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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1913
Page
15
The Sewing Circle in the Boston Post invites homemakers in New England to discuss domestic matters. Topics include home management, family issues, baby care, flowers, and gardening. Respondents may use pen names and ask questions. letters should be single-sided and addressed to the Circle Editor.
A reader column contrasts a wife's plea for bank savings with a husband’s plan to stash earnings for old age. Voices argue over prudent restraint versus enjoying present comforts, citing examples of life on $18 weekly, and a 23 year old’s stance against sacrificing today for future security.
Riker Jaynes Drug Stores have authorization to sell Kosine treatment for Epilepsy with a $1.60 bottle price and a money back guarantee if not satisfied. A free Epilepsy booklet with a complete diet is offered. The Kosine Company of Washington, D C is referenced.
Poem fragment expresses a devotional wish to give bread water oil joy and faith to others. It envisions relieving thirst doubts fears and wrath with hopeful acts and living rightly day by day, invoking scriptural imagery and a refrain about not passing this way again.
Readers debate saving versus spending in a Sewing Circle column. Letters from women across ages discuss frugality, finances, and the tradeoffs of work, marriage, and happiness. One writer questions hoarding, another defends thrift, while a 21-year-old worker admits she saves little and enjoys earnings.
An old health note claims meat digest produces uric acid that overworks kidneys. It recommends flushes with four ounces of Rad Salts daily, a grape and lemon acid lithia mixture, touted to cleanse sluggish kidneys and ease bladder irritation.
A reader argues that kissing is a personal choice shaped by upbringing and culture. A second letter urges freedom to kiss while awaiting a future spouse, praising selective affection. A wife asserts only her husband has kissed her, while stressing the joy of loving fidelity and long happiness.
Secretary Bryan announces delegates for the seventh international congress of the Worlds Purity Federation to be held in Minneapolis from November 7 to 12. Delegates include Anthony Comstock James B Reynolds Clifford G Roe Rev D C MacLeod Rev W F Crafts J Frank Chase and J A Pike. Also a note about a home sewing pattern featured in the upcoming issue.
Dr Wilfred Grenfell spoke at Jordan Hall last night on coastal relief efforts in Labrador and Newfoundland. The stereopticon views drew applause from Boston figures including hospital nurses at work in ice fields. A tale followed of a single woman traveling over a hundred miles with a dogsled to reach a hospital.
The talk praised Dr. Grenfell’s unselfish efforts in Labrador for hospitals, orphanages, schools, and sanitary measures. It noted Harvard and Amherst students aiding water and drainage projects, reindeer development, and new surgical efforts. Tuberculosis and beriberi remain major health threats in the region.
The Forty Hours devotion opens at St Josephs Roxbury tomorrow until high mass Sunday. A four week mission for St Josephs Somerville starts next Sunday led by Jesuit Fathers. Five performances of Constantine or the Victory of the Cross begin next Sunday night at Casino Hall by Holy Trinity Shawmut Ave Young Men's Sodality. St Anthonys Brighton prepares for its annual charity hall on Nov 10 at Roddy Hall with special features.
Marion in Glenvale helps elderly Samantha and learns of a long awaited letter. Zeb retrieves Frank Dillaway letters from Debby, leading Samantha to believe Frank died awaiting her message. Samantha reads a dying letter, finds peace, and proclaims love as she passes away, certain they will reunite.
Prominent Kansas doctors including Geo T Richardson Anna Holmes and Ira Gabbert hail D D D as a near specific for eczema psoriasis and other itching eruptions. Advertised by Jaynes Drug Store the remedy promises immediate cooling soothing relief followed by a wash and skin care plan with a guarantee on the first full size bottle.
A historical notice outlines a long term prescription plan for a standard skin treatment. The item notes medical usage and duration, highlighting ongoing reliance on this remedy within the period's healthcare provisions. The article references药膏 practice and suggests durable market acceptance of the therapy.
Marion rushes to Samantha as death nears and fears cloud her, but the peaceful look on Samantha’s face and the letter’s effect bring a calm resolve. The writing seems to have achieved its aim, leaving Marion touched and relieved.
A long reader Q and A ad offers various cures for hair, headaches, indigestion, rheumatism, cough, and obesity. Remedies include zinc tablets, potassium compounds, tonics, cough syrups, and numbered prescriptions, with doctor endorsements and instructions for home use.
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