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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1913
Page
8
From the Boston Post Sewing Circle column readers submit letters on what they would do with 48 hours to live. Answers range from helping others and visiting hospital patients to courting a forbidden love and pondering eternity, with social and moral reflections on women.
Excerpts from letters address the problem of wrecked lives of women and consider possible remedies. The discussion emphasizes social conditions and potential supports for women facing hardship.
The writer criticizes male drags on women's progress and moral rights, arguing men have regressed in honor. They question men’s willingness to defend moral rights and suggest blame shifts to male power dynamics shaping women’s fate.
A discussion continues on whether a young woman should surrender all her earnings to her mother as repayment for parental care. One sister calculates it averages about one dollar daily from birth to eighteen for the typical well to do American girl.
A set of letters discuss the cost and value of raising children, noting daily tasks, meals, and clothing as repayment to parents. A reader argues daughters owe parental care, while another says focus should be on mental guidance and education. A real mother emphasizes nurturing love and gratitude.
John Ed ward Staples aged 63 longtime Malden resident and Boston Chamber of Commerce member died yesterday from heart trouble after a lingering illness. He served in multiple local political offices in Malden.
Joseph Freeland of Roxbury was ordered by Chief Justice Bolster to post a 200 dollar bond for three months after being accused of threatening bodily harm to Caroline T Mills, a detective at a large department store.
London May 27 The growing displeasure in diplomatic circles of the great powers at the attitude of Greece and Servia found expression today in an ultimatum delivered by Sir Edward Grey to the delegates of the belligerents.
A communication states time has run out for peace talks and a draft treaty should be signed without changes. Ambassadors favored no new discussions to avoid delay, urging signatories to proceed while non signatories risk prolonging the war. Servians and Greeks have notified their governments. Turks and Bulgars ready to sign. Montenegrins likely to object.
John J. Fields, 35, of Medford, was pulled into the feed mechanism of an automatic stoker at the Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co plant on Hampshire Street, Cambridge. He died hours later at Cambridge Relief Hospital after being found in the power plant where he was laying a brick wall. no other workers were present and the exact mechanism event remains unclear.
Alice Stone Blackwell editor of the Woman's Journal was unanimously re elected president of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association at its annual meeting held yesterday at 585 Boylston Street.
The article notes a broad re election of last year's ticket and plans for a statewide education campaign and a spring parade. Many who voted against equal suffrage joined in, including gray haired women, with Mrs Cyrus W Field urging participation. A list of opposing legislators was read amid silence from 200 women, and Miss Margaret Foley proposed aggressive action. The treasurer reports 6257 spent with 958 reserve, listing officers led by Miss Blackwell and several named organizers.
Earl B. Sanborn attempted to clear his schoolmate John W. Meachen of burglaries but both boys pleaded guilty in Newton police court and were held for the grand jury.
Mayor Fitzgerald urged Boston to push shipbuilding as a premier local industry at the Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange meeting. He cited Panama Canal openings and Boston’s poor port standing, backing a $5 million rivers and harbors improvement fund and calls for coordinated regional industry promotion.
John Keating aged 32 of 79 Pearl street Brookline died at the Relief Hospital from a head blow after an altercation with a stranger he met on North street yesterday morning. Hanover street police search for the attacker and a wide alert has been issued for his capture.
Frank Parker a poker player with many aliases sat in at an expensive Chandler street house game. In Municipal Court Judge Bennett fined him 608 dollars after police found he had won 304 dollars in the game when they arrived.
Sanborn of a rich Salem family and Meachen, son of a Huntington widow, were arrested early Monday for attempting to rob William F. Tomlinson’s hardware on Waltham Street West Newton. Sanborn faced three counts of breaking and entering with $600 bail per count. Meachen faced two counts with $1000 bail. Both later pleaded guilty to carrying a loaded revolver and were fined. Sanborn’s father paid the fines and posted bail. School peers note Sanborn spent time with trashy literature, while Meachen supported himself at Allen School by waiting tables and earning a baseball letter last year.
The Daniels home at 93 Winthrop Street Roxbury was robbed of jewelry and precious stones yesterday. Police believe a skeleton key was used as the bolt was found thrown from inside when Mrs. Daniels returned about 5:30 PM. The house was empty, and the burglary likely occurred between 11 AM and her departure for downtown.
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