Women’s dress sparks debate on modesty and freedom
A Cambridge reader notes men’s stares at a slashed skirt woman in Central Square and argues women must judge provocation by conduct. A married contributor predicts bloomers within ten years and calls for freedom from restrictive garments to gain equality. Another letter discusses rental issues and childcare, urging gentler policies toward families.
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Centralquare
Cambridge
Denar Sewing Circle
Boston
Widow Seeks Help After Damaged Rental Property Loss
A nearly 60 year old widow recalls her husband left $2000 life insurance in the AOA U W. She borrowed to build a house and rents rooms for 22 dollars monthly. Tenants with two children left claiming rent was too high, damaging the flat and costing her about 40 dollars to repair.
Plea for Unmarried Women Rights and Social Support
The writer attacks the view that only married mothers deserve consideration. She argues for sympathy and support for unmarried women who sacrifice personal plans to care for relatives. She calls for a tax on unmarried men to fund homes for women who end up alone and penniless in old age.
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Sewing Circle
To Keep Her Promise or Not in the Sewing Circle
A correspondent asks if a dying husband’s wish not to remarry should bind a widow. Advice says promises are sacred but may be wisely changed. a fool never. The writer urges staying true to higher instincts and warns against breaking vows for wealth or convenience.
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Mrs. Veritas
Pape's Diapepsin Advertises Quick Indigestion Relief
A vintage ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as instant relief for stomach upset. It promises rapid digestion of foods like bread, cabbage, and sausage and claims five minute relief with no gas, belching, or discomfort. It urges readers to buy a fifty cent case from any drug store.
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Pape
Approach to Baldness Through Newbro’s Herpicide Advertised
An advertisement argues baldness is not a disease but a dandruff-linked condition. It claims approaching baldness may be checked if hair follicles are not dead and promotes Newbro’s Herpicide as a trusted scalp cleaner and hair preservative. The ad offers samples by mail from the Herpicide Co. in Detroit.
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Newbro
Herpicide
Jimpson
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
A Promissory Promise Sacred to a Dying Wife
A Chicago newspaper opinion piece argues that a widow may feel love again after a husband’s death but should not break a vow to remain a widow. The writer contends the fault lies in the promise itself not in remarriage, insisting a promise should be kept or it was never truly kept.
Food cost and farming life clash in reader letter
A reader letters argue city life is cheaper and better for food, claiming farmers feed the poor and sell the best produce while the rest starve. The writer counters by defending country living, noting ample resources and livelihood, and contrasts urban job scarcity for girls with country savings.
Dear Miss Champagne Advises on Winning Back a Game of Love
A 19 year old writes of deep love for a woman three years older and being forced to cancel a planned outing for a business engagement. The response says if she is interested she will forgive the small disappointment and suggests focusing on his career.
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Miss Champagne
Cupid vs Fashion On White Horse Beach Romance Unfolds
John Markham and Helen Forester fall in love quickly at White Horse Beach then quarrel over fashion. He scorns her gown and she rejects his demand to end their public sighting, leading to a dramatic fallout and lingering tension as they drift apart.
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White Horse Beach
John Markham
Helen Forester
Ielen
John
Mr. Markham
Helen
Avor
White’ Horse Rock
Tragedy at White Horse Rock Turns to Comedy of Love
A man on a fogbound coast fears a lover’s death after a harsh confrontation with his daughter. The scene shifts from doom to farce as Helen Forester reveals she discarded slashed gowns and powder, then agrees to marry John next morning. Recent cholera outbreaks have raised Italian death tolls.
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White Horse Rock
Helen Forester
Helen
John
Jack
Jacky
Mr. Markham
The TD Aly Ditty by T A Daly Keeps Fishing Life Light
An Ayral poem from 1913 by T A Daly describes fishing as sport over sale. It follows a father angling all day for bass while a child notes the lack of catch and hopes for a better lick next time. The piece ends with a teaser about Herbert Kaufman’s Beans tale in the Post Magazine.
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Father
Mother
Flo
T. A. Daly
Herbert Kaufman
Post Magazine
Green and Braen Open Boston Tailor Shop
The Original Louis and Mrs. P Green join with Harry Braen of 37 Tremont Street Boston to form Green & Braen Tailors offering $9.00 suits including materials linings and workmanship. Fall goods include long coats at $8, skirts $2.50 to $3, and one piece dresses $5. Open evenings to 9 except Fridays with two fittings for out of town patrons.
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Harry Braen
Tremont St
Boston
Green & Braen
Tremont Ladies’ Tailors
Hay
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