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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1913
Page
13
In the Boston Post Sewing Circle column readers vent about wives’ control of money, husbands’ rights, and housework. Correspondents argue for balance, warn against neglecting health, and criticize flirtation and flattery in love, urging practical, stable homes.
A 10 cent box Cascarents claim to cleanse the bowels and straighten the system by morning. The copy links torpid liver to indigestion and foul breath, urging nightly use for lasting regularity and health for adults and children.
Dear Sewing Circle readers share how they earned money at home this summer. A girl sews and sells mature crazy quilts at good prices, another bakes cakes earning more than bake shops, and a writer grows cucumbers and grapes at home for extra pin money in Pomona and nearby regions.
A sister argues that women under thirty are swayed by flattery and not ready to pick husbands. She contends love can be misread and influenced by praise, urging caution in decisions about marriage and suitors.
The Sunday Post highlights engaging letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader views and anecdotes. These letters offer a glimpse into domestic life, craft tips, and community conversation from loyal readers.
Imogene Thacher ponders marriage prospects on her 23d birthday while recalling a string of suitors. She recalls rescuing Jack Harding from drowning and contemplates winning Fred Benson by a calculated swim to Indian Neck with him for a private moment away from friends.
The piece recounts Edmund Clarence Stedman’s romantic plea to Laura Woodsworth, their eventual marriage in 1853 at Yan tique, and a later tale of a perilous maritime rescue involving Imogene and Fred on a desert island, as recounted in a local newspaper narrative.
Fire damaged Plymouth Church in Brooklyn costing about 5000 dollars. Workmen building a Beecher memorial noticed the blaze and alerted authorities. the fire consumed the chapel organ but the structure was saved. Built in 1849, the church’s pulpit once hosted Henry Ward Beecher. The present pastor is Newell Dwight Hilles.
Auction results from Saturday night symphonies show final sales in Symphony Hall with prices from 15 dollars for remaining seats to premiums of 2 to 11 dollars for rear floor seats. Premiums reached 15 dollars for seats 22 and 23 on the left, while right side seats averaged up to 12.50 dollars in the middle.
Boston coal dealers notified customers that all anthracite grades rise 25 cents per ton and soft coal also up 25 cents. They attribute the increase to the Pennsylvania state tax of 10 cents per ton and to costs from April 1. New anthracite prices listed include Fur nace 7.25 Egg 7.75 Stove 8 Nut 8.95 Pea 6.25 Shamokin 8.25 Lehigh also up 25 cents.
Eleonora R. Sears appeared in Salem court on Hale street Beverly Farms for operating an automobile without a Massachusetts license. She entered a plea of nolo contendere through attorney John P. Wright and was fined $25 by Associate Judge E Co Battis, with immediate payment.
The New England Conservatory of Music announces a free one year vocal scholarship for financially limited applicants with good voices and natural talent. Personal applications invited and an examination scheduled at the conservatory on Tuesday October 7 and Friday October 10 from 3 to 5 p m.
Professor Fernand Baldenspeger of the Sorbonne, visiting Harvard, spoke in Emerson Hall Cambridge on Studies in Comparative Literature. The French lecture drew over 200 attendees as the first in a series on international literary inter dependencies.
Read on Sunday Post full page of homemaking recipes including cucumber pickles soaked in vinegar and a brown sugar syrup, and a rolled jelly pastry using eggs milk flour and cream tartar with soda. Recipes credited to Mrs L A Barker Bethel Maine and Mrs F W Monroe Providence Rhode Island.
Harlan Page Lloyd, longtime law partner of former President William Howard Taft in Cincinnati, died at his daughter's home in Guen Ridge New Jersey. He had earlier worked with Taft's father before their law connection.
Paragraphs describe trends with rounded and square necklines passé. Evening gowns shed fur trim while novelty suitings rise. Japanese buttons admired, flat sailor collars appear on blouses, skirts widen, pale rose hats rise, and low-necked gowns feature wired frills. Coats vary in length with fur trim and tailored collars.
Governor Ferris of Michigan told the American Road Congress that good roads are closely allied with religious and educational aims. He said roads bring fewer, better churches and ministers, and noted literacy differences tied to road quality. The Michigan Roads Association led today’s program as the congress moves toward its final session.
In Johannistal Germany on October 3 Sablatnik the Austrian aviator piloted a craft with five passengers to an altitude of 3281 feet at the local aerodrome achieving a new high flying record for multi passenger flights.
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