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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1912
Page
11
The article suggests an easier method for washing pots, pans, and kettles. After removing food, add water and dissolve one tablespoon of Gold Dust per gallon, soak, then wash with the same solution for suds. If any particles remain, use pot strings to remove them.
Somerville official Walter Littlefield returns from a northern Maine hunting trip with 14 inches of snow and two deer. Amherst College Extension Service offers a one week apple packing school beginning Jan 23, 1913 with lectures on modern fruit growing. Social chatter covers suffrage colors, a clerical misnomer photo, a giant potato from Phillipston, and a Malden mayor toasting at a high school banquet.
A 1912 verse from Walt Mason lampoons life’s uncertainty before Thanksgiving. The piece urges readers to savor daily blessings while noting risks from illness and fate as the nation heads into a holiday season.
A Boston reader reports items from Ashby Massachusetts including a fire department pay for responding to alarms, a note on carpentry classes for boys and millinery for women, and a tale of Miss Lathrop’s rubber boots during Illinois floods. Additional notes mention street and library renovations and ongoing shipbuilding in Essex alongside reflections in a Sewing Circle column about a double standard in forgiveness.
The excerpt argues that morality double standards exist between men and women and asserts that a woman adheres to and creates those standards. It frames the idea as a maxim about judgment and behavior across gender.
A young woman of eighteen asks whether to write to or meet a man three years older after a three month quarrel. She notes he has admitted affection to friends but has not renewed friendship and seeks guidance on inviting him to call.
A columnist laments women's harsher judgments of their own sex and recalls societal double standards. He argues that women forgive male criminals more readily than fellow women and warns of juries possibly convicting women even before evidence. The piece critiques female inhumanity to woman.
A letter laments how a man who derides a woman after a broken engagement is treated kindly, while the woman faces gossip and shunning. The writer recounts a friend shunned for a slanderous feud, noting the husband's disbelief at such male behavior and reaffirming the woman's goodness.
A reader references a letter titled A Mother Who Forgave about forgiving a son to keep love for a daughter. The note also mentions a doctor’s wife who married him at age 80, and his London practice began when he was 27.
A long career across London Paris Germany Edinburgh Chicago Ottawa St John and Baner Maine is described. The speaker says his work mostly involved erring women and that none chose dissolute life willingly, noting desertion by trusted men or coercive families as the cause. He laments societal judgment and loss of moral interest among the afflicted.
A young woman writes to an older reader who signed as Old and Alone, lamenting modern daughters who neglect their mothers. She recalls losing her own parents young, envies homes with caring parents, and urges daughters to show sympathy and help at home, especially when a mother’s health falters.
An advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy to restore natural hair color in a few applications. It promises dandruff removal, a clear scalp, and hair growth with safe use and a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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