Fads and Fashions Highlight Velvet Girdles and Silk Frocks
Wool embroidery appears in long stitches or crocheted flowers on velvet girdles and summer fabrics. Linen and voile frocks feature a colored band at the skirt bottom with color echoed at the waist. Girls evening frocks use light silks and lace with touches of velvet in blues and pinks. Lingerie is delicate as fewer undergarments are worn, and a satin princess slip remains essential for many outfits.
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Copenhagen
Pilgrim
Winifred
Roxbury
Mary
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised By Creston Woman
A Creston Iowa woman reports long inflammation pain and nervousness eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with relief from headaches and fatigue and urges other women to consider the product based on personal testimonials from the community.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Creston
Iowa
WM. Seals
W. Howard St
Sewing Circle Advice Calls For Respectful Honeymoon Behavior
A reader column offers fragile marital guidance addressing mothers, husbands, and wives. It urges wives to consider their own happiness, dress simply, and greet their husbands with a smile. The letter stresses independence if a relationship is unsatisfactory and suggests seeking wiser partners.
Perplexed Should Have Kept Silent on Past Indiscretions
A letter discusses prudence and silence about past relations. The writer urges a woman to forget past indiscretions for future happiness, recalling her own regret and choosing secrecy to maintain harmony with her husband. The tone reflects social norms about female discretion and marital trust.
Advice to wives on handling husband flirtations
A reader counsel from Elida urges wives to joke about other women as a way to ease tension. She shares personal experience about expecting a child and suggests using humor to defuse jealousy, noting many men are not demonstrative after marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elida
Critic gives counsel on Eveline’s conduct and divorce
Lottie criticizes Eveline for defying her husband and warns that such acts start lawsuits and break the family. She urges Eveline to stay home, amuse her husband, and avoid the younger man for the sake of children and marriage, noting her mother’s supposed greater sense.
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Eveline
Lottie
The Decree Of A Flight From A Cruel Doctor
A trapped wife flees a domineering physician husband at dawn and escapes to a train where she finds a momentary shelter with a stranger’s baby. A crash on the car robs her of her fear as she protects the infant. The hospital memory returns, and she contends with a mother’s grief amid a fiery escape from a ruined house.
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Lea
Henry
Roger
Old Boston Firm O Sullivan Paper Stock Dealer
James O'Sullivan, dealer in paper stock twine and wrapping paper at 46 India street, heads a long established Boston firm. Founded by Jeremiah O'Sullivan and later run by William P. and now James O'Sullivan, the business has thrived for decades and is tied to Boston's paper trade. O'Sullivan, born in Youghal Harbor Ireland, spent 18 years building Australian railroads before returning to lead the business from Dorchester at 146 Adams street.
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Boston
James O'Sullivan
India Street
Spring Lane
Jeremiah O'Sullivan
William P
Mr. O'Sullivan
Youghal Harbor
Ireland
Walter Raleigh
Australia
Queenstown
America
Ashland
O'Sullivan
Dorchester
Adams Street
Era of Recipes from Missed Pages Plate
A collection of household recipes with varied dishes including layered fish and oyster bake, crust toppings, a coconut milk custard, tomato onion relish, dressed cod and oyster bake, and a biscuit sandwich milling filling. Names and addresses of contributors noted: Mrs Frank Harris, Mrs H C Moore, Mrs W H Griswald, Mrs Florence Parker. locations include Lincoln Street West Medford Hudson Bridgewater Montpelier.
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Frank Harris
Lincoln Street
West
Medford
H. C. Moore
Central Street
Hudson
Florence Parker
Cemetery Street
Montpelier
A Matter of Temperament Dear Miss Champagne
A young woman asks if meeting a potential partner's parents after only a few dates is appropriate. The advisor argues temperament governs pace, noting such meetings can signal high regard, and that etiquette varies. Friends' disapproval is not decisive, and quick courtships can be normal, including earlier introductions.
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Miss Champagne
Peerless
Havin
Dear Ophelia on Love and True Intentions
A reader asks if a five year older suitor really loves her or is fooling her. The adviser urges casting aside doubts, notes men often propose with love and emphasizes that marriage involves genuine affection, urging trust and commitment rather than prolonged testing.
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Miss Champagne
Morning Post
Ophelia
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Claribel
Wren
Bumps
By Williams
Wiuang
Himm
Pinkham
Bosion
Uis
Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Bride’s
Chase & Sanborn’s
The
Bertha F
Irish
Bowdeinham
Old Boston
James O’sullivan
W. H. Griswald
Main Street
Bridgewater
Conn
Mildred Champagne
Saarting Oran
Cash House
Lynn, Harney Bros
D. A. Donovan & CO
Avery
Goodyear West Process
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