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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1912
Page
8
In Brockton on March 27, Mrs Mildred Hanson aged 17 of Main Street disclosed to her mother that she had married Carl Ostlund of Menlo Street in Providence on March 19. The mother expressed surprise and disapproval of the elopement while noting Ostlund is a decent man.
The Boston Post’s Sewing Circle offers a women’s forum for homemakers in New England to discuss home life. topics include family, budgeting, baby care, gardening, and domestic questions. Letters may use pen names and should be single sided and addressed to the Sewing Circle Editor.
A granddaughter shares a tearful letter to Sealed Lips urging that adopted children be told the truth. She recounts her mother learning as an adult that her adoptive parents were not her real family, revealing a years long secret kept by a family associate. She argues honesty strengthens bonds and expects to sign as A GRANDDAUGHTER.
In today's column a reader recalls a wife’s claim of neglect as her husband focuses spare time on a new hobby of raising fancy poultry, sparked by a letter she wrote detailing the situation.
A brief, period style note discusses suburban attitudes toward a rising rival, likening it to a childhood illness. The piece suggests the fever will pass quickly and hints at various antidotes and remedies, mentioning rats as part of the metaphor.
Renowned physicians and many specialists endorse the J. B. L. Cascade as a cure for constipation. The product purportedly cleanses the colon, removing poisons that impair the body and cause dullness and illness. Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores in New England stock it and offer a booklet titled Why Man of Today Is Only 50% Efficient.
Advice urges women to seek fulfillment beyond a husband and to find companionship and purpose. It warns against relying on a single partner for happiness and suggests many paths to contentment in life.
A reader letter from Comfort discusses farm life and poultry interests, urging a wife to support her husband’s hobby raising Rhode Island Red hens. It warns that neglecting the hobby may drive him away and contrasts a happy home with bargain hunting. A second voice, Dimple, notes a husband who irons and sews to allow his wife to read.
A humorous persona questions domestic roles and sewing circle habits in a lighthearted critique. The writer jeers at husbands who avoid chores while praising the circle’s value despite faults. The piece riffs on marriage dynamics and social expectations.
A widow writes of a hard life cleaning and ironing to support her family. She describes rough hands from work, a cold husband who shuns contact, and the burden of caring for aging parents and a child. The Circle discusses similar tales from readers seeking advice.
Dear H M. a wife describes happy home life with husband and three daughters, noting money cannot buy happiness. She suggests unmar ried readers seek honest work out West or in country service, recommend adopting motherless children, and wishes the Post and its readers well from Winne s qua m.
A mother seeks help from the Circle to find a respectable home for her family. She complains that landlords refuse tenants with children despite years of rent paid, noting her youngest child is seven. She asks Sisters for advice on securing housing without turning away families with kids.
A mother urges a sister to stay home with twins rather than work for 25 dollars weekly. Tam, mother of one surviving twin, shares regret over past losses, advises delaying work until children are older and stresses home care and family support.
The Sunday Post Magazine presents Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World with Professor Challenger, promising one of the most talked-of stories of the year as a bloody stirring adventure begins in the tale.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church in Dorchester traces its origins to 1816 with meetings at Anthony Otherman’s home. The present building, dedicated under Rev. C. S. Rogers in 1878, features a Civil War memorial. Rev. Webster H. Powell has served as pastor since 1905 and was unanimously recalled for an eighth year.
Dear Misa Champagne asks whether a younger woman should be encouraged to pursue a romance with an older man. The columnist argues age difference favors the man in marriage, warns the sender not to encourage the girl, and urges honesty and practical thinking over romantic fantasies.
Miss Ella B Knobel of Walpole provides a lemon raisin pastry turnover recipe with optional fat content notes for trimming and shaping. Mrs William Sandilands of Melrose shares a ham dressing method using sugar mustard cayenne and vinegar, then poured over in moulds. Minnie H Sprague of Skowhegan offers a simple bread rounds recipe for toasting with sugar in a hot oven.
An advertisement touts a high profit investment with safety in the Electric Score Board Company promising returns far above savings banks and bonds. It urges readers to share in profits from the enterprise.
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