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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
8
Fragmentary reminiscence recalls a childhood scene with LittLe CHeT and friends near a barn. The speaker recalls learning to smoke, choking on tobacco as a game, and grownups recounting salt water remedies to stay sick.
Representative Samuel W. McCall of Massachusetts, who sponsored the Canadian reciprocity bill, is being considered for the presidency of Princeton University. The trustees meet in Princeton on Tuesday and the nominating committee may be trying to reach an agreement.
The Sewing Circle in the Boston Daily and Sunday Post invites home makers to share advice on family, health, baby care, gardening, and domestic questions. Readers may write under pen names and keep to one side of the paper, addressed to the Sewing Circle Editor.
Advice column excerpt where Prairie Girl and readers share relationship tips. A wife explains balancing support for her in law with family happiness while “Girls” cautions against rushing into marriage and reminds that attentiveness does not guarantee a proposal.
A mother-in-law writes of hurt from a son and daughter in law. She recalls family kindness, the value of maternal care, and hopes May Blossom and her husband feel supported. She speaks of guiding a child with love and laments neglect in the family.
Advice to brides about financial independence and keeping separate accounts noted by Ella G. Warns that generosity may fade after marriage and urges saving money for a rainy day despite courting generosity.
Instructions describe crocheting rags into rugs using leftovers and old stockings. Cut stockings into inch-wide strips and tie pieces together before crocheting. Rugs can be any size.
The Bernhardt seat sale begins at 9 oclock this morning at the Boston Theatre with tickets available for performance events.
A January letter from Mrs. O. T. Hemall prompts reply in which the writer dismisses notions of aristocratic superiority. She asserts pride in Yankee heritage, British ties, and equality with tradespeople and workers, noting openness with a colored helper and no debt shaming.
The writer condemns a mother-in-law for neglect during trouble and sickness. She urges Bess to focus on her husband and not heed his family, claiming the relatives display spite and jealousy. The piece frames family strife over loyalty and social judgment in a domestic conflict.
A Boston party of 122 real estate officials legislators and businessmen including Mayor Guerin of Montreal and Mayor John F Fitzgerald toured Montreal Harbor. They inspected docks grain elevators and storehouses and heard speeches on engineering and administration methods used in Montreal s harbor development.
Dyspepsia is described as overloading the stomach causing indigestion. The article promotes CASCARETS as the only cure by cleaning out the digestive canal and keeping it clean to prevent stomach and bowel troubles.
Judge Elbert H. Gary of United States Steel testified before a House inquiry, offering a version of how the steel empire formed that disputed John W. Gates and Andrew Carnegie claims. He said Roosevelt’s approval was essential for absorbing Tennessee Coal and Iron into US Steel, or the deal would not have been voted through.
Passage recounts bankers led by J Pierpont Morgan in his library during a New York panic, aiming to shield weaker banks. It notes questions from Representative Gardiner about the Tennessee Company affair, U S Steel bond payments, and Moore and Schley liabilities, plus Gary's account of the Federal Steel Company and the Carnegie steel interests.
An eminent skin specialist introduces ethine double strength a new remedy sold by Houghton and Dutton or Jaynes Drug Co with a money back guarantee. First night use shows improvement some freckles vanish entirely and the product is claimed harmless to tender skin.
The Gould and Cutler Corporation traces seventy one years in paint and related products from 1840 to its 1889 consolidation of A. L. Cutler & Co. and Gould Company. George L. Gould, born 1852, is president with son Warren F. Gould as vice president. William S. Cutler serves as treasurer in Brookline.
Frick and Morgan discuss consolidating steel assets with Federal Steel and United States Steel underpinned by bank backing. Directors including Rogers Mills Ream and Field weigh options as Schwab, Bacon, and Morgan shape a potential syndicate to acquire Carnegie steel properties.
Francis Quinn of Boston was severely injured and his brother John B. Quinn manager of the Hotel Essex was slightly hurt in an auto crash early last evening on the Commonwealth avenue boulevard near Manet road Newton Centre. Francis Quinn is at the Newton Hospital where it is thought he may die.
An advertisement extols cold sparkling Clysmic water as the ideal dinner drink. It promises champagne like inspiration and cheerful mood, noting guests may mix Clysmic with whiskey or sherry in palatable proportions to create stimulating beverages.
The article notes Mr. McCall declined the presidency of his alma mater Dartmouth College in February 1909. It reports Princeton alumni discussions about his candidacy, mentions prior talk of Theodore Burton, and identifies Representative Joseph Gaines of West Virginia as a key sponsor favoring a public service oriented selection. It also states Gaines arrived in the city with no comment and that McCall’s possible acceptance remained uncertain.
About 65 members of the Plymouth county Republican campaign committee met for an informal luncheon at Young's Hotel yesterday afternoon. Speakers included Congressman Robert O. Harris former Superior Court judge Alexander Holmes Kingston and William N. Barnard Hingham. The club’s annual outing is planned for August with time and place to be decided by the executive committee. Horace A. Keith of Brockton was toastmaster.
The Sargent estate Holm Lea in Brookline will be open to the public Saturday afternoon and Sunday June 10 and 11. Visitors can view blooming rhododendrons azaleas and laurels while carriages and automobiles are not admitted to the grounds.
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