Sewing Circle Opens as Woman’s Forum in Boston Post
The Sewing Circle in the Boston daily and Sunday Post invites New England women to share home life topics. Problem solving on domestic life, childcare, budgeting, gardening, and household tips is encouraged. Respondents may use pseudonyms and write on one side of the page to the Sewing Circle Editor.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
Cme
New England
Boston Post
Woman explains her view on marriage and voting
A married woman writes about twenty years of shared effort, money and home life. She says her family has $900 savings, no own home, and an average yearly income of $600. She rejects wages for herself and states she does not want to vote, sharing views on motherhood and neighbors.
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Maine
France
Doctor Buys Advice for Common Ailments in 1900s Column
The column presents Dr Lewis Baker answering readers on remedies for bedwetting with tinctures and tonics, catarrh, hair health, anemia, rheumatism, weight gain, and digestion. It promotes specific preparations, dosages, and drugstore access, inviting further inquiries via mail to Dayton, QC and urging use of sealed-tube formulations like cadomene and triopeptine.
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Lewis Baker
College
College-Ellwood Sts
Dayton
Women and money in marriage and work ethics discussed
Readers share views on wives finances and traditional roles. A four year married woman outlines managing money, paying rent, saving, and domestic duties while a husband supports her efforts. Another reader explains budgeting, thrift, and housing goals, urging prudence and partnership. A France comparison notes work expectations and savings culture.
A News Despatch On a Fallen Seaman at Vera Cruz
From Philadelphia comes word of the death of George Poinsett, a 20 year old seaman aboard the battleship Florida at Vera Cruz. His father called it glorious he gave his life for his country while the mother’s letter to him warned be careful and don't get hurt.
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Henry Newbolt
Post
Philadelphia
George Poinsett
Florida
Vera Cruz
Catholic Church Notes: Local Liturgies and Events
The novena for St Joseph begins at 8 15 mass at St Marys North End Saturday and ends Sunday May 3. A two week Vincentian mission at Our Lady Oak Square Brighton led by Revs Griffin Garvin. A whist at St Roses Hall Chelsea for Catholic Benevolent Association funds. Rowan Memorial drive at Dorchester Meeting House Hill. Catholic Club of Technology plans reception for Gov Walsh at Technology Union with Rev Scanlon. Holy Name Society Maiden to receive communion next Sunday. Notre Dame Academy Alumnae fete at Vendome for 60th anniversary. Fr Dolan of St Peters Plymouth visited Chelsea and celebrated mass at Our Lady of Grace.
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St. Joseph
St. Mary's Church
North Ind
Church of Our Lady, Oak Square
Brighton
Vincentian Fathers
Germantown
Penn
J. A. Griffin
J. A. Garvin
Rowan
St. Peter’s Church
Meeting House Hill
Dorchester
Holy Name Society of the Sacred Heart Church
Gerald JT. Dolan
Plymouth
Chelsea
Our Lady of Grace Church
Recipes of New England House Maids Cake
A recipe notes a large cake using molasses sugar lard egg spices flour soda and boiling water. Attributed to Mrs A C Sutton of 148 Fenno Street Revere the card lists measures and mixing steps for a very large cake.
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George R. West
Silver Street
Taunton
A. C. Sutton
Fenno Street
Revere
Peril From Vaccination Prompts Massachusetts Debate
Letter to the editor argues for a parent choice law on child vaccination entering school, cites England and Japan data, and references Alfred Russell Wallace Herbert Spencer and Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson. Dr Charles Re. Page endorses cautious scrutiny of vaccination as of April 21 1914 in Boston.
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Massachusetts Senate
Massachusetts
England
Leicester
Alfred Russell Wallace
Herbert Spencer
Kegan Paul
London
Benjamin Ward Richardson
Richardson
London Charity Hospital
Tokio
Japan
Charles RE. Page
M. D
Boston
Doings of the Van Loons Next Sunday Post Feature
Pa Van Loon discovers he is not the only one hen pecked in a full color page feature titled the Doings of the Van Loons in the upcoming Sunday Post section.
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Pa van Loon
van Loons
Next Sunday Post
Religious Women and Clergy Activity Across New England
Yesterday at the Methodist Episcopal Church Mrs Nancy Barbee read Southern Dialect Stories and the Current Events Club member Mrs Leen P Howard announced officers. Tomorrow at Roxbury Presbyterian Church Cambridge resident William H Danrer will give an illustrated lecture.
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Time Park
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Nancy Barbee
Leen P. Howard
Roxbury Presbyterian Church
William H. Danrer
Cambridge
What Tlas Become of the Water
Rupert Blach explores a conservation crisis in the Sune day Post Magazine. The feature analyzes water use, policy gaps, and community actions shaping the scarce resource.
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Rupert Blach
Suneday Post
Home Remedies for Hair, Skin and Eye Care by Mrs Martyn
Bessie touts a home pint tonic from quinquina and alcohol to cleanse scalp and remove dandruff with gloss, while Brown Eyes cures inflamed eyes with a crystal solution. Cora B. claims a weight loss tea, Teacher offers a wrinkle remover using almozoin, Ida shares hair removal with delatone, and Grace M. prescribes a kidney friendly body builder tonic. Athlete recommends spurmax lotion for freckles and complexion. read Beauty for $5.
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Catholic Club of Technology
Governor Walsh
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Ywadies Friendly Society of the Unitarian Church
Winchester
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Joel H. Metcalf
Arthur E. Whitney
Ralph 8. Vinal
John W. Hamilton
East Maine
Presque Tele
Lawrence
St. Paul's Cathedral
B. A. Bolt
St Paul's Church
Beachmont
Carmania
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Cross Street Church
Somerville
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Canton
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Shidzuoka
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