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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1914
Page
13
The Sewing Circle is a regular department in the Boston Post for home makers in New England. It invites readers to discuss domestic topics from baby care to household economy and gardening. Correspondents may use pen names and write on one side of the page.
Readers debate thrift through meatless meals and milk rich diets saving dollars while improving health. Others recount style fixes for work, flirting, and social expectations, with mothers defending strict discipline and obedience in family life.
The article details a 1920s style featuring parting the upper hair, a slight pompadour, tying side portions above the neck, crossing ends into a smooth band near the hairline, with soft short hair curling around the forehead and ears.
The Sunday Post prints a selection of engaging letters to the Sewing Circle, highlighting reader opinions, project tips, and shared experiences. Readers respond with sewing techniques, fabric finds, and community notes, reflecting a lively craft community.
James Foley was hit over the head with a milk bottle during a dispute at his home at 195 Harrison Avenue. He told police his wife wielded the bottle and his scalp wound was treated at Haymarket Relief Station.
A luncheon menu item features crisp celery with chopped peanuts in a lemon oil dressing served in green pepper cases on lettuce with mayonnaise. The page lists Cocoanut Pudding from Florence Vallancourt of Greensboro Bend Vermont, One Egg Muffins from Mrs Whitney of Woodfords Maine, and Mock Angel Cake from Mrs Donnelly of Montreal with simple baking directions and ingredient lines.
In Findlay Ohio on August 30 a rat was observed at a Toledo and Ohio Central passenger station slot machine. The animal climbed the wall and triggered the trap, stealing gum and pennies and helping to clear suspicion on several boys previously thought to be the thieves. About four hundred sticks of gum and 60 pennies were missing.
New York August 30. Joe Blond, a veteran barber, opens a new idea at his shop on Thirty-fourth Street. Along with eight barbers and two manicurists, a sign promises suits pressed while you shave, drawing long lines as patrons experiment with this novelty.
Sir Hiram Maxim proposes England and Ireland use their millionaires to fund and staff a large volunteer army. He says a million-man force could be ready in forty days with five shillings a day and pensions. The rest of the text records a courtroom exchange over admissibility of evidence and a judge’s comment.
A planned clash between two feathered roosters representing the Czar and Kaiser was halted by three policemen to keep American soil neutral. Spectators hoping for a fight were stunned. three men fled into the Ipswich River wearing their clothes.
Twenty five Lawrence men promoters of a cock fight rode a trolley for nothing after someone on the car opposed to Sunday baiting called Chief Crosswell. In a secluded Ipswich River area two imported roosters valued at 200 dollars each were found with spectators and fled. Police enforce three mile limit and refuse censorship. Croswell confirms to the Post.
A Chicago party aboard the Franconia recounted wartime orders in Germany, including a German officer warning that any passenger opening a window would be shot. They described Berlin mobilization, crowds singing national hymns, and a train journey that halted at the Belgian border before reaching Ostend.
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