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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1917
Page
13
A collection of letters from readers and responses to the Boston Post Sewing Circle. Women share personal sorrows from betrayed trust to widowhood and custody battles, while others seek guidance on relationships and morality in love, marriage, and social conduct.
A sensational beauty routine promises rapid skin improvement by daily application and washing with warm water. The remedy allegedly tightens pores reduces wrinkles lightens complexion and helps with blackheads pimples and rough hands.
The Sunday Post features several engaging letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader opinions, tips, and community anecdotes. Readers discuss patterns, fabrics, and crafting successes, reflecting a vibrant hobbyist scene.
Wide stoles of moleskin are worn surplice style. Crocheted wool belts pair with serge dresses. White embroidery on dark cloth is a novel trim. Sleeves feature contrasting cuffs. Evening coats appear extraordinarily ornate. Long-waisted fits dominate, white pique collars with pleated cuffs, black charmeuse with spangled tulle, and long hair animal scarfs sometimes trimmed with other furs.
Deputy U S marshals arrested men who did not submit to physical examinations after exemption boards notified them. Two more men were arraigned and held for hearings. One case found a person registered under a draft age youth in East Boston. the man could not be accepted for service. About 125 warrants remain for men who dodged examinations.
A local announcement declares a 10 cent shine price effective Saturday as the nickel and the dark shine keep their bond, but the two generations of prices will separate later. The city will post the notice in all shine emporiums once the holdoff ends.
A newspaper passage notes merchants advocating raising nickel and shine prices from five to ten cents after November 4. The piece cites New York precedent and says cities followed as war effects push up costs, challenging local businesses to adjust prices.
Household hints suggest a simple substitute for sugar in coffee using one large marshmallow and a teaspoon of condensed milk. Quote attributed to Mrs William Cairns of 804 Walnut Street Fall River.
The speaker recalls coldest Boston November 22 temperatures of 20 degrees in 1876 9 in 1879 14 in 1880 and 18 in 1881. The warmest official figures on this date were 69 degrees in 1883 and 68 in 1918 with rain or snow on years 1899 1903 1906 and 1910.
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