
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New Orleans
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