Sewing Circle letters discuss marriage authority and pensions
A Boston Post Sewing Circle column prints reader letters on family roles in marriage, authority of the mother-in-law, dowries, and pensions for unmarried women. Contributors from New England share personal experiences and opinions, with calls for traditional duties and financial arrangements.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Lorving
Boston Post
Lady Canteloupe Melon Ode From Bentztown Bard
The Bentztown Bard presents a lyrical meditation on the Lady Canteloupe. Fragrant melon imagery unfolds with summer dreams and sweet sunlit imagery as the narrator revels in the fruit's warmth and aroma.
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Canteloupe
Recipes From New England Housewives Featured In Sunday Post
A collage of home recipes. Corn soup with beets cabbage and beets. beet and cabbage salad with vinegar. soaked bread desserts with raisins. blueberry cake with butter sugar eggs and flour. orange custard with milk eggs cornstarch and sugar. Recipes credited to local readers Mary L Douctte Mrs George McConaghy Mrs W G Winsor and Mrs Thomas Trueman.
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George McConaghy
Manley Street
Auburn
W. G. Winsor
Herrod Avenue
Montello
Thomas Trueman
Churchill Place
Lynn
Willie Somber Return From School
Willie tells his mother he will stop trying to be good after an incident at school. He explains Teddy Smith sat on a bent pin left on the teacher's chair and thrashed him for moving the chair, prompting Willie's tears and remorse.
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Willie
Teddy Smith
Paris Design Shows Return to Hobble Skirt
Paris designers propose a revived hobble skirt with a five year old modification a straight trim band lowers the hem. Side plaits create room for walking while a high belt and empire blouse with pocket flaps appear. Deep necklines and ribbon roses offset business practicality.
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Paris
Regis
Protestant Churches Receive Pulpit Movements and Bequests
The Rev. Rufus Weymouth resigns from the First and Third Universalist Churches to lead Newton Universalist Church starting September 1 after a month’s vacation. Rev. Horace Bumstead fills Newton Highlands Congregational pulpit. Clinton Congregational Church gains $1000 from Mary A. Pierce estate for church use. Rev. J. G. Miller leaves Ashburnham for South Congregational in Cambridge. Cambridge delegates attend Silver Bay Missionary Education Conference. Henry Goddard to conduct services at Episcopal Church in Boston this month.
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Rufus Dix
Weymouth
Newton
Horace Bumstead
Brookline
Atlanta University
Newton Highlands Congregational Church
Clinton Congregational Church
Mary A. Pierce
Cambridge
Silver Bay
Henry Goddard
Hist Episcopal Church
Boston
Fragmented church dispute over pulpit credit inquiry
A garbled exchange questions the ownership of pulpit credit with the church trust pressing for answers. The cant replies that the pulpit was occupied without any connection to the claimed credit, revealing a fragmented, unclear dispute from the OCR text.
Proper gentlemanly conduct with ladies in escorting
A guide on etiquette explains that a gentleman should give all ladies equal courteous attention whether escorting two young women or a friend. He may walk outside or between them as best serves equal care, emphasizing universal consideration as a defining trait of gentility.
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Miss Champagne
Stamps In The Street A London Vendor Markets Foreign Stamps
A Strand street vendor operates as a perambulating stamp dealer selling colonial and foreign stamps and stamp mounts. The piece recalls 19th century open-air stamp markets in Birchin Lane, London, and notes a Paris al fresco stamp market as well.
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Strand
London
Birchin Lane
Paris
Meddlesome Milly and the Love Triangle in Car Escape
Jack plans to propose to Helen but Milly swaps places wearing Helen’s clothes. Milly pretends to be Helen, reveals she loves Jack and resists Tom Brown’s pursuit. Tom discovers Milly in Jack’s car, causing a confrontation before Helen accepts Jack’s proposal.
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Lucy
Flolen
Jack
Mrs. Bacon
Helen
Milly
Hullo
Darling
Tom Brown
Tom
Catholic Church Notes in Scituate Nahant and Brighton
The diocese schedules the forty hours devotion beginning Friday August 7 at the Church of the Nativity Scituate and Church of St. Thomas Aquinas Nahant. A women’s retreat starts next Thursday at the Convent of the Cenacle Brighton from 7 pm to 8 am August 10 led by Rev Father Boyle. Father James B. Troy has recovered and left St Elizabeth's Hospital. The Et Monica’s parish field day is planned for Locust Street grounds Saturday August 8 led by Rev William H. Dacey. Newly ordained Rev James F. Sterritt C M returns to Germantown PA to begin priestly duties. his family lives at St Augustine’s Boston.
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Church of the Nativity
Scituate
St. Thomas Aquinas
Nahant
Convent of the Cenacle
Lake Street
Brighton
Father Boyle
James B. Troy
St. Vincent's Church
South Boston
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Et Monica's
Locust Street
William H. Dacey
James F. Sterritt
C. M
Germantown
Penn
Father Sterritt
St. Augustine's Parish
South
Boston
Mastiff Saved Two Boys From Shenango River
Rover a mastiff owned by Richard Graham of Pymatuning Township saved Louis and Philip Graham ages eight and ten after they fell into the Shenango River. The boys could not swim and the dog dived in twice pulling the younger boy to shore then bringing the other to safety.
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Sharon
Rover
Richard Graham
Pymatuning
Louis
Philip Graham
Shenango River
Derry Church Burned in Overnight Fire
The Roman Catholic church of St. Thomas Aquinas in Derry New Hampshire was destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at $30,000 with cause suspected to be candles or faulty wiring. Authorities investigated the blaze.
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Baltimore
T. S. Lewis
Summit St
Derry
N. H
St. Thomas Aquinas
Ballincoona Hospital Study in Irish Peasant Aid
The Honorable Albinia Brodrick, sister of Viscount Midleton, near Caherdaniel in Kerry, has nearly completed Ballincoona hospital for impoverished peasants. She selflessly funded and supervised the project, living on five shillings weekly and selling heirlooms to finance the build, which cost over 25,000 dollars and faced funding pauses before resuming after nineteen months.
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Albinia Brodrick
Viscount Midleton
Ballincoona
Caherdaniel
County Kerry
Miss Brodrick
Fler
Caherdantel
Ireland
Human Germ Carriers In Navy Urge Action
Navy medical officers report a typhoid carrier lieutenant who appears healthy yet triggers typhoid outbreaks after his postings. With nearly 80 linked cases, officials consider him a living culture of typhoid bacilli and seek Navy intervention to resolve the case without injustice.
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United States Navy Department
Leutenant
Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Veterans at cricket match near Bradford draw large crowd
Five hundred people gathered at Saltaire Park for a twelve a side veterans match between Chel low Dene and Shipley. The players averaged 75, with umpires aged 79 and 75 and one player at 87. Shipley scored 68 all out as W Knight aged 65 took six wickets. Chellow Dene replied 110 for three with F E Slingsworth over 70 scoring 89 not out.
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Saltaire Park
Bradford
England
Chellow Dene
Shipley
Trundler
W. Knight
Slingsworth
German waiters strike over dress code switch to lounge suits
German waiters refuse evening dress claiming figures look unfit and diners mock them. They plan to replace dress suits with dark lounge suits and threaten strike if owners block the change.
Father approves son’s art plan with one condition
The head of a famous family hears his nearly adult son declare he wants to become an artist. He reluctantly agrees but warns the young man not to draw on him, implying a lighthearted clash of generations.
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