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Dear Sewing Circle on Shared Earnings and Hard Times
The letter column argues that a wife should share in losses with her husband and suggests outside work to support the family. Readers recount wage realities from $15 to $18 per week, discuss saving, co op shares, insurance, and housing costs, and offer anecdotes about frugal living and family life.
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Boston Daily and Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Ilere
Cirele
English High
Missouri
David
East Meadow
Little Wife
Davie
Hiro
Wife
Hps