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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1911
Page
8
A 19 year old girl asks how to stop a persistent suitor from Fitchburg. The columnist suggests staying out when he visits and having her parents out too, so doors are shut and his enthusiasm fades. The piece ends with the note that love must be mutual.
A 21 year old writer asks Miss Champagne whether to choose a theatrical career offered by a manager or keep her lover. The advice urges prioritizing personal happiness and suggest remaining with the lover and using dramatic talent only amateurly unless she becomes a rare, world changing genius.
A letter urges a father to demand board from his daughter with a fair price based on her earnings. It recommends consequences like washing and sewing refusals if she resists. The writer cites a step-daughter earning $9 weekly who gives $3 plus savings for the rainy day and asks Bethel to report which advice was followed.
Dear Medford, after knocks from Sewing Circle writers, you deserve praise for seeking better conditions after marriage. If you can earn a fair salary you can support your husband at home, be a lively companion, and keep up daily life, even if work time reduces home time.
A medical advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a digestive tonic that improves food absorption and energy. It cites Mrs Roullard of West Kennebunk Maine detailing lifelong stomach and heart symptoms that resolved after use. The plea urges readers to request a free booklet What to Eat and How to Eat and to buy 50 cent boxes or six for 2.50 from Schenectady NY based Dr Williams Medicine Co.
The writer praises honesty and courage in a correspondence about marriage and income. They note some wives envy the reader’s earnings and urge inexperienced spouses to learn before judging, while praising broad minded views and personal resilience.
The author exhorts Sisters-Living readers to live within their means and save regularly. Dollar-by-dollar savings build a cushion against sickness, old age, and misfortune, stressing that what you earn matters less than what you save and urging immediate action with the watchword Curtail and save.
Melissa asks the Sewing Circle for guidance on attire table decor and suitable foods for a Colonial Tea seeking prompt advice. The note requests quick—likely club—input on costume ideas decorative tables and menu suggestions.
A local druggist states that the visane-orris root dry shampoo has become a craze with many women and some men. He explains it quickly improves hair and scalp, transforming oily stringy hair into a lustrous clean look using six ounces of root powder and two ounces antiseptic powder mixed and applied through the hair.
Warning to consumers to avoid sham watchmakers and seek reputable services at Wilson Brog. Scollay Square jewelers who employ skilled workers, offer reliable repairs, fair prices, and evening hours for customer convenience.
Readable recipe snippets include oat bread with oats water lard salt molasses and yeast cake. a rich fruit loaf with eggs pork sugar molasses citron raisins currants and spices aged up to a year. chocolate cream dessert with scalded milk sugar cream vanilla and freezing. Names Lena Fe Bliss Mrs Henry L Howard Mrs B Hutchinson and addresses listed.
Side-pleated ribbons with colored edges become a popular trim for dresses and hats. Fichu drapery and V necks appear in day and evening wear. Toques turbans and small hats in two colors feature draped effects and varied materials. Fims range from chiffon to lace. tiny coats with basques gain favor. The slim draperies of the First Empire return. kimonos drape softly at bodice and sleeves. New evening scarf and muff sets show rainbow tones with marabout. Flounces return for heavy walking skirts with side divisions.
The full rigged clipper Aryan from Seattle is due in Pori after 146 days at sea. It brings one of the largest Pacific spars cargos ever sent, including 543 spars, 100000 feet of square timbers, 42000 feet of lumber, 18000 feet of clear cedar and 600000 shingles. The ship and its cargo are valued near $50000.
A San Francisco Monitor poem recounts the statue of John Boyle O'Reilly in Boston. The piece lauds his life and Ireland's grief, contrasting Erin and Poesy with the bronze memorial and the artist's tribute.
More than 1000 delegates attend the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway Association opening session in Chicago. The group tries to probe Governor Deneen’s water policies but is halted as President Kavanaugh and Governor Hadley suppress political discussion.
Newport Rhode Island October 14. Changes in command at the Newport naval station will take effect after December. Captain Albert Gleaves will command the station, Commander John H. H. Dayton will take charge of the naval training station, and Captain William J. Rodgers will head the naval war college. The merged role of commandant and war college head will be split due to workload.
The Chicago & North Western Railway now runs Pullman Standard and Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars between Chicago and San Francisco via Colorado and Utah. Connections with Union Pacific, Denver and Rio Grande, and Southern Pacific, plus Western routes, offer views of Colorado and Salt Lake City scenery. For tickets contact J. B. Brittain at 300 Washington Street, Boston.
John W. Weider aged 20 of 97 James Street West Roxbury was found dead yesterday morning in the rear henhouse by his brother Otto after he had eaten breakfast and gone out. The article states no further details of the death.
Dr Thompson said the depth was due to natural causes after the search for him. Advertisement.
Mae Martyn of the Denver Call advises a homemade lotion to replace face powder. Dissolve 4 ounces spurminx in 4 pints hot water and add 2 teaspoonfuls glycerine for a basic mix. in cool weather use 14 pints hazel with water to speed drying. The lotion claims to whiten refine and soften the skin and make it look years younger.
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