Boston Letters and Local Happenings Echo the Harbor and City
A Boston column recounts a seafaring sight at Commercial Wharf with the Bark Hatholmen and recalls Curtis Guild’s remark on memories over money. It notes a likely name for the Charles River viaduct and shares updates about Grace Atwell in Oklahoma City, George Betts at Young's Hotel, and Indian theatre fans. It also mentions Mayor Fitzgerald’s Irish Spirit talk, local youth athletics, and Harvard family milestones.
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Boston
Henry Flanders
Jamaica Plain
Curtis Guild
Sewing Circle in Boston Post Lets Homemakers Seek Help
The Sewing Circle is a regular Boston Post department serving New England women. It covers home life topics from domestic perplexities to health hints, household economy, and gardening. Correspondents may use pseudonyms and ask questions, writing on one side of the sheet.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
The Post's Original Short Story Competition Rules
The Post announces the Short Story Competition with guidelines for entrants. Writers are urged to read the editorial page on the Sunday Post for rules, eligibility, and submission details.
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the Post
The
Sunday Post
Classic Home Recipes and Instructions From Local Contributors
A compilation of kitchen tips and recipes including vegetable soup with milk and parsley, frosting with cocoa and sugar, veal croquettes, veal cakes, and baked meat with crackers. Contributors include Alice K. Hoc tor of Dorchester Mrs H L Munsey of Salem Mrs M Dowall of Woodfords and Mrs Frank E Lyden of Waltham.
Fads and Fashions Highlight Elegant 19th Century Dress
Paragraphs detail returning styles such as plaited skirts, ribbon embroidery, and Eton caps. Notes emphasize hat trims, face coverage, flowered toques, beaded bags, crepe fabrics, back cuffs on sleeves, and color trends in stockings, shoes, and gloves with gray replacing white for dressy events. The spiked incroyable coat and striped morning hat ribbons are also mentioned as current popular items.
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Eton
The Tightwad and the Birthday Violet Confession
In a newspaper office romance, Jimmie the frugal saver earns Edith’s scorn and then her birthday violets spark a confession. He promises to visit that evening if she agrees to a new kind of security, and he kisses her in a bold, romantic moment.
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Jimmie
Bertie Dale
Edith Benton
Edith
Elsie Griffin
Lewis to Accept Taft Recess Appointment
Assistant United States District Attorney William H. Lewis will go to Washington to accept the recess appointment as assistant attorney general. His name was sent to the Senate but not confirmed before adjournment. a recess appointment was made and confirmation is expected at the next session.
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United States District
William H. Lewis
Washington
Taft
Lewis
Senate
Congress
Mortals, Uncle Walt Predicts Egg Cache Collapse
A satirical verse by Walt Mason narrates Uncle Walt planning to buy and store a million kegs of cheap eggs to profit from a blizzard. He rents a tall building, fills it with eggs, then waits for winter storms that never arrive. The hens lay seven eggs daily, driving him to insanity and proving human plans vain.
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Rome
Cork
New York
Walt Mason
Little Known Facts About Well Known Persons
David Starr Jordan of Stanford has climbed the Matterhorn and loves mountaineering. Robert Mantell, the actor, was born in Scotland and has a Bruce as a hidden middle name. Sir Gilbert Parker is honorary colonel of the First Kent Volunteer Artillery. Joaquin Miller, the poet, was once a lawyer in Oregon. Jan Kubelik the violinist is the son of a market gardener from Michle Hungary. Sir W C Van Horne, head of the Canadian Pacific railway, studies oriental art.
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David Starr Jordan
Leland Stanford, Jr
Robert Mantell
Scotland
Bruce
Gilbert Parker
First Kent Volunteer Artillery
Joaquin Miller
Oregon
Jan Kubelik
Michle
Hungary
W. C. van Horne
Canadian Pacific Railway System
Duties of matrons and ushers at a dancing party
The letter asks for guidance on roles for six matrons and an usher at a dancing party. It requests durations of reception times for matrons and responsibilities of the usher who accompanies guests to the matron. It seeks practical tips to ensure the event runs smoothly and may welcome any additional useful instructions.
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Dear Sisters Opinion on Letters and Money Matters
A reader asks about whether letters should be addressed to her husband or opened by the wife if from relatives or friends. The writer contends a husband cannot have both policies funded and urges change. she fears losing access to money.
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Mab
Starting a Business Based on Your Skills
A note from Mauretua advises an ambitious girl to base her first business on her own abilities such as manicuring or stenography. She suggests stating what you can do before choosing the business type to pursue.
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Mauretua
How She Makes Soap in Maine
A reader from Maine shares a simple recipe for white soap. Melt four quarts of lard, dissolve one can of potash in cold water, add two tablespoons borax and one ounce oil of sassafras to hot grease, mix in potash, pour into a lined tin, cool and cut, then allow a week or more to harden in a cool place.
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Maine
Wife or Mother How to Protect Your Son and Self
Advice from a Toronto reader urges a wife to secure an endowment policy for herself and her child to guard against mother-in-law risks after a husband’s death. It counsels evaluating the mother-in-law’s provisions and balancing savings with family needs, noting many start with small weekly amounts.
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Toronto
Happy Mother of Two Advice on Baby Hair Growth
A fragment offers parental guidance suggesting letting a baby’s hair grow until age one. The note mentions TENNY 6OON, but provides no further context or verifiable details.
Ambitious Girl Reflects on Starting a Business Enterprise
The quote discusses how experience, skill, and available capital shape entrepreneurial success. It traces the speaker’s self-made stance and mentions starting with small capital. It frames ambition, age, and resource access as key factors in business ventures.
Advice on neighborly conflict and speaking up
A reader asks if confronting a rude upstairs neighbor over water spillage was right. The writer notes the quarrel led to silence and reflects on whether speaking up was the correct impulse and lasting consequences.
Thinks Wife Should Come First In Law On Insurance
In a letter Flo ss criticizes husbands who defer to their mothers over wives in insurance matters. She argues the wife must come first, with respect to elderly parents, and urges couples to fight for the policy. She blames self centered mothers and weak husbands for failing family duties.
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Floss
Dear Sister Offers Home Remedy for Boy’s Hip Injury
The writer recalls a five year old boy injuring his hip after a fall and limping for a week. A family doctor diagnosed a sprain and advised hot-water baths for 15 minutes twice daily and skunk oil rubs for another 15 minutes. After a year, the boy recovered and is now ten.
Saving Post Stories
Dear Sisters I am saving the short stories found in the Post and seek a good method to store them without damaging their odor and integrity. Anxious.
Salts of Tartar Effect on Hair Color
A reader asks if tartar salts lightens hair and whether it acts as a bleach. The reply explains potential lightening action and cautions about damage and uneven results, advising tests on a small section before use.
Parkman Pupils Stage Evening Program at Forest Hills
The Francis Parkman School class of 1911 presents tonight in the school hall at Forest Hills. The program features fancy dancing and historic scenes drawn from United States history with other exercises. Proceeds fund a painting gifted to the school on graduation day.
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Francis Parkman
Forest Hills
United States
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