Sewing Circle Letters Debate Wages and Female Autonomy
Readers of the Sewing Circle discuss parental control of a daughter earnings and legal age limits, with responses from multiple women. The exchange covers obligations to parents, independence, and the role of husbands, plus comments on budgeting, marriage, and social norms in early 20th century New England.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Cinderella
Dolly
Sisters
Fall hats vary widely in New York styles
The New York fashion note describes early fall hats ranging from a gun boat toque with feather decoration to a lace trimmed sailor with silk flowers. One hat covers the hair completely while the other leaves hair exposed on the side and back, illustrating the season's contrasts.
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New York
Sewing Circle Letters Highlighted in Sunday Post
The Sunday Post prints some of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader opinions, anecdotes, and community discussion within the weekly paper.
Minor dog bite scare prompts rabies check in Cambridge
A Cambridge and Boston incident involving seven people bitten by a mad dog prompts hospital monitoring. City Hospital reports almost no chance of rabies developing and four victims are receiving treatment there.
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Cambridge
Boston
City Hospital
Granny's Pie and Donut Doughnut Recipes From Dorchester to Newtonville
Collection of home recipes includes a cottage cheese pie with nutmeg and lemon, a doughnut dough formula with flour and baking powder, and a custard like milk and cocoa mixture. Attributed to MRS HARRIS in Dorchester, CRUTH BROOKS in Newtonville, and MRS W EH SMITH in Cambridge.
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Cruth Brooks
Highland Avenue
Newtonville
W. EH
Smith
Columbia Street
Cambridge
Change of Scene Leads to Love on Cape Farm Trip
Lucy Smith, exhausted by teaching and finances, follows her doctor's advice to rest at a Cape farm. There she rekindles happiness through sailing with neighbor Joe, accepts his marriage proposal, and plans a southward winter trip to their orange groves.
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Lucy Smith
Lucy
Germany
Cape
Oliver Tuckerman
Jaicy
Joe
Pine Island
Joé
Aunty Tuckerman
Poems for Pour Bcrap Book The Better Land
A brief verse exchange imagines a child seeking a radiant beyond. The mother dismisses distant bright shores and deserts hopes, saying the better land lies beyond sight where time and sorrow are vanquished. The dialogue repeats that ideal after replies that it is not there.
Five Cent Debt Repaid After Eighty Years
In Harrisburg St August 25 Mrs Mary Conway repaid a five cent debt to J H Nyberg and W G Sloan from eighty years ago when she was in business there. She settled the tiny loan at the old office.
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Harrisburg
J. H. Nyberg
W. G. Sloan
Mary Conway
Nyberg
Clergy Appointments and Church News Across New England
The Rev. Arthur Varley begins as pastor at Taftville Conn Congregational Church after five years at Maplewood Malden. Rev. Allen E. Cross leaves Old South Boston to lead Milford First Parish Congregational early September. Becket Baptist marks 150th anniversary with Rev Herbert S Johnson as speaker. South Deerfield Congregational receives 2000 from Mrs C A Boyden estate, half unrestricted, rest for pastor support. 200 from Lucy S Shackleford estate. Rev. Edward B Foster accepts Gloucester Baptist Church Washburn Mo call. Rev. H Grattan Dockrell of Regent's Hall Nottingham Eng, a former Boston minister, is in the city for weeks. he notes his church abroad is a downtown edifice modeled after Tremont Temple.
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Arthur Varley
Maplewood Congregational Church
Malden
Congregational Church
Taftville
Conn
Allen E. Cross
Old South Church
Boston
First Parish Congregational Church
Milford
South Deerfield
H. Grattan Dockrell
Regent’s Hall Baptist Church
Nottingham
Eng
Dockrel
Tremont Temple
Funeral Question Haunts Town Pitcher Legend
Two errand boys recount a strange exchange at a wake. The first explains he asked to be dropped off because his grandmother died. The second recalls the boss asking who was the best pitcher at the funeral, a provocative, dark joke.
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