Which Shall She Choose Cake or Kisses
A Navy reader asks how to choose between two suitors in a marriage dilemma, weighing security against affection. The Sewing Circle offers opinions on meals shaping a husband’s heart, nostalgia for shared girlhood, and a defense of fidelity, with letters from Busy Lizzie and Old Tommy Rock.
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Lizzie
Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Boston
Clara
May
Chestnut Hill
Forest Hills
He knows when faint we sink into despair
Poem fragment conveys spiritual reassurance as the speaker reflects on suffering and faith. The lines express that despite earthly joy being absent, divine awareness and support remain, offering solace at the brink of darkness.
A Little Chat on Style by Phone with Dorothy
A chat reveals sisters Bella and Jane with distinct looks and personalities. Bella arrives with trunks and wears a white pongee frock with pink chiffon trimming while Jane is tall with red hair and blue eyes.
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Dorothy
Jane
Bella
Ben
Everyday Etiquette For Formal Dining and Family Greetings
A guide on serving place settings where fruit cocktails rest on plates and on how to address young family members. It advises using full names for boys until adulthood and suggests writing a welcoming letter to a son's fiancée living away before inviting her to visit or dine.
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John A
John Aaron Smith
Cornmeal Ginger Bread and Other Recipes
A collection of home recipes with names and addresses, including Cornmeal Ginger Bread by Mrs Arthur Drown Concord VT, egg rich onion flavored loaf by Mrs H Goodwin Wells Beach ME, Mock Clam Chowder by Mrs E Goodwin Wells Beach ME, Meatless Sausage by Mrs B G Pitman Augusta ME, Oatmeal Muffins by L N Crosby Boston MA, and a Rice Shrimp Relish by L N Crosby Boston MA.
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Arthur Drown
Concord
H. Goodwin
Wells Beach
E. Goodwin
Sausagh
B. G. Pitman
East Crescent Street
Augusta
L. N. Crosby
Washington Street
Boston
Birthday Bio Briefs David Farragut’s Frontiersman Navy Life
Birthday note recalls David Glasgo Farra gut born July 5 1801 as first U S Navy admiral. Highlights childhood in Tennessee service as a midsy at age nine through War of 1812 aboard the Essex later in Europe and Yale marriage in New Haven. Civil War New Orleans camouflage stunt and 1866 admiral rank followed by European ovations and burial in New York Madison Square statue by St Gaudens.
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David Farragut
David Glasgo Farragut
United States Navy
Young Farragut
Tennessee
Essex
Pacific
Europe
New Haven
Yale
New Orleans
St. Gaudens
Madison Square
New York
Songs of Sunshine by the Bentztown Bard
A 1918 verse might reflect on youth and memory. The poem emphasizes that inner youth remains in the heart and conscience despite aging. It speaks of light in dusk and dreams, urging a preserved love for beauty and brightness.
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Bentztown Bard
Southern Press Syndicats
Explosion wrecks auto repair shop at Blue Hill Avenue
An explosion from a vulcanizing machine at 856 Blue Hill Avenue damaged an automobile repairing store yesterday about 9 30 in the morning. Two large plate windows and two wooden partitions were blown out.
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Blue Hill Avenue
Notable figures in society and war era careers
William T. Jeroma, former Thaw prelation attorney, learns knitting for nerves. Arthur Train, novelist and lawyer, writes with family literary lineage. J Ogden Armour receives a large dividend check. Queen Mary wears antique gowns. Cornelius Vanderbilt earns brigadier general title after longstanding service. Henry Van Dyke serves as navy chaplain, Teddy Roosevelt sons decorated in France. Quentin Roosevelt aviator. Willie Hoppe enters navy, few months of service may affect billiards career.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
National Guard
Oldest Inhabitant Recalls Boston July Weather Records
The oldest resident recalls Boston heat records for July fifth with official highs of 95 degrees in 1913 1911 and 1878 and notes a coldest reading for the date in 1874. He adds rain occurred on this date in 1915 and 1916 within the last decade.
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Boston
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Mister
Tova
Navy
Sewing Circle
Tommy Rock
M. F
Dour
Marian Longfellow
Earth
Sarah
RIT
New England
Sunday Post
Omelet
BORAX
America
Troco
Troco Nut Butter Company
Milwaukee, Wis
Hilton & Aldrich
Congland Distributer
Ab-Botth
William T. Jeroma
Arthur Train
Barbara
J. Ogden Armour
Leather Company
Armour & Co
Queen Mary
England
George
Henry van Dyke
United States
Uncle Sam
Teddy
France
Theodore, Jr
Kemmit
Archie
Roosevelt
Quentin
Willie Hoppe
Hoppe
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