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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1913
Page
11
The Boston Post launches Sewing Circle as a feminine column for home life issues. Readers share letters on modesty, marriage, parenting, and social expectations, with replies from women and inquiries from men. Correspondents use pen names and write on one page side only.
A Boston mother writes as Just a girl urging young men to seek consent and declare love before kissing. She counsels patience, warning that pressuring a blushless refusal reveals a jewel worth pursuing. The piece frames modesty in style and conduct as the path to lasting happiness.
Readers discuss whether wives deserve wages for work at home and the value of financial independence. An ordinary couple shares a shared fund and an allowance system, while a wife describes the sense of autonomy from having an individual bank account and spending money for gifts and charities.
A letter advises women to stop treating home as a prison and to accompany husbands on evenings out. The writer recounts following her husband to social events until he grew tired of loneliness and began inviting her along, encouraging others to do the same. The piece notes letters to the Sewing Circle appear in the Sunday Post.
Walsh will speak at 28 spots across the city including Pemberton square at 1 PM with Mayor Witegerald and Edward P. Barry. The circuit covers wards and venues from Neponset to East Boston and Roxbury, ending near the West End, highlighting a broad political outreach.
The piece profiles Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall and explains how a single blunder over Governor Sulzer triggered a political crisis. It traces Murphy’s rise from saloon keeper to boss, his control over New York City and State patronage, and the looming threat to Tammany’s power ahead of the upcoming election.
The piece portrays Tammany Hall as a continuous, results driven politics machine in New York. It describes precinct captains aiding voters with bail and summonsing leaders, noting Tammany’s influence in courts and its blend of public good with graft. It contrasts Croker’s admitted self enrichment with Murphy’s less clear wealth.
New York political era hangs on the upcoming election with Charles F. Murphy, the dominant Tammany figure, facing possible deposition. Analysts warn the defeat could be the harshest in Tammany history and usher in eight or four years of renewed scrutiny and pressure.
The Rev. Le i Scharf, 73, a retired minister, was found after a search by fire department and volunteers in dense bushes near his Athol home. Though chilled, he is not expected to suffer serious injuries. he had wandered away while not in good health and fell, becoming unable to rise.
The ad proclaims Dr Williams Pink Pills will build up mood and blood, banishing fatigue dizziness and faintness for women. It urges readers to visit their druggist to start now with a box of these pills.
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