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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
6
Advice on mutual care in marriage emphasizes balance between giving and receiving in domestic life. Encourages women to attend to their husband’s comfort, while noting the man’s efforts in courtship and the need for reciprocation through affection and shared duties.
A stenographer asks whether chewing gum at work is acceptable amid office objections. She notes coworkers frown on gum and recalls a supervisor comment, arguing it harms no one and comparing it to a coworker's tobacco use. She seeks guidance from the Sisters.
A Cambridge mother cautions a young woman about marrying men aged far beyond her years. She urges the student to focus on study, delay marriage until at least two years older, and notes the girl’s flirtatious behavior.
Vernon recalls resolving to let the other speak first, with silence for a wrong word and remorse for the transgressor. After 18 years of marriage and five years since his partner’s death, he sees their life as one long day of courtship and offers hope to Sewing Circle readers.
A reader scolds a mother for supporting her daughter who dates a married man. The letter attacks the idea that wives lack feelings and urges the daughter to forgo the relationship. It calls for changing the marriage vow and mocks social norms, ending with a pointed critique of the couple’s prospects.
A young woman recounts a rushed marriage at 16 to a 19 year old, desertion after 15 months and a baby. She describes parental forgiveness and support from her family while balancing lingering love and heartbreak.
A wife defends marital happiness and rejects a harsh standard for women. She recalls a decade of marriage since age eighteen, noting constant togetherness, minor disputes, and contentment despite public judgments. She condemns moralizing expectations placed on married women.
Some of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle will be printed in Sundays Post. The note hints at reader submissions and upcoming feature in the community newspaper.
Mrs. William Dillon 1111 Spruce Street Philadelphia, formerly Eva Myers, left Aug 6 to visit her Cambridge relatives and has vanished. An 18 year old brunette five feet four inches tall with brown eyes, wavy hair, and white teeth was last seen in transit between Philadelphia and Cambridge. Her father Charles S. Myers has notified Cambridge and Boston police for help.
At the eighth annual convention of the National Association of Mercantile Agencies in Spokane Washington W S Radway general manager of the Credit Reporting Company of New England was chosen vice president for the ensuing year. Sidney E Blandford head of the credit department of the R H White Company was named a director of both the National Association of Retail Credit Men and the Credit Reporting Company of New England.
Carmen’s Union held a meeting at Phoenix Hall Boston Street announcing 264 workers from Boston Elevated power plants car barns and repair shops joined the union The shop and mechanical branch now reports a larger membership and says some departments are fully union They plan a Labor Day parade with Carmen’s Union division in line likely 700 members.
Mrs. Nora Daly Cavanaugh sister of Daniel E. Daly editor of a local daily and ex Alderman William Daly dropped dead tonight on East Haverhill street with her husband. She owned a manicure parlor in the Bay State building and had been married two years. Death was due to heart trouble.
Word reached Quincy yesterday that Lieutenant Herbert W. Spear chief engineer of the United States revenue cutter Seminole died today in Edgartown where he had been confined the past year with heart disease. He was born in Quincy fifty one years ago.
Robert Simpson a 63 year old druggist of 396 Hanover street married his sister in law Miss Lydia G Coffin in Brookline on Monday. Coffin the former wife's sister has kept house for him since his wife died.
The Boston Joint Council of City Department Employees' Unions passes resolutions urging Mayor Fitzgerald to establish a municipal lighting plant. The council endorses Senator James P. Timilty for re election citing wage gains and support during the street car strike. A Labor Day parade plan is approved as a council sub division of the Boston C S U. Park Department delegates report a petition for overtime seven days a week for six day pay. A special committee will meet mayor and park officials over the issue.
The Bay State lacked a governor or acting governor yesterday as Governor Foss campaigned in Vermont and Lieutenant-Governor Luce was in Maine. Normally the governor informs the lieutenant governor to act in his absence.
Officials at the Ainsley foundry in East Everett approved a $3.50 minimum wage for all eight workers and the men will return to work today. Union organizer William John of the Tron Steel and Brass Moulders and Care Makers' Union said three other small foundries plan to sign today.
A small blaze on Bartlett Street, tied to the number 13 in many details, was extinguished before noon. Firefighters from Engines 4 and 8 and Ladder 1 arrived to find a five story brick building damaged by a baker's dozen of sticks and 13 bottles on the roof. Joseph Rubin, 18, Bowdoin Square, helped extinguish the fire after responding to 13 shrieks of fire from a half clad woman. Damage estimated at 13 dollars. Firefighting units returned to the house in 138 minutes, under Patrolman 133’s orders.
The death of Countess de Ferre, a Connecticut born widow and close friend of Dowager Queen Alexandra, was reported from San Francisco. At 387 years old she lived in semi seclusion and wrote, having finished a book of poems and working on a novel. Her body will be sent to New York for burial.
Mrs Marion Ellen Shepard of Adams visiting Pittsfield faces cruelty to animals charges after a horse left in the street was found by a liveryman next day. The case follows Tuesday’s arrest of Henry G Tiffany for the same offence and involves McElroy and another unidentified woman who drove to Lebanon New York and never returned the horse.
A Vermont woman reports her hands and arms were crusted and split by a skin condition. She credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with curing her, and the ad promotes Cuticura products for pimples, itching, dandruff, and other skin issues with a free sample offer.
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