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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1910
Page
9
A brokenhearted mother thanks kind sisters for help finding homes for her children and expresses gratitude to M. A. B. of Arlington. She notes a new hope and respect for the Sewing Circle, though she cannot reply to every letter.
A request for a suitable toast to say at a small informal party hosted by a young woman. It seeks a friendly, warm message for the guests, guidance on timing and placement during the event, and how to deliver it gracefully. The writer mentions affection for all sisters and glosses the note with a casual, jesting sign off.
Water Lily asks for practical recipes to can cherries like store bought and to make candied cherries for winter. She signs her first letter to the paper, reaching out to Dear Sisters for timely guidance.
Reader asks for in house repellents to keep black flies and especially mosquitoes away as screens fail. They also inquire about Mistress Peggy’s current whereabouts, noting she was a favorite but has not been seen for a long time.
A reader's letter recommends a home remedy for corns using peppermint essence on wet cotton batting wrapped and worn in stockings for three to four nights. The writer claims the corn disappears by the fourth day and signs off with Best wishes.
A fragment advises using five cents worth of boric acid crystals to lift ink spots from white goods. Dissolve a tea spoonful on the stain, treat with hot water, and soak the fabric for hours to remove all acid afterward.
Readable testimonials from Boston residents claim eczema relief after a short course of Onesimus Dermo Cystem at 140 Boylston Street. The affidavits, dated 1910 in Suffolk County, praise the treatment with notes of prior hospital failures and renewed sleep after cure.
A reader shares a home remedy for soft corns. Place a pinch of saberatus between the affected toes each morning and night, avoid bathing for a few days, and continue until cured, promising lasting relief.
Readers of the Sewing Circle share ideas for a linen shower hosted by Violet. Tips cover fabric choices colors and small gift ideas to create a practical and stylish event.
A reader recalls her three children who were toed in as youngsters and outgrew the condition without intervention. She reassures Sterling that the boy will walk normally as he grows, sharing personal experience about her youngest daughter who also toed in but recovered.
A reader suggests soaking ink spots in cold sweet milk to remove stains from white silk, claiming success. The column features short reader letters including a note from Lily of the Valley about a three year marriage to a man of another faith and no church issues. Vermont Hills invites more correspondence as Brown Eyes signs off.
A shipment of 8000 live lobsters arrived from Westport Nova Scotia carried by E. McNichol of Jonesport. The lobsters, consigned to F. W. Beal, mark the first full ship load of the season. Provinces closed season now limits supplies. local dealers will rely on other sources.
A 1910 official tally shows 7097 female shareholders vs 5746 male in the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad. Trustees and guardians total 3018. corporate holders 458. Total outstanding shares 1,218,781 with Massachusetts Connecticut New York Rhode Island and other regions contributing varying percentages.
A bulletin reviews the North American Civic League for Immigrants and its efforts to protect new arrivals. It notes prosecutions of those exploiting immigrants, the league securing rooms at the new immigrant station and establishing headquarters, and plans to open schools for illiterate foreigners with several already in Boston.
Mary Callahan saved her sisters Christina and Lillian aged 4 and 5 from a fire at 748 Cambridge Street East Cambridge. She bore the danger at dawn, guiding them along stairs, collapsing briefly from smoke, then returning to pull them to safety before the flames closed in.
Mrs Bertha Spiehl Allen wife of Dr P V A Allen a society leader was attacked by five bull terriers at her home in San Mateo. She tried to separate the dogs but all five turned on her mangling her severely and leaving her in grave condition.
In heavy fog, wreckers who went to float the stranded Norwegian steamer Heimdal at Sable Island abandon the effort and depart for Halifax. The Heimdal's captain and crew remain aboard the vessel. The ship ran aground on Sable Island sands Sunday.
Frederick J. MacLeod, chairman of the Democratic States committee, wed Elizabeth Conner at the bride’s mother's home 21 Curtis street West Somerville. Rev. Loren Clevenger officiated in a ceremony for close relatives. Mary Conner was maid of honor and Dr. William P. MacLeod served as best man with ushers from Concord Medford Everett Cambridge and Boston.
Leonard Johnson, a Black man, is said to have confessed to killing Miss Maude Redding near the town. A mob of over 100 men and boys seized him, tied him to a stake, surrounded him with brush, and burned him alive after he pleaded for mercy.
The Leyland line steamer Bohemian docked at Pier 4 Grand Junction docks East Boston just before 7 pm yesterday. It brought 18 saloon passengers including Rev F G Chatter of Littleton Professor N H Gardiner of Smith College Mrs M B Ramsey and Misses Helen and Florence Ramsey of Cambridge and William Fallon an American stowaway was permitted to land.
A photograph in the retail district shows a driver and wagon owned by Allen and Fox Express. The driver T H Weymouth of 26 Alpine street Roxbury identified the team on Monday and received a five dollar gold piece. The wagon number is 4698 and the horse is named Fanny.
Photos printed in the Sunday Post reveal contest entrants Kenneth Holtham six of Hyde Park Mabel Pitts eleven of Quincy Henry Dogherty seven of East Boston and Elizabeth Yung six of Newton all listed with their ages addresses and schools and teachers By age and location the entries span Hyde Park Quincy East Boston and Newton with students from Hilton Coddington Plummer Underwood schools respectively
The State Department nominated H. Percival Dodge of Boston to be chief of the division of Latin American affairs. The nomination was announced in Washington on June 21.
A federal grand jury indicted the Trinoia tral Railroad Company the Pennsylvania Railway Company and the Fort Wayn and Chicago Railroad Compa for violations of the Elkins law. The Illinois Central faces charges for failing to observe its tariff on shipments of cabbage from Crystal Springs Mississippi to Roseland Louisiana and Chicago.
New York June 71. Miss Alethia Mason Carter leaves a Chinese plaintiff Wong Hong Hoey a large bequest after years in her Newark New Jersey home. Alongside a 66000 dollar sum the estate at 93 Bruen Street passes equally the household effects and art bric a brac to Wong Hong Hoey with the testatrix’s aunts sharing as well.
New Haven Conn June 2 He Roe Cloud of Winnebago Neb a full blooded Indian and prominent member of Yale's graduating class in the academic department is ill with appendicitis at the Yale infirmary An operation has been performed and his recovery is expected Cloud is a member of the Elihu club.
Copenhagen reports a Danish Americans committee selected a large tract near Aalborg for a public health reservation. The land will be named Roosevelt Park in honor of the former U S president and presented to Denmark.
A summer parish reunion will be held next Saturday in the school yard at Cambridgeport. Proceeds go to the building fund for a new gym replacing the one destroyed by fire a little over a year ago.
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