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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1912

Page

9

Home Yeast Breads and Cakes Shared by Miss Anna Folger

A collection of handwritten recipe fragments from Mrs Helen Call and Miss Anna Folger describing dough and batter methods. Instructions include sugar butter salt milk yeast eggs and flour to make stiff batter for round loaves, a spiced almond cake filling, and a layered buttered cake with rice and eggs. plus a chocolate addition and serving suggestions.

Anna Folger Russell's Mills Dartmouth Siso Gour Helen Call

Blackburns Digestive Remedy Ad Claims Quick Health Relief

Marketing copy touts Blackburn products a digestive aid with castor oil cascara ginger and wild semon claiming easy fast relief. It urges readers to try the tonic sold by all druggists and credits The Blackburn Products Co Dayton Ohio.

Blackburn BlackBurn Products Co Dayton Ohio

Boston Post Sewing Circle Page Introduction

The Boston Post presents a Sewing Circle department aimed at women. It invites readers to send in questions on home life, domestic science, child care, cooking, sewing, and related topics for discussion and guidance.

Sear Erg

Dear Hartsesise and the Advice on Divorce

A reader column critiques a woman entangled with a married man. The writer urges self respect and warns against forgiving infidelity while sugering future happiness with a "real man." The piece targets morality, marriage, and personal choice.

Heliotrope Secret Sharing Question

Fragmentary dialogue shows concern over sharing secrets with a husband. The speaker urges openness, suggesting the husband is the rightful confidant and will disclose matters. The text ends mid-thought, with uncertainty about concealment.

Dear Sisters I Hope to Remarry After Divorce

A widow asks advice on remarriage after a long separation from her first husband. She describes years of infidelity and neglect, divorce, and now plans to marry a second time to a man about 14 years her senior who pursues her. She values a stable home and companionship despite her son's disapproval.

Advice on handling marriage conflicts and self support

A column urges avoiding airing marital disputes with friends or family and advises couples to address issues directly. It cautions self reflection, giving partners a chance to resolve, and suggests preparing for self support if considering separation. The note ends with a quirky closing line about AMELIA'S PRIEND.

Amelia

Barbare Pseudonym Change Hint Sparks Family Plans

A letter hints at adopting a girl and raising her as a daughter with a new name, stating intent to sign as Barbare and noting clothes prepared for the child. The author asks to watch the Circle for possible good news soon.

Love Comes Too Late to My Silent Heart

A 19 year old writes of an arranged marriage at 16 for money, no children, and deep longing for a true love. She wonders whether to continue a double life with her husband or be true to the man she truly loves and fears the moral cost of separation.

Bisters

Men Are Bad Enough and Heart’s Affairs Debate

A letter responding to a prior column argues a wife may track a husband’s affairs, defending Heart’s right to monitor her spouse’s activities. The writer questions sympathy toward Heart and discusses marital boundaries.

HOPEFUL Seeks Circle Bond Over Home Matters

A reader, calling herself HOPEFUL, writes from an unnamed sisterhood page seeking membership in a Circle to discuss home matters and share companionship. She notes she has no babies and desires social ties and mutual support.

A Fitting Souvenir To Happiness

Advice column urging couples to melt wedding rings into cravat pins, monogrammed, as a playful keepsake. It weighs on compromise in relationships, advising partners to blend habits and preferences or remain friends if love lacks middle ground.

Kitty I Aéd Jayne Gray

Boston Equal Suffrage Association March program features lectures and plays

The group plans a March lineup on industrial laws affecting women and children. Emily M. Bishop impersonates scenes from the Senate at Ford Hall March 7. A March 1 luncheon, with speakers Tilton, Rich, and Dean Gay, will discuss minimum wage, widows’ pensions, and factory inspection. Alice in Ganderland will be read March 19 at Good Government Association.

Senate Emily M. Bishop New York Twentieth Century Club State House Boston Equal Suffrage Association For Good Government Ford Hall Elizabeth Hughes Tilton Snow Rich State Federation of Women’s Clubs Dean EB. F. Gay Harvard School of Business Administration Lawrence Hougman George P. Morris The Good Government Association Boylston Street Sue Ainslee Clark Massachusetts Women’s Trade Union League Florence Luscomb Department of Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology England Sweden

Gifts for Railroad Man in Portsmouth Presentation

Jere N. Wentworth, newly appointed track supervisor of the Boston & Maine W N P division, received a costly gold watch and traveling bag from the Portland division trackmen. The gift came from section crews between Newburyport and Portland and from the Amesbury Portsmouth Dover and York Harbor Beach branches.

Portsmouth N. H Jere N. Wentworth W. N. & P. Divsion Boston & Maine Railroad Portland Newburyport Amesbury Portsmouth & Dover York Harbor & Beach

Pacific Coast Colonist Tickets via Chicago & Northwestern Ry

One way second class colonist tickets priced 933.00 to Pacific Coast points including San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle and more. Tickets depart March 1 and return affix March 16 with daily excursions guided. For full details contact J Brittain General Agent Washington St Boston Mass.

