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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1914
Page
13
A Boston Post reader column discusses pensions for women, arguing against state aid while urging women to work, save, and support themselves. Letters recount marriage finance, class constraints, and personal sacrifice, with harsh judgments of women seeking allowances and bachelors as barriers to marriage.
The Sunday Post reprints some of the Sewing Circle’s most engaging letters drawing readers into fashion tips, craft chatter, and community humor. Readers share projects, opinions, and friendly exchanges that reflect daily life and shared interests.
Miss Dorothy C. Walter presents a late nursery tale about Lewis and Louise facing a new baby. The unseen infant prompts doubt, curiosity, and quiet competition as the siblings glimpse the wicker basket and the eager questions of a mother and helpers. Lewis clings to self doubt yet declares one for himself while Louise claims two.
Paris telegraph notes an early tail model street suit in black and white check wool with underskirt OG black satin. It features a high draped girdle from bust to hip a deep turn down collar and tessels trimming with low heeled shoes.
The page presents reader submitted recipes including a cantaloupe and raspberry dessert by Miss Charlotte A. Smith of Allston and a blueberry loaf by Mrs Mary I. Doucette of Wakefield Junction. Another entry by Mrs I L Pease of Everett describes a tomato jelly centerpiece served with hard boiled eggs and mayonnaise dressing.
In a brief overheard exchange a resident with a pony complains the field is steep and sparse on feed. His sour neighbor counters that three shillings a week is fair, insisting the view justifies the price. The fragment hints at ongoing local tensions.
A federal law notice from Warden W H Leonard deputy fish and game commissioner warns hunters not to shoot migratory birds between sunset and sunrise. Provisions set a shore bird close season Dec 1 to Aug 15 for five years with exceptions. woodcock open Oct 12 to Nov 12. Penalty: up to $100 fine or up to 90 days imprisonment or both.
Antonio Ardito aged about 60 was released from the state prison after a life sentence for murder. He had been pardoned years ago with a pledge to go to Italy and not return. He later wandered near the prison, was re-arrested, and remains under order to depart for Italy today with no chance of reentry.
Vallecal Ludukanowicz, a 42 year old Pole of Warren Street Cambridge, was swindled out of $200 by two men who promised him a hotel managerial position. They fled by taxi to South Station after saying they would return. Police hunt for the pair in New York City. They then took him to a downtown Boston hotel they claimed to own and he drew much of his savings at his East Cambridge bank.
In the Supreme Judicial Court yesterday Judge Braley dismissed without prejudice the writ of habeas corpus brought by Harry A. Ferris of South Boston to secure possession of his daughter Marie C. Williamson. The action followed a libel in Superior Court for the nullity of the marriage to Harriet T. Williamson, filed by Miss Williamson and her mother.
Mrs Elizabeth Marks received a 20 day suspended sentence from Judge Bennett in Municipal Court for illegal use of street car transfers. The ruling serves as a warning against a common practice. Police inquire into acts of boys and adults who have been accustomed to beg checks at transfer stations.
John L. Billard of Meriden resigns from the boards of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad and the New England Navigation Company. Announcement made by counsel Homer S. Cummings of Stamford after a conference with Billard in New Haven.
Mr Billard had planned to resign months ago to ease business burdens but delayed to avoid affecting affairs while the Interstate Commerce Commission was probing the New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad. With the ICC report filed a resignation is now submitted. A railroad directors committee will review Billard affairs as the inquiry continues.
The Labrador coast harbors are blocked by ice and fishermen face severe conditions. Captain Johnstone of the US revenue cutter Seneca reports 18 bergs near Indian Harbor on July 13 and about 2000 icebergs between Indian Harbor and Flemish Pass. The Seneca, forced to abandon its Greenland observation cruise, navigated a heavy ice field.
The will of Samuel M. Nickerson of Boston and East Brewster leaves 50000 to the Art Institute of Chicago to be held as a permanent fund. Income funds collection care and preservation. principal may be used to acquire additional items for the collection. The will filed in Suffolk Probate Office notes the January 1900 gift.
Cambridge street cars will be diverted from their regular route from midnight tonight until 6 am Monday inward bound. The detour passes through North Charles Leverett Causeway Portland and Scollay streets and Scollay Square. Outward bound cars follow no change.
In New York on July 31, Randazzo was sentenced to 97.5 years for kidnapping a 6-year-old boy, the longest on record for the crime in the city.
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