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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1912
Page
13
A reader, 22, asks whether to end a relationship after seeing his partner in a cafe with fashionable companions and alcohol. The advisor urges dialogue, understanding, and caution, noting she may have acted in a weak moment and urging the man to help her avoid harmful company to protect her reputation.
A 20 year old bookkeeper asks whether to trust a charming man with a shady past. The columnist urges judging by present actions, not history, and suggests supportive friendship if genuine reform is underway, while advising vigilance and clear ideals to inspire better conduct.
A dialogue in which Jayne Gray and Agatha discuss saving money and planning for a future home. The pair explore finances, independence, marriage timing, and social expectations for women seeking security and autonomy in a constrained era.
Oo B Wise explains a quick breakfast strategy to start the day warm and efficient. He details banking the kitchen fire at night and waking to a cozy room and fast hot meals such as creamy overnight oatmeal, shredded wheat, eggs or bacon, and toasted bread with butter.
A letter celebrating motherhood to Stephanie Browning, praising women who nurture children and develop minds. The author compares maternal devotion to a larger life mission and urges empathy for other mothers while affirming husbands and family roles.
The speaker urges not to seek praise and to find comfort with children, stressing duty without expecting compliments. They share 16 years of marriage with unpredictable kindness from a partner, leading to a rule of ignoring praise and focusing on daily duties.
A 19 year old wife, married 14 months, saves to leave work for housekeeping. She and her husband prefer home evenings with friends calling, but friends complain and lecture her for giving up social time. She asks Sisters of the Circle for guidance on balancing marriage and social duties.
A letter from Home Body appeals to unmarried women readers not to generalize about men. A four year married woman with a year and a half old baby describes a pleasant home and urges sisters in distress to consider good men despite personal disappointments.
A mother seeks advice on her six week old baby Genevieve who weighs nearly 14 pounds and sometimes crosses her eyes. She asks fellow mothers if they had similar issues and what remedies were used and effective.
A column quotes an anonymous female writer criticizing smoking as unladylike and filthy. It urges women to speak up and stand for the right, invoking a parable about a brass monkey in a cigar store window to argue against tobacco use.
A brief note from M. Thompson asks for a short list of names for a sewing circle of a few girls inviting suggestions and input for a suitable title or roster.
An old advertisement states Adamson’s Cough Balsam cures coughs grippe and related chest ailments and is available at all druggists.
In Calamity Cove Miss Fanny runs a small shop sole source for tea and coffee. The postmaster explains the Lampton family history a war hero turned justice of the peace and how Cap’n Lige Baker proposed a cooperative system to keep Miss Fanny as the village’s tea and coffee hub. The tale praises communal support and neighborly effort.
Paragraphs describe evening slippers with dainty buckles and rhinestones, large velvet hats in black or seal brown for afternoon wear, and minimal trimming. White reversible coats with black velvet ribbons, and European resort hats showcase abundant ribbon. A lace blouse set with matching cuffs tops outfits.
The Tremont Baptist Church in Boston traces its origins to 1845 from Shawmut Avenue Mission, evolving through names Tremont Baptist and Baptist Mission before adopting its current title in 1870. It now numbers 1143 members and operates an employment bureau educational department kindergarten and relief programs with Pastor Charles C Earle in charge since 1907 and associate pastor Samuel Russell recently called.
Harvard University students organized a permanent Progressive Republican group with about 200 attendees. They endorsed La Follette Roosevelt and Cummins in applause, approved part of the Massachusetts league platform, and formed a committee to outline the Harvard stance for a future meeting. No presidential candidate will be endorsed now.
The January 3 and 4 papers report Alfred Tennyson Dickens and Fighting Bob Evans dying from acute indigestion within hours. The piece urges readers to prepare with STOMACH-RITE, touts the remedy as preventive and curative, and notes availability at Houghton and Dutton Boston and other drug stores.
A home cook shares a beef and veal meat loaf recipe with hard boiled eggs baked in a long roll, plus a prune and bread crumb custard bake, an apples with cream dessert, and a tomato raisin relish. Named contributors include Mrs L M Wheeler Nashua and Mrs P Compton Newton.
An 11 year old narrator reports taking the Free Music Lessons from the U S School of Music and progressing well at home. She later sought further lessons after a teacher, with only music and postage costs required for ongoing weekly mail lessons.
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