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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1911
Page
7
A visitor reassures a woman that her ailment is minor rheumatism amid rumors of her illness. She criticizes doctors, teases about nerves, and plans to visit again with a cat to divert her friend's attention from illness. The scene underscores social gossip and medical skepticism in a small town.
Advertisement notes wavy hair swis 20 and 24 inch lengths with values $3.00 and $7.00, plus 28 inch long hair switches. Promotion touts nets for full head use at 238 cents and hair nets at 8 cents.
A letter writer urges a troubled wife to consider leaving an abusive husband for the sake of her child, offering personal anecdotes of hardship, adoption options, and seeking guidance from a pastor or friends. The piece contrasts a harsh home life with a memory of a loving, supportive second husband.
The feature reviews summer styles highlighting rabot and plisse details, plain linen collars, and silk skirt openings over contrasting underskirts. It notes bathing costume repeats, chiffon linings on linen and pongee parasols, plaid silks for caps and bags, and fashion for blue serge frocks with heavy ecru lace collars. It also mentions white embroidered cotton bags, and fabrics for bathing suits including wool serge, mohair, summer flannel, taffeta, satin, and brilliante.
Winnie notes discussion among sisters naming newborn twins. She favors Raleigh and Burleigh as distinctive options and adds Harley or Harry as alternatives, highlighting Sir Walter Raleigh as inspiration.
A reader advises women dealing with husbands who seek affinity outside marriage to avoid accusations and retaliation. She urges sweetness, prayer, and wisdom, arguing there is little hope for such men and that self-destructive responses harm the home.
Parkhurst Parker Atherton Alvin Wellesley Winthrop Cecil Cyril Thurston Tyson Egbert Albert Harry Harold. Blossom asks which to choose among these options for twin boys.
A widow writes to Gretchen and A Widow Now defending marriage to a man twenty years older. Nellie assures that a decade with her husband has brought happiness, companionship, and love, urging Gretchen to stay home with him and be his devoted companion.
Miss Mary Cannon died at 82, after 50 years with the Leland family of Brookline and as nurse to Emerson Stand from his birth. A longtime member of St Cecelia's Church, services are at 10 a.m. today. She came from Cork, Ireland 65 years ago and died with family ties to Bernard Faulkner.
A 1911 verse by Walt Mason extols kindness to strangers with a cup of water while warning about germs. It frames simple charity as uplifting yet cautions against unsafe water, urging distillation and caution before offering a drink.
In Fall River Massachusetts a baby boy was born to M Feistelstan as the presidential yacht Mayflower weighed anchor. President Taft granted permission to use the Taft name for the child in a christening.
James B. Richmond, sentenced to three months in the House of Correction for possession of opium, was listed as living at 381 Columbus Ave in the East Dedham police blotter. A Post typo had formerly claimed 318 Columbus Ave.
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