River Road's Lesson and a Brave Young Nurse
A country girl Joan Haynes overcomes fear of a dark river road to fetch medicine for her sick baby brother Willie. Years later she endures her alcoholic father and returns home with resolve, aided by her mother and the family’s hopeful laugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joanaynes
Rs. Haynes
Willie
Hayneses
Joan
Dtor
Emerynce
Will
Danie
Brother
Emery
Hall
Mamma
Test
Tolifornixa
Rica
I Emery
Why I Never Married and Am I Glad or Sorry
A collage of readers share personal reasons for remaining single and reflections on marriage. Women recount choosing independence over a partner with drinking problems, unequal finances, or social expectations, and urge self respect, moral conduct, and cautious courtship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle
Letters to the Sewing Circle Featured in Sunday Post
A selection of intriguing letters to the Sewing Circle appears in the Sunday Post, offering readers personal insights, tips, and community chatter from club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Household Hints from Mrs Harry Holt
Mrs Harry Holt shares kitchen to shed door fly guard using a window shade strip hung on the frame to deter flies. She also suggests whitening tape dyed brown for shoe laces to extend life and appearance for children in East Pepperell Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Holt
Box
East Pepperell
Mass
In Case the United States Was at War What Would Our Army and Navy Have to Do
A 1915 analysis by J. W. Muller outlines the mobilization tasks for the U S Army and Navy in war time. It explains strategic reasons for rapid deployment, training, production, and logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
J. W. Muller
America
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Imperfections of the Submarine in Naval Warfare
The General Board of the Navy warns against romanticizing submarines and recalls four earlier overhyped types. It argues that a strong dreadnought fleet makes blockades impossible and that submarines are mainly useful for commerce destruction in narrow European seas, but face visibility and targeting limits when engaging fast ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Board of the Navy
Minneapolis
Columbia
Vesuvius
Oyster Omelet and Shrimp Salad from New England Recipes
A collection of simple housewife recipes featuring an Oyster Omelet fried with large oysters, a Shrimp and Tomato Salad served in lettuce leaves with mayonnaise, and Mother’s Suet Pudding boiled in a pail. Includes a signature by Mrs Evelyn F Coffin of Nantucket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn F. Coffin
Lily Street
Nantucket
Mazola
The Sun bids farewell to Park Row building in verse
The New York Sun laments leaving its Park Row home in a measured verse. Dana Burnet chronicles the time worn walls the clacking keys and the moving pageantry of a century of toil and memory as fate ends the building’s era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Park Row
New York
Sunday Post Woman's Section Promises Something for All
The notice highlights a forthcoming Woman's Section with diverse features for every reader. It invites attention to upcoming content and aims to attract broad female readership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Next
Sunday Post
Gardening confidence grows with new tools and flowers
The speaker recalls a friend bringing an adorable flower basket after a weekend visit. She describes gardening efforts, a long pointed rod tool, and new linen smocks worn for gardening or sport. The note ends with a reminder to meet at the club at ten o'clock for a thirty six hole round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Creighton
Jack
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chort
Sunny Post
Abigail Mooers
Green & Braen Ladies’ Tailors
Tremont Street
Agape
Boston
Chocola
Wilbur
Criterion Candy Shop
Federal ST
Dour
Frederick W. Mansfield
William Collins
Europe
Songs of
The
Beatztown Bard
Southern Press Syndicate
Columbus Avenue Playground
Oxford
Washington Sr
Boylston
Hollis Sts
Boston Common
New England Housewives
Fate
Dana Burnet
Dorothy
Meyer Jonasson & Co
Tremont and Boylston Sts
Mrs. Lincoln
Corn Products Refining Co
Ahern & Cahoon
Ian
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!