Sew Life Costs and Ways to Live on Little Money
A Boston Post Sewing Circle column presents letters from women discussing whether a small family can live on as little as $12 to $20 a week. They share experiences on frugal living, clothing costs, housing, and the impact on family planning, plus anecdotes from long-suffering households and advice about economizing without sacrificing dignity.
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Sewring
Boston Daily
Day Post
Lad England
Boston Post
Sewing Circle
Mothers Rights Versus State in Marital Choices
Letter from the Sewing Circle argues that a mother's control over her children's marriages should outweigh state laws on morals and education. The writer cites an 18 year old son and 14 year old daughter, lamenting outside influence and suggesting a daughter marry the wild youth to reform him, claiming fewer divorces would result.
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Sewing Circle
Fable of the Frugal Wife and the Couponed Gifts
A tale shows a wife who shuns artificial beauty aids and finances her purchases through coupons, prompting her husband to offer funds for the items. The fable concludes with the lesson that true handsomeness lies in deeds, not in appearances, and hints at a forthcoming story about a woman who is too disinterested.
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Boeere
Ressler
Boston Mother Emphasizes Parental Rule in Marriage
A Boston mother asserts that obedience to parents surpasses other rules for children and argues mothers know best how daughters should marry, dismissing physicians as meddling outsiders.
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Boston
Women warned against rebellion in marriage in Sewing Circle letter
A reader argues that women who refuse obedience to husbands will deter men from marrying, predicting more single people in New England and fewer homes. The letter urges young women to respect male authority to avoid scaring off potential husbands. UNMARRIED AT 4. Some letters to the Sewing Circle are printed in the Sunday Post.
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Wilson
New England
Sunday Post
Trial records reveal forged diplomas offered to students
Testimony from Munich court about Hans Schmidt's alleged scheme surfaced at Schmidt's murder trial. Witnesses described over 200 letters sent to Munich students by a supposed "mental specialist" offering exam help. No fee was charged until passing tests, with signatures from "Z. Zantor." A Munich search uncovered diploma forms from the Eaton School of Matus.
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New York
Munich
Hans Schmidt
Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Z. Zantor
Bia
Ras Aes
The
Eatin School of
Matus
Ef Tas Corel
Woman Dies as Kerosene Flash Fire Roars in Woonsocket
In Woonsocket Rhode Island on December 18 a kerosene can exploded while a woman poured into a kitchen range. Mrs Margaret Farrell 55 died from burns. Three young women including a daughter granddaughter and niece leaped from a second story window and suffered burns. Fire Chief David B E Stone rescued Mrs Roscoe Cook and a week old baby. Property damage was slight.
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Woonsocket
R. I
Margaret Farrell
David BE. Stone
Roscoe Cook
Mile of Pennies Campaign Aids Squantum Club Hall
Squantum Woman's Club seeks funds to build an assembly hall by a penny campaign. Secretary Genevieve Adams promotes a mile of pennies aiming for 844.80 dollars with 16 pennies per foot. The club has already raised 48 dollars, soliciting gifts of inches feet or yards. Members, summer residents, own three building lots in Squantum’s center for the hall. Officers: Jessie Parker Reed president James Foster vice president Genevieve Adams secretary.
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Genevieve Adams
Squantum Woman's Club
Assembly Hall
Squantum
Jessie Parker Reed
Boston
Mail from Europe Reaches New York Before Christmas
The last European mails arrive on liner ships St. Louis and St. Paul. The two vessels together carry 16 511 sacks of packages and letters, the largest consignment of mail ever brought to New York by one ship.
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New York
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