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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1911
Page
9
The Observant Citizen notes support for a gun sale and registration bill. A Boston reader recalls a near tragedy when a boy's revolver was drawn near a passing woman on the Common. The item sits among various city notes from theater, immigration, and public figures.
Satirical verse by Walt Mason from 1911 mocks overhyped substitutes in a comic catalog of bad sales pitches. The speaker derides kerosene touted as “just as good” as syrup and a squirt gun as fountain pen substitute, ending with a jab at the scarcity of decent goods.
Senator W. A. Smith of Michigan was a telegraph messenger boy in youth. Charles A. Missing is a banker in New York. David Bispham the famous baritone is an expert swimmer and rides the bicycle. Hon Charles Nagel Secretary of Commerce and Labor loves fine arts and was born in Texas. Ex Governor S. S. Pennypacker of Pennsylvania is a famous book collector specializing in early American imprints. Boss Murphy of Tammany Hall is described as a public official.
A collection of old recipes includes fried white fish with tartar sauce ready in minutes, pork and fruit cake with sugar molasses and spices, hot pan seared steaks, mutton and pork chops guidance, onion flavored platters, and a jelled chicken custard with sherry.
The Sewing Circle in the Boston Daily and Sunday Post invites homemakers to discuss family life household care and practical tips. Topics include marriage parenting health remedies budgeting flowers gardening and baby care. Correspondents may use pen names and write single-sided letters to the Sewing Circle Editor Boston Post.
All requests concerning state children should be addressed to James Fee in Room 43 of the State House Boston. The editor notes this contact as the official channel for related inquiries and records.
A letter recounts a young woman finding a remedy with a doctor and marriage to her fiancé who then moved to Colorado. They have a healthy child and happiness, though the wife cannot return. It concludes with shared regret about early training struggles and low wages.
The speaker recalls paying about $100 to learn chiropody including toilet work and professes turning out with limited knowledge.
An imperfect reader tip promotes using kerosene on the scalp to preserve and grow hair. It advises rubbing the oil in at night, covering the pillow, then washing with soapy water and borax the next morning, followed by brushing.
The procedure describes washing hair with soap, rinsing in three lukewarm waters, drying in the sun, and wiping with a smooth towel to achieve gloss. If hair remains oily after drying, wash again in two weeks and avoid applying oil more than once a month.
A reader asks how to remove banana stains from a cadet blue coat without discoloration. The reply notes practical costs for farming gear and suggests that Maine and New Hampshire have good farms. the author, Buster's Mama, blurts practical cautious advice.
The brief letters discuss domestic rules with a wife to be served first at meals and a grieving mother whose husband favors another woman. The writer offers sympathy, notes hidden pain, and hints at coping by maintaining a cheerful public appearance.
The text offers guidance to a wife on restoring her husband's affection and facing domestic duties. It recounts the author’s experience with two long‑term servants, noting harmony between cook and maid and detailing each worker’s daily schedule.
A Rutland graduate writes from a Christmas bride age nineteen seeking to hear from a potential fiancé. She notes happiness after marriage plans and mentions many friends who are married, inviting reply.
A reader reports six drops of nitre in lukewarm water failed to soothe a sleepless baby named Nemo. The baby stayed awake from morning until night one day last week, prompting thanks for prior advice and a request for further remedies.
The instruction details finishing scallops by starching until very stiff and pressing, then trimming around the scallops with sharp scissors as advised by Marie in the embroidery guide.
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