What Women Would Do If They Had The Power
Letters from readers discuss laws to compel bachelors to fund pensions for single women and to favor marriage. One writer criticizes a proposed bachelor tax as unfair to men like a son who was rejected for not wanting housework. Others urge encouraging marriage and restricting bachelor advancement, while promoting home life as foundational to prosperity.
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Justice For
Sewing Circle
Vernon Castle
Harry Thaw
Justice For Women
Woman’s strict view on laws and married life
A Lynn Reader letters debate on women making laws. A writer argues laws belong to men and urges strict parental escorts for young women, limiting outings to one evening weekly to prevent restless marriages and divorces. BELIVER IN ESCORTS.
Habit Dyspeptics Benefit From Bisulated Magnesia
Physicians note that chronic dyspepsia, ulcers, and gastritis respond to a teaspoonful of bisulated magnesia in water after meals. This pure form neutralizes stomach acid, a root cause of indigestion, and is standard in European military hospitals.
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Europe
Notation of Reader Letters in Sunday Post Sewing Circle
The Sunday Post prints noteworthy letters from readers to the Sewing Circle. Contributors share anecdotes opinions and tips reflecting craft life and community.
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Sunday Post
Paragraphs on Fads and Fashions
Fashion notes advise dotted swiss blouses with organdy collars and cuffs while hats feature painted trimming on the crown. Black evening gowns remain a staple. Russian influence and pastel shades dominate fall wardrobes. many frocks use cordings as trimming and simple lines.
Three More Men Charged With Defacing Government Property
Uncle Sam adds three defendants Benjamin Woolhouse of 24 Hammond Street Holger Anderson of 29 Putnam Avenue Cambridge and Louis Glickman of 71 Holworthy Street. They waived examination before Commissioner Hayes and await a hearing on September 1 August 31 and August 30 respectively.
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Uncle Sam
Custom House
Benjamin Woolhouse
Hammond Street
Holger Anderson
Putnam Avenue
Cambridge
Louis Glickman
Holworthy Street
Hayes
The Girl in the Watch Cover
Mary Walter falls on hard times then awakens in the home of Mrs. Blaikie who found her. A lost watch with a picture stirs jealousy and mystery as Mary recovers and grows close to Robert Blaikie, who loves another. The tale ends with Mary realizing the girl in the watch cover mirrors her own fate.
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Mary Walter
Aunt Ellen
Mary
Mrs. Blaikie
Robert
Robert Blaikie
Ellen
Uncle Walt Sings Slow Pay in Merchant Greeted tale
Quotation contrasts white shopper Debt with Uncle Walt Mason style verse. Merchants bow and treat Debt kindly when he pays late with a gaudy smile, while Debt avoids payment and faces frowns and poor goods. The piece critiques debt culture and pay practices in 1915 society.
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Jinks
Walt Mason
Adams Newspaper Service
Man Arrested in $100 Tool Theft Ring
Carl Landstrom 42 of 12 Capen Street Mattapan was arrested by Inspectors O Neil and Murphy on charges of larcenies aggregating $100 since July 1. Police believe he is responsible for the loss of many tools across the city in recent weeks.
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Carl Landstrom
Capen Street
Mattapan
O'Neil and
Murphy
Unitarian Push to Buy Star Island Moves On
A cooperative effort by Unitarians advances to purchase Star Island in the Isles of Shoals after July 23 pledges totaling 10000 were announced at the Isles of Shoals Association annual meeting. Additional funds of 4000 are still needed to complete the project.
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Star Island
Isles of Shoals Group
The
Isles of Shoals Association
Rob safe of 50 at 609 Commercial Street
A small safe was rifled of 50 dollars at 609 Commercial Street Monday night burglars gained entry through a rear window.
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Commercial Street
Sea and Hills Refrain in Kipling Poem Fragment
A Kipling fragment questions who desires the sea and hills as landscapes of solitude and danger. It contrasts the endless sea with inland roads and forests, noting sea lonely vastness against human hubs and peril, with repeated lines about desire for sea or hills. The piece reflects on betrayal and endurance in harsh coastal imagery.
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Bneath
A Blue Grey Rajah Suit at a Tennis Event
Dorothy describes a fashion sighting at a tennis gathering. The blue grey Rajah coat features a hip length back with front points, a black and white striped chiffon velvet waistcoat, long cut sleeves, and a gathered circular skirt. A grey charmeuse felt hat with a peacock feather completes the look. The semi finals are tomorrow.
Creamed Noodles Recipe and Servings by Miss Ackson
A brief home recipe describes making creamed noodles by forming a stiff dough, rolling, drying, boiling, then tossing with butter and milk until creamy. Parsley is added for color, and the dish simmers until absorbed, with Miss Ackson of Pinkert Street, Medf noted.
Paris Dressmakers Publish Fashion Book Now
Paris dressmakers publish a new fashion book with first illustrations to be printed in America in the next Sunday Post.
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Paris
America
Catholic Church Notes Highlights Clergy Returns and Parish Events
The Rev. Father Michael J. Murphy returns from a 10 day Buffalo Niagara Falls tour hosted by Judge Charles S. Sullivan. Charlestown Women’s Catholic Union to take 400 Bunker Hill children on a Randidge Fund excursion. Sacred Heart Church East Boston hosts a Wood Island Park field day for parish poor relief. St. Joseph Quincy Point works to pay church debt. next field day set for Sept 4. Monastery of the Blessed Gabriel Brighton offers four retreats for men, the middle two dates given. contact retreat director. Longtime rector Rev. William McNulty of St. John’s Paterson celebrates 52 years in parish service.
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Michael J. Murphy
State
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Charles S. Sullivan
Women’s Catholic Union of
Charlestown
Bunker Hill
Ella F. Magurn
Sacred Heart Church
Boston
Wood Island Park
St. Joseph
Quincy Point
Blessed
William McNulty
St. John’s Church
Paterson
N. J
Household Hints And Glazing Glass Repair Tips
Household hints cover stain removal with cold water glycerine then soap. A method to repair nicked cut glass uses emery cloth on a flat surface with a rotary motion to grind out nicks. Iron stains are treated with spirits of wine and oxalic acid or lemon juice for quick relief.
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A. H. Anderson
Norridgewock
Next Sun day Post Promises Four Page Pictorial Section
The paper invites readers to enjoy the four page Pic torial Section in the upcoming issue, promising engaging visuals and stories that will interest everyone.
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Next
Sunday Post
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New England
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X.X
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Ene
Itheost
Dorothy M. Rourke
Winthrop Place
Medford
Walt
Moemereme
Rceme
Len G. Broughton
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
Clifton Springs
N. Y
Edgar P. Hill
Pleasant Bay Inn
East Harwich
Hill
McCormack Theological Seminary
Chicago
Roderick J. Mooney
Attleboro
Federal Council of Churches
G. R. Lewis
Andover Theological Seminary
Congregational Church
West Tisbury
Charles N. Field
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Bowdoin Street
Cowley Fathers
New York
M. A. Bleakney
Newton Theological Institution
Stoneham Baptist Church
Baptist Tabernacle
Warren Avenue
Frank O. Cunningham
Cunningham
Rob
Rudyard Kipling
Dorothy
Catholic Church Notes
John P. Doyle
St. Louis’ Church
Fall River
Francis J. Duffy
Timothy P. Sweeney
Father Duffy
Attleboro Church
David F. Sheedy
Burrill
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