Should Girls Pay Half the Bills in Society's Evolving Roles
A Boston Post reader collection debates fifty fifty expenses with women dating men. Letters from A Mediator, Rein deer, Ernestinde, and Advertising Promoter discuss hospitality, equality, and who funds dates, urging fairness and personal choice in paying costs.
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Reindeer
Headera
Ernestinde
Handaeme
Philadelphia
Boston Post
Canada
Texas
New York
Irisco
United States
Boston
The Post Short Story Competition Rules Notice
Editorial page notice for readers about the original short story contest. Instructions include originality requirement, prohibition on copying, and return policy with self addressed stamped envelopes.
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the Post
The
Sunday Post
Peoria Woman Builds Canary Factory At Home
Miss Adele Gerber of Peoria Illinois turned a home back room into a canary factory. She raised and trained canaries from six birds to about a thousand, mating eggs guarding nests and teaching song. She sold 200 to 300 birds yearly securing a steady income. Tomorrow The Cows That Went to College.
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Adele Gerber
Peoria
Til
Paris
Gerber
Miss Gerber
Canaries
Dear Peggy Champagne Advice on unwanted marriage proposal
A young woman asks Mildred Champagne how to end pressure from a 24 year old suitor who buys her clothes and touts marriage in three years. The guidance emphasizes decisively truthfully telling the man, noting parental influence may mislead, and warns against coercion or forced marriage.
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Misa Champagne
Miss Champagne
Witwer’s Lopes to Conquer in Home Series Soon
H. C. Witwer continues his humorous "There’s No Base Like Home" with a new installment titled Witwer Tells Another She Lopes to Conquer. The piece will appear in the next Boston Sunday Post Magazine.
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H. C. Witwer
Boston Sunday Post
Bride Should Cut First Slice for Luck in Wedding Cake
In etiquette guidance by Miss Alice Stuart a bride cuts the first slice to bring luck. Baking the cake herself is considered unlucky and a mishap with the cake portends sorrow in early married life.
Crossed Wires in Williamstown Love Triangle
An angry Donmerson clashes with Beth Williams in a Williamstown residence. A telephone operator tamps with lines to spark a reconciliation, using a feigned Beth voice to influence Don’s actions. The ruse leads to a late-night reunion as Don heads toward the avenue.
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Williamstown
Beth Williams
Donmerson
Beth
Dadi Emerson
Don
Elaine Eilis
Elaine
Phil
Bill Eiies
Big Bill
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Minced Chicken with Green Peppers and Other Dishes
New England housewives feature recipes from Sunday Post including Minced Chicken with Green Peppers and Butternut Pie. Recipes list peppers boiled and cut, chicken chopped, butter and flour roux, stock, and toast. Also Swiss Cakes and Montpelier Butter for Sandwiches with detailed measurements and steps.
Household Hints from Mrs Crosby on Egg Spinach Cups
The article suggests buttered custard cups filled with chopped well drained spinach and a slice of hard boiled egg, baked in hot water for about 16 minutes. Serve with French dressing and extra vinegar, a tasty use for leftover spinach. Also notes a 5 cent tin funnel for kitchen tasks and drying crusts into pudding. Mrs H B Crosby East Boston offers these tips.
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H. B. Crosby
Lexington Street
East
Boston
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Public Ledger Co
Casper
Bird OF
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Quincy
Piker
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Canary
Mildred Champagne
Witwer
Lowney
Ake
Agus
Sones Ted
Blakes
Cordon & Dilworth
REAL
Alice Stuart
Henderson Footmers
Dorchester Potters Works
Victory Road
Dorchester, Mass
Mary C. Briggs
Milford
New England
Gertrude B. Calder
Wenham
Ida“B. Davis
East Derry
N. H
Joseph Jay
Elm Street
Montpelier
FF. Fraher
Kent St
Roxbury
Frisderick
J. Burke
Cliff Street
Roxbirg
Lux
Lever Bros. Co
Cambridge
Mass
Rae
Ty Lever Bros
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