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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1912
Page
11
Porter Smith of East Lee owns a Jersey cow named Pauline that rings the Smith house doorbell daily at noon and night using her horn to signal for water. The cow is described as Berkshire’s greatest butter producer.
The company lists sales locations in Boston Providence New Haven Newport and 56 Huyler’s stores across the United States and Canada with agents selling its bonbons and chocolates.
In the Boston Post Sewing Circle column readers discuss forgiveness of a son's misdeeds versus a daughter's perceived wrongs. Moms defend strict standards, while others cite personal experiences of marriage, fidelity, and social judgment in a era of double morality.
A Cincinnati company promotes Swissco Hair Remedy, offering a free bottle with directions, marketing it as a new, researched product. It claims thousands saw results and provides a paid bottle option through druggists, with a mail order free offer for distant customers.
Public notice invites readers to obtain a free 25 cent bottle at Riker Jaynes Drug Stores by filling in name and address on dotted lines. Those outside Boston may request a free bottle by sending ten cents in stamps or silver to Swissco Hair Remedy Co. in Cincinnati to cover packing costs.
New York remarks by Mrs Stuyvesant Fish criticize social reception of divorcees and urge women to resist societal pressures to marry. She condemns the turkey trot and argues education for women should balance independence with partnership, urging no fear of remaining single and promoting mutual respect in marriage.
Miss Gussie Sivitter, a stenographer from Waterbury Conn, died in New York after attempting to climb from a fire escape to avoid waking her landlady. She forgot her latchkey and fell to instant death upon returning home from a dance.
A mother recalls two young women in her neighborhood. One daughter married a man her family approved of and has a child, living happily. The other, similar in age and charm, defied her mother and ran away at 17, its fate unknown. The letter urges mothers to consider outcomes of strict upbringing.
A reader laments women blamed for men not proposing and praises older women for guiding youth. She urges young men to seek suitable partners and describes a selfless, homebound woman longing for a simple home life and sincere, loving partnership.
A letter from a five year married woman describes a cruel split of earnings at home and living with fear weight 98 pounds. She laments lack of care from her husband and urges other sisters to seek sympathy from strangers when home support fails.
The Sunday Post prints some of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle, highlighting community ideas, tips, and personal reflections shared with readers.
Portland Maine voters confirm Oakley C. Curtis for a second term as mayor after the Democratic nomination. Curtis has served as mayor through his current term and seeks re election.
Rev Cyril Hepher will preach at St Pauls Cathedral tomorrow morning. At 4 pm Rev Asa Moulton of Lawrence will speak. Rev Laird Wingate Snell will preach in the evening. Harvest Tide cantata sung by 40 voice choir. repeated at Wednesday noon. Young Men Congregational Club merges with Boston Congregational Club. first joint meeting in Ford Hall Monday. Rev Albert Parker Fitch to speak on The Ministry and the Present Age. Shawmut Church music service features harvest festival works and Ruth Blaisdell in Hear My Prayer. Dean Sumner of Chicago travels to Manchester NH after Homeopathic Hospital visit. appendicitis not operated now, may later at home. expects to start West today.
In New York a US Court of Appeals judge frustrated by the calendar muttered dam and the clerk echoed it. The trial case titled Dampstiesacktesselspabet versus The United Fruit Company is now known as The Alphabet versus United Fruit.
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