Sewing Circle Advice Columns on Marriage and Duty
The letter from WIDOW'S DAUGHTER asks whether she must marry now or stay with her widowed mother and two children. Several responses discuss family duty versus love, warn against abandoning kin, and urge courage. Another reader recounts marrying ring advice and a temptation incident, stressing honesty and self-respect. A third letter notes social scrutiny of married women at dances. A final note encourages steadfastness and personal courage.
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Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Sewing Circle
Post Sewing Circle
Henry Ford
iWell
John
Somerville
Rioters and Boston's Lawlessness Debate Raised
Augustus L. Richards argues Boston civilians, not the Naval Reserve or militia, spurred a two hour riot. He cites banners and past Boston mobs, likening the city to Prussia, and laments recurring disorder while praising the riot as a spectacle.
Metropolitan Hill Exercises Praised By Officials
President Doyle and Metropolitan Hill Improvement Association officers commended the recent drills and coordinated activities highlighting community safety and civic engagement among residents and local organizations.
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Doyle
The
Metropolitan Hill Improvement As
Our Men By William Watson From The Man Who Saw
Poem praising the soldiers and sailors who defend the realm during war. It honors their strength, sacrifice, and duties at sea and on land, asking nothing in return. The speaker appeals to the sea to confirm the glory and fate of the fleet, and salutes those who gave arms and soul.
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Boston
William Lloyd Garrison
Federal Courthouse
Anthony Burns
Edward G. Loring
United States
Loring
Harvard College
Boston Common
Augustus L. Richards
New York
William Watson
Harper & Brothers
The Man Crowder A Personal Portrait by Fred C Kelly
Fred C Kelly profiles Crowder the provost marshal general of the United States in a breezy intimate feature. The piece notes Crowder’s humor and says he drafted Cuban electoral laws and handled Manila occupation legal questions and works late solving draft law puzzles.
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Fred C. Kelly
Crowder
United States
Mr. Kelly
Manila
Dewey
Kelly
Fourth of July celebration praised as model by Metopolitan Hill group
The Metropolis Hill association received widespread praise for its Fourth of July celebration. Judge Severoni and city celebration committee members lauded the flag raising on Mr Hansen s lawn, the military parade, John A Kelcher s oration, and Mayor Dillon s park department support. The day drew large crowds, with the Summit street playground event serving nearly 4000 ice cream servings and distributing about 2000 flags and pennants.
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Doyle
Severoni
W. C. Hill
Lynch
Hansen
John A. Kelcher
Dillon
Park Department
Summit Street
Haverhill Police Launch Drug Crackdown
Haverhill police began a crusade against illegal narcotics sales and made their first arrest. James R. Berry of Fairmont Avenue was held on a charge of selling morphine to a young woman.
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Haverhill
James R. Berry
Fairmont Avenue
John Paul Jones The Naval Genius Of Old Virginia
John Paul Jones born 1747 in Arbigland Scotland rose from apprentice to captain by 21 He settled in Virginia after a Virginia planter left him an estate He helped create the American Navy and terrorized the British coast saying the flag and I are twins born the same hour Simultaneous acts made him captain and the Stars and Stripes our flag
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John Paul
America
Virginia
Jones
John Paul Jones
Navy
England
Millionaire Receives Pearl Necklace From Duchess Jewels
Arthur Howard travels across Europe to obtain a hundred fifty thousand dollar pearl necklace for a millionaire to give to a lady. He secures the jewels of the Sporting Duchess of Montrose.
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Howard
Europe
Duchess of Montrose
New National Hymn of Russian Republic
After the overthrow of the Czar the old emblems and anthem were discarded. A Russian poet wrote a stirring new song titled Young Russia hail victorious all praise we chant to thee. A brilliant Russian composer set it to music and it is now sung across eastern Europe.
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Russia
God Save the
Czar
Europe
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Arthur Howard
Salem
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Russian Republic
Sunday Post
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