Sewing Circle Advice on Wills and Home Economics
Readers share experiences on marriage finances and wills. A woman recounts losing her home after her husband’s will split savings and property, urging wives to keep earnings in their own name and obtain a share of the home. Other letters caution about living costs and prudent dress spending.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
White Mountain
Births and obituaries from Malden and nearby towns
In Malden and surrounding areas on February 2 to February 5, many notices report births, marriages, and deaths. Names include Hanora Barry, Frances Bowman, John Campbell, James Caton, Catherine Conboy, Agnes Corbett, Margaret Coughlin, Mary Gately, Evelyn Gerstel, Patrick Powers, Delia Quirk, Arthur Robinson, James Smith, Mary McGarrigle, Dorothy Tileston, John Travers, George Williams, with funeral details, addresses, and mass times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry
Malden
Hanora
James E. Barry
St. Louis
Campbell
Somerville
John Tampbell
Webster St
Nova Scotia
Caton
Boston
James
Coughlin
Charlestown
Margaret (Nee Buckley
Patrick Coughlin
Prescott St
St. Mary's Church
Warren
Concord
N. H
Coquard
Mary Jdl
Armand Coquard
C. KE. Colbert
Florinda
Maria Crovo
Routo
Virginia Crovo
Tilestor St
Sacred Heart Church
Cusani
Henry
Catherine Cusani
Balidsvin
Derne St
Crosby
Warren St
Roxbury
St. Joseph's Church
Chambers
Mansfield Council
K. of
Cutter
Frank Edward Cutter
Sudbury Rd
Mass
Dorchester
William Henry Dillon
Paisley Park
Driscola
Schenectady
N. Y
John M
Genevieve Driscoll
Metcaf
Mary Driscoll
Frawley
Kent +t
Brookline
St. Mary of Th
Andrew J
Ellen Egan
W. J. Cassidy
Harrison Ave
St. Philip’s Church
Enoch
Walter L
Frank G
Mary Enoch
Christopher St
Farcon
Cambridge
Daniel
Mary (Axon (Nee Carberry
Fifth St
Finn
Keb
William J
Abby
John Finn
North Ave
Weston
St. Mary’s Church
Waltham
Calvary Cemetery
Fitzgerald
Margaret
Saratoga St
Star of the Sea
Gately
Mary A
Nee Carroll
John J. Gately
Rowell St
Hancock
St. Peter's Church
Meeting House Hill
Roxbury Lodge
Neponset Ave
Goode
John L. Goode
Grover
Mabel
George W. Grover
J. B. Henderson & Co
Broadway
Everett
Hall
Hudson
Andrew G. Hal
Allston c
St. John
N. B
Winchester
Delia R. Ravney
Alfred S. Hall
Summ
West Westminster
Catherine
Martin L. Hall
Irving St
Taunton
Halligan
Ashmont
Catherine VY. Halligan
Peter
Catherine Halligan
Cunningham
Quincy St
Philip A. Keveney
Denvir St
Requem
St. Mark’s Church
Dorchester Ave
Hanly
Winifred G
Anastatia
Llazestine
Dennis R. Hanly
Train St
St. Ann’s Church
Harrington
Daniel P
Mary
Mission Church
Lacey
John James
Maria Lacey
Lawson
George W. Lawson
Lawson Terrace
Long
Allston
Alfred Edward Long
Alfred Euwin
Sadie M. Long
Commonwealth
Marshall
George B. Marshall
Briggs Chapel
Huntington
Norwich
Conn
M'Garrigle
Mary J
John B. MecGarrigle
Enwright
Mis
Mary Broderick
Moulton St
St. Catherine’s Church
O’brien
Sherif John B. O'Brien
John A. O'Shea
Wales St
St. Leo's Church
Powers
Patrick
Aldworth
Quirk
Watertown
Delia
Thomas Quirk
Kelly
Iuneral
Quirk St
St. Patrick's Church
Robinson
Chestnut Hill
Arthur Willey Robinson
Waban Hill Rd
Smith
Melrose Highlands
James Marshall Smith
Ashland Place
Thomas
Paul Fifield Thomas
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Tileston
Dorothy
Harry W
Grace FE. Tileston
Derry
Travers
West Medford
John J
Ann (Doherty) Travers
Arlington St
St. Raphael’ S Church
Williams
Brighton
George Washington Williams
Leamington Rd
Death notice for Alexander Hunter and memorials
Death of life member Alexander Hunter of 54 Pratt Street Allston announced by the Scots Charitable Society with funeral Saturday Feb 5 at 2 30 pm Private. In Memoriam announces anniversary mass for Thomas Murphy at St Francis de Sales Church Charlestown. Remembrance notices for Veanne Eva Pateh February 4 1915 and Gustav M Nelson February 4 1915 with messages from family and friends.
