Sewing Circle in Boston Post voices on wifes obedience talk
The column invites New England readers to discuss home life and obedience in marriage. Letters argue both for and against a bride promising obedience, with anecdotes about courtship, marital power, and the appeal of a masterful husband.
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Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Sewing Circle
Boston Post
White House
Permison
Greater Boston
Salts Promoted For Backache Kidney Care
A health note extols Jad Salts as a safe, affordable remedy to flush kidneys and spur function. It claims meat eating causes uric acid buildup and that regular use prevents rheumatism headaches liver trouble nervousness constipation dizziness and bladder issues by cleansing the kidneys and neutralizing urine acids.
Exile for the Newly-Weds Dear Sewing Circle
A landlady writes to the Sewing Circle questioning why Boston landlords refuse to rent to families with young children. She owns several tenements, notes her tenants with children are destructive, and imagines harsh discipline or removing children from new buildings. She asks sisters for reasons others tolerate such behavior.
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Sewing Circle
Boston
Greater
Wedlock and Wages in an Economy of Charity
A letter argues that married women who work support others through indirect charity by hiring others for sewing cleaning and laundry. The writer notes personal shifts from stenography to home duties and claims widow and child care needs influenced their choices. Past wage earner signs as A Woman Wage Earner.
Funster Names Highlight Upcoming Sunday Post
The Sunday Post teases readers with letters from the Sewing Circle and features like Muggsy Willie Westinghouse Tiny Tads Dolly Dimple Gasoline Gus and Hank with the Van Loons in next week’s issue.
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Muggsy
Willie Westinghouse
Tiny Tads
Dolly Dimple
Gasoline Gus
Hank
the van Loons
Children Appeal to Post Santa for Christmas Help
Boston Post Santa Claus headquarters received thousands of letters from children describing poverty misery and hard luck. Investigators report case after case of utter destitution urging continued efforts to grant a happy Christmas. The appeal also carries thanks from the writers who speak on behalf of very poor children.
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Boston Post
Santa Claus
Post Santa funds boosted by Boston office workers
The Post Santa drive received strong support from the Boston Post business office and the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. Employees contributed 63.50 and 23.00 respectively, with many volunteers sorting gifts and assembling bundles. A letter from Happyland Ltd praised the effort and promised additional magazines to ensure every child receives a gift.
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the Post
Santa Claus
Children's Fund
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Post
Boston Post
Happyland, Ltd
Frederick Crowns
Boston
Wee
Allen Leroy Graves
Robert and
Melvin Mann
Tate
J. Walsh
Jackie
R Power Eapeee Tee Serene
Boy Scouts
Medford
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Dorchester
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Royalton
Barbara FB. Switser
Woodsyn
Ordesa Holman
Dixtiel
Abington
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Cambridge
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Helen
Joe Eee
Joe K
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Pringtie
Revere
Dole & Bailey
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Anna
Westavelt
Harold
Madeline
Ruth
Baereee
Boston Post Business Office
A. M. Wee
Remember Me When I Am Gone Away
Poem fragment reflecting on memory and farewell. The speaker asks to be remembered, even as time erodes presence, urging acceptance if memory fades and suggesting that finding a smile is better than prolonged sadness.
California Syrup of Figs Endorsed For Children
Mothers urged to use California Syrup of Figs as a safe gentle laxative for children and adults. The ad promotes a 50 cent bottle with directions, warns against counterfeits, and claims it cleanses the liver bowels and soothes the stomach.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Salvation Army to Feed 10000 for Christmas Dinners and Toys
The Salvation Army plans ten thousand 30 pound baskets totaling about 21 tons of food for Christmas in the Caleb Chase Auditorium at the People's Palace. Colonel Gifford has arrangedBoston dealers for eatables. Four to five thousand toys along with candy and fruit will be given to poor children. The event costs about $4500 funded by many small donations.
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Caleb Chase
People's Palace
Colonel Gifford
Boston
East Boston Women Back Curfew Plan For Children
East Boston residents including Lizzie M. Fitch Jennifer Merrick and A J Bulger voiced support for a curfew ordinance requiring children indoors by 8 pm each evening They urged parental responsibility and enforcement to curb late evening street activity amid concerns over conditions in the community.
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East Boston
Lizzie M. Fitch
Home Club
Boston
Jennie F. Merrick
Woman's Suffrage
A. J. Bulger
Fashion Trends Highlight Transparent Tunics and Velvet Fashions
Paragraphs discuss current fads with a transparent tunic, velvet bodices, long loose sleeves, a very English sports coat, a new fish-tailed nightgown in lingerie, mole fur leading fur popularity, and a silhouette featuring the greatest width at the hips.
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Mole
Bryan argues all men can earn a million in a lifetime
Secretary of State William J. Bryan told the New York clerical conference that a lifetime earnings of a million dollars is possible through 33 years of work at high wages. He said true value comes from service to society and government relations, not wealth, citing Jefferson and Lincoln as greater contributors.
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New York
William J. Bryan
New York Federation of Churches
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
A H Smith Heads New York Central Railroads
A H Smith was elected president and director of the New York Central and the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroads to succeed W C Brown who recently resigned. Smith, formerly senior vice president, has been with the New York Central system since 1880s as a division superintendent on the Lake Shore.
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A. H. Smith
NEW York Central
NEW York
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
W. C. Brown
Mr. Smith
Lines
New York Central System
Lake Shore
No Buildings on Common Opposes Surface Pumping Station
The Boston Common Society executive committee notes approval of not placing the high pressure pumping station and fire signal on the Common but under Charles Street. It deprecates any move to reopen the issue and place a 100 by 75 foot structure on the surface of the Common or Public Garden, warning of damage to the famed public park.
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Boston Common Society
Equitable
J. A. Lowell
Boston Common
Commissioner Public Works
Louis R Iice
Charles Street
Chamber of Commerce
America
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Relief for Rheumatism
The advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatism and sciatic cure. It claims instant relief from pain stiffness and swelling by rubbing the tender spots with the product. It urges a small trial bottle from a druggist and notes millions have been cured over fifty years.
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St. Jacobs
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