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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1914
Page
13
A Boston Post Sewing Circle column presents advice on marital finances and independence. Letters discuss sharing money, starting small businesses, frugal living in Back Bay, and balancing work, home duties, and baby care as a wife and mother seeks guidance.
Poem portrays an elder in quiet sleep as neighbors gather, praise muted by time. It reflects themes of mercy, hidden generosity, and spiritual farewell with verses invoking Father, God, and heavenly home. The speaker notes the yet unanswered greeting and the enduring memory of a soul’s departure.
A letter from "Three Faithful Sisters" recounts a girls journey from an old fashioned girl to finding love after changing appearances, urging perseverance in love and advising against marrying for money, ending with a cheerful note.
Dear Bride of a Year asks if she should quit smoking now that her husband objects though he once encouraged the habit during courtship. He says it is unlady like and demands cessation, noting he was the one who started her. The Sewing Circle feature invites reader letters.
Mrs Jessie Johnson of 730 Summer Street Lynn owns Alexander a silver 32 pound eight year old cat who plays with her Christmas tree decorations and responds to be a dead cat by lying on his back. He taps at the door after lights out to eat with his owner and drinks with his paw in the glass. He carries paper between rooms and answers mean when spoken to. The Post invites readers to send clever pet stories and photos for tomorrow's feature.
A reader asks Mildred Champagne about an 18 year old in love with a 38 year old man who is married. The letter warns the younger woman that the husband may still be alive and urges caution and not to elope. The adviser notes the age gap is less alarming than the possibility of deception and past life.
The piece notes a spring fashion boom with spike feather trimming options, shepherd's plaid material, flowered ribbon for frocks, sheer bodices paired with cloth or silk skirts, and tailormade outfits mixing taffeta with serge or charmeuse. It highlights small spring hats trimmed with fruit and feathers and pink vintage bodices stacked in delicate layers.
More than a thousand hardware dealers from across New England gather for the annual New England Hardware Dealers Association convention at Horticultural Hall. The event features a public exhibition, a banquet, and talks by tech leaders from MIT and Mechanic Arts High School, with plans for a hardware mutual insurance company and fire protection law recommendations. Grace G. Pierce and Caroline I. Hamblett are noted as leading women heads of major firms.
Philip Troup, elder son of the late Alexander Troup and former Democratic national committeeman, was named postmaster of New Haven today. The lawyer and longtime newspaper editor succeeds his father, vacating the editorial chair.
A well known physician who studied hair offers a home recipe to stop hair loss promote growth and banish dandruff. The mix includes Barbo Compound water bay rum glycerine and is applied to the scalp two to three times weekly. It is claimed to darken gray hair and leave it soft and glossy.
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