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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1912
Page
13
In Boston Post, Sewing Circle invites readers to discuss home life issues from finances to family care. A Cambridge ballet dancer writes about safety for young women, noting stage experiences and the need for community support and guidance in respectable choices.
A Roxbury woman replies to a correspondent who boasts $35 weekly, challenging her claim against Sewing Circle sisters and accusing her of financial mismanagement. The writer questions spending habits, lifestyle, and the ability to save while urging better home economics.
A reader asks how to manage on twelve dollars weekly while saving a portion. The letter details frugal living, low rent, no washing service, and no life insurance, noting high prices prevent saving. It advises marrying for love only if health and mind are sound, mentions cousin marriage opinions, and ends with a cautious blessing.
Letter writers debate living well on small wages and family frugality. A reader ridicules a woman claiming poverty on 12 dollars a week while boasting debt-free finances. A Vermont farm correspondent counters with praise for self sufficiency and fresh dairy produce.
Trusted claim from Nurito a prescription medicine free of opiates promises relief for rheumatism sciatica and neuritis with fast action. Consumers urged to visit Riker Jaynes Drug Stores to obtain a one dollar box compounded by the Magistral Chem Co New York and feel it work.
A Maine Woman replies about marrying her cousin and thriving marriage without children yet. She argues health and love trump concern for weak minded children and says parental approval and trust in the spouse matter. The writer asserts support for marrying the person one loves and calls Clara Bel a Girlie.
A Gypsy letter advises that loving cousins should marry if mutual love exists. The writer cites a second cousin who married a cousin sixteen years ago and now has four healthy, wealthy children, arguing that fate, not blood, determines happiness and prosperity.
A letter writer who married her first cousin shares experiences from her family and seven other cousin marriages. She notes 16 children across families, varying health and schooling, with overall happiness, one exception, and urges Clarabel to marry if love prevails. The writer claims multiple insider connections and vouches for cousin marriages.
A letter argues that sending two daughters to a cheap stage company teaches more than behind the counter work. It warns of temptations but notes the value of experience and inner worth, urging consideration of a good company over risky paths and public shame.
A letter by A Mother of Seven questions a marriage name change and suggests checking with the city clerk. The writer says two persons are married and warns about potential insurance issues if the name change complicates the ceremony.
Readers’ letters expected in the upcoming Post issue with commentary from the Sewing Circle. The publication plans to feature several notable contributions and reader observations.
Miss Ashcroft, a devoted nurse, bonds with a feverish private patient and after a moment of selfless care, persuades a doctor to impersonate the boy’s father. The ruse comforts the child and culminates in a pledge of shared life between the nurse and the physician.
A 1912 verse celebrates brides and bridal joy under blue skies. The piece laments old age and mourns sorrow for young wives while wishing lasting happiness and peace for blushing brides of June.
A collection of old family recipes including a choux pastry with strawberry cream filling by Emily Batastine, a fruit milk dessert with orange pineapple banana and sherry by Francena Hill, and a cream potato chocolate cake with walnuts by Mrs. G. I. Bylin. Contains ingredients, steps, and serving notes.
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