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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1911
Page
17
The Boston Post invites New England homemakers to join a weekly Sewing Circle. Readers may submit one sided letters on home management, family care, health hints, baby care, gardening and related topics. Correspondents may use pen names and address letters to the Sewing Circle Editor.
Dear Sisters I am an American widow aged 66 with $2000 saved after seven years since my husband died I have no children and live alone I am not feeble but have a bad heart I want ideas to invest or use the money to support myself as I can still work lightly and hope for guidance from readers HOPEFUL.
A reader asks how to keep hair puffs made from snarls dark as they fade to lighter colors. She requests dark hair dye options and notes a large railroad office where colleagues and employer view such "hand whipped" puffs with skepticism.
A FUTURE BRIDE letter explains a friend who quit her job after marriage after relatives mocked her. The writer says she would never work post marriage and would refuse $60 a week offers, urging sisters not to marry if they plan to work.
A reader from Salem asks for a simple remedy for a painful bunion. The plea comes from PEG OF SALEM seeking relief and guidance.
An advertisement touts Brandrettis Pills as the best and most carefully prepared laxative. It claims to relieve and cure constipation, described as the cause of most illness, urging a trial to prove their value.
A speaker addressed Ella urging recognition of women’s progress from poverty to independence. The note praises women who support themselves after difficult marriages and calls for gratitude toward those not yet entrapped in poor unions.
A puzzled reader seeks home maintenance guidance on damp cellar walls after heavy rain. They describe snail presence despite cement and whitewash, ask why dampness persists, whether groundwater causes sweating walls, and how to prevent coldness in winter. They report no nearby standing water.
A reader asks how to join the women’s branch of the Masons and join the Sewing Circle. Inquiries seek the Boston lodge name location and joining cost or where to apply for information.
A letter from Jane laments repeated lack of affection from her husband after five years of marriage. She says no encouraging word has come in three years and dismisses any kiss as a sign of a great change in the world.
Mae asks for remedies to make soft straight hair stiffer and more noticeable. She invites sisters with suggestions or products to send in for consideration.
A sister asks how to stop hair loss and the reply recommends applying kerosene oil to the scalp once a month, then combing with a fine comb and avoiding head covering for a couple of hours, claiming personal baldness was avoided by the oil.
A 19 year old student asks Mildred Champagne whether to reveal his strong feelings to a girl a year younger before they part for different schools or wait and propose later. Champagne counsels parting as friends with plans to correspond and focusing on schooling and career before marriage, noting engagement risks and the value of proving oneself first.
The text urges writing to a partner with hopeful encouragement while the partner writes about their work and aims for mutual benefit. It emphasizes voluntary love without bonds or reproaches, allowing love to flourish freely.
A 22 year old writes about marrying a man of 37 and asks if the age difference is too great. The advisor argues that at over 21 a woman may choose freely and that age alone is not a sound reason for parental interference if the couple are compatible and the man can support them.
Eric Gennilla 21 of 27 Sheafe Street North End waived examination in Municipal Court and was held for the grand jury on an assault with intent to kill Lawrence Severino 26 of 88 Chardon Street West End. Unable to post 1000 bond he was sent to Charles Street jail for an assault on Hanover near Prince Street a week earlier.
General E. M. Weaver chief of the coast artillery arrived at Portsmouth New Hampshire for the annual inspection of the army reservation including Fort Constitution Fort Foster and Stark He would sail to Boston harbor on the General R C Franks to inspect the district there Friday
A winter programme notes Miss Lillian C. Eldridge of Waltham to wed Sydney A. W. Burr of Brookline next Wednesday evening. The couple, graduates of Boston University, will marry at 147 Coolidge Street, Brookline, with Miss Edna M. Staples and Warren C. Weeks as bridesmaid and best man. A supper follows at the Brighton Avenue Baptist Church. The piece also mentions Taunton Baptist Association’s 16th anniversary meeting and upcoming substitute pastors for Central Church Newbury Street amid health issues.
The United States cruiser Chester arrived in Malta on October 5 en route to Tripoli, signaling a mid voyage stop in the Mediterranean during its assignment.
The Rev. Willis A. Hadley is installed at Central Congregational Chelsea with a parish reception. Bible Classes of Greater Boston plan a mass meeting and parade at American League Grounds on Oct 15. A mortgage burning jubilee and reunion at Sara toga Street East Boston Church set for Oct 19 with bishop Hamilton and former pastors. Grace Pentecostal West Somerville to host Rev. E. Eben Bayliss on Oct 8. Trinitarian Congregational Concord marks 20th pastorate anniversary with services. World in Boston workers organize three religious movements and a missionary drive Oct 24 to Oct 31. Beacon Universalist Brookline Men’s Club active.
A printed collection shows recipes from Myra R. Bryant Coggins and Charlotte B. Quenedi l for salt pork with cucumbers tomatoes and onions, chocolate cakes and vinegar sauce. Another entry notes a harvest supper hosted by the Ladies' Aid Society of the Everett Methodist Church during Rally Week.
Digestive troubles caused by fermentation of undigested food attributed to low gastric juices. The ad urges asking a pharmacist for Pape's Diapepsin, claiming five minute relief after taking one 22 grain tablet, promising appetite return and instant relief from stomach misery.
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