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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1914
Page
11
Readers share how families live on tight budgets while maintaining dignity and home comforts. Letters advocate practical meat choices, self reliance, obedience in families, pensions debates, and praise historic women’s contributions to society, highlighting female resilience and rights.
The Sunday Post highlights several engaging letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader opinions and sewing tips. Readers share experiences, techniques, and requests for patterns, reflecting community interest in crafts.
In a rural family rivalry over pumpkin prizes at the county fair Sarah Agnes proclaims her farming theories will win favor. Tom Hatch counters with his own superior crops as both enter pumpkins for judging. The Harvest reveal shows Tom winning first prize for a colossal pumpkin, leaving Sarah Agnes to reassess her claim to triumph.
Paris reports lace fashion for afternoon and dinner wear with black and white ensembles. A striking model features a white gown with a black underdress and border below the knees, complemented by black cuffs and corsage sash, noted as especially becoming for a black-eyed woman.
In a rural town Sarah Agnes and Tom duel for pumpkin glory, but a mix up by Deacon Treadwell prompts a heartfelt apology from Sarah Agnes’s younger brother David. Tom accepts responsibility, promising fairness and future Grange lectures while the pair plan pumpkin pies for the neighborhood.
A vintage collection of home canning and cooking tips from New England housewives. Instructions cover blackberry preserves with sugar vinegar and spices, a cream tartar soda cake, and a fresh lettuce apple celery walnut salad with mayonnaise dressing.
Massachusetts and Vermont are the most productive nurseries of eminent Americans and the New England States lead the country in prominent men, says Dr. Scott Nearing of the University of Pennsylvania in an article on The Geographical Distribution of American Genius in Popular Science Monthly.
Dr. Nearing reports Massachusetts and Vermont lead U S states in eminent persons per 100 000 native population based on 1910 Who's Who data. Connecticut Rhode Island New Hampshire and Maine follow with lower rates. He notes most eminent figures were born before 1850 and that the city outproduces the nation.
A poem reflects on heavenly childhood lifting the spirit above life’s grime and toil. It envisions dreamlike flight on wings to beauty, where love, memory, and imagination restore peace and shed the glare of modern life. The speaker contrasts traffic and noise with serene, radiant visions of childhood.
Paragraphs highlight trends for a record fashion season featuring tulle and velvet. White suede shoes with steel buckles, white sweaters, printed cotton girdles, and Roman stripe facings appear in fall dresses. Silk crepe and velvet in princess line cuts are noted with dark blue braid as a finishing touch.
Judge Frederick J. Austin reports Abbie J. Gifford of Brockton died June 9 at Taunton insane hospital from scalds but the death was not the result of criminal act. He cites failure to use proper care for her safety.
Judge Austin presided over the inquest into Mrs. Gifford’s death. Testimony showed she died after a continuous bath at the hospital begun May 29 1914. Attendants failed to close hot water valves properly and care was lacking to prevent injury, though no intent to harm existed.
Secretary Bryan has retained two experts to serve as special counsel during the European war emergency. Professor Eugene Wambaugh of Harvard University and James Brown Scott of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace will assist the State Department, supplementing the small diplomatic staff.
Chairman O l Leary of the Democratic State committee denies that opposition among western Democrats to Governor Walsh over appointments affected signatures for nomination papers.
Chairman O Leary cites abundant signatures from western counties while noting occasional dissatisfaction over appointments. Longstanding Democratic tensions in Springfield stem from alleged influence by James B. Carroll and John I. Malley. Rumor says Governor Walsh may appoint Republican Senator Gordon to a transportation commission for the west.
Judge Jenney of the Superior Court refused to grant an injunction in the suit by Saide M Swift against the Progressive party executive committee. She seeks 111.60 for stenographic services at the State convention last October against Matthew Hale Charles E Ware Jr and Lawrence G Brooks. Case ready for hearing after 10 days with pleadings to be completed.
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