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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1911
Page
17
A lengthy plea from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. invites women to contact Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for private health advice. The notice emphasizes confidentiality and extensive experience, offering a free 80 page Text Book to readers who request it.
A reader advises women to abandon public debates on women’s rights if their husbands oppose them. The letter counsels focusing on home duties, harmony, and the family, arguing public activism may threaten marriage and domestic peace.
Dear Troubled It seems to me that you are jealous although you deny that you are but if that is not the case and your husband shows favoritism you should insist that your sister should keep her proper place or that she should find another home.
A letter offers a free coupon for a supposed wrinkle removing process claimed to erase age lines in three nights. The writer asserts nationwide success, medals, and a $1000 reward if proven false, citing testimonials from women and requests for information from readers.
The Rev. Edward A. Chase may accept the Beverly pulpit after 13 years at Wollaston Congregational Church. Donation Day funds the Cambridge Baptist Home, serving about 30 elders with an annual need of $8000. The Massachusetts branch of the International Order of King’s Daughters and Sons held its sixteenth convention, electing Mrs M S Savage as speaker and Mrs M Wheatie Farley as State president, with Miss Susan R Brokenshire as treasurer. The Calhoun Club sent over 20 barrels of goods to Alabama’s Calhoun School for children and plantation mummies, via Arlington Street Church.
In a quoted exchange WINNIE cites cases where sisters have made it very unpleasant for the wife. The remark highlights familial pressure and tensions affecting marriage dynamics.
The note recommends layering coal ashes in the planting box with bulbs to ensure trouble free dahlias. It promises a pink dahlia as a result and suggests autumn planting as the timeframe.
A reader argues that parents must curb children’s behavior in cars and teach consideration for others. They oppose children stomping mud on passengers and insist on training kids to respect shared space.
A reader praises Marie for patience and kindness to her mother in law and urges more women to emulate her. The writer criticizes selfish behavior of others in the household and defends Marie against cranky relatives.
A reader from Maplewood asks the sisters if a husband who abstains from smoking drinking and swearing and prescribes churchgoing can be too exemplary. She describes him as kind gentle and a superb provider and wonders how others would respond to such perfection.
Contests for Speaker of the House and president of the Senate opened after the State election. Candidates include John Hargis, James F. Cavanagh, Roger Wolcott, Graf ton Cushing, Robert Washburn, Charles N. Underhill, with party shifts expected to shape the canvass. Senate contenders feature George L. Barnes Levi P Greenwood George H. Tinkham and others as Republicans crowd the field.
A short plea from an 18 year old writer seeking guidance on choosing love over pursuing acting. The message urges not to give up a boyfriend for stage ambitions, noting the value of love and warning against foolish decisions.
Readers note that the Sewing Circle letters are also printed in the Boston Sunday Post, appearing alongside local columns and comments.
The Allan line steamer Numidian with 120 passengers and the Warren line freighter Sagamore arrived yesterday, both three days behind schedule after heavy seas and gales. The Numidian reported seeing a large iceberg east of the Grand Banks. Numidian left Glasgow October 27, faces rough seas and pitching decks. Sagamore, from Liverpool, started with Columbian, but rough weather slowed progress. Sagamore carried about 5000 barrels of grapes and a large shipment of bottled beer.
Abra ham Franks age 46 of 17 Rose street dislocated his right hip while unloading coal. He is receiving treatment at City Hospital.
Mayor Fitzgerald reviewed tentative subway entrance plans for Copley square by C Howard Walker of the Boston Society of Architects. The project would cut the square into a Maltese cross shaped street pattern connected by a bridge, with the Park Square estate supporting the extension path.
John F. Cronin, elected clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk County, reports a flurry of congratulatory calls letters and telegrams. He thanks supporters and pledges to merit continued approval during his tenure.
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