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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1914
Page
11
The Sewing Circle in the Boston Post invites homemakers to discuss home life domestic issues child care budgeting and gardening. Readers may use pen names and ask each other questions for advice while writing on one side of the page.
A letter page debate in a Sewing Circle contends reducing living costs by vegetarian diets. Contributors recount mixed health outcomes from cutting meat, sugar, tea, and desserts, praising or condemning self restraint and examining family finances, marriage, and moral standards.
The Sunday Post highlights a selection of engaging letters to the Sewing Circle. Readers share anecdotes, sewing tips, and community news, reflecting craft culture and social connections of the period.
Raffaele Santoioppio of Canal Street Quincy was killed in a Montclair gravel bank slide yesterday. Undertakers, preparing the body, found $930 strapped in a rubber pocket to his right leg.
Wingate Peter Smith, shy from birth, seeks peace away from feminine company. A farmhouse retreat brings women into his life including Charity, the farm sisters, and a сварливый aunt’s threat. He falls in love with Charity, abruptly losing his nerve as emotions surge.
New winter capes appear as long circular garments in silver gray broarcloth with wool batting insulation. Satin lining and a deep black Plush cape collar finish the design. They are easier to wear than cloaks but not as warm since the cape stands away from the body.
A scene unfolds as he asks Charity to marry him and she blushes with surprise. She defers, saying XY knows now. Preston White rushes to friend P. Thomas Staunton with the triumphant line It worked.
Paragraphs describe a loose waist in new fashions with white pique for smart vests worn with coats. Full circular skirts appear, sleeves stay long, zibeline coats, high necks, tunics near skirt edge, straight collars, wide girdles on afternoon gowns, fancy filet meshes, pleated dresses, black lace over white, and waists designed to wear over skirts.
Mustard pickles made from two quarts small cucumbers fat onions two large heads cauliflower two green peppers chopped fine Cauliflower broken fine and mixed with one quart string beans cut up Soak overnight in weak brine Drain boil five minutes Then sauce with two quarts vinegar six cups sugar five tablespoons mustard six tablespoons flour one tablespoon turmeric powder one tablespoon curry powder Simmer vegetables in boiling vinegar until cooked then bottle while hot and keep indefinitely in any climate.
Recipe notes a vegan style batter using sugar water shortening raisins and spices to bake a cake and steam a pudding. It lists quantities and steps including boiling, cooling, adding flour soda and spices, then baking an hour and splitting for two desserts. Signatory Mrs Lewis T Brown of Woodfords Maine.
President Wilson arrived in Windsor to start his first summer vacation. He and his family stayed at Harlakenden House celebrating daughter Mrs. Francis B. Sayre's birthday, while mourning the recent death of Mrs. Wilson.
A presidential party visits Windsor New Hampshire with Eleanor Cothran as a highlight. The scene shows local respect for the President's grief as flags adorn homes. He plans mornings of golf and long afternoon car trips, with Grayson urging exercise and officials limiting dispatches for rest.
Peter the brown spaniel of George H. Brown at 632 Harrison Avenue has vanished since last Wednesday. Buster the brindle Boston terrier of F. L. Foster at 49 Garfield Street also left his kennel. A black and white hound belonging to Mr. Leavitt of 60 Highland Avenue is missing after an unexpected trip. Police report multiple canines roaming the area.
A playful exchange underscores a mother’s affection as she responds to her son asking to borrow four dollars. The dialogue highlights familial bonds and a lighthearted tone.
A solemn street scene shifts from gray rain and tired crowds to a blinding, magical sunset. The long wet hill becomes a golden highway as figures ascend, the fading city altered by brilliant light and surreal ascent.
Newport Aug 28 thousands arrive from New England for a Red Cross benefit at The Breakers. The fund reached 30000 dollars, surpassing the target by 10000. Tables tableaux and a lawn fete highlight the gala, with Mrs. Herman Oelrichs and Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish driving the effort.
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