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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1912
Page
15
A column of anecdotes and reader items from Boston and nearby towns covers spring signs, political snippets, and humorous asides. It mentions J P Morgan entering a Boston jewelry firm, Ford saving a woman on a train, Harvard Taft Club, zoo plans for Franklin Park, and letters from readers with varied local color and brief sketches.
A 20 year old asks Mildred Champagne about marrying a man three years her senior with $50 weekly income. Parents oppose due to age, she worries about pleasing them yet dislikes waiting to marry. Champagne says a 20 year old can marry if right person and age 25 is not a strict cutoff.
An 18 year old girl writes in with distress about a middle aged divorced lodger who rooms at her mother’s Boston lodging house and pursues her. She asks for advice on what to do given her lack of love and her mother’s wish for marriage.
The speaker argues love can cross age and hardship, suggesting a twice divorced man could be a good partner if beloved. However they warn against marrying without genuine affection to avoid future divorces, noting a daughter's aversion should weigh against unsuitable matches.
Mrs Stasia Elliman of 5 Holland Street Rochester asks the Post to help locate her husband who left home some time ago. She is ill in Rochester City Hospital with two small children dependent on her.
An advertisement proclaims Ely's Cream Balm relieves colds and nasal catarrh by applying to the nostrils. It claims to restore taste and smell, improve hearing, and prevent chronic illness, recommending a 50 cent bottle for adults and children alike.
An advertisement claims one ounce of ethine double strength from Houghton and Dutton Drug Co. or Riker Jaynes Drug Co. will fade freckles. Apply nightly. light freckles vanish by morning and money back if Othipe fails.
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