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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1917
Page
18
Readers argue over financial control in marriages with harsh views on women as financiers. A correspondent cites that husbands may control wives’ wages, others defend mutual sacrifice and love. A distraught wife recounts being supported yet overburdened while the spouse loafs, prompting reflections on fairness and partnership.
A reader explains conflict over whether a wife should stop working after marriage while her fiancé earns less. She argues for keeping employment to maintain financial balance and house stability, noting the difficulties of living on limited income and the value of independence. Sympathetic letters discuss marriage, neighbors, and the search for happiness.
Full page by Mrs. M. M. Wilmarth lists Southern Baked Halibut Peanut Butter Soup Baked Codfish and Baked Beef Stew with detailed step by step methods, ingredients, and baking times for each dish, reflecting home cooking guidance from early 20th century periodicals.
A 24 year old man asks if his fiancée truly loves him as she dates other men during their engagement. The adviser says such behavior signals lack of commitment and warns the man to insist on mutual loyalty or end the engagement.
The article argues that rice powder harms the skin as white lead does. It claims rice powder clogs pores, causes blackheads and pimples, and urges readers to switch to a modern powder free of rice, bismuth, and lead. The new formula, called Powder La-May, supposedly beautifies and tightens skin and is affordable at 35c.
Louise completes a final purchase and returns home with her shopping. The narrator notes her indecisiveness before buying, praises a khaki silk sports suit with a square loose coat, orange silk facing, deep cuffs, a wide sash tied at the hip, and a matching sailor hat.
A retold poem about a cunning Spider inviting a pretty Fly into a perilous parlor. The Fly resists with caution but is enticed by flattery and vanity. The Spider ensnares the Fly, who never escapes, and the tale ends with a moral about ignoring evil counsel.
A brisk fashion rundown lists new colors clay tan platinum gray beaver shades watercress green gold orchid periwinkle damson tapestry blue. It notes a sports cape replacing the gulf cape, high hats with wings or ribbon, minimal trimming, all silk scarves preferred, pockets rising in importance, and shoes about eight inches high for longer skirts.
The Somerville Central Library announces changes as Librarian Drew B. Hall takes leave until May 1 when he resigns. Nellie R. Whipple moves from West Somerville to fill Hall's role temporarily, while Edna C. Woodberry is elected children's librarian replacing retired Alice Higgins.
The "America's funniest family" returns as Pa Van Loon delivers a standout moment in the latest Sunday Post. The feature highlights a rare spark of genius from Pa amid the family's ongoing antics.
Charlestown fire apparatus arrived at the navy yard to estimate $10 damage from a waste paper basket fire. The marine fire department reported no damage after extinguishing the blaze caused by a lighted cigarette dropped in the junior officers room at the marine bar racks.
NEW HAVEN March 8 Carmine Lauzillo and Carmine Pisanello shot and killed Morris Goldstein. The two defendants face execution by hanging scheduled for May 25. Authorities described the case as a calculated murder with ties to local criminal activity observed by investigators.
Tailor outside his home in West Haven on November 27 faced robbers who sought money in his pockets. In court today Goldstein and another man were sentenced with Goldstein to be hanged May 25. Luigi Lauzillo was found guilty of murder in a lesser degree and given a life sentence. One other participant remains at large.
At present many women can earn over 2 per day knitting hosiery from home with Auto-Knitter machines. The work is pleasant easily learned and provides year round steady employment. Send a 2 cent stamp to Auto Knitter Hosiery Co Inc Desk 8 D M7 Franklin Street Buffalo NY for full particulars.
The Hill Baptist Church in Allston hosts Charles H. Thurston Cambridge city auditor and Billy Sunday convert as Sunday speaker. Elsewhere Rev. Miles Hanson of El Paso delivers today. tomorrow features a musical service led by Organist Lang. Ordination services for Rev. Ralph Taylor Andem draw large crowds at Union Square Baptist Church Somerville with remarks by Rev. Charles H. Spalding and sermon by Rev. Frederick B. Gruel.
A reader letter from a New England factory girl, 17, shares fatigue, loneliness, and longing for love amid harsh mill life. Pickford reflects on the inner self, the grind of daily labor, and the search for happiness through human connection and kindness.
The Church of the Sacred Heart in North Square hosts a men’s retreat this week led by Rev. Joseph Silipigni D D and ends Sunday afternoon. A women’s retreat begins Sunday evening March 11. The Confraternity of the Holy Cross meets at 3 PM at Cathedral of the Holy Cross, with stations of the cross and benediction. St Joseph’s Roxbury hosts a mission starting Sunday March 11 led by Rev James Hayes C SS R for married women, single women, then all men in three weeks.
Francis B. Sanborn of Westfield New Jersey files in Probate Court to be appointed administrator of Franklin B. Sanborn known as the Sage of Concord who died February 24 no estate valuation reported heirs at law are Victor C. Sanborn of Kenilworth Kansas and Francis B. Sanborn of Westfield New Jersey the petition returns in East Cambridge Court on Thursday March 22
NEW BEDFORD March 8 The Mary W. Bowen arrived at Baltimore, long overdue from Marseilles, announced by commander Mark L Jamieson in a telegram received today.
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