Farmer John’s Dream Marry With Inez Hilton Ends In Real Life
A man nervously plots to win the lively Inez Hilton but wakes from a dream of wild parties and family joy. The next day John Hawley courts widow Hawley and receives her yes, ending the tale with a quiet marriage and a secret kept from his wife.
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Mrs. Parton
Tom Hilton
Inez Hilton
Hawley
Hiltons
John
Minister Goodnow
Inez
Rawley
Hawley’s
Joan
John Hawley
Burton
Beethoven’s Immortal Beloved Letter Reveals Romantic Turmoil
The article presents excerpts from a letter to Beethoven’s Immortal Beloved, once believed to be Countess Gallenberg, showing intense longing and the idea of living apart or together. It reflects the composer’s emotional despair and quest for a real home amid high society romance.
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Beethoven
Countess Gallenberg
Boy Rather Is Drowned at Fort Georges Beach
Charles E. Thompson fourteen year old son of J S Thompson of South Portland drowned while swimming at Fort Georges beach. His aunt Miss Stella Jones found him in the water and pulled him ashore but he was dead, officials suspect cramps.
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Portland
Charles E. Thompson
J. S. Thompson
South Portland
Fort Georges
Stella Jones
Death Dive From Bridge Near Lewiston
Henry J. Lawless age 24 of Auburn a shoemaker fell from the Maine Central railroad bridge over the Androscoggin River and drowned after swimming downstream. His body was recovered about an hour later.
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Lewiston
Henry J. Lawless
Auburn
Maine Central
Androscoggin River
Sewing Circle Letters Debate Modern Wife Roles
A Boston Post Sewing Circle section delivers letters on marriage and household economy. Readers critique young women habits and maternal upbringing, discuss who pays and whether wives deserve allowances, and advise on joint finances and shared duties while labeling fault on expectations and parenting.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Post
Boston Daily
Sunday Post
New England
Lowell Man Under Arrest on White Slave Law Charges
Miltiades Kut sumakos was arrested in Lowell by U.S. Deputy Marshals Cameron and Heintz on alleged white slave law violations. He had been sentenced for keeping a disorderly house, appealed, then the sentence was revoked to allow federal action. He faces two complaints for transporting Ethel Brown for immoral purposes between Lawrence Nashua and Lowell.
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Eron
Heintz
Kutsumakos
Enright
United States
Ethel Brown
Lawrence
Nashua
N. H
Lowell
If You Can Keep Your Head in Turbulent Times
Poem fragment urging steadfast self control amid doubt and pressure. Advises patience, honesty, restraint, humility, balance with triumph and disaster, and enduring effort. Concludes that such temperance grants mastery of the world and manliness.
Is a Wife’s Allowance a Payment for Her Work
A reader argues a wife is paid through a home, clothing, food, and amusements provided by her husband. She cites two women who complain about money but notes a former shop worker earned $8 weekly yet faced hunger, while her husband now spends $18 weekly on the household, suggesting she is better off married despite claims of a failed marriage.
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Sewing Circle
Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Flat Dwellers and Babies Debate Landlord Policies
A reader challenges a prior letter condemning landlords who bar families with infants from desirable apartments. Another letter counters, sharing a model building where children are admitted and noting experiences when nearby tenants left and the agent complained.
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Sewing Circle
Sympathy for Landlords in Housing Struggles
A landlord vents about damage in a tenants apartment with dirt and molasses smeared wallpaper, scratched floors, broken fireplace tiles, and defaced doors. He rejects a cushion of sympathy for mothers who defend their children’s acts, declaring a sign should read dogs welcome but no babies apply.
Comfort and Economy of Tourist Sleeping Cars to the Pacific Coast
Burlington Route offers personally conducted excursions to California with Tourist Sleeping Cars. The program targets travelers of moderate means, promising comfortable service at low cost. Contact Alex Stocks, New Orleans Passenger Agent, 264 Washington Street Boston, Main 4387.
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Pacific Coast
Burlington
California
Alex
Stocks
New Osland
Washi Street
Boston
Telekephone
Letters From Readers Highlight Sewing Circle’s Sunday Post
The Sunday Post features engaging letters to the Sewing Circle readers praising past issues and sharing tips. Contributors discuss patterns, fabric choices, and community quilting projects.
The Daly Ditt y on the day you wed
A poem laments a promised home lost to wealth and status. The speaker questions the husband’s focus on marble fronts and maids, arguing true home comes from love and duty, not gold or autos, and urges the man to value the simple, living home behind his door.
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Milady
Wilson Grants Full Pardon to Omaha Man In Train Hold-Up Case
President Wilson pardoned Lawrence A. Golden of Omaha Neb a man serving a life sentence for the November hold up of a Union Pacific train during which a mail car was robbed and clerks injured. A confession from two alleged confederates exonerated him.
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Lawrence A. Golden
Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Wilson
Golden
Beautiful pictures from electro type plates in next Sunday’s Post
See two full pages of handsome images printed from electro type plates in the upcoming Post edition. The notice invites readers to view a spread of high quality photographs on the Sunday issue, highlighting the new printing method and visual appeal.
His Second Wife
Farmer John Hawley mulls remarriage a year after his wife Mary’s death at 100 Slater Street Webster. With unreliable help and scarce field labor he contemplates life alone as neighbors advise, while he wonders who could become his new wife.
Auto Skids and Kills Its Owner in New York
A man identified as H. E. Wafford of New York City was killed when his automobile skidded on Crow Nest Mountain near West Point, overturned, and pinned him beneath it. The body was brought to Highland Falls.
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Highland Falls
N. Y
Crow Nest Mountain
West Point
H. E. Wafford
New York City
August Heat Bites the Bard in New Verse
Poet Walt Mason laments the dog days of summer making writing hard. He jokes that sweltering heat, buzzing flies, and sweat hinder rhyme and rhythm, yet the muse persists despite the furnace like conditions of August labor.
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Walt Mason
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