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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1914
Page
13
In a Boston Post Sewing Circle column a reader shares frugal living tips from New England homes. She outlines balanced meals using meat sparingly, bulk cereals, homemade clothing, and durable linens to cut costs while maintaining quality.
A collection of reader letters Discusses saving for a home Choosing a husband who shares earnings Teaching daughters self sufficiency and loyalty to spouses Advises on handling romantic temptations and maintaining family harmony with aging confidences from a "Young Mother" and others.
A letter argues a wife should share interest in her husband's income and offer business judgment. It asserts a capable wife can counsel and inspire a husband toward future success, with harmony enabling great achievements.
The Sunday Post features a selection of the Sewing Circle letters, showcasing reader opinions and community tidbits. Readers share tips, stories, and curiosities that reflect local life and craft interests.
On a summer hotel piazza two young lovers quarrel over seeing a woman in the moon. The woman challenges Harold Brown Addison about women’s roles while a voyage unfolds under a full moon as they reflect on suffrage and equality.
Harold returns from abroad and clashes with June about gender roles. June, hired by her father as bookkeeper, becomes manager after uncovering embezzlement. In a playful exchange the pair debate what each sees in the moon and in each other, ending with a vow of affection and domestic bonds.
An old advertisement touts ethine double strength as a freckle remover. It claims nightly applications will fade even severe freckles and erase lighter ones, urging action in February and March to prevent summer persistence.
A 10 year old writes of Nan the goat on a Piscataqua River farm who swam out to her boys, followed them on a trolley, plays ball, and even climbs stairs. The letter praises Nan’s devotion and invites more pet stories with photos for tomorrow’s Post Feature Editor.
Reading loses two long lived residents Robert Hodson aged 93 and Luther G. Howard aged 91. Hodson born in Oxford Eing and survived by a 90 year old wife eight children 25 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Howard born in Lunenberg Mass was a noted real estate dealer and is survived by three sons including Dr. Howard of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.
The new Boston Y M C A building opens for an all day open house for Boston Elevated Railway carmen. Exhibitions by two athletes in the gym and swimming activities in the natatorium will be shown, with an evening program in the auditorium.
Thin men and women are urged to gain 5 to 8 pounds in two weeks by taking one Sargol tablet with each meal and tracking progress with scale and tape. The ad claims the product helps turn eaten fats into tissue and promises fat stays, with a money back guarantee from druggists.
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