Famous Love Letters of Madame Recamier
A compact look at Madame Recamier of Paris a famed beauty of 18th ventury Europe and her suitors including Lucien Bonaparte who wrote ardent lines seeking her affection though she remained bound to M Recamier. The letters reveal passion admiration and social intrigue in early modern France.
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Lucien Bonaparte
Madame Recamier
France
Europe
Prince of
Prussia
M. Recamier
Paris
Desert
Rhone
Saone
Lyons
Dazsling
Jove
Juliette
A Love Affair of Long Ago A Puritan Maid and a London Visitor
In colonial Cambridge a fair young woman Betty defies Puritan restraint by washing her curls and meeting a worldly English suitor, Sir William Clifton, who wins her heart and gains her mother's reluctant consent to marry and depart for England. The tale traces social tension between strict duty and romantic longing.
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Cambridgetown
Lexington
Betty
Sir William Clifton
Allen
Mistress Allen
England
Colonies
Boston
Sir Willam
Sir William
Betty Clifton
Sewing Circle in Boston Post Open Forum for Housewives
The Sewing Circle is a regular department in the Boston daily and Sunday Post for New England home makers to discuss domestic problems. Topics include family management, baby care, household economy, gardening, and related issues. Correspondents may use noms de plume and should write on only one side of the paper.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Supremacy in the Home Says Mrs E. E. Advises Women
A letter from Mrs. E. E. urges wives to assert control at home over husbands arguing that a wife should manage domestic life. She recounts locking out her husband, claims happier marriage, and contrasts city comforts with country living while advising relocation and frugal living.
Old-Fashioned Wife Seeks Clearer Duties in Marriage
A letter writer supports traditional marriage vows and the wife’s obedience to the husband. She argues the husband provides and rules the home, so he should have the final say, and endorses Happily Married’s proposed vows as a model for a bride. She criticizes modern wives as self-centered and urges all married women to adopt the duties outlined.
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Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Sewing Circle
City life beats country living for cost and health
The writer compares urban and rural living from 28 miles from Boston. She says city life offers cheaper living, better health, and similar access to stores and post offices, noting higher country prices and rents. Her husband works in the city and suggests staying in town if health allows.
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Boston
One Woman’s Career Choice Over Domestic Life
A 22 year old Boston stenographer shares how she pursued work after an unhappy marriage. After divorce she returned to employment, rising to 35 a week, caring for a adopted daughter, and maintaining a simple home. She urges other women to value independence and personal happiness. ADELAIDES MAMMA
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Boston
Europe
Adelaide
Suburbanite Voices Against Class Reconciliation in Marriage
A letter argues a poor girl should not marry a wealthy man, recounting a failed union. The writer says social rank, not love, governs happiness and recounts parental coldness towards the wife despite a kind husband and homes visits by the couple. The unhappy ending cites ongoing disapproval from the husband's family.
Nature Opposed Dear Sewing Circle and a Failing Marriage
A woman author recounts an unhappy marriage begun after elopement at eighteen. She notes a male housekeeper handles most duties while her husband, a steam-fitter, earns about half her income. She explains regretting the family estrangement and years of limited earnings before her magazine writing success.
Should I stay with a husband who resents my earnings
A wife with $2000 in savings, earning by writing, tells of marital conflict over contributing to home expenses and paying the maid. She refuses to hand over earnings, questions his demand, and asks whether to leave him or bear the situation. She notes diverging temperaments and limited public outings.
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Lently
Letters from the Sewing Circle Featured in Sunday Post
Some of the most interesting letters to the Sewing Circle will be printed in Sunday's Post, offering reader insights, anecdotes, and community voice from devoted hobbyists.
Spelling Champ Failed to Spell Name Challenge
Representative Willis of Ohio who won a national spelling bee was stumped when shown a business card bearing the long name James J Pappa theodorokoum mountaurgeotopoulos. He was asked to spell or pronounce the name to justify his reputation.
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Washington
Willis
Ohio
National Press Club
James J. Pappatheodorokoum Mountaurgeotopoulos
Recipes from New England Housewives
Sunday Post features a full page of recipes curated by New England Housewives with diverse dishes and convenient ideas for home cooks. The section showcases practical menus and seasonal specialties to inspire weekend meals.
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Sunday Post
Home Cook-Style Cookies and Sauerkraut Dish Shared
A collection of old kitchen notes offers recipes and tips. It features cookies with sugar butter eggs and lemon plus optional coconut or walnuts, attributed to Mrs Pennell and Mrs Witham with addresses in Maine. A sauerkraut dish with potatoes and salt pork from Mrs Cullen provides a hearty, warming meal.
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W. L. Pennell
Tolman Street
Cumberland Mills
Robert Witham
Holyoke Street
Brewer
G. H. Cullen
Manchester
N. H
College Man to Be Minister to China
Dr. Paul S. Reinsch professor of political economy at the University of Wisconsin has been chosen for minister to China. Secretary Bryan and President Wilson conferred at the White House and it was announced his nomination will be sent to the Senate likely on Friday.
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Washington
Paul S. Reinsch
University of Wisconsin
China
Bryan
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