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Life
Alexander Hunter
Pratt St
Allston
Robert E. May
Stewart W. Millar
Thomas Murphy
St. Francis de Sales’ Church
Chorclestown
Katie
Vranees Ewa Pateh
Mis
A. J. Patch
Gustav M. Nelson
Shepherdess model dress saved for spring exhibit
Marion and her mother planned a trip south on Monday and asked for help selecting attire. After trying chiffon and lace, Monsieur revealed a spring exhibit piece, a shepherdess model in old-blue silk with a garland of rosebuds and blue bells at the back.
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Marion
Monsieur
Old Blue and White Ribbon Find Sparks Joyful Farewell
A fragment recalls joyful farewell lines and streamers in blue and white checkerboard, noting that the speaker and companions took them with a playful goodbye. The erase of context hints at a nostalgic interior moment.
Nameless thing that hits us in the heart
A reflective verse recalls the impact of lasting memories from far off shores. It mourns the losses of life and praises a nameless, deeper power felt in a mother’s kiss a baby’s face a maiden’s smile and a minstrel’s lay that lingers in the heart.
Old Style Sunday Post Recipes Featured For Home Cooks
A Sunday Post page presents dish recipes including Stuffed Onions Imperial Pork Roast and Eggless Cake. Instructions cover ingredient amounts and baking times with notes from Mrs. Fannie Fisher of Keene New Hampshire and CORAB March Greenfield.
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Bodeul Housewives
Sunday Post
Fannie Fisher
High Street
Keene, N. H
The Man Would Be a Boy Again and a Husband Too
Poetry fragment imagines an old man seeking youth and fame. An angel offers a rainbow pen and rewrites the wish to include memory of family. The man declares love for a wife and children, then the angel notes the conflict between youth and fatherhood. The poem ends with the narrator waking to the household and recording the dream.
Jelly Kettle Capers at Tea Party
In a small town Jane schemes to secure grape jelly for her tea party. She orders her brother Bob to fetch jelly from Mrs. Benson, while a prank involving Ruth Chapin and Bill Benson unfolds. The plan backfires into humorous reconciliation as the jelly swap is revealed and the guests depart.
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Ma Farrell
Jane
Washington
Janie
Ruth Chapin
Bill Benson
Bob
Bill
Ruth
Man recollects earnings from odd lot of coins
He describes items carried like fishing line and rubber bands then counts money: a quarter 60 cents and two dimes. He notes earning 56 cents from Bill and the quarter from Sis as the easiest money he ever made.
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Sis
Lynn Roundhouse Saved by Engineer's Fast Backing
John Grady an engineer for Narrow Gange saved the Lynn roundhouse from a fire by backing his burning locomotive at full speed out of the cab to the yard. He sustained severe burns to face and hands and was treated at Lynn General Hospital. Grady lives at 176 Gladstone Street East Boston.
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John Grady
Lynn
Lynn General Hospital
Lynn Fire Department
Grady
Gladstone Street
East
Boston
Dear Miss Champagne on Love and a Free Social Life
A 19 year old asks if dating multiple men harms her reputation. The column urges not to stay home waiting for Mr Right, advising she can date tactfully, stay free while young, and avoid overanxious scrutiny as opportunity requires effort.
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Miss Champagne
Mr. Right
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