Sewing Circle Letters on Modern Dress and Street Safety
The Boston Post Sewing Circle invites women to share advice on home life and manners. Readers discuss insults faced by women in public, dress modesty, street safety, and the role of men and courts in managing flirtation and harassment.
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Au Reguliar
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Sewing Circle
Skgters
Charlotte Smith
Eclat
Wanderer Roams City byways With Questing Eyes
A reflective piece traces a wanderer roaming city streets with curious gaze. The fragment hints at exploration and observation amid urban byways, inviting readers to see familiar places anew.
Welfare worker warns dances lure wrecked lives of young women
A Boston welfare worker argues lack of pleasure drives working women to temptation more than poverty. She urges safe social spaces under proper supervision and rejects marriage as cure for social ills. Readers share concerns about dances and age restrictions.
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Dear Sewing Circle
Boston
Letters on married life discipline and endurance
A mother counsels young wives on handling early marital conflicts. She urges patience, mutual responsibility, and enduring hardship together, noting both spouses carry faults and that time strengthens resilience in marriage.
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Sewing Circle
Alice
Panthers in Oxford County Singers Charm Wild Beast
In a rural tale, Martha calms fear with song as panthers roam near Heald place. A brave boy Philip fears the woods while Martha insists music keeps danger away. Neighbors inspect a panther carcass, and Martha quips that her singing saved her life.
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Heald Place
Oxford County
Martha
Amos
Husband Hunters Advice for Young Women Readers
In Dear Lewis a reader suggests a 40 year old rule for finding a husband. She urges young women to pursue an occupation and engage with men in social settings where good causes attract them. She advises learning topics of interest to potential partners and avoiding superficial pursuits, noting many men seek capable companions.
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Sisters
Lewis
Circle
Steamed Huckleberry Pudding and Retail Milk Recipe
A pair of old recipes from Mrs Flossie Lougee of Plymouth New Hampshire and Mrs Fe Allen of Auburn Rhode Island. The first details a milk double boiler pie with raisins vanilla and baked meringue. The second outlines a steamed pudding using flour suet or lard berries and a liquid sauce with lemon juice and nutmeg.
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Flossie Lougee
Plymouth
N. H
FE. J. Allen
Woodbine Street
Auburn, R. I
Martha's Escort in the Maine Woods Abridged
A girl named Martha from Auburn Maine walks home through Oxford hills at dusk. She confronts imagined fear as cousins Ezra and Walter threaten a midnight prank while hidden in the trees. Martha remains calm, singing to prove her bravery despite unseen pursuers.
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Martha
Philip
Ezra
Walter
Father
Ezra Jones
Cat
Maine
Oxford Hills
Police of 88 Celebrate Half Century Milestone
Eleven active and two retired members of the police department marked the 75th anniversary of their August 1, 1888 appointment at the Revere House. Hon. William H. Lee attended as guest of honor. Patrolman George H. Munier died recently, and his chair and rose boutonniere were observed at the event.
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Revere House
William H. Lee
George H. Munier
Mattapan
Munier
Thomas M. Mullen
Brighton
Francis J. Mulligan
Joy Street
James F. Wright
Jamaica Plain
Patrick Malley
Patrick J. Lahey
Lorin S. Gray
Thomas F. Supple
William N. Walker
John Buckley
James G. Curtis
John Gallagher
John B. Glawson
Benjamin F. Danforth
West
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