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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
13
A young woman clashes over money with a lover about marriage and happiness. An elder narrator tells a tale of a rich woman who chose wealth over love, only to die lonely, illustrating pride and sacrifice.
In a domestic drama from the Van Loon family, Milly rejects wealth pride to marry Harold, earning happiness through shared sacrifice. Aunt Anne, touched and relieved, recalls a past girl as Milly embraces love and poverty with commitment. The scenes unfold with tears, triumph, and a final vow to cherish one another.
A Boston Post Sewing Circle column invites homemakers to share problems and advice. A reader recounts fears for daughters amid modern temptations and argues that ignorance can be safer, while another voice reflects on an illness and a near-death experience, noting calm about mortality and a concern over spelling before anesthesia.
Diet aid Sargel is marketed to help thin men and women gain 5 to 15 pounds in two weeks by taking one tablet with meals. The claim states Sargel converts eaten fats sugars and starches into fat tissue while reducing waste, with weight gain guaranteed or money back.
Plain materials form points on blouses and the summer evening gown is color ful. White gloves stitched with red and hat pins with tiny heads appear. Figured lawn pairs with plain blue lawn and lace ruff hints at the medici collar. Coat suits in chamois colored ratine, pleated tulle hats, net veils with lace frills, high back pumps and tan calf storm shoes define the season.
In Chattanooga Tennessee General Bennett H. Young of Louisville and his three departmental officers were unanimously re elected today to serve as chief executives of the United Confederate Veterans.
Reader letters debate marriage roles and manners with a bride who polices her husband’s behavior. The sewing circle icon weighs in on joint burdens, individuality, and to what extent a spouse should be pampered after marriage.
A home remedy suggests darkening gray hair by dissolving Barbo Compound in seven ounces of water then adding one ounce of bay rum and a quarter ounce of glycerine. Apply weekly until darkened, then biweekly to maintain softness and gloss and healthy scalp. Also works for darkening the beard and treating scalp disorders at low cost.
A published letter argues a mother left husband and children to aid an erring son who stole from his employer, with the father replacing the funds. The piece prompts discussion among Circle sisters about whether abandoning family for one child is right and reflects tensions between motherhood and marital duties. LOYALTY.
A reader questions the bias favoring sons over daughters in family care and urges mothers to support all children. Another letter contemplates 48 hours to live and urges living boldly despite social scrutiny, while sharing personal fears of desperate acts and family disgrace.
A reader recounts attempting country life near Boston to cut costs. They found higher medicine bills, disrupted health, and reduced earnings due to cold, travel, and lack of modern conveniences. The experience ended as a warning against returning to old homestead living.
The Sunday Post prints several engaging letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing readers’ tips and reflections on craft, fabric care, and sewing projects shared with neighbors and friends.
Ten battleships of the Atlantic fleet arrived in New York to honor the Maine. On Memorial Day their crews will take part in dedicating the national Maine monument at Columbus Circle in Central Park. The ships anchored off Sandy Hook under Rear Admiral Badger aboard the Wyoming.
S H Harrison and Co showcases in their Washington and Beach street window a Memorial Day scene with life sized figures flanking muskets, Lincoln busts, and busts of Lee and Grant. The central Lincoln Gettysburg oration excerpt, Stars and Stripes, and plants decorate the display drawing steady crowds and praise.
A reader asks about a young man who visits weekly but is angered by her walking with another man. The columnist replies that unless he is genuinely engaged and willing to commit, a girl should avoid exclusive ties and protect her future, as love without responsibility harms marriage prospects.
A reader writes about a 24 year old who loved a man for three months, then he left and returned later without explanation. The adviser urges not to abandon other friends or potential partners until the man commits and explains his behavior, noting the man acts entitled and the woman should keep her options open.
The Rev. Benjamin Fay Mills will explain why he changed his religious opinions at the Second Universalist Church corner of Columbus Avenue and Clarendon Street next Thursday evening at 8 oclock.
Washington May 28 Postmaster General Burleson ordered discontinuing the special 10 cent registry stamp and barred further printing after current stock runs out. Ordinary postage stamps may be used for prepayment of registry fees.
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