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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1917

Page

15

Mothers and Wives debate weekly allowance in Sewing Circle

Letters from readers discuss husbands spending money and pocket allowances. A woman recounts reducing herself to managing money by renting a room to a young woman, while others argue about fair support and respect in marriage. A man stresses partner equality and condemns penny-pinching.

Sewing Circle Hubby Bear Sewing Circle

Unsshine Benztown Bard Adverts Work From Home Hosiery

An old promotional verse encourages women to earn over two dollars daily operating Auto-Knitters at home. It promises pleasant, steady year round labor and asks readers to write to Auto-Knitter Hosiery Co Inc Desk 8 D 147 Franklin Street Buffalo NY with a 2 cent stamp for details.

Poems For Your Scrap Book Spurs By Berto Braley

The poem excerpt from Berto Braley in Things as They Are, a new volume from George H. Doran Company, New York, presents foes as friends who keep the speaker awake and driven. Foes challenge smugness, sharpen effort, and push the poet toward continued striving and readiness.

Berto. Braley George H. Doran Company New York

Birthday Bio Briefs: Sam Houston’s Texan Legacy

Sam Houston born March 2 1783 near Lexington Virginia. Texas observes a holiday marking its declaration of independence March 2 1836 and the birth of a man called the George Washington of the Texan republic. Houston, sometimes Sam, studied law and governed Tennessee in 1827 before joining Texas independence fight. He defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto in 1836, led the republic, served as president, US senator, and Texas governor, dying July 26 1863.

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Post and Reader letters reveal weather, language, and history notes

The page compiles reader queries and responses on topics from old Boston weather extremes to language usage and local lore. It includes remarks on fashion, a jog at skating misadventure, questions about state aid for widows, the correct form of all right, alphabet trivia, Mormonism legality, Tremont street elms removed for subway work, and name meanings Emma and Augusta.

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