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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1912
Page
9
A reader seeks guidance after a quarrel with a boyfriend two years her senior. The columnist argues the man may be testing forgiveness and urges patience, noting slips of the tongue can be forgiven and that true affection endures tougher times. Time will reveal the relationship’s future.
A reader asks if she should end a nine month relationship with a four year older man who has shown affection but never kissed her. The adviser suggests him lacking demonstrable affection may indicate mere friendship or love or that he is not ready to declare, and advises weighing his true feelings and readiness before ending the relationship.
A freight train hauling 17 loaded steel coal cars crashed into the Ferry Nut and Set Screw Co factory in Cleveland after the engine stalled on a grade. One man died and about twenty others were injured as cars broke loose and forced a siding car through the building wall.
In Holyoke on March 15, a fist fight in a pool room left Thomas Sheehan dead. Opponent William Foley was arrested but released as police await medical examiner reports. Foley said the clash grew from a prior night altercation and claimed self defense.
In Halifax on March 15 the Nova Scotia Legislature passed a unanimous resolution urging the Dominion government to seek an international prohibition of steam trawl fishing along the Atlantic coast of Canada.
Advertised remedy Cascarets promises to cleanse and regulate the stomach remove sour undigested food and foul gas ease bile from the liver and carry off waste from the intestines. A 10 cent box is said to bring a clear head and cheerful mood by morning with benefits lasting months. Remember the children.
In the Boston Post Sewing Circle column readers discuss if a wife should prioritize her husband’s comfort or appearance. Letters address whether “beauty sleep” benefits relationships and the duties of lighthouse life versus home life, offering varied anonymous voices and replies.
In the Sewing Circle readers weigh in on beauty and shared breakfast duties. ROCK ANN argues that husbands deserve their own breakfast, while the writer shares a personal note about not serving her husband his breakfast but still keeping him satisfied with meals he enjoys.
Fragmented text discusses beauty and market value and urges focus on appearance and stage work. It questions marriage as a goal and suggests pursuing a career in the stage, beauty, or studio. The passage reflects social attitudes toward women and personal branding.
A reflective exhortation on personal choices for women, contrasting cultivation of beauty and marriage with deeper aims that outlast life. It warns that those hoping for immortality pursue different ambitions than idle living, urging action and purpose. ADEITINE.
A narrator advises a lighthouse keeper’s wife to pursue a shore position if loneliness sours life on the Maine coast. He urges frank talk, willingness to sacrifice money, and support for a possible bid toward a better post, citing the impact of isolation on happiness.
A correspondent urges a lonely coastal wife to endure, keep faith, and savor shared life with her husband. Suggests temporary visits or city boarding to ease isolation and urges gratitude for outdoor life and absence of nosy neighbors.
Advice urges a wife to keep her husband at the lighthouse job while he saves for a home. He would have board without rent and a steady salary. The writer asks if he could earn as much ashore with a usable trade before deciding.
A navigator's wife counsels that if his money ashore is insufficient he should stay three or four years to save for a home. Only when savings can clear a home should he abandon the lonely lighthouse post.
A number of notable letters to the Sewing Circle are set to appear in Sunday's Post. Readers may find diverse views and personal anecdotes on craft, community, and shared hobbies.
Walter B. Vincent a prominent Providence lawyer was elected associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court by the Legislature to replace the late Justice John T. Blodgett. He won 92 votes to 60 for the Democratic nominee John J. Fitzgerald. Judge Darius Baker received four votes and Socialist Rep Reid backed KF W A Hurst.
Fifteen thousand dollars in currency disappeared from a registered mail pouch on the Arizona and New Mexico railroad at Clifton Ariz The money was en route from El Paso to Morenci for the Detroit Copper Company The pouch was missing on arrival at Clifton and later found in the San Francisco River with only the money missing.
Mahlon Pitney the new associate justice of the Supreme Court was introduced to President Taft by Senator Briggs of New Jersey. He will probably take the oath of office Monday.
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