Women Propose in Leap Year and Homemaking Roles Explored
A letter from a reader, 48, recounts a life with five husbands and argues women often propose in clever ways while men claim payment and earnings. She extols thrift, hard work, and tidy homes, noting men may withhold money from untidy partners. Additional correspondence advises a wife to adjust expectations, maintain a neat home, and win back affection through conduct. Other letters discuss courtship, parental limits on socializing, and animal welfare reflections.
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Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Sewing Circle
The Man She Wouldn't Marry
Dorcas defies her father by rejecting Daley and secretly becoming engaged to John Hurd. When her father learns of the engagement he erupts in anger, believing Dorcas has chosen happiness with Hurd over the match he arranged. The confrontation ends with Dorcas revealing the truth and a dramatic reconciliation looming.
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Dorcas
Daley
Mr. Trevor
Hurd
Trevor
Dorcas Trevor
John
John Hurd
Richard John Daley
Richard Daley
Young Lovers Defy Family in 1916 Romance Tale
A measured snippet shows a dance encounter where Richard Daley’s rival is replaced by John Hurd as a suitor. Dorcas seeks her father’s blessing after a dramatic reveal, while a Boston culinary column provides prunes and custard recipes, with several local names and addresses accompanying the kitchen notes.
Women Lean Toward Cigarettes in Massachusetts
Mrs. Elizabeth R. White, secretary of the Massachusetts Anti Cigarette League, told Health Week at the Y M C A that women in Massachusetts are increasingly smoking. She blamed fashion and home availability for the rise, warning nicotine endangers future generations.
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Massachusetts
Elizabeth R. White
Massachusetts Anti-Cigarette League
Health Week
Mrs. White
Fatally hurt playing tag at Osgood School
Fourteen year old Myra E. James of Cohasset was gravely injured during noon recess at the Osgood School while playing tag in the corridors. She fell when the basement door was open and struck her head on the concrete floor. Dr. A. Hinchcliffe attended.
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Myra E. James
King Street
Cohasset
Osgood School
A. Hi. Hinchcliffe
Pearl found in QuaHaug valued at $1000
A white pearl was found today in a qua haug by Louis Hantflotes a cook. The stone was valued at $1000 by a local jewallan.
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Westerly
R. J
Louis Hantflotes
Kelley’s Symphony Enjoyed by Boston Audience
Due to Dr Muck illness Ernst Schmidt conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Hall with Mme Melba as soloist. Edgar Stillman Kelley’s New England Symphony premiered in Boston. Melba sang Handel and Mozart arias. the program included Gluck dances and Cherubini’s overture. The performance drew strong applause and favorable notes on Schmidt’s insight.
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Dr. Muck
Ernst Schmidt
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall
Mme. Melba
Edgar Stillmann-Kelley
New England” Symphony
Boston
America
Schmidt
Handel
Mozart
Gluck
Aulis
Gaveart
Cherubini
Kelley Symphonic Work Debuts At Norfolk Festival
The symphony by Mr. Kelley, born in Wisconsin and linked to New England, premiered June 3, 1918 at Carl Stoeckel estate in Norfolk Connecticut. It rejects negro folk song and cowboy ditties, aiming for local American expression with movements inspired by the Mayflower log and New England nature, including the funeral hymn Why do we mourn departed friends.
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Kelley
Carl Stoeckel
Norfolk
Conn
Wisconsin
New England
Messrs
Chadwick
Parker and Foote
Vitality urged as national defense measure by institute head
Wilmer H. Rittenhouse, president of the Life Extension Institute, urged a national vitality commission at Health Week. He said Americans are weak and unfit and urged a 15 member government panel to study conditions and teach citizens how to stay physically strong.
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Wilmer H. Rittenhouse
Life Extension Institute
Health Week
Y. M
Poem Courage to Face Life’s Harder Days
A poem urges action against complaint and fear. It contrasts phrases like Tired Dark Hard No help with calls to rise and work, trust in God, and guidance through loneliness, loss, and struggle. The speaker exhorts resilience, faith, and perseverance amid hardship.
Larz Andersons Stay at Greenbrier in Virginia
Mr and Mrs Larz Anderson of Boston are among principal visitors at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs Virginia. Anderson is taking the cure while enjoying winter sports. Also in the colony are Mr and Mrs Lathrop Brown of Boston.
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White Sulphur Springs
Larz Anderson
Boston
Greenbrier
Anderson
Lathrop Brown
Useless Plans Cost Boston $35000
More than 35000 of the city’s money was spent on architects’ plans for buildings never erected. About 30000 was spent since 1910. The audit traced funds tied to plans for a Flag Staff Hill convenience station and locations for a Tremont street ten story municipal building, High School of Commerce, and a high pressure pumping station.
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Dillon
Park and Recreation Department
Flag Staff Hill
Boston Common
Municipal
Tremont Street
High School of Commerce
Harvard Lampoon Names New Editors for Second Half
Hunt Wentworth of Chicago is elected president of the Harvard Lampoon with Stuart S. Welch of Buffalo Ibis as clerk and Herbert B. Courteen of Milwaukee as treasurer Francis B. Todd of Boston becomes secretary The annual lampoon dinner on January 29 marks the 40th anniversary and will be held at its building on the Harvard Gold Coast with humorists from across the country attending.
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Harvard
Hunt Wentworth
Chicago
Ill
The
Lampoon
Stuart S. Welch
Buffalo
N. Y
Ibis
Herbert B. Courteen
Milwaukee
Wis
Francis B. Todd
Boston
the Lampoon
Harvard Gold Coast
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