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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1914
Page
11
The Sewing Circle in the Boston Post hosts reader letters on women working and marrying, pensions for mothers and widows, and marital tensions. Respondents advocate self support, critique old stereotypes, warn against wine, and seek housing and employment guidance.
Mr Burrill advocates daily dental care equating it with physical exercise. The note encourages brushing and routine maintenance as essential for health.
A girl discovers Burrill's toothpaste works through tooth enamel, reducing dentist trips and leaving a refreshing feeling of cleanliness. Sold in paste in tubes or powder in 25 cent bottles, the product emphasizes hygienic results.
The leading department and drug stores advertise Savon Cadum a medicated French soap for skin and complexion. Made in France it cleanses the skin opens pores and aids breathing. Cadum soap is described as pure softening and soothing priced at 50c a cake.
A collection of notable letters appears in the Sunday Post, featuring reader insights and community voices from the weekly Sewing Circle. The items showcase varied opinions and anecdotes shared by readers.
Cantaloupe recipe explains removing seeds and rind then cooking with water cinnamon and sugar to thicken and sealing in sterilized jars. A hint of strawberries improves flavor and a note signed by Mrs J E Harlow of Revere appears with a blackberry cobbler and blueberry option in similar style.
Oscar Krause known as the Kansas giant has quit show business and will marry. He has picked a seven footer from Maryville, Missouri as his future wife. Krause stands eight feet tall and the wedding news came from Ottawa, Missouri.
Worth revives old time gowns with tiers of ruffles and a rose tinted satin body skirt covered in tulle. A panne velvet corsage with a velvet girdle wound about the figure ends in a bow at the back. Long sleeves and a frilled collar finish with a bow of artificial roses at the belt.
The Coleman Lifelike Score Board will depict the Cincinnati game with play by play action for Boston fans at the Arena. The device shows automated players, base running, and outs with color coded uniforms and umpire signals, promising a realistic substitute for bleacher seating.
Word reached here of Dr Lauri Wold a Harvard man appointed to the faculty of the law school at the State University of North Dakota in Grand Forks He earned the degree of doctor of the science of jurisprudence at Harvard this year and is a South Dakotan by birth He graduated from Harvard in 1910 and from Harvard Law School in 1918.
Mrs. Hattie Sanders of 653 West Fifth Street received a basket thought to hold four watermelons but found a two week old girl baby inside. The infant is thriving.
A Boston physician and several City Hospital nurses volunteer for European service. Dr. Pierce P. McGann of Somerville is the first to go, a Tufts Medical School graduate and former surgical interne at City Hospital. He sailed on the Arabic last week after arranging Red Cross duty with officers abroad. Dr. O B Blern also seeks assignment and awaits word from the Washington Red Cross head.
In a casual exchange Barney says he makes about six dollars a week with tips. He notes that money disappears fast as he grows, especially when buying pants.
Dorothy Warner, 18, and her brother Richard 20, invite their motherless father’s brother Uncle Bob to stay a week or longer. Dorothy debates the extra burden versus giving him a home, ultimately deciding to invite him with support from Richard. Uncle Bob travels on the four thirty train and arrives neatly dressed.
The New Bedford Standard lists Buzzards Bay islands including Cuttyhunk Penikese Nashawena Pasquenese Great Naushon Nonamesset Uncatena Weepecket Quemquamaquissett Monohansett Menanhant Cotuit Cataumet Gansett Tuckernuck Sippican Cohasset Muskegat Nantucket Teaticket Pocasset Titicut Sankaty Head Cotochesett Squibnocket Satucket Mattakeset Succanesset Namasket Coonemasset Mattapoisett Mashpee Nausett and mulls the cadence of lingo while inviting readers to ponder aboard the Flying Dude.
After a visit with Uncle Bob, Polly and Dot learn their efforts will fund Pat’s college dream. Uncle Bob reveals he has enough money to support them all and Dot offers forgiveness to Polly. Dorothy then decides to attend college herself.
George Schoonover of Columbus Indiana has long eaten glass carpet tacks and knife blades with no illness until a spike in pork and beans intake sent him to the poor asylum.
A cultured young woman at a fancy dress ball asks about Crabbe's Tales. Her partner replies the tales were not eaten, but he admits being drawn to lobster's claws.
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