Sewing Circle Lets Homemakers Share Advice in Boston Post
The Sewing Circle is a regular Boston Post department serving New England homemakers. It invites readers to discuss home economics, family management, baby care, gardening, and related topics, using noms de plume if desired. Correspondents should write on one side of the paper and address letters to the Sewing Circle Editor.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Flo
Judge Rugg to swear in new Mayor Curley in Fremont Temple
Chief Justice Arthur P. Rugg of the Supreme Judicial Court will swear Mayor elect Curley into office in Fremont Temple next Monday at 10 am. About 4000 tickets will be issued for the ceremony. Mgr. M J Splaine will deliver the prayer instead of Father Joseph H Gallagher who is reportedly in poor health.
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Arthur Prentice Rugg
Supreme Judicial Court
Curley
Fremont Temple
Joseph H. Gallagher
St. Patrick’s Church
Roxbury
Mgr. M. J. Splaine
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Father Gallagher
Dear Sewing Circle Advice on Marriage Budget in Boston
Readers discuss whether a $20 week household can be frugal enough in a good Boston locality. Letters recount boarding versus homekeeping cost, share personal budgets, and urge careful planning for new couples and a changing role for wives in managing money.
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Sewing Circle
Boston
Milady
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Rheumatism Relief
An advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless pain reliever for rheumatism and related conditions. It claims instant relief from tenderness, swelling, and stiffness without internal treatment, burns, or skin discoloration, urging a small trial to prove its curative effects.
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St. Jacobs
The Woman Observer Praises Silent Spouses
A Woman Observer argues that women who seek sympathy over marital issues destroy their homes with nagging and exposure to outsiders. She criticizes those who complain publicly and asserts the truly deserving deserve sympathy for their steadfast devotion.
Organist John P Hession to preside at Roxbury ceremony
John P Hession organist of St Patrick's Church Roxbury will preside at the organ and play selections before the ceremony. City Councillor Walter Ballantyne, oldest in years on the council, will preside. Tremont Temple to be decorated with flags bunting and potted plants from city greenhouses.
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John P. Hession
St. Patrick’s Church
Roxbury
Walter Ballantyne
Tremont Temple
Post Office Clerks Dance at Mechanics Hall in Boston
Governor Walsh and Lieutenant Governor Barry attended the 22d annual concert and ball of the Boston Postoffice Clerks Mutual Benefit Association at Mechanics Hall last evening with nearly 10 000 people present. Terence J O'Donnell led the grand march with his wife as guests and officials followed. Mayor Fitzgerald and Mayor-elect Curley were among those present along with state legislators and other dignitaries.
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David I. Walsh
Edward P. Barry
Boston Postoffice Clerks’ Mutual Benefit Association
Mechanics’ Hall
Terence J. O'Donnell
Association
H Edward C. Mansfield
Boston Fetter Carriers
James M. Marmand
George FE. Keenan
Walter I. Curley
John F. Fitzgerald
James M. Curley
Charles H. Slattery
James F. Brennan
William Hickey
John A. Keliher
Much Smoke Little Fire In North End
A smoky fire in a five story brick building at 52-54 Cross street caused tenants on the upper floors to flee into the street. The blaze began in the shoe store of Samuel Bell and spread through the ceiling to the next floor where Hannah Rosenberg resided. The loss there was small.
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Cross Street
Samuel Bell
Hannah Rosenberg
Longings for the May in a Plea of Yearning
The poem expresses weariness and longing for May, seeking escape from study to youth and summer joys. It contrasts spring promises with ongoing fatigue, moonlit evenings, sunlit mornings, and the sense that life ebbs away while waiting for May. The voice laments waiting, yearning, and cyclical seasonal hope.
Catholic Church Notes Chronicle Guilds and Lectures
The 15th anniversary of the Guild of St. Elizabeth is marked with a luncheon at Copley Plaza led by Miss Maud M. Rockwell. The League of Catholic Women outlines a spring course with speakers on architecture, literature, and Dante. Parish events in Dorchester and South Boston include fundraisers and sodality discussions, with Rev. Degan noted as a special guest at a Vendome banquet.
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Guild of St. Elizabeth
Copley Plaza
Maud M. Rockwell
League of Catholic Women
Edward T. P. Graham
P. Sarsfield Cunniff
David J. Johnson
Mary Stuart
Katherine O’ Keefe O'Mahoney
Lawrence
League
Dante
St. Augustine’s Church
South Boston
Savings Bank
M. C. Gilbride
Edward S. Costello
John A. Degan
Lowell
St. Gregory’s
Dorchester Lower Mills
Baxgimyou Society of
Hotel Vendome
License suspension for Finnin Co at 94 Essex Street
The Licensing Board suspended Edward A Finnin & Co first class license at 94 Essex Street after a hearing. The action covers the period from 11 p m Thursday night to 6 a m Saturday for selling liquor to a minor following a police arrest. The complaint was filed by a municipal court probation officer.
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Edward A Finnin & Co
Essex Street
Municipal Court
Rules Every Boy Should Keep Publish Next Sunday Post
The article promises a set of rules for boys to follow, to be released in the upcoming Sunday edition of The Post. Readers are urged to anticipate the guidance and its potential appeal to boys.
