Sewing Circle letters reveal domestic struggles and advice
Readers share questions on poverty, motherhood, marriage, and family roles. The Sewing Circle editor collects letters from women across New England seeking practical guidance on housework, budgeting, care of children, and balancing personal happiness with family duties.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Vermont
Hengatec
Heaven
Bate
Giant boot on display at Mechanics fair shocks visitors
A 158 size boot carved from real leather towers at the shoe and leather fair in the Mechanics building. Exhibited by C. Moench Sons Company the heavy storm boot measures 712 feet high and five feet long requiring 14 yards of lacing and about 90 feet of upper leather. A parallel letter discusses marital roles, finances, and the duties of a wife and mother within families.
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Mechanics
Boston
C. Moench Sons Company
Tansy Pudding and Berry Cake Recipe Notes
One quart of flour and blue berries make a cake like batter baked in gem pans for three minutes. Eva M. Alphen Gloucester shares the recipe. Tansy pudding uses flour soda cream tartar salt tansy and water steamed two hours served hot with whipped cream from He Robinson Portland Maine.
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Eva M. Alphen
Mason Court
Gloucester
HE. Robinson
Pearl Street
Portland
Mother Johnson's Scheme By Adeline M. Newhall
In Clinton a mother hatches a plan to guide her son John toward choosing Ruth over Jessie. John delivers sewing notices and helps neighbors, while Jessie’s vanity clashes with Ruth’s practicality. En route he chaperones chores and attends a village concert with Ruth, proving the plan has worked.
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Earth
Sewing Circle
Mother Johnson
John
Jessie
Ruth
Mother
Father
Father Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Lucille Faces Pap ers Plot as Spy Loubeque Tightens Hold
Lucille calculates a daring rescue as carrier pigeon delivers a note revealing 5:30 deadline and a plan to hand over stolen papers to Ensign Howell aboard the USS Terror. Hugo Loubeque watches from his suite, awaiting the final transfer and Lucille’s next move.
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Hugo Loubsque
Lwuefille
Lucille
Ensign Howell
U. S
Terror
General Sumpter Love
Washington, D. C
Loubeque
Promie
Hfe
Ain
Hugo Loubeque
Love
Lucile
Home Again Song Verse From Rural Ballad
A nostalgic lyric recalls returning home to apple boughs and a mill. The speaker longs for family voices calling them back as evening falls and sight grows dim in the countryside.
Marietta Road Rail Line Placed in Receivership
Marietta Ohio July 10 The Marietta Columbus and Cleveland railroad was placed in the hands of a court appointed receiver Daniel B Torpy named receiver in a suit filed by the Columbias Knickerbocker Trust Company The action follows a court order to seize control of the line and its operations.
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Marietta
Ohio
Marietta, Columbus, and Cleveland
Daniel B. Torpy
Columbias Knickerbocker. Trust Company
Penn railroad awards 100000 tons of rails for 1914
The Pennsylvania Railroad awarded contracts for 100000 tons of steel rails to cover the system needs for 1914, to be delivered within ten days. Most rails weigh 100 pounds with 15000 tons at 120 pounds for use on the metro line.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
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Wate
By C. M. Payne
Fagle
Wat
Sam
M. J. OL
Rory
Antimi
The
Sun- Post
Adeline M. Newhall
Clinton
Lucille Love
Hugo Soupeque
Ceeaae
Comique
Tremont Row
Bowdoin Sq
Bowdoin
Premier
Washington St
Huntington Ave
Ead
Broadway
Everett
Mass
Brighton Theatre
Brighton
Olympic Theatre
Olympia Theatre
Somerville
Dorchester Theatre
Dorchester
Day Sq
Bennington St
East
Star Theatre
Newburyport
Hayle
Roxbury
Globe Theatre
Brockton
Family
Worcester
Star
Lawrence
Gordon's
Chelsea
Savoy Theatre
New Bedford
Casino
Gem Theatre
Winthrop
Academy of Music
Haverhill
Majestic
Fitchburg
New Jewell
Lowell
Lyric Theatre
Manchester
A Globe
Blanchard Theatre
Southbridge
Emmet
Jamaica Plain
Scenic Theatre
Rochester
N. H
Olympia
Leominster
Franklin Opera House
Nashua
N. BH
Pastime
Mansfield Maas
Hyde Park
Elite Theatre
Walpole
Empire Theatre
Lewiston
Colonial Theatre
Augusta
Gorman
Framingham
Gardner
Ari
Bour
James T. Fields
Marietta Road
Penn. R. R
Butterick Store
Washington Street
Temple Place
West Street
Shepard Norwell Company
the Post
Telephone Circulation Dept
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