Pension talk in Sewing Circle sparks female rights debate
A Boston Post Sewing Circle section collects letters from women arguing for pensions for mothers with large families and for age pensions for dependents. Contributors detail poverty, cost of living, and praise for homemaking over wage labor, urging state support and family-focused policies.
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Sewing Circle Sisters
Hubby
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Boston
Commonwealth
America
Athabasca Trail Dream In Jasper Park Verse
A lyric fragment praises Canada from vast grain fields to prairie hamlets and growing cities. The speaker, bound to the land, vows lasting devotion while imagining travel with pack and packer along the Athabasca Trail near Jasper Park in June 1914.
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Courreur-Des-Bois
Erie
Hill and Dale
Athabasca Trail
Canada
Jasper Park
Alta
Noted Letters From the Sewing Circle on Sunday Post
The Sunday Post prints a selection of the Sewing Circle’s most engaging letters, showcasing reader insights and community chatter in a homey domestic page.
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Sunday Post
Army worms invade Rhode Island crops and farms
State agricultural officials report army worms have invaded almost all of Rhode Island threatening vegetation. Damage runs to about 500 dollars for one Providence area farmer, with Exeter North Kingstown Cranston Lincoln Warwick Block Island and Westerly among the worst hit.
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Providence
Rhode Island
Island
North Kingstown
Exeter
Cranston
Lincoln
Warwick
Block Island
Westerly
Sweet Kitchen Notes From Berwick and Hadley Falls
Recipes include sugar, drippings, sour milk, soda, flour and raisins with coconut and spices, from Mrs. Joel C. Moulton Berwick Maine. Also rice cooked in milk with butter and salt, a creamy rice dish by Clara L. Gile South Hadley Falls.
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Joel C. Moulton
Berwick
Clara L. Gile
South Hadley Falls
Florence Field and the Jealous Wife in Dorchester
A young wife Florence Field torn by homesickness and jealousy confronts her husband Dick Field who denies any affair with Jeanette Payson. A maid Jennie brings levity and muffins as Florence discovers his innocence, renewing trust while facing fragile happiness.
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Evies
Beacon Street
Florence Field
Florence
Field
Jennie
Dom Barter
Jeanette Payson
Dick Field
Charlotte
South
Reserve police appointments and transfers announced
Commissioner O Meara issues general order naming reserve officers to report yesterday including Broderick Dobbratz Don lavey Kinnear Leonard Morris Nolan Noone O Niel Parr Pollard Ryan Shea Stober. Transfers take effect today at 5 45 p m moving Cummings Dever Buckley O Hearn and Thompson among divisions and the bureau of criminal investigation.
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O'Meara
John F. Broderick
Francis W. Dobbratz
Francis J. Donlavey
Samuel L. Kinnear
Daniel B. Leonard
John J. Morris
Peter V. Nolan
Thomas C. Noone
Edward V. O'Neil
William J. Parr
Leo C. Pollard
John J. Ryan
Cornelius J. Shea
Henry T. Stober
William E. Cummings
Edward A. Dever
Jeremiah J. Buckley
Richard O'Hearn
Francis P. Haggerty
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
John G. J. Thompson
Suffragette Irene Casey Sentenced to Fifteen Months
Irene Casey, militant suffragette and daughter of a London physician, was jailed for 15 months in Notting ham on charges of possessing explosives with intent to commit a felony. She was arrested during the King's visit and carried a bag with four boxes of high explosive, detonators, fuse, benzine, a chisel, pliers and glass cutters.
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Nottinghag
England
Irene Casey
Miss Casey
London
Nottingham
Charlton’s Trial Postponed to Next Year in Italy
Naples Italy July 27. Porter Charlton the American charged with the 1910 murder of his wife at Lake Como will have his trial postponed until early next year due to delays in obtaining testimony in the United States. John Palmieri of New York arrives to consult with Italian counsel for Charlton.
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Naples
Italy
Porter Charlton
Lake Como
United States
John Palmieri
New York
Charlton
Court in Uproar Over Money Claim in Yonkers
In Yonkers New York the Special Sessions court erupted when Abraham Rothschild the money lender demanded Judge Beall return $1300 he claims to have loaned. The judge left the bench as Rothschild shouted his frustration at not finding a lawyer to take the case while the matter remained unresolved.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Court of Special Sessions
Abraham Rothschild
Judge Beall
Rothschild
Beall
Rothschild Quits Court After Counsel’s Delay Claim
Judge Beall ordered him to sue for any debt alleged but Rothschild argued delays would force bankruptcy. After the judge left the bench Rothschild was calmed and persuaded to depart.
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Beall
Rothschild
Standard Oil of Indiana Declares Extra 3 Percent Dividend
New York July 27 The Standard Oil Company of Indiana announced an extra dividend of 3 percent in addition to the regular quarterly 8 percent. The same extra amount was declared last quarter.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Boy Confesses Lead in Murders Near Murphysville
Oakville Nova Scotia July 27 McKinley Minkins a 17 year old Black youth surrendered to police and admitted leading a trio who killed Inspector Louis Bradley and wounded Engineer Edward Barrett during a confrontation with Mobile and Ohio railroad workers at Murphysville Illinois yesterday.
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McKinley Minkins
Louis Bradley
Edward Barrett
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Murphysville
Ill
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