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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1913
Page
17
Readers in the Sewing Circle discuss the right to marry whom they love versus laws restricting unions with unfit partners. A mother questions reform schooling for daughters and a woman recalls how warnings awakened curiosity and led to marriage with a dissipated man.
A reader argues for state care of all children once they can function independently, housing them in large nurseries run by salaried matrons to reduce class disparities. Mothers could visit but not influence training, aiming to lower child mortality and instill equality before schooling, with eventual return to family homes.
A Sunday Post page features home cooking guidance with beef stew layering instructions using beef onions potatoes flour salt pepper cloves and steam for four hours. It also includes dessert guidance with a vanilla custard style pudding using milk water cornstarch sugar and stiffly beaten egg whites.
The Rev. Dr. Loren A. Clevenger assumes pastorate at Broadway Baptist Providence. Rev. F. H. Page of Waltham Congregational Church takes leave January to October for Europe and Holy Land travel. Haven Chapel bazaar ends tonight. Melrose pastors join no license rally in Memorial Hall. Russell Club of Melrose Universalist to stage minstrel and cabaret in Memorial Hall tomorrow. W L Hubbard to speak on Tales of Hoffman at Park and Downs Congregational Quincy. Evangeline Young to discuss Practical Eugenics at Trinity Methodist Charlestown Monday. Rev. George A. Gordon Old South Church to lecture on Leading Personalities in Old South Church History and the Civil War.
A reader questions whether a young man is a gentleman for refusing to shake hands with a woman due to differing views. Mildred Champagne argues Latin practice favors handshakes, calls the behavior sulky, and notes the sister’s misgiving would be warranted if the rudeness was deliberate.
Paragraphs note fads in fashion with velvet brocaded ribbons and thistles, a shorter chemise about 29 inches, weekly shifts toward velvet, winter wraps with upward draping, metalwoven tissues for evening wear, and daintier underwear with silk. New angora sweaters feature fur collars and cuffs.
A classic advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the quick remedy for indigestion gas sour stomach and dyspepsia claiming stomach distress relief within five minutes. It urges readers to buy a fifty cent case and keep it at home for immediate relief with no harmful effects.
Market captions show fowl plentiful despite Thanksgiving demand. Eggs, turkeys, chickens remain available with varied prices at Faneuil Hall and on the street. Fresh seafood and vegetables also listed with multiple per unit prices.
The note lists prices for finnan haddie, flounders, calves liver, beef liver, beef kidneys, spring lamb, and sirloin. It also shares a recipe from the Econ omy Administration Cook Book by Mrs John Franklin Shafroth for eggplant fritters, detailing boiling the eggplant, mashing pulp, seasoning, mixing with flour and milk and eggs, then frying in hot lard.
Caroline F Bates an 81 year old resident of 181 River Street Cambridgeport received a birthday surprise last night from nearly 100 old friends. She previously lived 64 years on Lynde Street in the West End. Her son Edward Bates long served as a Boston police officer at School and Tremont before retirement.
A preview notes a forthcoming Post Magazine article by Dr Edwin F Bowers on the causes of colds and their remedies. The piece promises health guidance for readers planning next Sunday's issue.
Customs inspectors seized jewels and wearing apparel valued at $100,000, property of Mr. and Mrs. W. Allen Dunlap, who arrived on the steamer Olympic November 12. Dunlap’s claim for exemption as a non resident was rejected.
Dunlap told Treasury agents he and his family had been abroad for a year and would return to a Garden City Long Island home for the winter. He claimed a permanent English home when questioned about the Olympic arrival. Papers in the case were to be sent to the US district attorney next day. Dunlap was the son of the late Robert Dunlap, founder of a hat business. He married Miss Lavendar Byers of Milwaukee in 1907.
A grand jury will begin tomorrow into the death of Mrs John Grondin who moved from Waterville Maine six months ago. Coroners jury says death resulted from gas inhalation and the body will be exhumed by Chief Deputy D A Ford as relatives hire special counsel Earl Rogers represents the Grondins accusing forgery in a farewell note and seeking full investigation into possible drugging and placement to reach fumes.
A Silk Craft exhibition is featured in the Art Needlework Department at Jordan Marsh Shepard Norwell Co. The display shows Silk Craft Embroidery Outfits by M Hemingway & Sons Silk Co with free 15c Transfer Patterns, directions, and color previews. The promotion urges immediate visit for free copies of Silk Craft Embroidery Magazine and ideas for Christmas gifts.
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