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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1913
Page
13
Acting State Commissioner of Weights and Measures urges customers to require ice weighed at purchase. Ask drivers for a pounds only tally and refuse vague “10 cent piece” pricing. Report short weighting to the Boston office. investigations and prosecutions will follow.
Sealer of Weights and Measures announces a city wide crackdown on short-weight ice sales in Boston. Commissioner Clark reports arrests and force in the field, with drivers caught underpaying customers and price lists that encourage short weighing.
Commissioner Clark urges public action to ensure ice is weighed and sold at 20 pounds for 10 cents, noting drivers may shorten weights. Hull State prosecutions show fines and enforcement. Mayor Sealer comments as Boston and outlying cities show high prices and variable weights under current schedules.
A prominent doctor endorses an Othine treatment to remove freckles. The ad claims fast cosmetic improvement with early applications and promises a refund if results are not satisfactory, offered through Riker-Jaynes and Dutton Drug Dept.
A Boston Post Sewing Circle letter from a nearly 90 year old wife recounts her lifelong devotion to a late husband, recalling how wedding vows and clerical blessing shaped her marriage and expressing concern about modern changes to the ceremony. The plea asks for guidance on duties and recognition in a long, faithful union.
A reader argues for strict budget rules to survive on limited weekly income, proposing cash purchases, saving five dollars weekly, and living on ten dollars while paying rent. Others counter debt is needed for family welfare, while a wife praises a supportive husband who manages wages wisely. The letters reveal tensions between thrift, debt, and domestic duties.
A Manchester reader reports testing male domestic help in kitchens. A college educated man cooked well, created new dishes, and reduced waste, but left for a Boston hotel. The writer argues men are superior in house work when fully committed.
A letter from ONE WHO HAS SUFFERED recounts a Boston couple where the wife pursued elaborate cooking to please her husband. He left for society friends, sued for divorce claiming intellectual unfitness, and remarried a woman who does no housework. The writer reflects on lost happiness and wasted effort.
The Sunday Post features select letters to the Sewing Circle, highlighting reader opinions and anecdotes on fashion, crafts, and housework. These lively notes reveal domestic concerns and practical tips shaping weekly homemaking discussions.
A man entered Mrs. Bessie White's home at 380 East Eighth Street Sunday night and was driven out by her three daughters. Police suspect a gang of sneak thieves active in the area, with $3 taken from Miss Florence White's handbag. Earlier, a youth found at 405 Athens Street via an open window was turned over to police.
The new public service commission takes office today but will not organize until Wednesday as Governor confirms appointments of George P. Law rence and George W. Anderson. The railroad board’s three members become public service commissioners by law today.
Inbound streetcar traffic on Mystic Avenue was delayed about 25 minutes during the 8 pm rush hour when a crew loaded with sacks broke down at the crossing causing a temporary halt.
In a Civil War era vignette, old John Burns stands at the front with a long brown rifle and a white bell crown hat. Rebels press the left flank while the right blares drums. The battle ends with Burns returning to his bees and cows, teaching the moral that courage and identity matter more than weapon or plume.
Instructions urge writers to read the competition rules printed on the Sunday Post editorial page. The note emphasizes adherence to submission guidelines and eligibility details for participants.
An elderly Southern veteran prepares for a Gettysburg visit with his wife Ann and his treasured old canteen. A chance encounter with a Northern veteran rekindles shared memory and the gift of charity. Ann reveals their mortgage troubles and urges forgiveness, ending with a vow to reconcile.
District court changes approved in Manchester amid debate. Judge Harry E. Loverfoot comments on outcomes and timing as the state shifts toward new procedures tonight and tomorrow, with final results awaited after the last session of court.
White Plains N Y June 30 A nineteen year old boy Pietro Robacci was sentenced by Supreme Court Justice Tompkins to be executed in Sing Sing during the week of August 11 The crime was a murder in February in the course of a feud between two gangs of foreigners and Robacci was convicted last week
Floyd Tiffany, a prosperous quarryman of Roscoe in Sullivan county, reportedly died in a dynamite-related incident on June 30 in Middletown. Authorities investigate the death as a likely suicide within his quarry operations.
A travel pitch invites a two week summer trip through Colorado mountains and Yellowstone National Park. The writer offers a pamphlet on a two in one trip and a personal information service to help plan the best itinerary and activities.
A man killed himself using a stick of dynamite after a quarrel with family. Tiffany obtained a prepared charge, ran to a field, laid prostrate, and ignited the fuse, authorities say.
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