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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1913

Page

11

Runaway Boy Zitman Found Unconscious in Dedham

Eleven year old Samuel Zitman son of Julius and Mrs Zitman of 103 Leverett Street West End was missing since Monday night. He fainted from hunger near Memorial Square Dedham and was revived after a doctor was summoned. He said he started for Millis with 30 cents after retiring for the night and collapsed from fatigue and heat while walking. He was returned to his parents in the afternoon.

Samuel Zitman Julius Zitman Leverett Street West End Memorial Square Dedham James H. Melty Millis Young Zitman

Express Halted by Grasshoppers at Rock Island Depot

Train No. 664 from Ford was delayed forty minutes near a deep cut where grasshoppers covered the rails. As wheels crushed them the track became slick causing the engine to slip and stop. Crews cleared the hoppers and sanded the rails before resuming.

Podge City Kan Rock Island Ford

Two Trips in One Through Colorado and Yellowstone Park

Travel promoter Alex Stocks offers a two in one tour of Colorado mountains and Yellowstone National Park. He invites readers to request a free pamphlet detailing Colorado Yellowstone Tours and to contact him in Boston for planning assistance.

Colorado Yellowstone Park West Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone Alex Stocks New Wepiene Pass Agt. C Wishington St Boston

Fads and Fashions Parade Lively Summer Trends

Paragraphs detail collarless necks with upstanding frills of tulle and chiffon, breezy broderie anglaise wraps, shadow lace dresses, and soft lace ruffles shaping smart costumes. Extreme fashion fans wear watches or large jewels in shoe toes, while dark blue straw hats with white satin trim top children’s wear. Black dominates with two or three tiered skirts and vivid Medici collars elevate silk frocks. White crepe waists suit morning looks with pink or blue embroidery on cuffs and collars.

Sewing Circle letters on modesty and marriage ethics debate.

Readers discuss changes in women's modesty toward marriage and romance in Boston. The Back Bay dressmaker defends modern fashion while criticizing stage culture. A Southern correspondent recalls violence over infidelity and calls for accountability, and a Middlesex mother counsels financial independence before marriage.

Get-IT Corn Solution Advertised for Quick Relief

A promotional flyer touts GETS-IT as a new plan to remove corns quickly and painlessly. It promises an easy method and urges trial after failure with other products.

Biaamence & Co Chicago Bostos Aikmes Drug Stores

Living on $9 a Week in City Hiring and Frugal Meals

A couple describes surviving on nine dollars per week in the city without farming. They rent a room for 1.25 weekly and dine cheaply near Dover and Washington streets, with meals totaling about 60 cents to a dollar daily. They emphasize education, frugal recreation, and happiness despite the cost.

Dover Washington Streets

Marriage and Folly Dear Sewing Circle

A letter argues for a law banning marriage for men with dissipative lifestyles to curb vice. The writer claims restricting bachelor marriage would reduce street harassment and harm to women, asserting that preventing such men from marrying would improve New England’s moral and demographic future. HATER OF FLIRTS.

New England

Circle-Wives Demand Husbands' Pay Envelopes

A fragment suggests wives demand control of their husbands pay and spend freely sparking cooling affections. The text argues men capable of earning deserve respect and financial autonomy despite pressures from spouses.

Sewing Circle Letters Highlighted in Sunday Post

The Sunday Post features a selection of the most engaging letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader thoughts on crafts, trends, and community projects.

Sunday Post

Homemade Recipes in Plain Terms from Various Contributors

A collection of kitchen instructions and tips from Mary S Shackley N A Grott on Belfast and Jersey City friends and BE M Guyol. It includes molasses lard sour milk and ginger batter for cakes corn meal mush with eggs and milk celery and eggs fried in lard with thyme mustards and gravy and a celery and egg dish from New Orleans.

Mary S. Shackley Hallowell Madge Hodgson Belmont Avenue Jersey City N. J BE. M. Guyol Carondelet Street New Orleans

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