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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1912
Page
7
Priscilla scolds a young girl for planning to elope with a lover. She urges delay until at least age 20, warns of social and financial consequences, and stresses responsibility and self restraint. The tone is admonishing and moralistic.
A reader signoff scolds a suffragette for a letter about refusing to make hot breakfasts for her husband. The writer argues she would not want hardship and urges her to focus on home life. The note ends with the name Vera.
The author argues for personal choice in wearing earrings even with newer screw back designs. They oppose nose rings as barbaric, noting fashion shifts reflect individual taste and challenging old fashioned images of mothers or grandmothers with dainty looks.
In a polite exchange, Katherine argues that wearing earrings does not prove immodesty and suggests that if they are coming into fashion, she should wear them proudly.
A reader attacks a suffragette letter criticizing modern wives and breakfast routines. The writer urges women to rise and care for husbands, calling the author tyrannical and suggesting self harm as a wakeup cue. The exchange reflects tensions over gender roles and domestic expectations.
A 37 year old wife signs as MOTHER NO. 1 and writes Barbera about twenty years of marriage. She recalls leaving a fine home for poverty and sickness yet enduring with a kind husband and loving children. She asks Barbera to find happiness on her own 20th anniversary.
A letter from Frances of Maine to the Sewing Circle discusses frugality in clothing and household expenses. She notes shoe costs under 3.50, hats under 5.50, corsets at 16 for many pairs, and a husband earning up to 50 weekly while she earns 15 to 20. She mentions three children, a seven year old baby, and plans to buy a home.
A letter from a reader urges a woman to reconsider her husband’s travel expenses and suggests he should walk rather than use car fares. The writer comments on a nominal change to Mrs Henpecko and expresses pity for the husband’s situation.
The Sunday Post features The Sewing Circle in a brief note highlighting its return for weekend readers. Local readers are invited to join discussions and crafts events at the community center.
Moorfield Storey and Erving Winslow of the Anti Imperialist League protest further friar lands sales to President Taft. They note congressional investigations and four reports urging Congress to act on the lands sales.
Former Governor John L Bates as receiver for National City Bank sues President Edwin Dresser and Cambridge directors in Suffolk Court seeking restitution of $897,000 looted by George W Coleman. The suit accuses the defendants of neglecting bank affairs for at least five years before the 1910 suspension. Coleman currently serves a 15 year term at Greenfield jail. Judge Robert O Harris will hear the case with Cambridge’s Dresser and directors Barber Sumner Dresser Gale Richardson named as defendants.
In Columbus Ohio on December 31 Andrew J McCorrell of Findlay will enter the penitentiary to serve six years for robbery. After sentencing he and three others assaulted Sheriff Johnson and escaped. McCorrell feared he had killed the sheriff and heard he talked about it in his sleep while jailed for drunkenness. Turnkey notes alerted Findlay authorities and the governor ordered the prisoner returned.
In Bremerton a jury of six women convicted Mrs. Mary Johnson of pounding Mrs. Rook on the head with a rock during a dispute. The stone became Exhibit A in the case.
The event in Lorimer Hall featured readings of The Blasphemer by Charles E. Bakstrow and addressed Kipling’s Female of the Species. George Willis Cooke of Wakefield spoke on Mother Right and the impact of economic conditions on women's status. He noted Socialist party members' tension over voting for Mrs. Susan W. FitzGerald for school committee without leaving the party.
A school meeting debates reform party strategy, women’s rights, and the impact of economic and environmental factors on gender roles. A Boston Post investigation petition is mentioned. A Bakstran poem critiques divine right and male dominance, while a Belgian Zeebrugge crew story shifts to South American operations and neutrality disputes in Antwerp.
The steamer Zeebrugge sailing October 12 from Antwerp with a cargo said to aid Portuguese royalists instead delivered 250 tons of powder four cannons a machine gun 6000 rifles a wireless set uniforms and other military supplies to Paraguayan revolutionists. Two English and five Spanish passengers were aboard Africos led the operation once land was out of sight.
Miss Hannah Farran aged 70 and Miss Norah Williams aged 45, both of 186 Hudson Street in South Boston, were knocked down by an outward bound car while crossing Dorchester avenue at Sixth street. Farran suffered scalp wounds and contusions and was taken to City Hospital along with Williams, who was not seriously injured. The crash was attributed to slippery rails.
A chimpanzee named Charlie escaped its handler near Tremont and Clarendon streets on a Sunday morning. The crowd fled indoors as the animal scampered about in a black frock coat and silk hat before being chased by Harold Henderson. Charlie and Flora, both part of the Hilliard family’s trained primates, are set to attend a hotel dinner with Mme Carmen Melis this Wednesday.
St. Augustine's Lyceum of South Boston will install officers for the coming year at a New Year's dinner and entertainment tonight at the Lyceum headquarters on National Street. The 1874 founded Catholic group boasts a record of achievement in the state. Officers elected last meeting include John H. Newman president John L. Monahan and John F. Shaughnessy vice presidents Dr. R. N. Daley treasurer John McCoubrey financial secretary John J. Fouhy recording secretary Andrew J. Leahy librarian and John J. Lane superintendent. The Rev Father Costello serves as spiritual director.
A Boston Opera House program featured Henry F. Gilbert's Comedy Overture on Negro Themes with strong finish and American character. Evelyn Scotney and Felix Fox drew acclaim in arias and Liszt pieces. Cavalleria Rusticana in concert form impressed. Verdi Otello to follow with Melis and Zenatello in cast. Moranzoni conducted.
In Bushire Persia on December 31 the British government rushed troops to Persia to guard consulates and trade routes. Indian Sowars escorted the British consul W A Smart to Shiraz after an attack by Kashgar tribesmen. The cruiser Fox landed 169 men of the Indian Carnatic infantry.
Muscatine grand jury completed investigations into the Button Workers strike and returned nearly 30 indictments. No names released, but it is believed several labor officials are among those indicted.
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