Sewing Circle in Boston Post Aims to Aid Homemakers
The Sewing Circle is a regular department in the Boston Daily and Sunday Post. It serves as a woman’s own forum for New England home makers to discuss domestic problems, family matters, baby care, household economy, gardening, and related topics. Correspondents may write under noms de plume and address the editor with questions and suggestions.
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Ine Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Agyees
Boston Post
Why Women Do Not Marry Dear Sewing Circle Discussion
A column from the Sewing Circle notes ongoing talk about marriage patterns and social expectations. The author suggests evolving views influence women's choices and urges thoughtful consideration of love, independence, and compatibility.
Defending single life: tales of spinsterhood and choice
A collection of letters from women speaking as lifelong singles. They defend independence from marriage and wealth-based expectations while recounting poverty, loyalty to lost loves, and ruined romance. Each narrator reflects on social pressure, gender roles, and personal happiness in pursuit of autonomy.
Educated Yet Unemployed: Women Seek Practical Work
The sisters discuss why educated young women struggle after schooling. They argue that while schooling rises, real jobs for mill, kitchen, farm, or factory work are lacking. Few marry well to support their tastes, few secure suitable positions.
Lockers at Volkmann School Break-In Reported
Sometime Wednesday night the Volkmann School locker building at Allston was broken into and the lockers of the athletes were pilfered. The robbers left no clue, but police are making efforts to locate the thieves.
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Volkmann
Allston
McCall Honored at Nonpartisan Tribute Banquet
Congressman McCall receives praise from colleagues and friends at a Winchester dinner. Speakers include Gillette Taft Bird Weeks and Powers as McCall recalls 20 years in Congress and urges loyalty to state, nation, and local government.
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McCall
Gillette
House of Representatives
Samuel L. Powers
Taft
Charles 8. Bird
John W. Weeks
Albert Bushnell Hart
Long
Congress
Sam McCall
Massachusetts
Webster
Sumner
Hoar
Frederick H. Gillett
Samuel McCall
Young’s
Billy’ Russell
Commonwealth
Congress of the
United States
Winchester
Samuel J. Elder
Mr. McCall
New England
Mr. Powers
Samual McCall
Militants Warn of Coming Terror in Suffrage Fight
A militant suffragette rally pled for renewed violence claiming the past tactics were mild. Annie Kenney urged action within 48 hours as Scotland Yard warned property owners, and speakers attacked the government and Ulsterites while vowing militant plans would intensify.
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Scotland Yard
Women's Social and Political Union
Annie Kenney
Mrs. Pankhurst
Miss Kenney
Paris Linen Suit Designs to Be Shown in Post Illustrations
The next Sunday Post will feature Paris designs in linen suits with illustrations in four colors.
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Paris
Boston Florists Form Permanent Organization
More than 35 leading Boston florists met at the City Club to form the Boston Florist Club a permanent body to improve retail conditions. Officers elected were Henry Penn president H Comely vice president J Zinn treasurer and B H Green secretary. A five member committee N Silverman B H Green H Comely M Wax W Penn was named to draft by laws. A banquet followed with Henry Penn as toastmaster.
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City Club
Boston Florist Club
Boston
Henry Penn
H. Comely
J. Zinn
B. H. Green
N Silverman
M. Wax
W. Penn
Freight Wreck Destroys 16 Cars on Worcester Line
West Boylston April 3 One of the worst freight wrecks in years on the Worcester and Nashua branch of the Boston and Maine railroad occurred between West Boylston and Oakland. Sixteen heavily loaded freight cars derailed and piled up, four toppled into the metropolitan reservoir. A defective rail caused the accident when a wheel broke on a car.
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West Boylston
Worcester
Trains Halted After Wreck Strews Tracks and Reservoir
A derailment halted rail service as wreckage blocked both tracks and cars were hurled down an embankment. The caboose crew escaped, and Henry Newell of Lawrence aged 19 barely survived after escaping a sunken car in the Metropolitan reservoir. Three cars fell into the reservoir, two horses were killed, and the 18th car’s wheel broke, derailing the train.
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Henry Newell
Lawrence
Newell
Metropolitan
A Widow and Her Friends by Charles Dana Gibson
The Post will publish another Gibson image titled A Widow and Her Friends. The print measures 17 by 12 inches and comes framed in color.
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Charles Dana Gibson
Post
Pay Honor to Morgan at Paris
The Simplon express brought two special cars to Gare de Lyon at 11 30 with the body of J P Pierpont Morgan and an American delegation including Mr and Mrs Herbert L Satterlee Dr Dixon of New York and banker Llewellyn Harjes. The station platform also held embassies officials and art buyer Jacques Seligman among others who carried a wreath.
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Paris
Simplon Express
Gare de Lyon
J. P. Pierpont Morgan
Herbert L. Satterlee
Dr. Dixon
New York
Herrick
R. W. Bliss
P. P. Harjes
H. P.harold
Werner Harold
Llewellyn Harjes
Jacques Seligman
Junius S
George D. Morgan
Franco-American Commission
Morgan Funeral Train Honors At Havre
The casket received rich floral tributes from Mr and Mrs Harjes Mr Seligman Mr Munroe the banker and the Franco American Commission The Satterlees Dr Dixon and Miss Hamilton accompanied the funeral train to Havre Military honors will accompany the coffin at Havre with troops drawn up at the port and a salute to the Legion of Honor commander Mr Morgan imports a grand farewell by order of the French government
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Harjes
Seligman
Munroe
Satterlee
Dixon
Miss Hamilton
Havre
Morgan
Legion of Honor
Mr. Morgan
Garment Worker Picket Fined in Boston Disturbance
Jekiner Karcowitz a 28 year old single resident of 1199 Athens Street South Boston was fined $10 in Municipal Court yesterday for disturbing the peace on Harrison Avenue. He was among striking garment workers and accused of molesting strike breakers at the Hayward Place Harrison Avenue extension corner.
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Jekiner Karcowitz
Athens‘street
Boston
Harrison Avenue
Karcowitz
Hayward Place
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