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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1912
Page
11
The verse portrays Skaggs bragging about his beans peas squash canned pumpkin and cheese asserting superiority in a boastful salesman style. It notes his trade is falling off and predicts possible ruin in winter due to poor judgment in bragging. Walt Mason is the author.
An advertisement touts a simple, harmless prescription claimed to rapidly increase weight by 2 to 5 pounds in a week. It describes ingredients, dosing before meals, and promises health gains while warning against use by those not seeking flesh gain.
The Sultan of Oman plans a quiet life for his daughter Jeddah Hafez in a cliffside home at Masket. She confesses to Karun, her Bedouin confidante, that she intends to marry an officer connected to British tents and escape to Aden that night. A loyal plan unfolds to flee with her lover, while Weldon and Lane discuss the sultan’s daughter and the risks of discovery.
In Aden a gardener named Weldon woos an Arab woman and faces ruin when Robert Lane reveals his love for her. Lane’s jealous vow leads to desert journey and a broken heart as Lane confronts guilt and madness.
In aid of the Boston College extension fund the Young Men's Sodality of the Church of the Immaculate Conception will hold its annual dancing party Friday evening in Intercolonial Hall Dudley Street Roxbury. Officers include Thomas Meaghan Jr floor director William J Haverty and Joseph H McManus assistants John Raney chief of aides. Reception committee features William J Greene chairman and members Daniel J Dwyer William F Bryant D Danahy and T J Kelliher.
The Sewing Circle page in the Boston Daily and Sunday Post invites New England homemakers to discuss home management, family issues, baby care, gardens, and household economy. Correspondents may use pen names and request advice, writing on one side of the page.
A reader counsels Suzette to avoid an affair with a married man, recounting personal struggle, guilt, and eventual realization that God helps in time of trouble. The letter urges staying with a husband, then shifts to a home decor query asking for color choices, fabric, and monogram bedspread ideas. The piece ends with a reader seeking advice on crafts for a young couple.
A letter advises Suzette to avoid going out with her male companion. The writer warns a husband may object and urges giving up the gentleman friend. The writer shares her own quiet life with friends and a easygoing husband as justification.
Dear Sisters I am building a new house and would like help choosing a color scheme. Please share ideas for interior and exterior colors, palettes, and any preferred contrasts or styles.
A stern letter to a woman accused of leaving her husband warns that men who promise loyalty only seek new affairs. The writer urges the recipient to abandon misguided notions, noting common patterns of deception and the dangers of trusting a charming deceiver.
A reader shares steps to craft plaques using a tray plaster and a soaked picture. Soak the image, dry the tray, mix plaster to cream consistency, press the image into the tray, pour plaster, embed a ribbon, and let set four to five hours before easing the plaque free.
A Roxbury reader asks if he should keep courting a girl whose parents oppose all male suitors. The advisor suggests parental concerns will ease with time, urges the girl to listen to her parents, and advises the suitor to hold on if the girl is worthwhile.
John J. Bagley of 45 Middle Street South Boston was burned on his hands when a can of varnish exploded on a kitchen range. He was removed to Carney Hospital yesterday afternoon. Building damage was slight.
A full page of recipes and menus for the entire week with special hot supper dishes and a comprehensive household helps section planned for the next Sunday Post edition.
Society honors Simon Eisendrath with a gold medal for providing the clue to the license number of the automobile that struck and killed 10 year old Patrick Fay. Eisendrath an architect and his chauffeur Frederick Heyl were arrested. This is the fifth medal awarded for such services.
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