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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1913
Page
11
John Roberts stays on his family farm until a fatal accident brings Miriam Morris to his door. He helps the injured and later wins her heart. The couple marries and moves to the city, with John cashing in the farm for $50,000 to start a new life.
Straw hats shrink to small, close fits while large hats dominate. Wraps sit just below the knee and new hats tilt to the side or back. Fashion favors long lines of bows, white voile gowns with embroidered tunics, and orient colorings. For budget wearers, white dresses endure cleaning and remain inconspicuous. Evening gowns trend simple, with minimal trimming and avoided beaded embellishments.
Out of the chill and shadow into the thrill and shine away from famine into the fulness divine. From strife to palm and laurel the rest will be sweet. Beyond death we learn meanings hidden now and wake joyous at gift and surprise. Come Lord to dwell among us and lead the way into the deep swelling song.
Correspondents may use noms de plume and ask questions of each other. They should write only on one side of the paper and address letters to Sewing Circle Editor Boston Post. The Sewing Circle offers a home makers forum on domestic topics and family problems for New England readers.
Readers debate whether parents may claim a share of a child earnings to offset the costs of upbringing. Letters from "Dear Sewing Circle" readers argue for and against requiring soon-to-medical marriage contributions, with anecdotes of in-law tensions and parental sacrifices.
A reader attacks a wife who argues wives should eat less while husbands eat better. The response rebukes the idea that wives are dependent and private citizens, declaring she is the husband’s equal partner and life companion, not a servant.
A discussion about money in marriage contrasts a husband wife dynamic with a mother-in-law. The author disapproves a man passing over his funds to his wife without knowing where they go, and questions who should manage household purchases and tools.
The piece argues women should have ready cash for household work and disputes the idea that a family can live on $12 a week. It lists costly, realistic budgets for rent, food, and daily needs, showing the strain of supporting a family and questioning husbands' support for household spending.
A letter discusses whether a woman may support an old suitor financially without her husband’s knowledge. The writer rebuts the claim that she can be a true wife while aiding her former fiancé, arguing such lending undermines marital trust and proper conduct.
A Maine Woman argues that a husband should not rely on another man for support while pursuing an affair with the man’s wife. She questions the morality of the wife accepting a financially dependent relationship and urges awareness of the wrong in such conduct.
A reader argues that men control fashion and dressmaking from design to payment. She claims husbands and lovers could end immodest styles by not supporting them or dating women who wear them, noting chorus girls as the only exception.
Madison Wis Aug 24 Prayers for the Legislature cost the State 843 dollars about 1 per minute during the 1913 session. Officiating chaplains are paid 3 dollars per invocation. In the Assembly 153 invocations totaled 459 dollars and in the Senate 128 occasions cost 384 dollars. Estimating each of the 281 players at three minutes they cost 1 dollar per minute.
Dear Waiting argues a long relationship justifies a kiss as a birthday gift. The columnist defends kissing as a humane gesture when both people consent, noting promiscuity harms virtue but consented affection over time carries responsibility and questions the need to end an ongoing relationship.
A witty exchange in Yonkers State sman ponders the fate of the old fashioned bicycle rider who could get himself arrested for seorching. Egbert guesses the rider is seorching in another world.
Paul Revere Lodge No. 485 Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers held its annual outing to Gloucester. The steamer City of Gloucester carried about 40 members and friends, leaving Central Wharf at 10 30 a m. In Gloucester, special trolley cars ferried the group to Long Beach for a shore dinner. At 4 p m the steamer returned to Boston. A R Anderson chaired and H Litchfield acted as treasurer. others included E E Whitaker J C Robinson and J E Greenough.
This Seattle report notes a yellow fir in Snohomish county surpassing all Washington and Oregon big tree records. Nearby stumps show 100 to 590 rings, suggesting great age, with neighboring trees measuring three to six feet in diameter.
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