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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1910
Page
15
Dear Sisters I share how I opened my husband’s locked trunk with an axe to get money for a dinner. I kept a home on little pay and, after the trip to feast, he never again closed the trunk.
A reader known as TRYING TO SAVE writes from a tight budget about paying $22 monthly rent while earning $17 weekly. With four in the family two daughters aged 8 and 6, she quilts clothes and sews at home but frequent medical bills and sick days erode savings. She asks how others manage rent and saving.
A letter advised: respond with continuous kindness toward the mother-in-law to protect health, avoid constant complaints, and give the husband a chance to act. Plan a calm talk with him about leaving if the situation continues, trusting guidance and conscience to decide the next steps. Maidenhair Fern signs off.
Sifted from a column, the fragment presents aged wives urging wives to keep husbands at home and maintain equality. It stresses men’s temptations outside, warns against snooping, and defends faithful home life with a religious tone.
A wife writes of living on 17 a week with 16 rent 12 land 3 music lessons and 2 husband spen ding money plus 1.20 car fares and tobacco. She clothes two boys herself using old skirts and notes neighbors praise their frugal but neat outfits. She claims to save 75 a year for a rainy day.
A list of pretty French girl names to pair with Blanche includes Renee Adrienne Jeannie Lucienne Yoland et Fleurange Aline Fleurette Paulette Solange and Marie Louise Reine Marguerite and Hermione noted as familial names in English contexts.
A Boston resident questions a fish seller’s claims of savings and frugality. With a $16 weekly income and rent, the speaker doubts monthly savings of $18 and asks for a concrete accounting. The note ends with an interest in the Sewing Circle.
A husband aims for a tea set for Mary but every relative gifts gloves instead. Tom Bert Eva and mother all swap in gifts of gloves until the box finally arrives. Ned’s pawned watch funds more gloves as the couple endure a year of plentiful it embraces.
Freckles from outdoor life can be treated with one ounce of Othine double strength from Houghton & Dutton or Riker Jaynes Drug Co. Apply at night and in the morning results show. Light freckles vanish and dark ones fade. Money back if it fails.
A photo of a Boston area car prompts the driver to claim a five dollar gold piece by showing proof of ownership at the City Editor’s office in Boston. The night and Sunday papers will feature more autos with similar awards. Melvin W. Littlefield of Lynn identified the Welch 34 owned by J. C. Phelan of Lynn as the Wednesday car.
About 150 mathematicians and 150 actuaries from U S and Canada gathered in Cincinnati for the annual convention. Archibald A. Welch of Hartford is president and Arthur Hunter of New York is secretary.
Rome court upholds prison terms for the Countess Tarnowska and Prilukoff in the murder of Count Kamorowski who left a $100,000 life policy to the countess. Prilukoff gets ten years, the countess eight, her maid is freed, and Dr Naumoff receives three years.
The author critiques electric needle methods and piercing powders used by women, arguing they are dangerous and rarely satisfactory. They note recurring unsightly growths and severe scarring, urging caution about such procedures.
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