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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1916
Page
11
After divorcing his first wife in 1892 and remarrying, Oliver J. Abar a 70 year old retired blacksmith plans to wed Mrs. Elizabeth Pregent 57 a local mill weaver The ceremony will take place on Monday in North Brookfield
Readers debate marriage power, obedience, and personal freedom. A wife recalls managing a household with three children and dining out, while others celebrate sailor pride and insist on mutual respect. The exchange covers nagging, bossiness, and maintaining individuality within marriage.
A reader argues for openness about a past life before marriage to prevent future jealousy and tragedy. The letter suggests telling a husband about any scandal before the wedding, noting that hidden pasts can harm stability or be revealed by others later. Jane endorses honest dialogue as a duty to avoid regret. The Sunday Post features more Sewing Circle letters.
Margaret and John embrace hospitality as the Alpha and Omega of home life. A hot washday chaos tests their resolve when guest Williams comes for dinner. The motto in the dining room inspires a last minute push to serve a modest repast and share laughter, strengthening friendship.
The piece portrays Ethel Barrymore as a loving mother Mrs Colt in private life while praising her stage artistry and character. It recalls personal memories of her early career in Cousin Kate and Carrots and recounts a Yale prom night when she addressed boisterous college students after a New Haven performance.
The Daily Post will feature Mary Pickford talks five days a week while the Sunday Post will carry her program every Sunday. The arrangement adds regular celebrity content across the newspaper group.
Poem depicts the last rose of summer left alone as other flowers fade. The speaker pledges not to leave the beloved while beauty lingers then scatters leaves above a grave. A meditation on friendship decay and a solitary world without love.
A reader asks about persistent low mood and whether Christian Science is wise. The reply suggests a change of scene and work, noting nervous prosperity and burnout, and advises setting a purposeful, engaging routine to overcome the blues.
Solomon Freedman was fined $10 by Judge Hayden in Roxbury Court yesterday on cruelty to a horse. The complaint was filed by agents of the M S P C A.
About twenty friends traveled by tally-ho to a polo match. The narrator happily wears a chic black velvet turban trimmed with red velvet rabbit-ears, a gift from Pierre, while Jack reacts with astonishment and twinkling eyes.
Recipes for breakfast toast by Mrs Robinson of Lawrence and a nutmeg and saleratus doughnut recipe by Mrs Capwell Pawtucket plus an eggless squash or pumpkin pie with chicken and pepper dish notes attributed to Mrs Frank Flinn St Johnsbury Vermont.
Arrangements are finished for the East Boston Sacred Heart field day at Wood Island under Pastor James H. O Neil with Richard C. Kirby heading the committee. St Ambrose Dorchester plans a New Downer Landing event next Saturday with an elaborate programme. Neponset Catholic Club hosts a whist party and reception at Walnut Hall. St James parish holds its annual field day in Spring Grove Wellesley today.
Veils cover hats as decoration while fancy metal bands enter millinery. The nose veil stays smart through winter and dark veils with white borders appeal to French women. Gray shoes boost gray gloves demand with cyclamen satin and royal blue net styling.
The Congregational Church of West Barnstable will celebrate eight centuries since its organization with participation from Boston clergy. Rev Dr William Allen of Clarendon Street Baptist Church tests summer preaching to boost attendance in heat. Rev D Rand Pierce is welcomed to First Pentecostal Nazarene and leads an open air service in Davis Square with the church orchestra. Beth Eden Baptist Fitchburg funds a pipe organ with Andrew Carnegie’s aid. installation expected by September.
Oliver Abar and Elizabeth Pregent, once married in the 1890s and later widowed, applied for a marriage license in Fitchburg after years apart. They plan a long honeymoon and then life together at 100 Main Street. Mrs Pregent will marry the same man twice, he thrice, to two women.
Miss Delight Reed Standish, descendant of Myles Standish and a graduate of the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, marries Irving Evans Jones at West Newton An ternarian Church. The ceremony is conducted by Rev Julian G W Jaynes.
Rockland Maine July 28 The torpedo boat destroyer Bowen reached nearly 30 knots during standardization trials but failed to complete three top speeds as required. Smoke from a forest fire near Brooksville swept the trial course, obscuring range marks and ending view of the test.
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