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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1911
Page
9
A Maplewood correspondent replies to a letter about saving on twenty six fifty. The writer questions the recipient’s sincerity and warns about economic risk, urging unity among saving sisters and ending with a New Year greeting to readers and the editor.
A note advises a woman to pursue life on the country farm if her husband works the land. It encourages leaving her current path with a good heart and savings in mind, promising happiness in country living.
A nurse offers a simple, preplanned supper idea for a girls party. Suggested prep includes morning bread for hot biscuits, a fruit salad with bananas oranges pineapple Malaga grapes and walnuts, cafe or pineapple mousse, cold ham with hot baked potatoes in a cream sauce, creamed chicken on toast with salad, and playful place cards with guests’ names mixed on plates.
Corrine asks how to treat a Boston fern plagued by slugs that hinder growth. Provide slug control steps including safe gastropod remedies, reducing humidity, improving drainage, and regular pruning. Recommend inspecting for damaged fronds, using slug traps, and keeping plants away from excess moisture to restore healthy growth.
Dear Sisters ask which baby garment is proper silk and wool with shoulder straps or cotton flannel. They also request guidance on the baby’s short clothing outfit, likely from a young mother reader. The tone is instructional and aimed at maternal fashion questions.
A mother asks for guidance to help her 15 to 16 year old daughter stand straight and address rounded shoulders. Sisters suggest exercises and posture tips to improve alignment.
A six year old hair matting problem is described by a reader who kept hair tied up and never combed it out. She asks for safe methods to loosen the tangles without cutting her hair and mentions trying alcohol. She has no helper locally.
Dear Sisters I am 380 years old yet I maintain health. I retire at 9 p m and sleep until 6 a m but rise sleepy with a noon headache. After washing dishes I must lie down half an hour and sleep soundly to ease the headache though I remain sleepy all day. I do all my own housework for my husband and two boys. Sleepy Head.
A woman writes of relocating to rural Maine with two daughters for a year or two, arguing that country life lacks charm without her husband. She notes the cost of necessities and rents, and urges the writer to consider its impact on marriage and companionship.
Letter from FRAU argues American wives cause household discord via diet and drink, urging simpler meals and home routines. She cites German origins, six children, and habits including supper, pipe filling, and beef stock on hand to reduce dyspepsia in husbands.
A reader marks ten years of marriage and five months of alleged mistreatment by her husband. He mocks her spending and hat choices while asserting he can manage with one hat for all seasons. She asks sisters for guidance on enduring rebuke or returning insult in response.
A reader seeks guidance after a troubled marriage. The writer recounts secretly marrying, later suing for support, uncovering deceit and vice, and urges divorce if appropriate. She recommends legal counsel and personal freedom, noting the lack of children and potential for a better future.
A reader shares beauty tips including epsom salt rinses for dull skin and pimples, ginger water, cold cream routines, facial exercises, manicure at night, and alum-based chin bands. The piece ends with a plea for more of Querido’s writings and signs off as OCTOBER CHILD.
Several tested recipes are shared including a rich meat and potato soup with rice and apples of onion and tomato layers, a fried oyster batter dish, a three egg cheese bake and a quick muffin style bread. Each recipe lists precise ingredients and serving directions from named contributors in Woodstock Lawrence Florence Newburyport and Natick.
A reader asks about competing with a roommate for a beloved suitor. The adviser urges staying calm, considering the roommate’s feelings, and valuing true friendship over jealousy. The letter reflects 19th or early 20th century sentiment and advice style.
A young heir seeks guidance on ending a persistent romance without hurting the admirer. The letter suggests avoiding rudeness, leveraging modesty and discernment, and advising toward choosing a partner who values character over wealth, noting virtue and riches seldom align in one person.
A historical humor piece quotes Walt Mason on facing death with wit. He reflects on his career of monologues, public attention, and the looming end, ending with a defiant toast to life and reporters at the dying moment. The dated language evokes early 20th century newspaper style.
The engagement of Miss Emma M Keenan of 4 Shenandoah Street Dorchester to George L Driscoll of 217 Churchill's Lane Milton is announced. Miss Keenan is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs William J Keenan of Ashmont Dorchester. Driscoll is secretary to an assistant superintendent of the New Haven road. The wedding is planned for early spring.
Santiago Chile Jan 8 The central station of the citys entire electric and telephone plant was destroyed by fire last night. Ten dining Pullman and residential cars were burned. The loss is estimated at 2 000 000 dollars.
Among the Churches of Greater Boston reports several church installations and services. Rev Sheed Anderson is installed at All Souls Unitarian Roxbury with Rev Samuel Eliot presiding. Other ministers including Rev William Lyon participate.
A large crowd gathered along the riverway in Back Bay Fens to watch officers clear the ice. Skaters persisted, skating rings around police from Back Bay and Brookline who struggled on slippery ice.
Paragraph notes fad details from gloves to gowns, fabrics, and trims. White gloves remain common, new color palettes include royal blue and peacock green, Paris shading feathers and veils grows, Irish lace motifs appear on bands and collars, and evening coats feature seal plush and fur linings.
In Brunville a swarthy Italian plans to wreck the midnight express to avenge being fired. Flora McConnon warns Danny Donovan, lights the track, and the engine halts before tragedy. the Italian flees into McConnon’s arms.
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