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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1912
Page
9
The letters to Circle discuss a “Girl Mother” seeking advice on naming her first baby. Both sides want their mothers honored, leading to a double name like Catherine Mary. A reader shares a compromise and urges the couple to decide privately for happiness.
Letter recalls a conflict over baby names and suggests choosing a new name that both parents can agree on to avoid hurting either mother’s feelings. The writer shares a personal example of discarding two options and selecting a third name acceptable to both.
A reader writes that the mother who risked her life to bear the baby should name it, but suggests a compromise naming the child for both grandmothers to avoid family quarrels. The letter expresses hope for satisfaction through shared names.
A reader recalls choosing baby names to honor two grandmothers. Examples include Catherine Elizabeth, Sarah Annie, and Elizabeth Rosclinder, shared to preserve harmony among neighbors and relatives in Maine.
A mother names her newborn on her own terms after a personal experience guiding her choice. The article explores autonomy in naming and parental decision making.
A speaker explains choosing a name for a child by timing it with registration and honoring the father. She notes the husband’s delight and suggests grandmothers may stay silent. If not revealing the name, a pet name can be used, as mothers commonly do. ANNIE L. J.
A letter from a 25 year old wife married at 17 asks the Sisters for guidance about not wanting children and expresses happiness with her husband and home. She notes saving money, no extravagant spending, and asks how to grow to like children. She signs as SMILAX and mentions three prize winning dogs.
A reflective plea admonishes daughters and sons in law to honor and care for their aging mothers. It urges avoiding exploitation and allowing elderly mothers rest, contrasting love with neglect. The author emphasizes sympathy, duty, and reciprocal family care.
A reader urges kindness to a ailing wife, urging the husband to comfort her in her final days and reflect that he did all he could to make her last days happy and comfortable. The voice emphasizes gentleness, respect, and compassionate duty.
A reader replies to a previous letter defending remaining child free before marriage. The writer argues a wife should not feel forced to bear children immediately and expresses personal preference not to be tied to motherhood, while wishing the recipient well.
A reader questions the pride of a college graduate waiting tables at Wellesley. The note urges graduates to pursue climbable careers and leave serving to those with fewer educational opportunities. A reply thanks Imogene for kindness in another bride notice.
A reflective piece contrasts old time marriage with today noting couples who pull together prosper and own a home while modern wives seek adornment. It laments daughters wearing jewelry and a hard pressed father sacrificing his earnings for fashion amid rising costs.
An advertorial touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a safe gentle laxative that cleanses the liver and bowels. It contrasts with calomel oils and salts, claims natural fruit ingredients, easy morning relief, and warns readers to seek California Fig Syrup Company labeling.
A reader argues over frugal wives and simple dress, blaming a mother for excess and praising plain attire and thrift that keeps money for the home. The note emphasizes practical domestic virtue and sympathy in the Sewing Circle letters.
A Superior Civil Court jury freed Rev. Joseph Krasnickas of the Lithuanian Church of Cambridge after a sermon word confusion. Parishioner Michalina Anesta claimed $10,000 for injury to feelings from alleged public reprimand of her husband. Defense said the pastor spoke of marriage sacredness and asked, Is it not so? The Lithuanian word similarity led to mistaken accused.
A reader urges sharing the American valor story of a shipwreck in the South Pacific where all hands faced death singing the Star Spangled Banner. The writer notes Mayor Fitzgerald's meeting missed this act of devotion and calls for its remembrance.
The Boston Elevated railway paid its workers yesterday using two specially built pay cars that function as traveling offices. Each car operates on a division, one north of Milk Street and one to the south, with a paymaster and payroll reader in charge. A money machine dispenses the cash and a built in safe secures the funds.
A collection of daily recipes and kitchen tips from Grace Bateman Ella Brown Grace Maguire Mrs C E Clute and Mrs James McDermott including yeast bread batter frying pineapple sauce curry eggs and tripe fricassee with onions.
A reader asks how to cope after a beloved starts seeing another girl. The adviser urges letting go, changing environment, and finding new interests or a new partner, stressing that a false heart cannot be made true and suggesting seeking new connections.
A young man asks Miss Champagne how to pursue a modest introduction after sharing smiles during daily greetings. The response says the woman already speaks and smiles, so formal introductions are unnecessary. be honest about yourself and seek her invitation to visit, then meet her parents and become a steady caller.
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