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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1912
Page
19
A catalog describes 8 to 14 year old boys and girls coats in cheviot and corduroy with velvet collars and cuffs, belt details, and bright linings. Prices range from 5.00 to 12.50 with styles including Mannish, Norfolk, belted, and two toned mixtures in navy, tan, and brown.
Catalog snippet lists Girls Cotton Dresses in fall colors with long sleeves in sizes 6 to 14, featuring ginghams and percales. Serge Dresses offered in blue stripes and checks, with eyelet collars, sizes 8 to 14, plus knit sweaters in red blue or brown and Norfolk styles with trims.
To 1 quart of warm milk add 1 cake yeast dissolved in warm water and 1 tablespoon melted butter. Stir in sifted flour sugar and salt, beat and rise, form dough, raise in pans, bake slowly. Also provided are cream paste fillings and several recipe cards with ingredients and addresses for Ethel Johnson Lynn and Helen Currier Portland Maine.
An old advertisement extols Pape's Cold Compound as a fast cure for colds and grippe. It claims a dose every two hours until three in a row ends all symptoms, including headache, nasal congestion, feverishness, and sore throat, with a 25 cent package, no quinine, tastes nice and acts gently.
The Boston Post Sewing Circle prints reader questions on secrets before and after marriage and the impact on wives husbands and families. Letters recount jealousy secrecy and reputations amid moral double standards and social judgment.
The letter titled Harem Hater in the Post denounces harem-like sentiment among New Englanders. It argues it is improper for a married woman to attend theatre or social events with anyone but her husband or a male relative.
Arabella recently sparked a discussion in this column on whether young married couples should live alone or start married life with relatives as part of their home establishment.
A reader recalls turning down an engagement after the fiancé insisted his mother live with them. The letter argues a wife should head her own home and suggests the mother visit elsewhere for a year to avoid early conflict, with advice from Thrice a Mother.
A reader discusses marriage economics preferring a common purse over weekly wages for housework. She argues shared funds prevent jealousy and secrecy and favors mutual consultation on all expenses. The column notes that more letters will appear in the Sunday Post.
Paragraphs describe fur boats with collars and hoods for car use, one piece dresses with long coats, taffeta evening gowns with chiffon flowers, lace and net frills, chinchilla coats, boucle cloths, chiffon blouses with basque tabs, a plush velvet called wet cat, double faced tweed coats, three quarter length coats, satin braid decorations, and velvet or jewel hair bands.
A lyrical piece portrays November as a gray hag gathering fagots of wood while promising future warmth. The speaker asks to take her fagots and conjure a June-like warmth, preserving tender seeds until spring.
The cross suits of Southern Pacific Company and Fore River Shipbuilding Company, arising from the Creole steamship contract and totaling 825000 dollars, were tried before Judge Dodge and a jury in the U S District Court. Southern Pacific seeks 600000 for breach of contract claiming improper equipment and engine substitutions. Fore River seeks 225000 as the remaining due under the contract.
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