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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1909
Page
7
Watters at 566 Washington Street opposite Adams House advertises a weekly sale to clear garments for store expansion. It highlights bargains on women’s cloth suits and other items as stock is rotated for fall, with prices listed from 49 to 2.45 dollars.
A collage of home dishes from cooks across New England including celery salad, club sandwich with bacon chicken and tomato, a cream-based dressing, a Cox gelatine custard, almond apple mould cake, lemon custard pie with meringue, and related home addresses. Recipes credited to Mrs Annie R Williams Mrs Ophelia E H Plyer Mrs D Fraher and others.
A correspondent urges single women to focus on duty, self improvement, and moral conduct to attract a good husband. She cautions against passive waiting and suggests church attendance, education, and housekeeping as paths to happiness, noting that many single women seek fulfillment through useful lives.
A hopeful reader writes of wishing a very dear young lady a happy return to her home over the waters, expressing anxious anticipation and asking how to word the wish for publication in the daily Post.
The writer jokes about a young lady’s happiness upon a return home and mocks the idea of a distant parting. They compare it to a departing man told to take his hat and hurry. The piece suggests offering a secure, welcoming home across the water and wishing a safe and happy journey if parting is necessary.
A Dorchester woman confronts a lover about their secret relationship. He proposes marriage promising honesty and a stable life while she wrestles with lingering mistrust and fear as their future appears to hinge on love rather than certainty.
Laura Fairbanks confronts Jack Brenner about his hidden past and fear of commitment. Brenner refuses to reveal more, proposes a two week marriage, and she accepts amid unease. A burglar intrudes, a pistol fires, and Laura realizes the hidden life has shattered her dreams as she bids farewell to Jack.
The column surveys late summer and fall fashion hints including Directoire back embroideries, crochet lana ties, cream white suits with nut brown accessories, gray rose-toned gray, suede boots with pearl buttons, brown accessories for men, and new leather dog collar cravats for evenings. It notes pannier prominence, sheer batiste lace collars, summer frocks with foulard, and embroidery from Austrian Hungarian Roumanian peasants on trims.
A reader alert advertising piece claims a simple home treatment to remove facial and neck wrinkles without devices. It promises to beautify complexion and whiten skin, urging quick response with a sealed envelope and free information. It lists an address in Syracuse for responses.
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