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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1911
Page
11
The Sewing Circle in the Boston Daily and Sunday Post invites homemakers to discuss home life, household problems, health tips, baby care, budgeting, gardens, and family issues. Correspondents may use pen names and ask questions. letters should be single-sided and sent to the Sewing Circle Editor.
Genial Ben Lockhart, a Boston attorney and Nova Scotia commissioner, is famed for his physique and sun tan while he enjoys early morning aquatic stunts and shore exercises. A park-night visitor handed over about 200 dollars and a gold ring to a lieutenant, which were returned after a night in the park.
Former stenographer warns young office workers to refuse gifts and advances from married men, sharing a personal tale of harassment, fear, and job loss. She urges firm boundaries, notes jealous rivals, and calls for protecting one’s name and position, while reflecting on lessons learned.
Grace Benson claims a single night of use transforms hands and arms with a home made mix. She advises buying Kulux Compound and witch hazel, diluting with water, applying twice daily, promising rapid, visible changes and improvement to neck and shoulders.
A wife says after ten years of marriage she suspects her husband of infidelity. She found excuses about late work, saw him on a harbor boat with a stenographer, and later found a hand embroidered initial kerchief and a mis billed confectioner bill. She asks what to do about the suspected affair and how to handle her heartache.
ELVIRA asks Sisters for guidance on whether to pursue domestic science or a business course after two years of high school. She seeks duration, guidance on the best option for a girl, and estimated costs, noting cannot study locally and could travel to Boston daily.
Hopeful reader asks for a harmless hair stain recipe using walnut bark or herbs to restore color. She worries about gray hair and avoids lead or silver preparations after hearing of serious harm, trusting a kind sister will provide guidance.
St Pauls Presbyterian Church chosen as the name for the new Presbyterian Church in Mattapan, minister’s pay raised, site to be selected soon. Over 50 meetings in the Men and Religion movement, Boston campaign within 10 miles of the State House. Eight Day Camp Meetings begin mid January. Rev Hugh Wallace Smith to preach at St Luke's Chelsea this Sunday and July 30. Rev Dr Richard E Sykes has moved to Little Falls New York. Rev E Stuart Best, among oldest Methodist ministers in New England, preaches at Flint Street Somerville during July.
Paragraph points describe white lawn morning frocks trimmed with checked ginghams in blue and white lavender and pink and white. Napoleonic influence dominates Paris fashion with hat brims, collar lines, and embroidered hats. Velvet ribbons and embroidered crowns trend in millinery, with sweet pea motifs rising after Queen Mary's endorsement.
One day is long enough to be troubled with a cough. Adamson's Balsam cures. This small ad-like note presents a medical remedy claim aiming to reassure readers seeking relief from a lingering cough.
One of the midsummer season’s notable engagements is announced. Miss Hannah Wheelwright Cobb of Chestnut Hill and William Appleton Lawrence, elder son of the Rt. Rev. and Mrs. William Lawrence, are the leads, with Cobb at North Haven and the Maine coast, Lawrence a Harvard graduate. No wedding date set. Lawrence family relations noted. Cobb debutante circle referenced.
Frances answers readers on dating etiquette and social propriety. She argues a thoughtful approach encourages direct introductions, respect for privacy, and that silence can leave women feeling powerless. Written from a cautious, old fashioned viewpoint about courtship and social rules.
A reader urges Miss Champagne to reconsider advising Miss Ethel R. K. about tuberculosis treatment. The writer argues advances in cure and prevention, suggesting hope for recovery with medical consultation and time outdoors, while cautioning not to reveal names.
Mr Grafton helps a distressed newlywed on the ocean liner. A wife’s husband appears by air, returning with peanuts after a near-miss. The traveler’s dramatic entrance ends the voyage distress with light hearted relief aboard.
Community cookbooks offer methods for salt codfish croquettes with cucumber and Bermuda onion relish, custard crusts with meringue topping, and silver-onion pickles. Recipes credited to Mrs Florence Wilson of Portland, Me Alice Fe Robinson of Lowell, and Miss Maryetta Bailey of Winchester Highlands provide step by step guidance for frying fish balls, custard pies, and vinegar pickles ready in about a month.
A 1911 verse by Walt Mason presents Twisted Nose and Little Yellow Shawl in a playful Indian ballad. The narrative follows the lover going to school, shedding bravado for literacy, and Yellow Shawl resisting reunion as Twisted Nose dons paleface fashion before their eventual fall wedding in a wigwam.
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