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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1912
Page
12
A Boston Post Sewing Circle letter chain discusses how a couple with four children survives on $12 to $16 a week. Readers advise frugality, budgeting, and practical discipline, while one contributor defends marriages on low income and shares personal parenting experiences.
A nineteen year old writer rebukes a sister who claims poverty on 35 a week. She questions her spending, meals, and marriage, accusing her of hypocrisy and mismanaging finances. The letter expresses anger at perceived pretensions and calls out thrift as a facade.
A reader rebuts a letter about living on $35 weekly and mocks another who claims $12 a week is enough. The writer claims the fault lies in poor money skills and vows to teach thrift. They promise to sing of a fine homemaker earning $15 weekly.
The writer shares two family incidents of cousin intermarriage from Connecticut. One union of first cousins produced six children with health issues in two, while a second union of second cousins yielded four strong children but later losses and struggles. The author urges Claribel to avoid cousin marriages and seek a nonrelated match.
A mother of five and stepmother of four recalls her childhood with lilac switch punishment. She describes how her mother spanked, and how she now disciplines her own children, finding severity in calm parental control.
A nurse argues that corporal punishment can foster a morbid pleasure in inflicting pain and could produce maniacal perverts. She notes existing dangerous cases in insane asylums and warns that such propensities may appear in the punished. She writes from her experience in an institution.
A Boston resident recalls living in a so called home for working girls with a policy of no admittance after 10 pm on Sundays. After a crowded night she returned late and found shelter with a nearby lodging house friend.
A letter from a cheerful night watcher urges mothers to stay close to their daughters and sons. She recalls waiting up after daughters out at parties and parks and emphasizes companionship for families. She notes her daughter’s happy married life and her son’s closeness, urging mothers to stay involved for comfort in old age.
Some of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle will appear in next Sunday's Post. The feature teases reader contributions and hints at varied sewing themes and tips.
A landlord expresses hope the place is substantial and satisfactory, while the tenant doubts and says he prefers to sneeze outside for safety.
Washington June 3. A note purporting to be from Major Archibald W Butt was included in Taft’s mail but no confirmation of receipt was issued. The outside claimed it was mailed to reach the White House today.
Mme. de Meissner, a non professional medium and widow of M. de Meissner, says she received post Titanic telegraphic style communications from Major Butt and William T. Stead along with Mrs Isidor Straus. The messages allegedly conveyed comfort and a wish to reach President Taft amid rescue efforts.
Reginald Kennard of 197 Bay State road loses his fiancée Miss Wilhelmina Manferre of Chicago who calls Boston slow and poky. Wealthy real estate broker Manferre cites Puritanical formality as the cause. Reginald, a Volkmann School graduate, learned the clothing trade in New York.
Washington reports Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi urged removing the Senate office building baths to free space for public documents now occupying an idle car barn. He argued the baths serve little use and provoke public criticism, suggesting basement relocation if space were available.
The executive committee of the National Congress of Mothers met in Philadelphia and set the next national congress for Boston on May 5, 1915. The international congress will open in Washington on April 22, 1914, with Taft urging invitations to foreign delegates for the Child Welfare conference.
Leach Cross defeated Knock Out Brown in a 10 round bout at Madison Square Garden reopening as a boxing institution. Cross weighed 1331 4 pounds at ringside Brown weighed two pounds lighter.
Governor Foss sketches a vast Back Bay project to rise on Brookline Avenue facing the Back Bay park. The plan includes a 1000 apartment building with a theatre garage and restaurant. The site spans 116000 feet plus 78000 feet adjoining, securing the corner at Audubon road and Brookline avenue.
The governor pledges to push public utilities laws, modernize Boston railroads, and develop Back Bay land for a large 20th century apartment project near Beacon Street. He notes coal and supplies for the hotel will come from the Boston & Albany line and envisions a 6 percent net return on a $1.5 million land deal. Grace Benson promotes Kulux Compound as a miracle skin remedy for hands arms and neck, claiming instant, night and morning results and free prescription details.
Governor Foss and staff, plus Ancients, sprinted to the sidewalk as Engine 26 driven by John M. Donovan rushed up Beacon Street responding to alarm 93 near the State House. The parade paused, then resumed until Engine Company 10 from River Street arrived, spurring marchers to the opposite curb. The alarm proved unnecessary, triggered by a city car backing on Mt. Vernon Street.
A humorous exchange reveals a playful view of market slang with a person denying being bullish or bearish and declaring themselves an ass instead. The remark frames speculation as a foolish stance, illustrating lighthearted financial chat.
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