Perce Circle opens as Boston Post homemaker forum
The Boston Post announces The Perce Circle a regular department for women from New England. It invites home makers to discuss domestic topics such as household management baby care and gardening. Correspondents may use pen names and ask questions of each other. Letters should be single sided and addressed to Sewing Circle Editor Boston Post.
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Afraid to Marry on 15 Dollars a Week Debates and Dilemmas
A letter from a reader who married young recounts saving, home buying, and a seven room cottage with modern conveniences. She notes her husband’s wage rise to 14 weekly, hospital bills, and fraternal lodges shaping their contented life in a large home. A contrasting reply advises cautious marriage only with funds for children and education, urging practical planning over eugenics. The column also includes an account of a large family adopting a self policing home republic to discipline children.
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Eugenics Debate in Massachusetts Society Letter
A reader in the Sewing Circle argues against laws in Wisconsin style requiring a physician’s license to marry and health attestations. The letter opposes teaching “great vital truths of life” to children as a safeguard against white slave traffic. The writer asserts a man should prove physical fitness before starting a family.
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Wisconsin
Letters To The Sewing Circle Highlighted In Sunday Post
The Sunday Post features a selection of interesting letters to the Sewing Circle, showing reader opinions, tips, and community anecdotes. Readers share sewing tricks, project ideas, and local crafting events, reflecting ongoing hobbyist exchange.
Wilson commutes lifers sentences for Leavenworth mutiny
President Wilson commuted to July 21 the life terms of Turner W. Barnes and Fred Robinson, inmates at Leavenworth, who were part of a 1801 prisoner mutiny that resulted in a guard's death. Six other inmates with life sentences also received commutations.
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California Syrup of Figs Advertisement Cautions Genuine Brand
An old advertisement extols the safety and effectiveness of California Syrup of Figs as a harmless laxative for headaches biliousness sour stomach and constipation. It warns buyers to seek the genuine product by the California Fig Syrup Company and avoid counterfeit imitations in the city.
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Lawmakers seek stricter Boston marriage license rules
Edward W Mc Glennon files three bills in the Legislature urged by Representative William N Cronin to tighten marriage laws. Bills would invalidate licenses after six months unless reissued by officials, bar solemnization if license details seem false or altered, and redefine residence as the abode where parties lived 15 days before applying, including street and house number.
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William N. Cronin
South
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Miss Spencer Gives Concert at Jordan Hall
Miss Eleanor Spencer featured a program of Bach Brahms Chopin Debussy Cyril Scott and Scriabin yesterday afternoon in Jordan Hall. The review notes the G minor Bach fugue and Brahms intermezzi as highlights while criticizing technical maturity and nuanced expression. The audience was appreciative though the performer shows promise with years of study ahead.
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Fads and Fashions: Lingerie Lace to Fur Coats
Paragraphs describe shadow lace lingerie dresses and the Japanese girdle bow remaining popular. A vivid green embossed velour cloak with sable collar appears, while forecasts predict fresh sweet pea colors and even stricter waistlines. Fur lined coats this season are noted as frivolous with large armholes.
Smart Spring Hat by Andrery of Paris
Paris reports Andrery designs a smart spring hat a toque of English straw with paradise feathers. It sits squarely on the head and is best in black with a velvet tie to match a suit.
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Catholic Feasts and Meetings Reported in Boston Parishes
The Boston archdiocese expects about 40000 men to attend Holy Name Masses and closing services across parishes. The Buff and Blue committee of St. Alphonsus Roxbury plans a Feb 16 hotel ball at the Somerset. A Brookline Catholic mass meeting at St. Mary’s Assumption Hall supports St Elizabeth’s Hospital with Rev Father Coffey presiding and music by the parish orchestra. St Mary’s temperance groups consolidate.
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Amalgamation Exercises Addressed by Clergy Names
At the amalgamation exercises the meeting was addressed by Rev. Michael T. McManus, P. R., with Rev. James P. Sheehan serving as president. The event highlighted the church leadership change and the formal unification of the group.
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Prof Peirce Dead at 59 Harvard Hollis Professor Dies
Benjamin O. Peirce age 59 longtime Harvard faculty member died at home in Cambridge. Hollis professor of mathematics and natural philosophy taught at Harvard since 1888 after studies at Harvard College and Leipzig. He authored works on mathematics and physics and belonged to several societies.
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Knowlton's Danderine Promises Dandruff Cure
An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine for dandruff and itchy scalp, claiming one application doubles hair beauty, dissolves dandruff, and prevents hair loss. It targets heavy, lustrous hair and urges buying a 25-cent bottle at drug stores with promises of quick, noticeable results.
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Queen of Opportunity Dream Poem By an Elderly Boy
A lyrical piece extols a distant queen ruling land and sea who welcomes all, grants fair chances and bright futures. It contrasts her radiant, elusive charm with a sister's absent visits, urging readers to seek her favor with childlike trust while acknowledging aging and fading effort.
Young Boston Girl Seeks Divorce in Local Court
Esther Stone, a teen from Boston, told Judge John B. Ratigan she married Albert H. Stone last year and did not live with him. She alleged infidelity after a month, saying she found him with two young women in a compromising scene. The judge suspended proceedings to allow more witnesses.
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Boston
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She Darkened Her Grey Hair in Simple Home Recipe
A Kansas City resident claims a home mixture darkens gray hair, boosts growth, and adds shine. Combine 1 oz bay rum, a Barbo Compound box, and 0.5 oz glycerine in 0.5 pint water and apply every other day until darkening. then biweekly. It supposedly relieves scalp issues, adds softness, and may age-reduce appearance 10 to 20 years.
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Paine Furniture Prepares Epoch Sale Ahead of Move
Paine Furniture Company launches a citywide sale before moving to a new building at Arlington street and St James Avenue. The sale covers all items at prices one-third to one-half below original, signaling a landmark event in New England furniture history as the firm shifts southward from Canal street.
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Two Men Die in Florida Dynamite Explosion
KEY WEST Florida January 14 two white men were blown to pieces in a dynamite explosion on a drill barge serving the Florida East Coast railroad extension. The accident occurred today and casualties are confirmed as two killed with details pending.
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