Letters from readers reveal frugal living and hopes
A reader correspondence excerpt shows letters about budgeting for food and rent, saving habits, and daily routines. Contributors discuss income, upstate origins, and family duties while praising cheerful letters that uplift other readers in the community.
Dear Querida Hubby’s Dear Message Cheer Note
A short warm message offers encouragement after reading a lighthearted column. It expresses affection and a desire to uplift the recipient with kind words and steady support. The note mentions companionship and ongoing care.
A Home Lover Shares Maternal Reflections on Uncertainty
A mother of three writes about her empathy for another's uncertainty. She recalls her second child's infancy when joy and hope for the future seemed scarce and time spent with her husband or outings had to be redirected to parenting duties.
We Wives and the Challenge of Growing Families
A reflective note on marital strain from larger families, acknowledging how babies alter social life and intimacy. The author suggests attitude from husbands matters, urges mutual support, and calls for hopeful advice to navigate motherhood and companionship together.
Mrs. Eddy Will Arise From Death Is Claimed By Stetson
Mrs. Stetson declares Mary Baker Eddy will return to earth in a visible form and resumes leadership of Christian Science. She reads a typed statement asserting the gospel age ends and the dead leader will appear, remaining until her work is complete.
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Mrs. Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy
Mrs. Stetson
Mother Church
Boston
Disciples of Christ
Christ
Four Quarters
Earth
Jesus
Philip
God
Jesus the Christ
Moses
Hle
Man
Eddy
Israel
Red Sea
Wilderness
Goa
Jesus Christ
Expectant Mother Shares Baby Preparations and Budget Tips
A mother describes practical baby gear and budgeting tips. She notes cotton flannel bands, wool bands, merino shirts, flannel Petticoats, bishop slips, dresses, nightgowns, napkins, and a coat and bonnet sized to season. She emphasizes frugality and choosing essentials.
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Hamburg
Lost Youth Letter Replies to Sewing Circle Reader
A letter from ETHELINDA expresses sympathy for a reader nicknamed Lost Youth, condemns a selfish husband, and asks for news about children. It also requests membership in the Sewing Circle and extends New Year wishes to members and the editor.
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Ethelinda
Blushing Girl Seeks Advice From Sewing Circle
A young girl writes that she blushes easily and feels awkward in speaking. She asks if the blushing could be caused by certain foods or by eating and seeks remedies or advice from the Sewing Circle column. The writer hopes for a prompt reply to the Post.
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Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Her 1911 Resolutions for the Sewing Circle
The piece urges members to seek better homes and marriages in the new year. It encourages writing to the circle with helpful, encouraging content to uplift spirits and improve daily life in life.
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Ife
A Reasonable Plea For The Stomach
A Victorian advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as natural digestive aids. The claim asserts enzymes and acids restore digestion, with tests by John R. Brooke and endorsements citing U.S. physicians. It promotes a fifty cent package and free trial from Fr A. Stuart Co. Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
Chemical Laboratory
London
Central
Cullum Street
Fenchurch St
E. C London
John R. Brooke
F.C. S
United States
Canada
Fr A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Poetry and Bunions Symptom Still Amused
A brief humorous note mocks a verse about bunions and coins. The writer jokes that kerosene oil cured bunions after six months of nightly use and suggests a sister from Winthrop try olive oil with a fruit. Sympathetic tone appears in closing.
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Bunions
Winthrop
Value of early US coins for collector Lynn
A reader asks Sarah for coin values. He describes two large cent halves dated 1809 and 1806 and a small coin with a man's head and the inscription for Our Country's Common Cause with Now and For ever on the reverse. Madge of Lynn provides guidance.
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Sarah
Madge OF
Lynn
Welcome Draper Home in Milford Banquet Planned
Milford hosts a public welcome for former Governor Draper on January 1. A banquet organized by the trade board will feature remarks from Draper and several invited prominent guests.
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Milford
Draper
Trade Board
Musical Comedy by Newsmen to Be Given Next Month
The College Boys a new comedy by Ernest L. Drew will debut at Jordan Hall Huntington avenue on January 10 and 11. The Hotel and Railroad News Co Relief Association staging features a chorus of 100 voices, elaborate scenery and costumes under Drew’s direction. A large committee led by chairman Charles H Sargent oversees the event.
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Ernest L. Drew
Hotel and Railroad News Co
Relief Association
Jordan Hall
Huntington Avenue
News Company
Charles H. Sargent
Church dispute over armed guard at Mt. Auburn tomb
Eugene N. Cox denied any protest from the First Church against maintaining an armed guard at Mrs Kiddy’s tomb in Mt. Auburn Cemetery. A church member claimed to have seen a protest signed by church members in good standing.
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Eugene N. Cox
Christian Science Publication Committee
New York
First Church
Mother Church
Boston
Kiddy
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Farlow Denies Protests About Guards at Mrs Eddy Tomb
Alfred Farlow publicist for the church declares no protest against placing guards at Mary Baker Eddy's tomb has been received in New York or elsewhere. He cites Eddy's writings opposing any comparison to Jesus Christ and explains guards were for ordinary reasons.
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New York
Mrs. Eddy
Alfred Farlow
Christ
Eddy
Mr. Farlow
Cox
Fire record entries for Roxbury and B50 area
A fire record lists events from 2 AM to 2 AM daily. At 7:05 PM there is a notation for Hox 221 on Donlow Street Roxbury 8200. At 8:10 PM there is an entry for Mattie Carmen on Cortex Street B50.
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Hox
Smithentante
Donlow Street
Roxbury
Mattie Carmen
Cortex Street
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