Letters From Sewing Circle Warn of German Atrocities
Readers express strong anti German sentiment urging aid to Allies and civilians. They argue for feeding Serbia Belgium and France while condemning German brutality and seeking justice. The column invites new problems and comments with signings and weekly editor picks.
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Sewing Circle
Serbia
Belgium
Germany
America
Itstich Pilaus
France
Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Rumania
Naira Champagne Talks on Lo 1 Sentiment
A reader seeks guidance about an engaged couple where the man has cooled and found another woman. The columnist argues the engagement lacks real closeness and suggests the woman should reassess the value of holding him to a pledged promise rather than true affection.
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Naira
Champagne
Tie
Love Sent, Yet Rejected by Grimed Sinner’s Smile
A poet recounts sending love to a beloved who accepts with royal courtesy despite being dirtied by earth hunger and the taint of sin. The verse frames love amid moral ruin and social judgment in a somber tone.
Little Cupid Eye Miss Mona Dorr North Stoughton
A brief social item notes Mona Dorr of North Stoughton as Little Cupid Eye in a local society page segment.
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Mona Dorr
North
Pseudo Medicine Patters From a Quack’s Verse
A narrator critiques crude folk remedies and quack cures sung in a poem-like piece. The speaker mocks reliance on sulphur in stockings creosote and quinine tonics, calling for genuine guidance and better rhymes.
Recipes and stories from New England housewives collection
A collage of recipes for Shad Rok, doughnuts, boiled dressing, and fish dishes with notes from Mrs J Fr Chalmers and Elizabeth W. Welci. The piece shifts to fiction about Sue, Mrs M, and Dr B helping a neighbor's son Dan, showing community nursing, care, and growth through hardship.
Notable Short Stint of Figures in Stage and War Lore
The piece notes John Ringling’s presence in the Hippo drome watching DeWolf Hopper imitate him, and adds remarks on physical stature of generals Foch Joffre Diaz and Petain. It also mentions Andre Fribourg ex professor now war private, George Gould hospital update, Mrs Daniels at suffrage meeting, C I Nicalat jail tale, and Miss Florence Nash adopting a 15 year old orphan amid adoption movement.
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John Ringling
Ringling
Hippodrome
DeWolf Hopper
Mr Ringling
Andre Fribourg
Macmillan Company
Florence Nash
George N. Doran
Etiquette and Manners In Invitations and Public Walking
Practical guidance on inviting guests for multi day visits, dating etiquette for engaged couples, bowing and speaking order between women, and proper sidewalk walking when accompanying two women. It covers timing in invitations, arm placement at night, recognition dynamics, and keeping ladies side by side with the man on the outer sidewalk edge.
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Nigver
Money Gifts for B A Men Overseas
Boston and Albany railroad employees serving overseas will get a United States money order as a Christmas gift from home. The committee has already dispatched 170 money orders to men on leave and serving abroad.
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Boston & Albany Railroad
United States
Committee of Employees of the Road
More Blessed to Give Than to Receive
Charles Franklin Jones reflects on postwar giving as a higher virtue. He recalls Willie’s pennies for missionaries, contrasts American doubt with wartime sacrifice, and urges cheerful, broad aid to Europe. He pledges renewed resolve to prevent future wars and honor liberty.
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Willie
America
Europe
Readers ask about Emerson quotation and other literary queries
A series of letters to the Post editor seek sources for Emerson’s Good-by line and the rest of the verse, age and activity of William Dean Howells, the Old State House’s identity, and a definition of the unwritten law with the response citing Diogenes Inertius.
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Sir-llow
Boston
New Yorks State Line
Erin
Ralph Waldo Emerson
William Dean Howells
Silas Leapham
Harper's Magazine
City Hall
State Street
Old State House
Washington Street
WM. N. R
Town Hall
Court House
Post Office
Financial Exchange
State House
Trenton
Diogenes Inertius
Real Life of General Pershing Part Next in Boston Sunday Feature
The ongoing series by HH. F. Wheeler continues with a segment on General Pershing’s life after his service with the Sixth Cavalry in the Indian wars. The next installment will run in next week’s Boston Sunday Fest.
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General Pershing
Sixth Cavalry
HH. F. Wheeler
Boston
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