Readers share how to live on small incomes in the Sewing Circle
Letters from women describe families living on eight to fifteen dollars a week, noting frugal routines, shared meals, self-raised food, and simple pleasures in Boston and beyond. The exchanges weigh obedience in marriage, women’s independence, and cautions about matchups, engagements, and long-term plans.
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Hearts Uncomforted Poems for Pour Scrap Book
A compact lyric set on needles of love and quiet heartbreak. It laments neglected small affections that would comfort dying hearts, urging a touch a word or a kiss to ease sorrow and revive cherished memories. The verse contrasts earthly fragility with a longing for tender connection.
Letters From The Sewing Circle Featured In Sunday Post
Selected letters to the Sewing Circle are printed in the Sunday Post, highlighting reader views and community reflections on crafting, fashion, and domestic life. The items showcase personal anecdotes, advice, and shared projects from local readers.
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Pastor Charles Page Honored in 25th Anniversary Service
The Dudley Street Baptist Church marked Rev. Charles L. Page’s quarter century of service with a morning anniversary service. Pastor Charles A. Fulton presided as speakers including S. M. Sayford H. S. Connant and Stanley Seaver shared tributes. Page outlined four key impressions from 25 years, highlighting Bible reliability, Christ’s life, personal righteousness, and radiant personality, as Mrs. Page received roses.
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Charles L. Page
Dudley Street Baptist Church
Charles A. Fulton
D. K
S. M. Sayford
Page
H. 5. Connant
Massachusetts Sunday School Association
Stanley Seaver
D. &. Downing
Christ
Reception to Rev Ayers and his Bride in Wollaston
The Rev William B Ayers pastor of Park and Downs Church Wollaston and his bride Miss Sarah A Miller of Newton Centre were hosted at George Irvings Vassel street Wollaston by parishioners and residents. Ayers four marriages, alienation suit by Charles Arthur Boynton of Vere, 325000, ended in a verdict for Boynton.
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William B. Ayers
Park and Downs
Wollaston
Sarah A. Miller
Newton Centre
George Irving
Vassel Street
Irving
Mr. Ayers
Meta Eyforth
Kansas
Duluth
Minn
Wags
Watertown
N. Y
Pauline Shephard
Boynton
Armory Plans Approved for Concord State Building
Concord December 14 The Governor's Council has approved plans for a new state armory to replace the burned one. The building will cost 60000 dollars with work to begin soon after bids are awarded.
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Concord
Quinine Rabies Remedy Presented By Harvard Doctor
Dr Langdon Frothingham reported at a Harvard Medical School lecture that quinine shows promise as a rabies treatment after a St Louis man recovered from an acute rabies case. He cautioned no full confidence yet but called the result potentially a great discovery if proven broadly.
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Langdon Frothingham
Harvard Medical School
St. Louis
Frothingham
Rabies and Muzzling Dogs Discussed by Doctor
A physician lectured on rabies from dog bites at a Massachusetts event. He praised Pasteur treatment as preventive, urged muzzling dogs to stop spread, cited England Wales declines after muzzling laws, and warned about saliva transmission. He also called for state control of glanders testing and quarantines and proposed removing public drinking troughs.
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Frothingham
Boston
England
Wales
Massachusetts
Medical School
R. P. Strong
Tropics
Corner stone laid for Secona Church in Boston
The corner stone of the Secona Church at Audubon road and Beacon street will be laid today at 2 o'clock. If weather prevents, the ceremony will be postponed to tomorrow. The Universalist Sabbath School Union meets December 17 at Arlington school to discuss increasing membership led by Rev. William F. Wilson. A foreign missionary meeting is planned by Union Congregational Church on Columbus avenue tomorrow at Mrs. Johnson Knight's home 86 St Botolph street with travel talk Up the Si-Kiang by Mary Parker Dunning.
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Secona Church
Boston
Audubon Road
Beacon _ street
Universalist Sabbath School Union
Arlington School
Arlington
William F. Wilson
West Somerville
Union Congregational Church
Columbus Avenue
Johnson Knight
St. Botolph Street
Mary Parker Dunning
Glove Prices At A Glance From Local Store
A local retailer advertises gloves with varied button counts and prices: 16-button gloves at 2.65 dollars, 20-button at 3.00, 12-button at 2.10, overseas gloves at 1.15, walking gloves in cape or dogskin or mocha at 1.15, plus misses boys and children's gloves listed without price details.
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