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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
9
The Sewing Circle in the Boston Post invites home makers to discuss family, home economy, children care, gardening, and related topics. Readers may write with pen names, ask questions, and seek practical advice for domestic life.
A 1911 verse tirade argues murderers with money escape while other criminals face harsher fate. Walt Mason attacks legal systems, satire on acquittals, and the spectacle of trials, contrasting justice for the rich with harsher penalties for lesser crimes.
The passage discusses how in laws and family pressure can dominate a marriage. It advises evaluating whether objections come from selfish motives or genuine misfit. It emphasizes delaying marriage if the couple is not well suited and suggests a plan balancing study with future coupling.
TIZ offers a cure for sore feet with claims of relief for tender and swollen feet. The ad presents bold assurances of effectiveness regardless of what ails them.
A police officer from Austin Texas praises TIZ as a superior foot remedy that clears sore feet and keeps them in perfect condition. The brochure claims TIZ draws out poisonous exudations and prevents bunions and callouses, sold for 25 cents at druggists or by Walter Luther Dodge & Co. of Chicago.
George Crawford returns to his village for vacation and overhears Mabel Howard arguing with her mother before discovering she is rehearsing a line that sets up a stage romance. He misreads the scene, then attends the local entertainment, sees Mabel in performance, and learns she is playing a virtuous heroine who chooses Herbert over the disreputable suitor.
Ground meat and suet seasoned with molasses su gar and spices then blended with California brandy and stored in a stone jar. Instructions note thinning for pies with cider and a Mr s Charlotte Becker Roxbury address. Also a batter and muffin tin recipe with flour eggs milk and salt for baking.
Letters from readers share resolutions for 1912. One resolves to rise early to tend a furnace for a weary 74 year old husband. Another vows to limit pin money from a $14 weekly wage and restore balance. A third plans a theatre club to replace bridge and involve husbands. The fourth proudly announces welcoming a seven pound baby girl at Christmas.
Dear Sewing Circle argues against dividing family income into three parts with a fixed allowance for the husband. The writer warns that ten dollars a week would tempt men to sin through billiards tobacco and other vices, even without drinking.
A reader from Dorchester criticizes a husband who wants his wife to wear his late first wife’s clothing. She mocks the notion, suggests he should rethink, and raises concerns about wearing another man’s garments and the mismatched sizes. She ends by declaring she is glad not to be his wife.
A letter arguing against the fashion of ear piercing and jewelry. the writer contends refined women should avoid ear holes and compares the practice to savage customs in Africa and the Cannibal Islands, urging logical consistency.
The item notes the Sewing Circle appears in the Sunday Post with coverage or reference in the same paper set.
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