Noted Boston Gossips and Local Harbor Tales
A column of light social notes and local color describing Miss Mary Prendergast and her parrot, aging official Morse, traffic shifts in Boston tunnels, city officials in town, Winthrop motor boat life, a Cambridge couple’s wedding trip, and a Brookline fire alarm upgrade. Includes Judge Wait’s absence and nurses, mermaids, and yachtsmen in Winthrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Massachusetts Bay
Madge
Mae le Cour
Lincoln Street
Frank le Cour
Winthrop High
Chester Pope
Winthrop Highlands
Ruth Tucker
Sewing Circle Forum for Boston Homemakers
The Sewing Circle in the Boston Daily and Sunday Post invites New England home makers to discuss domestic problems health hints family management and home economy. Correspondents may use pen names and write on one side of the page for a helpful exchange of advice.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Fosi
Ceiling stains and cleaning tips from a painter wife
A Worcester answer explains that a ceiling whitewashed a year ago loses whiteness over time due to gas or cooking. A black ceiling spot can be cleaned with alum dissolved in water. Benzine and ammonia are offered for cleaning a suitcase.
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Worcester
Painter
FOR WARTS AND SCARS Tradie Dear OIl of Cinnamon Cure
A terse recipe style note advises using oil of cinnamon touched with a toothpick on warts, limiting to three or four at a time to avoid spreading. It warns it will take time for many warts to cure and hopes the reader is cured. Also suggests using fat from baked beans rubbed into scars twice daily to cure post surgical scars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celery Farms
Florida
Atlantic Ocean
Paradise
J. C. Hapdy
Cow Cresta P.co
Gurk Cow Co
P. Clery
Feorida Homeland Company
Hair Wash and Rose Leaves Remedy from Lancashire Lassie Castor Oil
A purifying hair tonic uses Lancashire Lassie Castor oil with a pharmacists preparation at 35 cents a pint. Alcohol can replace bay rum. rose leaves dried and jarred with orms root cloves cinnamon gum camphor and sachet powder yield a fragrant mix. The note mentions Clare Russell as author of My Danish Sweetheart and asks about Expert Spanker and hot weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Russell
Rust on Dress
Dear Sewing Circle Sisters please advise what removes rust from a green and white dress. I have rust stains on mine and cannot remove them. COUNTRY GIRL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle Sisters
Sailor Boy Respect Headline Letter to the Editor
Reader defends sailors and soldiers in the U S Navy and Army, praising their good name and urging support for the servicemen in a Post letter to the editor. The author asserts most service members deserve respect and acknowledges discussions with Navy Girl about conduct and character.
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Sailor Girl
Navy
United States Navy
Army
Flora’s First Letter to the Sewing Circle Delights Readers
A brief personal note from Flora in which she chides critics and declares it her first letter to the Sewing Circle. The tone is playful and reflective, hinting at community letters and social chatter within a local circle.
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Sewing Circle
Flora
How to remove hard corns requested by reader Eleanor
A reader signs as Eleanor asks through the Post Sewing Circle for advice on removing hard corns. The note states she suffers greatly and seeks practical remedies.
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Post
Eleanor
Blush Rose on Air Brings Sharp Talk on Married Men
Blush Rose writes of air to Just a Woman arguing that women aged 28 to 40 can be as driven as men in seeking pleasure from married men. She cautions that such behavior harms families and prompts jealousy, challenging the idea of perpetual innocence among women. The letter emphasizes female enticement and public boasting.
Blush Rose and Sharp Words in a Fractured Letter
Fragmentary OCR quotes heated social sniping about women and authority. A line urges brain examinations and empty asylums, followed by a note to write again Just 4 Woman, ending with a bold “BLUSH ROSE.” The fragment suggests a theatrical or editorial pamphlet tone with provocative social critique.
Take Out Mildew With Lime Water Remedy
A distressed note explains mildew removal by dissolving chloride of lime in water, straining, and soaking the garment overnight then drying in sun. If stains persist, repeat soaking, then wash and scald, rinse in several waters ending with blue. Lime water safe for white garments if not too strong.
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H. W
Where to board near Boston for family vacation
Mrs A B Whitineville asks readers for recommendations on a seaside boarding option near Boston for a week with two children aged eight and two. She seeks advice on whether a boarding house or private family is better, expects outdoor time at the beach or in Boston, requests typical weekly room prices, and needs two beds or a sofa for the eight-year-old.
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Boston
A. B. B. Whitineville
When Should a Lady Invite a Gentleman to Call
A reader asks if a lady should invite a gentleman to call or wait for him to ask. The columnist argues that a lady should initiate the invitation, while a man should not invite himself unless the pair are well along in acquaintance. She cautions that inviting oneself risks an unhappy visit and stresses courtesy and consent in social calls.
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Miss Champagne
Does He Truly Care Or Just Sully Me In Courtship
A Cambridge reader asks how to know if a man who loves her is truly attentive given his nights work and infrequent dates. The reply says true affection shows instinctive attentiveness. if lacking, training him is futile and a sad mockery of courtship, likening it to a performing elephant.
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Miss Champagne
Cambridge
Home Style Recipes From Springfield And Westfield
A collection of cookbook style recipes including chocolate cake with butter sugar milk egg and flour, a bread antipasto with cream cheese walnuts olives grapes and olive oil, Felch crab salad with lettuce leaves and green mayonnaise, and a tomato pepper pickle with spices. Names include Mrs E J Burke C I Felch Mrs Charles Worthington and address hints from Springfield Westfield.
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E. J. Burke
Chestnut Street
Springfield
Charles Worthington
Main Street
Westfield
French Lover and the Tide on a Norfolk Bluff
Marie Cartier, a French immigrant in Norfolk, faces heartbreak as she contemplates an offer from Tom Lambert while haunted by memories of Henri Lescarbot and a longing for France. A midnight meeting with Henri reveals Lambert’s proposal and Marie’s resolve to choose between freedom, love, and duty.
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Marie Cartier
Paris
Versailles
Henri Lescarbot
Marie
Henri
Madam Lescarbot
Mademoiselle
Tom Lambert
Tom
Thomas Lambert
Monsieur Lambert
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Mary Prendergast
Miss Prendergast
Nantasket
Eii Bixby Morse
United States
Charles Morse
Washington Street Tunnel
Joseph Mack
Haverhill
Joe
Red Sox
White Sox
Adeline
Selectman
Elmer EF. Dawson
Winthrop Selectmen
Joseph Donnelly
Clinton Market
L. B. Noyes
T. H. Wheeler Company
Donnelly
Shean
T Wharf
Adirondack Mountains
Pearl Street
Chamber of Commerce
Superior Criminal Court
Pemberton Square
William Wait
Wait
Moses Gunsenheiser
The
Fruit and Produce Exchange
Nantasket Beach
Gunsenheiser
Harry Lord
Somerville High
Brookline
West Roxbury
Egleston Square
Bernard Gallagher
Portsmouth
Norfolk Navy Yard
James Lavin
Navy Yard
South
Gallagher
Pawtucket
R. I
Maurice Ketten
New York
Washington Street
Philadelphia
Boston Post
Elwes
California
Fic Syrup Co
Mildred Champagne
Canape
Melba
C. I. Felch
the Post
Ruby H. Martyn
Norfolk
Celery Farmoe
Jacksonville
East Coast
Sanford
East Coast Branch
St. Johns River
Lake Harney
J. M. Dees
Maytown
P.O
J. A. Takach
Atlantic National Bank
Handbook of Florida
Florida Homeland Company
Jacksonville, Fla
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