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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1912
Page
8
A reader questions the feasibility of saving eight dollars a week on twelve dollars income and explains mortgage costs. Lynn Woman argues that renting reduces wealth, detailing taxes, insurance, and a $2800 house in Massachusetts, and urges careful budgeting to redeem a home over time.
A reader asks for details on living frugally on twelve dollars a week. She notes Boston costs and questions housing, fuel, clothing, and food budgets, requesting a fuller bill of fare and savings method.
A sweetheart writes that she and her fiancé plan to marry despite his $12 weekly income and seek guidance on local rent costs. She thanks the writer for a hopeful letter suggesting the couple can manage if others do it and asks for the town state and vicinity of rent to help them plan.
In this note the writer asks about obtaining funds from a cooperative bank to build a house and questions banks' general desire to loan for home construction. It reflects confusion over loan availability and terms.
A Boston reader argues for keeping dogs and children, noting personal balance with two kids and two dogs. She praises dog shows raising funds for needy children and asserts dogs do good beyond criticism, urging editors to publish the letter for fellow dog lovers.
A reader asks if a 20 year age gap with a wife of means and a clerk husband proves love. She requests he call her mamma in public to test his affection, noting gossip about their age difference. She seeks guidance from the sewing circle.
A terse note expresses anticipation of responses from sisters regarding a husband’s senior status with anxious undertones.
A writer in the Pine Tree State harshly condemns Smilax for choosing freedom over motherhood. The author, five years married with a three year old son, warns Smilax she should not exist and defends her own family’s comfortable life.
A reader signing as Mother of Seven defends children’s happiness against a harsh landlord who called her kids a nuisance for trampling a daffodil bed. She argues that protecting a child’s health outweighs ornamental flower displays and condemns those who view kids as nuisances.
Readers send lively notes to the Sewing Circle featured in the Sunday Post. The column showcases community anecdotes, crafts tips, and cheerful exchanges among quilters knitters and sewers.
A recipe from Mrs C M Carter of Barre suggests making a ham and egg bake with butter flour milk parsley and stale bread crumbs baked thirty minutes. It also notes a Hamburg steak dish with onions cooked in butter rice spaghetti tomatoes or mato soup and butter for a hearty supper from Mrs Estes of Silver Lake Farm Newton NH.
Dear reader asks if loving a first cousin is proper. The columnist says love is fate not propriety, warns against marrying a first cousin due to potential offspring issues, and suggests choosing a more suitable partner unless love is strong enough to risk both outcomes.
A young 18 year old girl asks which of two suitors to marry. One man three years older has given up bad habits and shows potential. the second, six years older, has a good job, built a house, and no bad habits. The writer seeks guidance from the Daily Post urging a timely decision. The advice favors the man with a brighter outlook, but cautions marriage is premature and urges patience and choice.
A film crew sought to shoot a scene of a crank attempting to enter the White House with an elderly actor in a beard. Police intervened to stop the setup outside the main entrance as White House officials denied permission for the portrayal.
Four year old Elizabeth Goodwin, the youngest dancer, is among four hundred seventy six other children to perform at Mrs. W. S. Butler's annual May festival in Mechanics Hall. She will appear as one of the skippers in the graceful dances.
A phrase notes that after full freedom of movement is granted, the young dancer will don attire described as enabling unrestricted motion. The statement implies a costume choice tied to liberty and performance.
The schedule lists confirmations and dedications led by Cardinal OConnell from today through late June. Events include confirmations at Roxbury St Cecilias and Cathedral of the Holy Cross Boston, plus dedications at Gate of Heaven South Boston and St John Winthrop with ordinations at the seminary and Cathedral.
This dainty Nettle miss, daughter of Mrs Frances Goodwin of Brookline, shows notable talent in rehearsals for the May festival. Friends predict she will be a hit, noted for her winsome manner and perfect ease, wearing a bewitching yellow silk gown fitted to her.
In his probate filing on May 3, Dr Francis Bacon leaves 100000 to the New Haven County Anti Tuberculosis Society 10000 to the Connecticut Children's Aid Society 500 to the New Haven General Hospital. The estate is valued at 400000 with Yale University named the residuary legatee to fund an undergraduate scholarship for needy students.
Five children aged 4 to 18, described as colored, were arraigned at Malden District Court yesterday on neglect charges for being abandoned by their parents George Jett and wife of Melrose.
The Paris Medicine Co announces Grove's Sanare Cutis a guaranteed cure for eczema in 10 to 30 days with a refund if it fails. The product is described as clean and non staining and available by mail for 50 cents if not in local pharmacies.
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