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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1918
Page
14
Readers are asked to weigh a domestic dispute about rights to new clothing. The Sewing Circle editor seeks masculine and feminine viewpoints from the readership and offers rewards for the most interesting letters on the active side of the question and the overall most engaging contribution.
Dear Sewing Circle readers seek guidance on clothing budgets and family examples. A husband refuses new outfits for wife and daughter, insisting on repairing old garments despite good wages. Readers also discuss telling children about Santa and the stork, arguing for preserving belief for enjoyment.
Old advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a harmless fruit laxative for children. It urges mothers to use a spoonful to cleanse stomach liver and bowels and claims quick relief from symptoms like listlessness feverishness and poor appetite. The copy emphasizes authenticity by directing buyers to the California Fig Syrup Company.
Instructions for preparing wild fowl including browning approaches roasting times and dressings. Squeeze lemon over slices after roasting and use onion water to remove fishy notes. Prepare gravy with butter flour milk water and tomato sauce served with lemon slices. Miss Sunbeam Mills Coventry England.
A young woman, 18, writes seeking guidance after a theatre worker suitor abandons her. The columnist warns against premature declaration of love, urges self respect, and advises forgetting the affair to attract better outcomes. The piece ends with a note on bead bags being pulled up with strings.
An advertisement touts Poslam as a fast remedy for unsightly skin, pimples, blemishes, itching, and irritations. It emphasizes safety, concentration, and ease of use, with a free sample offer from Emergency Laboratories in New York City. Possum Soap is also promoted for tender or eruptive skin.
Betty B loses two pies to her brother's dog and a passing soldier offers to help. He shares how he earned two pies for a hungry boy and stays to bake more with Betty. After a short visit he departs for France leaving Betty grateful and moved by his kindness.
The poem pleads for peace named for fallen soldiers and sailors. It emphasizes justice guided by Christian grace and condemns war profiteering and vandalism in the wake of conflict.
Sashes tie at one hip while coats show broadcloth patches. A black satin tunic edged with gray wool lace accompanies a cream chiffon skirt and Gull silver lace corselet blouse with a rose taffeta cape. Suit skirts fasten with large side buttons from hip to hem.
A note from Mrs. J. A. Power of 264 Aspinwall Avenue Brookline describes salt and hot water baths for neuralgia of the feet and limbs and sore eyes. It suggests rubbing feet with a coarse towel after soaking and washing silk and ribbons in salt and water then ironing while wet for best results.
A促 ad touts Asgatco Laboratory remedy for asthma bronchitis and catarrh offering immediate relief and deeper breathing. It claims sixteen years of success and urges a free trial from 243 West 47th Street New York with distribution through Riker Jaynes and local druggists.
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