California Syrup of Figs Promotes Soft Bowels for Children
A vintage advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for sick, peevish children and adults. It promises quick relief from constipation with a tasty remedy, warns against counterfeits, and notes a 50 cent bottle size with directions on the label.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
February Sermons and Meetings at Local Churches
Park Street Church promotes Rev. Dr. A. Conrad sermons for February with Life. A Question of Sovereignty. Second Congregational Church Codman Square hosts Milton S. Rees evangelist meetings marking Chapman Alexander anniversary. Mattapan Methodist observes February as month of self denial ending with banquet. Union Home Missionary meeting in Centre Methodist Church with Rev. L. A. Nies as speaker. Tremont Street Church and King's Chapel schedule February noonday talks by Rev. Dr. Conklin.
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Park Street
A. Conrad
Milton S. Rees
Second Congregational Church
Codman_ square
Dorchester
Chapman-Alexander
Mattapan Methodist Episcopal Church
Home Missionary Societies
Malden
Melrose
Medford
Centre Methodist Church
Department of Evangelism
New England
L. A. Nies
Tremont Street Church
Boston
Dr. Conklin
King’s Chapel
Railway Mail Men Given On Increase
Superintendent Frank D. Johnston of the New England division announced 15 men on the Boston Providence and New York division have received a pay raise from 1600 to 1700 dollars. The list includes B J Waterman A C Walton G B Johnson G F Coughlin E W Kinney H Bradley W J Stoddard J M ahr C A Bridges F C Streck C M Adams J E Sicker G N Sheridan and W E Malone.
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Frank D. Johnston
New England
Railway Mail Service
Boston, Providence
New York
B. J. Waterman
A. C. Walton
G. B. Johnson
G. F. Coughlin
E. W. Kinney
H. Bradley
W. J. Stoddard
J. Mahr
C. A. Bridges
F. C. Streck
Brown graduates banquet speakers urge appetite for knowledge
President William H. P. Faunce of Brown University addressed the 41st annual dinner of 200 Brown sons of Boston and vicinity at the American House last night. He said men without an appetite for knowledge should not be forced through college and students should be selected as in industrial life.
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William H. P. Faunce
Brown University
Sons of Brown
Boston
Vicinity
Alumni urged to coach college life and recruit Brown
The president appealed to alumni to return and coach athletic and intellectual life, inspiring dorms and fraternity houses. Speakers included Alexander Meiklejohn and Simeon Fess who urged liberal education and a national university. alumni pledged a loyalty fund and elected leaders.
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Alexander Meiklejohn
Amherst College
Liberal College
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Northwestern University
Antioch College
Brown
Horace Mann
National University At
Washington
Lony
Joseph C. Robbins
Northern Baptist Missionary Society
William C. Poland
Clarence H. Lingham
Alumni Association
Faunce
George G Wilson
William T. Pearson
Ralph B. Harris
Irish fund trustees drop call for Dublin funds
Cable from Dublin reports the Irish parliamentary fund trustees decided no fund drive is needed this year. Michael J. Jordan of the United Irish League of America asked John E. Redmond for particulars to ease fears among Irish supporters in America.
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Dublin
Boston
Irish Parliamentary Fund
Friends of Ireland In America
Michael J. Jordan
United Irish League of America
John E. Redmond
Trustees to skip Ireland appeal this year says cable
A cable from Mr Redmond to Mr Jordan states trustees intend no Ireland appeal this year unless a special emergency arises. It clarifies that Ireland has already contributed over 100000 dollars in the past year and the plan relies on American pledges to fund the convention drive in Philadelphia.
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Redmond
Jordan
Ireland
America
Philadelphia
Gasolene Gas and Dolly Dim Ple Play Next Sunday Post
The note teases the duo Gasolene Gas and Dolly Dim ple as funnier than ever in the upcoming Sunday Post.
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Dolly
Plan Treaty With Denmark Aims to Arbitrate All Questions
Secretary Bryan and Danish minister Constantin Brun agreed on a treaty to arbitrate all questions including national honor. The accord follows extensive talks and correspondence. It is to be signed soon and presented to the Senate for ratification without reservations.
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Washington
Scretary Bryan
Constantin Brun
Bryan
Brun
Physician's Simple Hair Darkener Recipe
Burroughs, noted physician and author, advises a home mix to darken gray hair. Combine seven ounces water, Barbo Compound, one bay rum, and four ounces glycerine, apply every other day until the shade deepens. Claims it also removes dandruff and scalp complaints and cost is minimal.
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Stanton. Burroughs
Dr Lewis Baker Advised Remedies for Skin and Colds
Reader queries cover pimples oily skin constipation headaches and indigestion. Advice promotes 3 grain sulpheric tablets for cleansing blood and skin clarity, comp balmwort for bedwetting, antiseptic powder for catarrh, plain yellow minnogos for dandruff, and hypo-nuclane tablets for weight gain. Also rheumatism formula with iodide potassium sodium salicylate and balmwort prescribed.
Threecourse treatment relieves indigestion says reader letter
A reader asks about remedies for dyspepsia with pain heaviness sour belching and nausea. The response endorses tri opepting tablets as effective for relieving stomach distress and overcoming indigestion.
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Percy
Cadomene tonic prescribed for waning health in midlife
A reader claiming poor health asks for a prescription. The answer urges a sealed tube of cadomene tablets from a well stocked pharmacy as a strong, harmless rejuvenating tonic with life and hope renewed.
New Tablet Will Aid Weight Reduction Like Elusive Remedy
A letter to the editor explains switching from a liquid weight loss remedy to a tablet form called 5-grain arbojone tablets. Sold to druggists in sealed tubes for home use, the tablet is promoted as a harmless, safe option for those seeking to shed excess fat.
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