Recipes of New England Housewives in Sunday Post
A collection of home cooking instructions with New England flavors and directions. Dishes include graham flour molasses cakes from Mrs Walter K Whiteway in Campella, real Scotch short cake from Mrs H B Crosby of East Boston, and pudding cakes from Mrs Grace Bangs Boutwell in Westboro.
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New England Housewives
Sunday Post
Walter K. Whiteway
Hast Street
Campella
H. B. Crosby
Lexington Street
East
Boston
Grace Bangs Boutwell
Westboro
The Soft Answer Encouragement to speak kindly
The piece urges gentler speech and patience, noting hastiness harms relationships. It highlights that kind words foster love and happiness, while quick, unkind talk can lead to social shunning and vice. Cultivate a calm tone and smile as daily practice.
Sewing Circle Opens As Woman's Forum In Boston Post
The Sewing Circle is a new department in the Boston Daily and Sunday Post. It offers a homemaker forum for New England readers to discuss home life, family, health, remedies, baby care, and domestic economy. Correspondents may use pen names and ask each other questions. Letters should be written on one side only.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Letter to Mistress Peggy From New Hampshire Reader
A reader writes from New Hampshire detailing family notes from a four year old daughter named Tempest and a son called Buster eight plus, asking about a pen pal nearby, cats on the floor, and hair care remedies for dandruff and growth.
Advice for a wife living with a widower and his child
A woman asks whether it is right for her husband to continually talk about his first wife and keep her picture, as he tells his son about his other mother at every meal, while she questions the appropriateness of this behavior and feels in doubt.
American wives urged to stay homemaker in Croydon widow's letter
A Croydon widow condemns American wives for neglecting household duties and catering to husbands. She argues English women should focus on home life to preserve marriages, claiming divorce follows when wives lack domestic service. She praises traditional roles and criticizes self-centered behavior.
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Hubby
England
Croydon
Face pale with Dutch collar concerns from sisters
A caller identifies as DUTCH COLLAR GIRL asking for facial preparation to even pale skin, noting its prominence when wearing Dutch collars. No specific person or product details are provided in the readable text.
Stenographer Writes From Columbus Avenue About City Life
A letter from a stenographer on Columbus Avenue near Dartmouth Street discusses plans to move, asks if the recipient is a city girl or suburb resident, and suggests women should work for wages to avoid scolding. The note ends with a playful sign-off Sweet Six and Ten.
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Columbus Avenue
Dartmouth Street
Health concerns cited against pets in homes
The article quotes Dr. J. Hericourt from La Revue arguing that cats dogs and birds should not be kept indoors due to dust mud and street-borne exposure. He warns of transmission of tuberculosis cancer infectious pneumonia fever germs and possible hydrophobia from bites or contact.
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J. Hericourt
la Revue
Cate
M.S. S&s
Marrying Foreign Titles and American Family Life
Martha argues against American girls pursuing foreign titles in Europe. She condemns the pursuit as a social disgrace and urges staying home to improve American family life, cautioning against divorce and moral decline.
Prodigal Returns as Rumors Echo Beach Memory
A man returns home after three years apart and recalls a shattered romance. He confronts the town gossip that once linked him with Barbara Ashland and Everett Dow, realizing the rumors were false. He attends the same opera where memories resurface.
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Barbara
Miss Ashland
Richard
Everett Dow
Return of Richard Ends Barbara's Hidden Pain
In a theater box Richard confronts Barbara, the pale girl in mourning. He learns of her loss of her mother and the funds exhausted by illness that forced her into hardship. She finds comfort in his return, forgiving him in a quiet, hopeful moment.
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Barbara
Utica Cow Sets World Record in Amour and Butter Production
About 22 residents near Solsville distinguished themselves by a world record in dairy output. Lockhart de Kol No 101,544, a practical cow with a poetic name, produced 29.27 pounds of butter in seven days, beating ages-old records. Farmer Lamunion was offered $2500 for the cow but refused.
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Utica
Solsville
Lockhart de Kol
Lamunion
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Tempest
Sunshine
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Vermont
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the Post
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