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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1913
Page
15
A letter in the Sewing Circle column challenges the notion that wives must follow husbands. The writer argues women should engage with current events, pursue independent thinking, and reject Victorian constraints, replying to a correspondent in Dorchester.
Letter supports a mother moving to live with the daughter who owns a car near Dorchester. At her age and immobility, the writer argues it is natural she seek comfort with a familial caregiver. The sister has equal claim, and the author would have acted similarly in her place.
A reader rebukes former Senator Depew for judging today’s young women by urban examples. He argues women’s virtue remains strong in small towns and that city growth breeds excess. If cities were limited in size, the author implies many social ills would disappear.
The natur alist John Burroughs lauds Sana togen claiming his health and mind improved. The advertisement promotes Sumatogen sold by Bauer Chemical Co at 34 V Irving Place New York with a claimed gross of 1.00 and cites a London 1913 prize.
A fragment from a Scottish lyric lament addressing Mary Morison. The speaker longs for Mary at her window and wonders if her love could ease a slave’s burden. He recalls dances, toasts, and a harsh reality of unrequited affection.
Fragmentary note appears to discuss current cries for laws in the country with uncertain specifics and no clear names or dates. The readable text emphasizes legislative action but lacks concrete details or identifiable entities.
A letter writer rebukes the reader Spartan Mother for harsh remarks about a girl and her baby. The exchange condemns a son’s behavior, notes ignorance, and expresses support for the daughter and her future. A Sewing Circle admirer signs off.
Dear Sisters I urge contributors to consider marriage before boasting of independence. If wives prize their freedom, husbands may seek kisses from old sweethearts when roles reverse and they are cooking or caring for children. Remember looks fade. keep kisses for him. Slow but sure.
A reader asks if a wife should continue dancing while her husband objects. The columnist argues dancing is innocent recreation and a right for the wife, urges the husband to learn to dance and join her, and stresses toleration as essential to marital peace.
The New York grand jury drafted a letter asking Fusionist mayoral candidate John Purroy Mitchel to testify on alleged voter colonization by Tammany leaders. An inquiry was launched after Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall demanded scrutiny of Mitchel's remarks and the claim's veracity.
Uncle Walt Mason quips that moralists overreact to gowns and drinks while men smoke and lurk in saloons. He jokes reforming others may backfire unless educators curb preaching and leave people to reform themselves.
A first person monologue from a homeless man in October laments cold mornings and hunger. He contrasts being free with hardship, watches a clock tower, eyeing passersby for milk and breakfast, and longs for warmth while dreaming of survival and occasional freedoms. The piece ends with the speaker declaring it great to be alive and free.
Recipe snippets from readers across New England including Mrs A. E. Coderre of West Burke Vermont Mrs Arthur Snow of Brockton Massachusetts Mrs Thos Freeman of Lynn Massachusetts and Mrs Marie L Flinn of St Johnsbury Vermont cover desserts preserves and cabbage pudding with steps and ingredients for each dish.
William J. Parker of Harrington Maine a 1912 University of Maine graduate was instantly killed at the Worcester Consolidated Street Railway transformer station when 13000 volts from an exposed wire passed through his body.
Paragraph points on fashions describe heavy velvet usage with short front skirts and long sleeve street suits. Collarless coats appear in some outfits while crepes grow in popularity. Two toned brocades and fur trims feature on nearly all garments, with panne velvet hats and sheer linen neckpieces noted.
Congressman A P Gardner declared for an independent Boston and New England railroad system in a letter to ex Senator William Chandler of Concord New Hampshire. He questioned separating Boston and Maine from New Haven but urged freeing railroads from trunk line control by railroads and express companies if such control exists.
An old remedy advertises Sage Tea and Sulphur to restore natural hair color, stop dandruff and itching, and prevent thinning. It claims gray hair disappears after nightly applications and leaves hair thick and glossy by morning, with a 50 cent bottle sold in drug stores.
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