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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1911
Page
7
The Sewing Circle in the Boston Post invites homemakers of New England to discuss family and home topics. Readers may ask questions on marriage, children, health, remedies, baby care, economy, flowers, and gardening and respond with advice, often using an alias. Gypsy seeks a remedy for scars from burns.
Readable notes describe a man watering the Huntington Avenue lawn near the Art Museum each dawn, while other items recount a New York traveler lodging on trolleys, bystanders not aiding two pursuing holdup men, and a busy week of heat, storms, and community life.
A Boston merchant urges passage of a parcels post bill in response to express companies charging high rates. He criticizes the firms for maintaining price control over merchants and warns they may offer a reduced price to influence lawmakers, urging President to push forward legislation.
A bolt of lightning struck George Holmes’s Hartford farm buildings during a storm, causing total destruction of the structures and most of their contents. No injuries reported.
The firm of Orne and Lawrence masons and general contractors, based at 46 Cornhill, has operated in Boston for nearly fifty years. Major projects include Lincoln School Malden and two East Boston schools, plus parish houses for St. Stephen’s and other churches. Rufus H. Orne, senior partner, hails from Gray Maine and lives in Somerville. Charles R. Lawrence, born in Italy, trained at 17 and resides in Dorchester.
In a comic wedding tale, the couple flees via cars while friends plot a prank to separate them for a week. pursuit ends with a car crash and muddy, soaked revelers, as chaos and laughter ripple through the wedding crowd.
On a couple’s wedding day a mischief involving a car chase and a prank leaves Betty Simmons and others bruised and scraped. The Morgan family judges the incident harmful yet harmless, while Nan and Tom vow to keep their memories sacred and learn a lesson from the ordeal.
An assistant US attorney filed in federal court an action against Howard W. Spurr Arlington Elwyn R Perry Arlington and William H Wilson Boston doing business as the Howard W Spurr Coffee Company Boston alleging violation of pure food laws. The government says a quantity shipped to Richard W Hunter Franklin Penn on November 23 was not Mocha and Java as labeled but entirely Bogota and Bourbon Santos coffee.
A reader writes from the Circle Well confessing that past harsh judgments gave way to friendship with tradespeople. Another letter cautions Scared Widow about matrimony, urging caution and background checks, while a mother seeks guidance on teething and hot weather care for her four month old girl named TEDDY.
A reader recalls being orphaned as an infant and raised by foster parents who later helped other relatives. When she cared for her elderly charges for seven years, a widowed sister reclaimed them, leading to more hardship and neglect. Her tale ends with rueful reflection. Sweet Peas.
A reader writes to The Sewing Circle acknowledging years of reading and asks for input or contributions from others. They describe appreciation and invite further discussion or suggestions from fellow subscribers.
A reader asks for home remedies to treat moth patches on the face and hands. They seek practical, non prescription options and welcome any heard of treatments or suggestions from others.
A letter from Elaine’s Mother comments on happy family life with two daughters aged nine months and three years. The writer notes her husband is twelve years older and suggests Sweet Content’s husband may be a twin.
In the Sewing Circle column a reader asks if bread and butter plates should stay on the table through a course dinner or if a different arrangement is proper. The reply will clarify serving etiquette for a formal meal.
A reader seeks home remedies for a breakout with pimples and rashes. She asks kind sisters for advice and hopes for an early reply from Rok.
A reader asks how to preserve eggs for winter as eggs become scarce. The note praises the Boston Post for cooking recipes and seeks simple first time methods.
A maid hangs laundry in a garden when a blackbird lands on her nose and mocks her whiteness. She retorts that she washed with Fels-Naptha, adding a playful exchange between maid and bird.
A vintage advertisement touts Fels-Naptha Soap as saving labor and money, claiming it outperforms new appliances by washing in cool or tepid water without boiling or hard rubbing. It asserts clothes last longer, wash quicker, and stay sweeter, whiter, and cleaner when following directions on the wrapper.
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