Adrienne Lecouvreur Actress Queen of Hearts
The tragedy of Adrienne Lecouvreur the famed tragedienne whose life was a string of heartbreaks. She rose in Paris joining the Comedie Francaise in 1717 and became the era’s foremost actress. Her loves included Le Ray Clavel and Maurice de Saxe though none could win her heart. She died in 1730 after a life of glory and sorrow and was denied Christian burial.
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Asheartbreaker
Adriernne Lecouvreur
Adrienne
Paris
Lille
France
Phillipe le Ray
Clavel
Fries
Count de Klinglin
Andy
Comedie?#Francaises company
Voltaire
d’Argenthal
Maurice
Compte de Saxe
Saxe
Jame
Duchess de Bouillon
Bouillon
Adrienne Lecouvreur
Mellon Divorce Granted to Pittsburg Banker Andrew Mellon
A decree of divorce is granted to Andrew W. Mellon from Nora McMullen Mellon in Pittsburgh. The record, finalized by Prothonotary W. B. Kirker, ends what had promised to be a bitter contest.
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Pittsburg, Pa
Andrew W. Mellon
Pittsburg
Nora McMullen Mellon
W. B. Kirker
The Sewing Circle Helps New England Homemakers
A Boston Post column invites women to share home and family advice via the Sewing Circle. Readers may submit letters with noms de plume to the Sew ing Circle Editor. The piece includes a firstperson account of finding work, social circles, and career beginnings in Boston.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Doomed by Colored Blood Women’s letters reveal social exile in Boston
A college graduate laments social ostracism in Boston due to 1 16 colored blood, noting snubs by former peers and denied opportunities. She contrasts Boston’s intolerance with the South, questions marriage prospects, and expresses reluctant acceptance and love for a separated husband. REPENTANT.
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Sewing Circle
Vincent Club
Boston
South
Richmond
New Orleans
Maiden of Over 70 Answers Old Maid Question
A letter from a 70 plus woman defends single status and explains family duty. She recalls a brother with mental and physical weakness she protected by promising never to leave him. After he married and caused trouble, she and her sister moved to rented rooms.
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New England
A Wasted Life Warns Young Women About Spinsterhood
An old woman writes of independence and money gained through a self supporting life, but warns that without a husband and children the later years bring loneliness, mockery, and limited companionship. She describes needing a messenger boy and chauffeur to attend theatre events, noting her fashion loses appeal without male attention.
Contagious Hatred Dear Sewing Circle Advice
A letter urges a sister to avoid marrying a man whose family despises her. The writer notes husbands often adopt in law’s prejudices and worsen mother in law tensions. Suggest moving to a distant city or not marrying to preserve harmony.
Wishes She Had Obeyed Dear Sisters of the Sewing Circle
A reader cites regrets over resisting her husband, recalling earlier influence from a masculine minded persona. She admits nagging drove him away and hints at infidelity by his club going, contrasting with the perceived duty to obey and submit within marriage.
When Relatives Frown Dear Sisters and Tried and True
A personal reflection on family feuds in marriage. The narrator recounts a husband's relatives who opposed the union, burned their photo, forbade naming their baby after the mother, and whom she felt resented her for not sharing the same church. She notes their absence during illness and expresses a mix of humor and bitterness.
The Country Girl in the City Dear Sewing Circle
A reader writes from a city perspective and shares personal details about age and work history. The letter appears in a segment titled Dear Sewing Circle and references a 26 year old seeking advice.
City girl recalls wartime bucket shop and harsh welcome
A five year city arrival tale from a Vermont village girl who joined a bucket shop on State Street. She describes kissing by a proprietor, pressure from married men, and how she married the one who kissed her only once. She notes other women sacrificed self respect for work, while she fared well.
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Vermont
State Street
Sewing Circle Letters To Appear In Sunday Post
Some of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle will be printed in the Sunday Post, offering readers a glimpse of practical tips and community concerns from club members.
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Sunday Post
Memorial prayer verse on power and memory
Poetic invocation warning of pride and forgetting God. The speaker pleads for divine presence among rulers who boast without reverence, urging remembrance of God and national fidelity to avoid societal decline.
Paper magnate to fund Manchester public library
Frank P. Carpenter, president of Ameskeag Paper Co and Stark Mills, offered 200000 dollars for a Manchester public library. The plan is to place the building between Concord and Amherst streets on Pine street at the head of Concord Common, per his attorney’s delivery to the Board of Aldermen.
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Manchester
N. H
Frank P. Carpenter
Ameskeag Paper Company
Stark Mills
Concord
Amherst Streets
Pine Street
Concord Common
Collision Kills Five in Valencia Streetcar Crash
Five people died and 25 were injured when a railroad train collided with a street car at El Grao Valencia on July 3. The accident halted traffic as emergency crews responded to the scene.
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Valencia
Spain
el Grao
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Adreennes Lecouvreur
Barrett Manufacturing Company
Franklin St
Boston, Mass
Boston Post Sewing Circle
Cape
Inurito
Solomon
Magistral Chem. Co
Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
the Royal Magician
LD A
VINA
Joel Yu
Rudyard Kipling
God of
Nineveh
Tyre
Library For Manchester
TALES
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