Sewing Circle Letters Offer Home Talk on Marriage Money and Fashion
The Sewing Circle in the Boston Post invites women to share advice on home life money matters and family duties. Letters discuss husbands as equal partners, spying, abstaining from liquor, and dressing modestly, with readers urging practical guidance and mutual support for domestic harmony.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily
Gurney Post
Cine Makers
New England
Boston Post
Blue Bird
Sloid Fae
Gunga Din Poem Recalls a Valorous Sergeant
The narrator recalls a brave noncommissioned man named Gunga Din who carried water under fire and safeguarded comrades until he died. The vivid battlefield scene features cartridges, bugles, and the hero’s final quip about the drink. It contrasts his outward ruggedness with inner purity and places him above the speaker in courage.
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Aldershot
India
Freckles vanish with Ethine Doubles Strength treatment
A newspaper notice promotes Ethine Double Strength from Riker Jaynes or Houghton Dutton Co for removing freckles. Buyers are told to apply nightly and morning, with a money back guarantee if it fails to clear the skin. The ad promises most ulcers blend, light freckles disappear, and a clear complexion may be gained.
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Riker- Jaynes
Houghton & Dutton Co
Letters From The Sewing Circle In Sunday Post
A glimpse at the Sewing Circle letters featured in the Sunday Post highlights reader correspondence, including opinions, anecdotes, and suggestions on crafts and community life.
Lynn Prisoner Dies After Epileptic Fit
George Peabody, 66, detained for drunkenness in Lynn, suffered an epileptic seizure in the prison hospital yesterday and died shortly after.
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Lynn
George Peabody
Uncle Ned arrives with money and a party plan
In a Watertown home, sisters feud over frocks and party prep until Uncle Ned arrives eager to help. He reveals a comfortable bank account, promising no frugal costumes and plenty for guests. The family hails his return and welcomes his generosity.
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Mumsie
Bess
Elsie
Bessie
Bella
Mrs. Hamilton
Ned
Mother
Eftsie
Elsie Dear
Callahan by Ethel Watts Mumford Bright Summer Read
The dramatic story Callahan by Ethel Watts Mum ford is listed as one of the brightest pieces for summer readers and will appear in the next Sunday Post Magazine.
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Callahan
Ethel Watts Mumford
Sunday Post
New England HousewivesRecipe Collection Highlights
A page from Burcay Post shows home cook guidance from Clara L. Gild of South Hadley and Mrs. Mariw M'Auliff of Cambridge with recipes including carrot and potato boiled vegetables with curried sauce, tomato onion catsup with mustard and beet vinegar, and butter sugar pastry biscuits with jam frosting.
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Clara L. Gild
South Hadley
Falls
Mariw M’auliff
Pleasant Street
Cambridge
L. M. Tanner
High Street
Springfield
Eat fish and live long says Pennington at Boston pier
Dr B M Pennington head of the pure food division urged eating fish to lower living costs and boost health while inspecting the new South Boston fish pier. He called fish a brain builder and nutrition ally praised the pier as the east’s best. He noted Americans lag in recognizing fish’s value and left for Washington.
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B. M. Pennington
Government Pure Food Department
South Boston
Pennington
Boston
Washington
The dog in the manger and the affections
A pamphlet-like remark on possessive men who guard a lover but refuse commitment. It compares such behavior to defrauding the beloved and argues that affections should come with responsibility and payment in kind.
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Fae
Ao Worsat
Tevess Mexee Noub
Bette
The
Stan
Job
Jamaica Plain
Hubby
Pour Merap
Charles A. Dana
Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
CALVO
FOX Bakery
Charlestown, Mass
Colera
Franklin St
Lillian Beatrice Coldrick
Belmont St
Watertown
Elsie Hamilton
FORGE
the Hot Company
Buffalo N.Y
Burcay Post
Lifebuoy
Health
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