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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1914
Page
13
Readers discuss debt versus cash living in marriage and seek financial advice. A correspondent argues wives should control household funds while another champions state loans for female education. Other letters defend smoking at home as a personal choice and urge balance for family harmony.
The engagement of Miss Christine Converse of Boston to Augustus S. Cobb of Milton Harvard 07 has been announced by her mother Mrs. Robert G. Shaw. Converse spends summers at Marion and is active in the Sewing Circle and Vincent Club. Cobb is son of Mr. and Mrs. John Candler Cobb and a member of the Exchange Club and Harvard Club of New York.
A letter to a columnist argues against female obedience in marriage. One writer rejects the word obey in marriage vows and endorses independence and mutual respect. A correspondent warns mothers not to interfere, citing daughters’ happiness and lasting marriages.
The Sunday Post features a selection of letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader reflections and community voice on sewing, crafts, and domestic life from local readers.
Meetings in Boston and Washington will decide if the United Fruit Company's fleet of 87 steamers will be registered under the American flag. Directors and managers meet while representatives confer with government officials as German warships roam Cuban waters.
Paragraphs describe footwear with button boots and quarter or gaiter effects. Skirts trend long overskirts open to the waist with rounded corners. Coats for the season feature white chinchilla white velour chevriots and novelty cloths. The long basque with low waist and semi fitting cut is popular, with some styles showing front fullness drawn in crosswise to fit without darts.
A fragile vignette recalls a child named Marguerite coping with loss, speaking of a missing figure, a dead father’s kiss, and brief notes of comfort to mother. The text’s sparse, tremulous lines convey grief through simple, intimate scenes.
Needy North End children attend an outing today hosted by Mrs. A Lincoln Filene in memory of Mrs. Charles Well. The Boston Music School Settlement organizes the event at Franklin Park to acquaint children with Boston's park system and provide a day outdoors.
Five year old Howard Lang son of Mr and Mrs George Lang of 125 Roxbury street Roxbury is on the dangerous list at City Hospital with a fractured skull and serious internal injuries after falling from his home veranda while playing with companions.
An entire page of striking war photographs will be published in the upcoming Sunday Post. The feature promises a strong visual record of recent conflicts with images chosen for impact and documentary value.
A Ohio druggist asks The Practical Druggist for Castoria formulas amid ineffective substitutes. The journal refuses to supply proprietary formulas and urges using the genuine Castoria with its Chas. H. Fletcher signature to avoid mislabeling.
The notice shares a two part rail of cooking: first a fried clam and potato method with a two stage fry and batter details credited to Mrs G W Dow of Portland Maine. It then offers a simple frozen fruit dessert method from Mrs H M Crosby of East Boston with ice and salt pack to chill before serving.
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