Sewing Circle Letters Spark Home Life Debates in Boston Post
The Sewing Circle page hosts reader letters from Boston Post readers on marriage, parental authority, liberty, and women's roles. Personal anecdotes from mothers, daughters, and wives weigh parental guidance, equality, and domestic duties amid early 20th century social norms.
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Interesting Letters From Sewing Circle Featured
The Sunday Post prints select letters to the Sewing Circle, highlighting reader views and community voices in its weekly feature.
The Cheerful Philosopher Keeps a Sunny Faith
A Bentztown Bard poem urges resilience and balance through gloom. It emphasizes smiling through trouble and trusting in divine beauty, noting sorrow follows brighter days and sunshine returns after December. The piece celebrates a hopeful spirit that softens conflict and draws readers toward life’s gold.
Church Calendar Schedules Feasts and Devotions Across Parishes
The diocese calendar lists feasts for the week including St Hyacinth St Elizabeth St Bernard and St Jane Frances de Chantal with the forty hours devotion starting Friday Aug 20 at St John the Evangelist Church Newton and St Vincents Orphan Asylum chapel Camden Street. A women’s retreat runs Sept 3 to Sept 7 at Cenacle Brighton led by Rev P F Cusick S J. Sacred Heart East Boston holds its parish picnic and field day Aug 2 at Wood Island Park. Reunion plans for Sagus parish were altered after Fr James H O Neil returned from Europe.
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Hyacinth
Elizabeth
St. Bernard
Jane Frances de Chantal
St. John the Evangelist
Newton
St. Vincent’s Orphan Asylum
Camden Street
South End
Parish of the Sacred Heart
East Boston
Wood Island Park
Saugus
Europe
James H. O'Neil
White Chenille Tunic Latest From Paris
Pagquin presents a fall style show with white chenille as a dominant feature. A white taffeta coat dress includes a deep chenille tunic scalloped at the hem and a matching bolero, producing an exceptionally rich effect.
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Paquin
Resignations and remodels mark New England churches
The Rev. John S. Lyon resigns after 14 years from Second Baptist Church Holyoke with October effect. Second Baptist Church Lawrence remodel finishes before Sept second Sunday. Rev. Charles Edward Spaulding lectures in Willimantic and preaches at Harvard Congregational Dorchester Aug 16 28 and 30 Sept 6. Rev. Thomas Penn Allom of First Christian Lynn resigns to move to Bristol Virginia to replace Rev Walker Reynolds.
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John S. Lyon
Second Baptist Church, Holyoke
Lyon
Second Baptist Church
Lawrence
New England
Charles Edward Spaulding
Greenwood Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Dorchester
Epworth League Institute
Willimantic
Thomas Penn Allom
First Christian Church
Lynn
Bristol, Va
Walker Reynolds
Prune Whip Recipe Steps From Archive
Prunes soaked and simmered until soft then pressed through a strainer with eggs sugar and lemon juice. Whites beaten stiff folded into warm prune mixture then baked in a buttered dish until set.
Bread and breakfast cake recipe from Readville and Nantucket cooks
Home style baking tips show Readville and Nantucket contributors using milk water lard salt yeast and eggs to make griddle like cakes. The instructions cover rising overnight shaping rolling and frying with sugar coating for a light breakfast treat.
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E. C. Copfin
Taly Street
Nantucket
Storehouse Fire at Blusworth Destroys Five Buildings
A blaze in Blusworth Missouri destroyed five frame storehouses along Union River and behind State street stores. Value estimated at ten thousand dollars. merchants faced a scare as much property was threatened and fire units fought the flames.
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Blusworth
Union River
State Street
A Hopeful Moral Dilemma in an Office Tale
Hope MacIntosh, a frugal, charitable lone worker, attracts gossip at the office as colleagues debate her salary and lifestyle. A new stenographer tries to reform her, planning a wardrobe upgrade, but Hope remains calm while coworkers wonder about the fate of the promised suit.
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Miss French
Hope MacIntosh
Hope
Operation Yields Hope for Jakey Thompson
Annie recalls last week when Miss Wentworth and the narrator visited Jakey Thompson at the hospital. Surgeons saved the boy, now needing long rest in the country and an easy chair contrivance for comfort. The two women are arranging care and have forgotten about the new quit.
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Annie
Miss Wentworth
Jakey Thompson
Were the Cows Injured
A storm king hurled torn torrents as a young reporter watched the scene. Clouds raged and livestock faced danger amid the weather, capturing the local mood and peril.
Ruins Scarred as Cowshed at Patrick McDougal Farm Washed Away
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a damaged scene where an editor questions a reporter about a floods or storm event washing away Patrick McDougal's cowshed, leaving debris over the ruins and prompting a reaction from the old editor.
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Patrick McDougal
Sign Says Coffee Like Mother's. Customer Chooses Tea
A restaurant keeper advertises coffee as "mother used to make." A customer questions the claim and, recalling childhood memories, asks for tea instead, prompting the witty exchange.
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