This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1921
Page
11
Readers respond to a Sew ing Circle plea from a 19 year old wife seeking guidance on rekindling affection from a distant husband. Letters from readers discuss marital closeness, pickups, parental influence, and choosing worthy partners.
A Sunday Post page presents recipes for breaded pork chops escaloped corned beef and a garden salad with olives and cream cheese. The column lists cooks Ernestine Wheeler and Helen Bensaia with their Boston area addresses.
The poem recalls a poetess praised for beauty who died young and drew old stories of ruin. Narration notes that elders and mothers urge silence while others speak of her charm and tragedy. A moonlit pool scene hints at a mournful singing she once shared, though she is dead.
The notice states that no stories will be returned until a self-addressed stamped envelope is provided. It emphasizes submitting a stamped return method for delivery of requested material.
Samantha Haskins schemes for a new winter coat in rural Pop-over Junction Maine. Her neighbor Mrs. Carter persuades Samantha to earn it by painting, prompting Ephraim to grumble about costs and a possible divorce while Samantha secretly plans her wardrobe. The plan ends with Samantha painting, Ephraim conceding, and Samantha enjoying the purchase on the way home.
Alicia is described as a brilliant business head and a budding broker partner. Jill notes Alicia’s rise to a regular financial position with an office, stenographers, and mass mailings. The scene highlights marriage banter about ambition and a joke about oil stock brokers.
Jill falling for Alicia's house to house canvass leads to a $100 investment in old company New Hampshire Oil. Jack suspects a scam as Jill learns via a misleading telephone call. The crisis ends with the arrest of company officers and Jill reassured by Jack's calm, forgiving tone.
Fads and fashions note velvet will be smart for fall wear with several beltless suits and coats. The bouffant silhouette grows in popularity, the blouse follows Russian lines, and front trimming appears in fall millinery. Long earrings and novelty braid bands trend, with black satin hats seen for early autumn.
Boston Sunday Post Magazine begins serial run of the remarkable story Miss Lulu Bett in its Sunday issue with chapters spanning novel stage and photoplay. Readers are urged to start next Sunday as the tale unfolds weekly.
Screen gossip traces Jacqueline Logan from childhood in Wyoming to New York chorus lines, then to the Follies. Alan Dwan signs her to a film contract after spotting her in The Perfect Crime with Monte Blue. She appears in White and Unmarried with Thomas Meighan and stars in Molly O with Mabel Normand.
Thomas Meighan will next star in A Proxie Daddy based on Edward Pee bles work after completing A Prince There Was. The project follows the popular onscreen star as he continues his film career with a new leading role.
The report suggests Mildred Harris is expected to play opposite Mr. Meighan in an upcoming production. Details on the project remain unclear but the pairing excites local theater circles.
In Metro's Turn to the Right Rex Ingram directs a new star Gloria Davenport makes her screen bow. Gioria is 16 and weighs about 250 pounds.
Wallace Reid has begun work on The Champion a film version of the stage play where Grant Mitchell recently found success. Reid has had a busy year with roles in The Hell Diggers The Affairs of Anatol Peter Ibbetson Dont Tell Everything and Rent Free. Mary Pickford reportedly bought back Tess of the Storm Country motion picture rights from Famous Players Lasky for a sizable sum. Kathleen Clifford returns to cinema appearing in Cold Steel with J P McGowan for Roberts son Cole.
Cambridge readers learn that Theda Bara has not appeared onscreen for two years and is touring Western theatres with possible return to film. The list mentions Rena Hodges unknown, various stars with studio addresses, and Fatty Elaine Hammerstein at age 23 and single. PRUNELLA HALL of The Boston Post is the contact for questions.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.