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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1912
Page
9
A young pastor's wife asks how much a wife should obey a husband in childrearing and daily life. She notes many clergymen omit the word obey in the marriage service and seeks guidance from experienced older sisters on prevailing customs and the limits of obedience in New England households.
A reader writes about choosing a career over marriage in the Post’s Sewing Circle letters. She recalls rejecting a marriage proposal to keep her office job and earnings, noting better pay, freedom, and the option to adopt a child if desired.
Advertisement touts URIC-O as a universal cure for rheumatism with testimonials from Maine to California. A Pittsfield, Maine, user reports full relief after six bottles and urges others to order a trial bottle by mailing name and 10 cents to Urico Company, 421 State St., Binghamton, NY, with price at $1.00 per bottle.
A letter from a group of about a dozen women argues for binding themselves to marry only men who meet high ideals. They condemn drink and vice, praise pure living, and say many single women will remain so if men do not raise their standards. They acknowledge happy marriages exist but urge men to improve to attract and keep the best women. Lilly signs the letter.
A home based approach to tuberculosis recovery promoted by Eckman’s Alterative. A Colwyn Darby reader claims four years of coughing ended after three weeks of the remedy, now ten years cured. The advertisement cites lack of poisons and mentions druggists and Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia for evidence.
A public confession voice declares that without equal financial independence for women, the speaker will remain a spinster. The author asserts women's rights and vows continued autonomy, challenging male-dominated norms. This piece frames gender equality as essential to personal freedom and social progress.
A Maine woman writing as a spinster warns fellow sewing circle sisters about a smooth-talking suitor who courted four women, then moved on each time. She argues such a man robs marriages and futures, comparing him to a thief in the night and urging caution to avoid becoming an “old maid.”
A reader signed Sonja argues that many educated women must work to survive after family loss and business reversals, countering claims of a superior social station. She notes her own shift from arts to a business career and previews more letters to the Sewing Circle in next Sunday's Post.
A teenage girl asks how to stop a persistent caller who visits weekly without invitation. The writer suggests firm refusal, avoiding home contact, and seeking help from male relatives or legal protection if harassment continues. It notes a girl need not be annoyed longer than she wants.
The faculty will hold examinations on Saturday morning for four free Boston College scholarships and four in its high school. Winners receive free tuition for the entire course starting next scholastic year. Eligible entrants include BC High School graduates and other qualified applicants.
The piece quotes Walt Mason extolling simple stay at home leisure. He praises reading a good book in a cozy nook over travel to Cork or Rome, mountains, seas, or airship trips, finding relief from work in quiet domestic comfort and a tireless storytelling habit.
New England will host its first glimpse of a real woman aviator this week Miss Harriet Quimby and Miss Blanche Scott arrive for the Squantum meet opening Saturday Noted American aviators Farnum Fish Glenn Martin Frank Coffyn and Lincoln Beachey will perform stunts The event aims to boost the International Cup hopes as European pilots lead the field
Official figures from the Arkansas trial board show the battleship Arkansas meeting and surpassing contract specs during acceptance tests. Key metrics include a four hour average 21.061 knots and a two hour run average 20.989 knots, with a 29,271 horsepower peak. Wyoming to begin trials July 18.
The piece notes pleated frills as trim for frocks hats and blouses. A new bathing suit features plaided blue green and black taffeta with white bars and a deep blue silk hem fold. Millinery favors small flat bows and birdlike arrangements. lace and bandings in ratine and macrame appear on frocks coats and linens with a bright palette of reds purples and tan tinges.
Grace Benson endorses a free home skin cream cure claiming dramatic changes in arms neck and hands after one application. She describes freckles wrinkles and tanning vanishing and urges readers to prepare Kulux Compound with witch hazel for nightly use.
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