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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1907
Page
7
At Central Congregational Church Jamaica Plain the Rev Chauncey J Hawkins in a lecture on Family discusses changes in marriage views. He notes past women sought marriage as life’s purpose and the art of winning a husband shaped their lives amid economic pressures.
A discussion on shifting marriage norms and women’s independence, urging better homemaking education for young women. Includes notes on gymnasium culture and a detailed pattern description for a women’s gym suit with yardage and sizing details.
Established 1848 it is called The Honest Dentifrice for sixty years. An alkaline slightly astringent fragrant dedorizer and tonic for the tooth and mouth structure. It urges readers to use it for better dental health.
Medical examiner Dr. George B. Magrath warned that epidemics arise when individuals unknowingly carry disease. He cited smallpox, scarlet fever, measles, diphtheria, tuberculosis, typhoid and malaria and urged immediate medical attention when suspicion exists. He blamed typhoid on contaminated milk and water and noted sunlight helps kill tuberculosis germs. He urged housewives to cooperate with doctors to prevent spread.
The census notes only three fields still not entered by American women fighting in the armed forces driving a street car and stringing wires on telegraph poles. It highlights women blacksmiths plumbers undertakers lawyers preachers dentists architects and physicians and profiles notable figures Mrs. Cynthia Westover Alden founder of the International Sunshine Society and Mrs. Wilhelmina Fleming Harvard astronomer curator of photographs who has discovered eight of the ten new stars catalogued in 200 years.
Hundreds viewed the ruins of St. Mary's Parochial School after a Saturday morning fire. Former pupils recalled the building’s Civil War era history. Rector Rev. Joseph A. Gorman plans to rebuild with no delay, while displaced classes will temporarily use the girls' school building.
A Sunday raid on Chinatown led to eight Mon Gongolians being arrested on Oxford Street with a search warrant. Jim Sing, alleged proprietor, faces charges of setting up and promoting 2 policy lottery, while the others are charged as participants. Ten policy slips and related sheets were seized.
The Rev. Joseph A. Gorman rector of St Marys Church North End has arranged a series of Lenten conferences to be held at the church by the Rev. William J Ennis of Boston College. Each evening the service begins at 7 45 with a special musical service by the church quartet.
Harvard's annual junior prom lights up this evening at the Union with Back Bay patronesses and Wellesley guests. About 400 students in gowns will wear crimson boutonnières as dancing begins at 8:30 and continues to 3 a m amid lavish decorations and palm booths.
Boston’s Chinatown drew crowds for the Chinese New Year preparations with Tom toms, firecrackers, and feasts. Residents expect two weeks of celebration as work pauses for the big holiday observance.
A 22 year old college student writes of unrequited love for a 19 year old girl who favors another friend. The consultant counsels focusing on self improvement, delaying marriage, and building a future to attract the beloved, rather than relying on hope alone.
James Brown a Brookhaven Alabama saloon keeper pays his wife three dollars weekly alimony in pennies. Each Saturday he visits former Justice George W. Hildreth’s office with a bag of copper coins, counts them publicly and delivers them as settlement. Mrs. Brown supports three children and accepts the pennies in the same overt spirit.
A Brooklyn man Edward A. Vance married Elsie W. Schlegel in Bay Ridge after five years of courtship under an assumed name Edward Floyd Field. Two days later Miss Schlegel learned he had a wife and two children and Vance was arrested on abandonment and later charged with bigamy. The Schlegels and society circles were stunned by the revelation.
A collection of satirical quips from German magazines depicting officers, lawyers, lovers, and a magistrate in witty exchanges. The jokes touch on age and inheritance, marriage, absurd excuses, and social pretenses with a light, ironic tone.
The Mutual Benefit Association of R H White Company employees will hold its annual ball on Tuesday evening in Howe Hall at 177 Huntington Avenue. Poole's Orchestra will play as attendees expect a royal good time. Proceeds will bolster the sick fund.
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