Pacifico Coast Chicago Northwestern San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle Pacific Coast Brittain Zeral Washington St Tech Boston Mass

Flasks on Love and Sentiment Advice Column

Mildred Champagne counsels a man worried his fiancée visits and works for a woman who has spread false rumors. She warns the fiancée’s company reflects on her judgment and urges breaking ties with the unreliable confidant to protect true loyalty and married prospects.

Mildred Champagne

Dear Miss Champagne Advice to a 19 year old engaged woman

A reader asks about visiting with a male friend during engagement. The letter warns that meeting alone could harm the engagement and suggests inviting the fiancé and the friend to the home to avoid awkward situations. The writer urges fidelity in word deed and thought and questions private meetings.

Thousands Attend Priest's Requiem At Jamaica Plain

Thousands paid last respects as the body of Right Rev Monsignor Thomas Magennis lay in state at St Thomas' Church Jamaica Plain. Mass to honor him was led by Cardinal OConnell with multiple priests assisting and pallbearers from law and medicine. The service follows his passing with burial at Calvary Cemetery Roxbury.

Thomas Magennis St Thomas’ Church Jamaica Plain John A. Sheridan Cardinal O’connell P. J. Supple D. D St. John’s Church Roxbury Bdward J. Moriarty St. Peter's Church Cambridge William H. Fitspatrick St. Gregory's Church Dorchester George A. Lyons Our Lady of Lourdes Mary E. Madden Patrick L. Crayton Patrick M. Keating Superior Court James P. Broldrick John J. Fallon Thomas Minton John Cronin Thomas Condry Michael Dolan Patrick Smith Denis O'Callaghan St. Augustine's Church South Boston John O’brien Church of the Sacred Heart East Cambridge William P. McQuyaid St. James’ Church Boston Richard Neagle

Among the Churches of Greater Boston

The Rev. Thomas Van Ness of the Second Church Copley square is named Billings lecturer for Florida. Pulpit duties at Becond Church will be filled by Rev. Lazen by of Lynn March 8 and Rev. Phalen of Memorial Church of Fair haven March 10. F P Haggard appointed editor of a new interdenominational missionary magazine. Christ Church North End opens every Sunday force with Rev. John W. Suter of Winchester conducting yesterday. Unitarian Ministerial Union meets at Channing Hall today with George W. Anderson speaking on the Minimum Wage and Robert A. Woods discussing the Lawrence Strike. A new pulpit for Third Congregational Church Cambridge was dedicated yesterday by Rev. H W Saunderson. Proctor Academy interests to be discussed at Arlington Street Church meeting with John D. Long, Rev Samuel A. Eliot, and A A Shurtleff present. Tea served by Mrs. Robert Gould Shaw et al. Brockton Christian Endeavor plans a 100-voice mixed choir and orchestra for the State biennial convention in October.

Thomas van Ness Copley Square Billings Florida Becond Mr. Lazenby Lynn Phalen Memorial Fairhaven The Unitarian Ministerial Union Channing Hall Beacon Street George W. Anderson Robert A. Woods South End House Proctor Academy Arlington Street John D. Long Samuel A. Eliot A. A. Shurtleff Robert Gould Shaw Anna P. Tapley Bee F. Kimball Archibald M. Howe

How Cheery Are the Mariners Poem Ballad

A maritime hymn extols cheerful sailors who ride gale and foam with stout hulls and fearless watches. The speaker asks God to temper gales and keep mariners safe as crews praise their ship and steadfast voyage.

Sweat shops in Bay State spark wage talk

Elizabeth Hewes Tilton told a Citizenship Class at South Congregational Church that baseballs are a principal product of western Massachusetts sweat shops. She described workers, mostly women or girls, sewing covers for a dozen balls for about eight cents, renting a clamp from the employer for five cents weekly, averaging roughly six cents per hour. She called the industry a parasite and noted the balls are of cheaper grades with the professional player largely uninvolved. The talk centered on a minimum wage for women and children.

Massachusetts Elizabeth Hewes Tilton South Congregational Church

Former Legislator Walter Burleigh Dies in Franklin New Hampshire

Former New Hampshire state representative Walter Burleigh died in Franklin at age 60 from Bright's disease. He was a prominent local figure and held several county offices.

Franklin N. H Walter Burleigh Bright

Fad and Fashion Trends Spark Spring Vogue

Gq paragraph notes taffetas in fashion, self colored embroidery on coats, crystal parasol handles, fur hats, draped millinery, and blue tan tailored suits. Lace edges lingerie gowns, beaded roses decorate children’s hats, jewelled shoe buckles return, and rough auto coat textures gain favor.

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