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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1912
Page
6
The Boston Post introduces a regular department titled a woman's own forum where readers discuss home life household economy and family matters. Readers write under nom de plume and seek advice on problems such as managing a baby and garden care.
A Boston reader offers kitchen table advice to a mother about handling a neighbor dispute over spanking. She stresses calm inquiry, telling the child to avoid misbehavior, and guiding neighbors to address concerns through the mother. She also laments social gossiping by local mothers and calls for reform.
A letter from WINTER HILL to the Sewing Circle recalls the Bible command to suffer little children and asserts motherhood as the highest female honor. The writer challenges a member nicknamed New Harmony New Hampshire Mother of Seven, urging adherence to traditional roles.
The writer praises recent guidance from sisters addressing a victim of man’s inhumanity and a mother of seven. He agrees with the sentiment and notes he has no additional advice to add. The missive invites further opinion from the group on the subject.
A student argues that large families are essential for society and that both rich and poor should raise many children. He contends responsible parenting can reduce crime, criticizes negligent mothers, recalls historical poverty, and cites Lincoln as a model born when needed. The piece stresses generational thinking and gratitude for kind individuals who were once children.
A 17 year old bride writes from a sewing circle about her life with her 17 year old husband. They married in January and live in a five room flat with a bath, sharing a daily routine including early breakfasts and a comfortable home.
Woman describes deep love for husband but a rift over religion. Husband and his family oppose her faith. she fears parental anger and religious estrangement. The couple married by a lawyer with no religious discussion. She would convert to keep peace.
A letter from a married woman reports 19 years of servitude with no personal purchases by her husband. She lists neglect, lack of clothing or furniture, only $5 weekly for upkeep, high living costs, and a pension for him. She vows to leave the situation and praises a spirited ally named Peaches and Cream.
A reader asks the sisters for views on whether a husband who flirts with other women disgraces his family and whether he is worthy of his wife’s affection and concern. She invites opinions from the Sewing Circle.
A 19 year old store clerk asks kindly sisters for practical guidance on the minimal amount of money two healthy, churchgoing lovers should have to marry this fall. She seeks facts from personal experience rather than theory to plan a modest union.
A note announces that some of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle will appear in next Sunday's Post.
Recipes for a butter pastry with eggs and cream from Mrs. Finegan and Mrs. Richmond, plus a jelly mold assembly using turnips and gelatine, and a narrative reporting a homicide with autopsy findings and police investigation details.
The body of 30 year old Mrs Lillian Jewar was found in her Baldwin Hotel apartment at 396 Northampton Street. The kimono fragments obstructing her throat and a tightly tied towel around the neck indicate a violent struggle and apparent homicide.
Brookline prepares for a Friday special election to fill the vacancy left by the death of Horace James who served 45 years on the board. Six candidates James F Quinn Hosea Starr Ballou Albion F Bemis Dr Frederick IL Hayes Thomas F Thompson and B Frank Carroll tour the town seeking broad support for what may be the town's largest vote in history.
St John New Brunswick May 20 mill men from nine of the largest sawmills went on strike for a 15 percent wage increase. About 500 to 600 workers are idle as mills close indefinitely due to weak markets. The strike affecting most region lumber output was unexpected.
Associate Justice Christopher M. Lee of the Rhode Island Superior Court died at his Providence home this evening from heart neuralgia. He was 67 years old.
Miss Mary Boland testified that E. J. Williams wrote the March 13 1912 letter cited in the House judiciary inquiry into Judge R W Archbald. Boland’s stenographic testimony linked Williams to the reference to a silent partner in the Katydid culm bank deal.
Alderman William R Currie and Park Commissioner Munroe spoke against a measure granting Melrose permission to take land from the Metropolitan Park Commission for a Melrose High School athletic field. Mayor French Senator Allen and citizens supported the proposal. Melrose would buy and maintain the land under park commission direction with profits to the city treasury.
Providence R I May 20 The State hatcheries at Wickford where lobster was successfully propagated artificially for the first time in this country were inspected today by about 75 members of the National Association of Shell Fish Commissioners who closed their convention in Boston last week. They were taken by steamer to two oyster shucking houses on Narragansett Bay and landed at Wickford to view the work accomplished there.
Incendiaries including a woman allegedly set fire to the Milne and Chalmers granite polishing mill at Liberty and Penn streets in Quincy. The blaze nearly destroyed the building and damaged contents by about $30,000.
A large fire alarm drew the city fire department to a grain elevator adjacent to F. H. Crane & Son. Fire crews battled over two hours to save nearby buildings after a rear-ignited blaze. A car seen leaving the scene sped away with four occupants, sparking investigators’ suspicion of arson.
The Suffolk Medical Society decided to submit to Mayor Fitzgerald a list of prominent candidates to succeed Dr. Samuel H. Durgin as Boston Board of Health head. The group urged careful selection, with input from Dr. A H Shattuck Dr. A T Cabot and others and proposed a three member committee to confer with the Mayor on eligibility.
A 1911 testimonial from M. Ulmer at 847 Columbus Ave New York describes years of eczema on the face thigh and chin. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the skin cleared and the sufferer was cured.
A personal testimonial from Miss Alva Gustafson in New York in 1911 describes severe scalp itching and sores. After trying multiple remedies, she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, reporting relief in ten weeks. The advert promotes Cuticura products with free samples and Boston address.
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