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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1911
Page
9
A letter advises new mothers to let household noise continue after a baby sleeps to help the child acclimate. The writer compares home routines to hospital wards and notes the method pays off when a second child arrives. The sender thanks a correspondent and hints at shared spouse traits among sisters.
A widow recounts visiting her sister in Michigan where a farm husband helps with chores, shares tasks, and shows kindness. She contrasts city life with rural partnership, praising the husband and expressing admiration for domestic competence and mutual respect. The letter ends with blessings for Estelle and the husband.
Beatrice writes about her parents divorce after over twenty years of marriage. She urges the reader to consider children before making a painful decision and suggests seeking calm neighbors or a walk to ease fiery language. She expresses sympathy and asks to hear back, signing best wishes.
A reader is advised not to desert her husband, suggested to work on equal footing and trust in divine guidance. The letter encourages staying, understanding his temper, and focusing on his good points as a path to resolution. The piece ends with a brief testimonial about Adamson’s Cough Balsam relieving a cold.
A mother asks for help with a 28 month old girl and a four month old boy who cries each night after 7:30 pm. She bottle feeds the baby, works by hand, and suffers headaches from interrupted sleep while husband travels 15 miles away and returns only every other week.
A reader argues Estelle’s husband aids her work shows good partnership not mere fancy labor. Another writer claims long marriage harmony, sharing child care routines, and expresses interest in a photo of Estelle’s husband. Maine.
A letter from ALMOST AN OLD MAID asks married sisters to share what kinds of work their husbands do that pay $18 or $25 per week. She has been engaged six years. her fiancé earns only $12 weekly. At 36 he and she, 29, hope for a better position before marriage.
Catherine Blasser, 80, testified in the Supreme Judicial Court that she transferred all her property to her son Henry A. Blasser while staying at his Dorchester home last August. Judge Hammond ruled in her favor, finding the transfer made without consideration left her penniless and demanding return of about $15,000 in property.
Representative Matthews of Providence introduced a bill to prohibit smoking cigarettes in public places in the Legislature today. Representative Fortin, a Republican, supported the measure as a push for smoke free public spaces.
Edwin Markham was a blacksmith and herder in early life. Woodrow Wilson, governor of New Jersey, hails from Virginia and once practiced law in Atlanta. W. Post of Battle Creek began as a hardware salesman and manufactured plows. James O Neill, Monte Cristo actor, was a Cincinnati boiler maker. Roy Norton, author, was a Utah lawyer and mine superintendent in Oregon. Francis J Henry, graft prosecutor, bred cattle in Arizona and ran a Fort Apache trading store. he was not related to Michael J. Heney.
Pawtucket introduced an act regulating firearm sales requiring dealers to keep records and render accounts to police. The criminal laws committee was given until Feb 1 1912 to report on returning to capital punishment after a long discussion. Democrats failed to limit committee member compensation to $100 each.
Richard D. Fox, fined 13 dollars in police court for drunkenness, says the 18 dollars paid marked his doom. He was sentenced to three months in the House of Correction for drunkenness in two consecutive days after being fined 15 dollars earlier, of which 13 was paid. He then attempted to reenter his home and was arrested again.
The Forest Hills A A holds its fifth annual ball this evening at Intercolonial Hall on Dudley Street in Roxbury. Attendees include Governor Eugene N Foss Mayor John Fitzgerald John F McDonald Augustus T Donovan Patrick J Brady and Representative William McMorrow.
Charles L. Carr Ward 24 representative pressed William L. V. Newton for an apology at a State House hearing on metropolitan subway bills. Carr argued Dorchester needs a subway to relieve congestion and reduce surface cars, while Newton and others questioned the plan and raised political tensions.
A home kitchen menu shows a beef pork chicken stew with onions and flour thickener served for six from Mrs. J. P. Thibodeau of Skowhegan Maine, plus a tomato butter sauce from Mrs. C. A. Weaver Worcester Massachusetts, and a nut bread recipe from Mrs. F. H. Fiske West Somerville.
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