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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1913
Page
11
The Boston Post Sewing Circle invites readers to share home life questions and advice. Letters debate whether a family can live comfortably on $8 to $15 weekly, with responses urging practical work and education, and cautioning against sacrificing family time for low earnings.
An advertisement promises quick relief from backache lumbago and sciatica by rubbing St Jacobs Oil on the back. It claims the treatment is harmless doesn't burn or discolor skin and offers noticeable improvement after a single use with a trial bottle available at any drug store.
Readers debate the meaning of obey in marriage as women pledge to follow husbands. Letters praise submission, question autonomy, and defend male authority while stressing domestic harmony and discipline in the home.
Mildred Champagne answers a young woman about propriety in visiting a male friend's home for supper. The letter stresses chaperones, presence of an elderly or married woman, and that a true friend should protect the girl from compromising invites.
Miss Mary Swartz reveals Louis Chanoch alias Polansky is living with a second wife at 127 Beacon street Chelsea. Chanoch faces bigamy and non support charges after Mrs Swartz traced him 4200 miles from Kiev to Boston and led police to the Chelsea home.
Mrs Swarts testifies that Louis Polansky of 118 Beacon Chelsea and she intended to marry in 1911 but no record of a marriage exists. Chonach, unaware wife has arrived from Russia, faces arrest for non support. two women claim marriage and two children noted.
The Massachusetts Coast Artillery Corps M V M hosts an indoor open handicap meet at South State Armory on Saturday evening January 24. Events include sprints distance races hurdles high jump relays and a Pfaff trophy scratch run open to military groups with local colleges and clubs expected to compete and a large crowd anticipated.
Poem by Walt Mason urges smiling through hardship and hardship like taxes and pain. Encourages cheerful resilience, humming a triumphant hymn, and refusing to swear when faced with thistles and misfortune. Reflects early 20th century upbeat moral tone.
A literary exchange targets Walt Mason for satirizing Haggard and Oppenheim, accusing him of caustic rhymes and pandering for money. The critic praises Mason’s humor but urges him to keep pride and craft intact while continuing his verse.
Retired city official Mr. Corco Ran died at Quincy City Hospital from injuries after falling from a wood pile while helping unload a cord of wood on December 3.
Natick reports a $10,000 breach of promise suit filed in Cambridge Superior Court. A 61-year-old man Thayer allegedly courted a 71-year-old woman, moved his livestock to her Nutting barn, quarreled on Dec 7, and is accused of destroying property and harming a six-month kitten. Thayer’s Sudbury farm and Natick Savings Bank account are attached. Francis B Burns of Boston represents the plaintiff.
Frederick A. Thayer, a wealthy Natick farmer, faces a libel from Mrs. Kate E Nutting claiming an April party romance led to promises of marriage and a planned Christmas wedding that was later called off. Nutting alleges Thayer urged marriage and lingered at her home with his horse and buggy, sparking public remark about their engagement.
Newport December 19 A permanent injunction was granted by Justice Brown in the Superior Court in the case of Henrietta H. Vassar of Cambridge Mass against Jere A. Downes to stop the sale of mining machinery at the Portsmouth coal mines. Downes holds a mortgage on the lease to Henry M. Whitney of Boston. The order also calls for an accounting.
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