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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1911
Page
7
A Provincetown reader recounts a near misadventure at the Pilgrim Monument and playful city life as ships from a distant fleet anchor nearby. Reports note civic efforts, police measures at busy transit points, and admiration for sailors among locals and visitors alike.
The Sewing Circle in the Boston Post is a women readers forum for home and household problems, domestic tips, health hints, baby care, budgeting, gardening and related topics. Correspondents may use pen names and seek friendly advice, writing on one side of the paper.
Hetty Bascombe an aging Cambridge widow shares gingerbread and conversation with three children and their father Townsend. The familiar street scene blooms into neighborly bonding as Hetty plans tea with the new-made family, easing loneliness and promising companionship.
The letter asks if olive oil can be used as a fresh builder and the price per bottle. It inquires whether grocery olive oil equals drugstore versions and requests dosage for a five month old baby. Billerica resident writes for guidance.
A reader letter advised an unwilling worker to leave an office rather than endure an inappropriate kiss. The response urged seeking another Boston area position, trusting God to provide better work, and praised the reader for courage.
A Erie Pennsylvania woman reports five years of female troubles ended after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says two bottles showed improvement and six cured her, praising the remedy for cures of inflammation ulcers displacements fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache and nervous prostration.
Local ad urges customers to avoid paying extra for glasses, claiming Wilson Bros. offers the same products at lower prices. It touts in house lens grinding by skilled opticians and invites readers to bring their own lenses and parts for repair.
A reader-letter urges a young woman to quit an unscrupulous employer despite higher pay. It warns of his familiarity and harmful intentions, praising ending the job and seeking safer work while guarding against similar predators in the future. Elaine signs the plea with goodwill.
Word reached Malden yesterday that Miss Florence M Ride nour of Chicago wed Stuart Pierce last Monday afternoon. The ceremony connected families in Chicago and Malden, marking a union reported by a Malden mother as gossip and confirmed locally.
A nostalgic poem contrasts a child’s effortless sleep with an aging speaker. The verse recalls nightly rituals with humor and touches on the lasting ache of sleeplessness in later life.
Mildred Champagne answers a reader about a fiancé who hugged a partner so tightly she nearly suffocated. She argues tenderness matters but consent and comfort define right. She notes lovers must share tastes in intimacy and that mismatched desires harm marriage prospects.
A recipe note from Mrs Franks U King Hyde Park describes half a calf liver fried and seasoned with mustard pepper eggs and butter with water. A second filling recipe from Mrs W B Sneal Fairfield Me uses molasses brown sugar butter spices soda flour eggs and raisins for a layered cake filling.
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