Stranger Becomes Elaine's Guardian in Quiet Village Tale
In a northern store dwelling, Blaine grows into womanhood under her father’s watch. A tall stranger courts Elaine, but after her father falls ill, the visitor Dick Whitehouse, a friend’s son, reveals his fortune and intent. He promises Elaine protection and love as the father dies, and she accepts his embrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine
Elaine
Daddy
Flaine
Grannie Jones
Iame
Tim
Mr. Cummings
William
Will
Dick Whitehouse
Reflections From the Sewing Circle on Maids and Morals
Letters discuss housemaid life and equality, wages, breaks, and workplace culture. Readers offer career ideas, cigarette views, and guidance on romance, marriage, and parental expectations in Jamaica Pond and beyond.
Midseason fashion show dazzles with velvet and silk net dress
Descriptions praise a dress featuring a dull grey chiffon velvet deep yoke and velvet pointed belt. The blouse blends silk net with a high collar and deep cuffs, while the skirt mirrors the shape with matching points and a silver gauze slip showing through.
Fragmented Shopper’s Farewell Line Ends Christmas Wish
A fleeting shopper’s remark laments missing a Christmas purchase, noting the blouse and skirt and a final goodbye, reflecting holiday restraint and regret in a fragmentary newspaper snippet.
Songs of Sunshine by the Bentztown Bard
A light verse urging a cheerful view of life with lines about not fearing trouble and not overreacting to events. The speaker promotes moderation in mood, noting the sun shines and spring buds bloom while cautioning against gloom and sternness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bentztown Bard
Old Fashioned Jelly and Ham Croquettes Recipes
A small collection of home style recipes includes thin jelly with lemon and sherry, sweet potato croquettes, celery white sauce, and a creamed ham on buttered toast with a milk-flour cream. Contains names and addresses of contributors Mrs. George D. Thomas and Miss Ruth Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Thomas
Paul Revere Road
Arlington Heights
Ruth Johnson
Clearview Avenue
Worcester
Household hints Flour bag uses and tips
My flour comes in cloth bags and the uses they can be put to are many. Rip and boil to extract any color in print ing on the bags. Two sewed together will make a pillow-case. Can be hemmed and make dish towels, face cloths, handkerchiefs (for children), napkins and bibs, and tray cloths. These will prove useful where there are children by saving the best. Mrs John Kelley Addison Ave East Saugus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kelley
Addison Ave
East Saugus
Poems for Pour Scrap Book The Unnamed Dead
Poem on unnamed soldiers who die unheralded and rest without markers under alien skies. The speaker notes those who died have no symbol or reverence, unlike others, and vows to remember the unnamed dead with prayer and respect.
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Press Publishing Company
Maurice Ketten
Hu Bostor
Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Boston
Europe
Burmah
Java
Jamaica Pond
Innocent
Papa
Brother
Florida
South
Jacksonville
Wash
Canal St
Dorothy
Vatie
Southern Press Syndicate
Huyler’s
Huyler
New Craton Housewives E Sunday Post
Steinert & Sons
Musical Instrument House
Uptown
Boylston ST. Steinert Hall
Arch ST
Franklin and
Milk Sts
Telephone
Oxford
Charles Vale
Westfield Book of Pure Foods
N. Y. Globe
H-O Company
Buffalo
N.Y
Force
H-O
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