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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1915
Page
15
A Sewing Circle discussion centers on a correspondent nicknamed Unhappy who describes how a woman is snubbed for seeking friendships beyond her own household. The exchange raises questions about social norms and personal autonomy within the circle.
In a letters column a reader "Unhappy" defends a friendship with a married man claiming personal happiness after loss. Another wife responds saying no woman has a right to such friendship or to attend dances or dinners with a man outside her home, while noting the husband’s flirtations.
A woman signed Unhappy complains her husband’s friendship with another woman costs her dearly. Readers clash as Forsaken brands the letter writer as a dangerous vampire while urging limits on social contact for married women. A Word to the Wise concludes the exchange.
In a baggage room scene Harry Reynolds reveals a note from Santa about Me and Frank and Baby Grace. The group vows to rescue the children from a pauper home and form a weekly fund to support them until they can fend for themselves or a rightful guardian appears.
A speaker vents about a man named Hobo Sam claiming he inherited a million dollars and would deny prior knowledge. The encounter at a hotel earlier is described as a missed gesture or offer. The tone exposes bitterness and suspicion of the associate's moneyed stance.
The column collects a string of notes from Hampstead to Newburyport highlighting winter sun and Capricornus symbolism, wartime widens, and social mentions. It mentions Chief Justice Mathers considering a wife’s debt after a husband enlists, Postmaster Gertrude Smith’s snowshoe commutes, Deputy Sheriff McDevitt’s songs at a banquet for Judge Morse, and Miss Charlotte J. Thomas as Maine’s oldest suffragist. Also noted are Peter M. Sullivan honored by Quincy K of C., Captain Hayman’s pension, Anton Graf the veteran diver, Colonel Gaston acquiring Rice farm holdings, F J Tibbetts’ prolific hens, sea gulls near Fort Point Channel, and Francis E. Coffin’s long service as St. Mark’s Lodge treasurer.
George W Herrick 86 longtime Lynn shoe manufacturer died yesterday at 29 Kenwood Terrace Lynn from complications of diseases He founded Herrick Shoe Company in 1865 and served as its president He leaves two sons George H and Fred W also two daughters Mrs Charles O Timson and Mrs George Badger all partners in the business
The excerpt notes extreme cold and warmth for December 21 in Boston with historical highs and lows. It cites 1884 as the coldest at 1 below zero, a 64 degree thaw, 1879 at zero, and 1910 as the coldest in the last decade at 18. It lists warmest highs of 65 in 1875 and 1913 and mentions four stormy December 21s in 1905 1906 1910 and 1914.
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