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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1912
Page
11
Tommy cannot sled due to lacking snow while his father notices wealth around, a violinist named Schneckerheim arrives and laments money’s humiliation. The father buys the violinist a cab and, with the entertainment of imagination, purchases a flexible filer for Tommy to aid his play and make believe.
An advertisement offers inexpensive tonics for hair growth and scalp health. It promotes quinzain mixed with alcohol and water for dandruff, oiliness, and luster, and pyroxin for eyebrows and lashes. A crystal eye tonic and a glycerine almond cream jelly are described to improve skin, with a body builder tonic using sugar and hardene in alcohol for purification and clearer skin.
A Middletown reader recounts eczema on her hands improving after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment and Cuticura Pills. She notes her baby daughter’s rash cleared with Cuticura, and she urges others to try the products, listing prices and mailing details for free samples.
A 17 year old asks which suitor to marry amid two proposals. The adviser notes the closer hugger may tempt her but warns to consider support and maturity, advising not to marry for two or three years and to value more than affection.
A 24 year old man asks how to handle his beloved in Waltham whose father blocks letters. The advisor urges a direct visit to the father to demand explanations, arguing frank confrontation earns respect and reveals whether the girl or family oppose the match. The letter-writer is urged to seek clarity through personal talk.
Soft taffetas and surahs highlight natural or tan effects from pale champagne to khaki. Indoor dresses and robes show oriental and classic cuts, petticoats shrink to narrow drop skirts, and velvet frocks in blue green brown or purple gain trimmed with black braid. Shadow-mesh ceilings in white and color rise with new styles, while plush bonnets and Granny bonnets charm children.
A reader explains a coded system where stamp placements convey feelings from love to hate. Upside down left corner says I love you, middle right edge Write immediately, centre top Yes, right corner opposite No, and other positions express consent, engagement, longing, friendship, or acquaintance.
The stage director advises Dolly to gain experience before seeking bookings. He notes that clubs and societies can help gauge reception. He stresses years of study and hard work to attract public interest and avoid self judgment.
A reader proposes naming a club the Youre Matrons Club in a note attributed to Arthur's Moyer suggesting a playful, community oriented title. The suggestion appears in a column of informal musings.
Jeanette appeals to Brown Betty and others to welcome and guide those drawn to forbidden love. She urges viewing Affinity Hunters as souls seeking God, acknowledges personal rebirth, and argues hunger for love must be fed rightly. She stresses that even those who fall can rise and help others.
Dear Sisters I ask how to make plaster of Paris plaques with success. The plaster runs beneath the picture and I wonder if tin or agate plates must be used. Dad is asking.
A reader describes a family struggle with a hard drinking father and a mother facing challenges. The letter asks for guidance on how to handle the difficult home situation and seeks practical counsel from the Post Sewing Circle.
A girl writes that a father works two years for 12 dollars a week and wastes it while five siblings depend on her. She has two healthy but unemployed brothers, one a drunkard, and two younger sisters. She questions whether to leave school for work despite friends urging to stay in school.
A personal letter from Janet to Barbara celebrating a new baby girl. The writer shares joys of motherhood, hopes for the child, and reflects on aging, family forgiveness, and caring for a newborn. She offers practical tips on nursing, outings, and dressing, noting her own long marriage and happiness.
A reader named Adeline urges seeking legal counsel to verify the legality of a marriage. If doubt remains after a lawyer’s report, she advises requesting a second marriage in the current state to ensure legitimacy for her and her child.
A reader asks where to study coin values. Antique interest prompts recommendations for local classes, clubs, or resources to assess old coins and numismatic basics.
A New York insurance policy valued at 5 million dollars was issued to cover loss from highwaymen during a three hour transfer of cash and securities from the burned Equitable building. The money must be moved through six city blocks in New York under guard.
An advertisement claims Pape's Diapepsin cures indigestion by stopping fermentation in the stomach. It promises almost instant relief after taking a 22 grain dose, addressing symptoms like heartburn belching nausea and full feeling after meals and urges readers to ask their pharmacist for the 50 cent box.
A collection of desserts and dishes with molasses fruit puddings orange pie and boneless flank roll. Mrs T W Mitchell from Richford Vermont shares Christmas pudding instructions while Mrs Mabhl Donahue of Worcester offers orange custard pie with meringue and a meat preparation by Mrs C A Hammar.
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