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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1912
Page
11
The column chronicles Athol’s post office boasts a city directory hub, Alden Kin dred’s large American family, a new East Braintree fountain funded by women, Hildegarde Nash’s Brussels violin award, archery vigor at Stadium, Barnard and Zolnay’s whaling monument plans, Arnold Arboretum tree experiments, St Paul’s steel church safe, and East Cam bridge park race results with Aug 30 relay plans. blends local color with named places and persons.
A.S. Fuller, formerly of Boston, now plays first base for Porcupine in northern Ontario when business allows. Robert Treat Paine jd reports success aboard the Gotham Club cruise with Shimna winning the top sloops cup and Class L honors. Ex-Governor Eben Draper tours the White Mountains by automobile. Dr. Thomas Leen of the School board is expected home around Sept 12 and may host German doctors visiting Oct 6 to 8. New Newport settlers Dr. and Mrs. Harold Woods Baker arrive at Sea Breeze Farm. Mrs. Baker once Mrs. Maxwell Stevenson of New York and helped found the Boston Arena skating club. Dr. Robert Lawrence has a daughter married to Mr. George de Gersdorff of New York. Reverend Fr. McCall of St. ...
Daily spurmax lotion made at home promises clear smooth skin through summer by glycerine hazel and spurmax. Canthrox shampoos dissolve dust dandruff and oil for a rich lather leaving scalp clean and hair lustrous and silky.
A nautical poem excerpt celebrates sea life with vivid images of wind waves and a ship cutting through the gale. It portrays sailors yearning for strong breeze and freedom at sea and reveres the ocean as home and heritage.
In the town of Ainslee rumors rise as Simpkins presents Clifton Seymour as a kleptomaniac. A secretive plan with shopkeepers supports Seymour’s thefts, debts paid to cover losses, and a grand facade. After two months wealth grows but robberies strike, revealing the heir never left Africa and the whole scheme collapses.
Mrs Flilen O'Callaghan, sister-in-law of Mer Jennis O'Callaghan pastor of St. Augustine's Church South Boston, died at her Nantasket Beach summer home aged 74. She was married to Patrick O'Callaghan and survived by Dr Dennis O'Callaghan of Dorchester and Mrs David O'Malley of Salem.
The Sewing Circle column invites New England homemakers to share advice on home life and family matters while discussing education. A speaker laments high school as relic and argues grammar school graduates show practical skill, criticizes mere book learning, and favors real world competency in business life.
A letter urges a wife to improve her education, speech, dress, and manners to win back her husband’s pride. It promotes private grammar lessons, refined behavior, and cultivating brains while confronting sisters’ influence and urging a shared culture effort among readers.
A mother describes her concern as a 52-year-old married man, wealthy and staying at a Maine coast resort, lavishes attention on the younger daughter aged 24. The pair spend much time together in various activities. the man plans divorce to wed the daughter, while the mother and elder sister remain present.
Julia Orff in The Clubwoman advocates mercorized wax as a superior multi purpose cosmetic saving time and money. Regular nightly application and weekly results promise clearer, softer skin by daily absorption of faded cuticle and underlying youthful hue. One ounce of mercorized wax suits cleansing, rouge replacement and spot fading.
A reader writes that husbands often forget anniversaries and urges balancing memory roles. The letter suggests keeping track of celebrations, avoiding reproach, and accepting differing natures to maintain harmony at home.
A writer in The Sewing Circle urges a undecided young woman to skip continuing high school and take a stenography job instead. The letter argues three years in a business office build character and practical skills, suggesting the final high school years are wasted for someone leaving school early.
A reader defends freedom for girls to go out unchaperoned, recounting how strict Aunt kept her from a suitor. She argues parents’ overprotection breeds wrongdoing and vows not to repeat such control with her daughter.
A reader argues that a contented wife should support a husband who moves to the country. She recalls city life before marriage to a farmer, cherishes a quiet home with her young daughter, and urges encouragement over discouragement.
Some of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle will be printed in Sunday's Post, offering readers a peek at community interests, craft tips, and local wit through reader correspondence.
In Sunday's Post Ellis Parker Butler presents a character who explains how contributions are gathered for the presidential campaign, offering a witty, scrutinizing look at funding methods and public attitudes.
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