Pensions for Women Debate in Sewing Circle
Letters to the Boston Post Sewing Circle discuss pensions for dependent women and the duty of the state. Readers argue over personal responsibility, son promotion, and financial planning, with anecdotes on marriages, age pensions, life insurance, and spending habits.
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Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Seting Circle
Boston Post
Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Europe
Bostonia
Interesting Letters From the Sewing Circle in Sunday Post
The Sunday Post features compelling letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader insights and community voices in a lively, nostalgic column. Readers share practical tips, stories, and reflections on crafts, sewing methods, and social life.
Woman leader of humane work fined in Nashua
Mrs. M. Jennie Kendall, president of the New Hampshire Humane Society and a noted suffragist, was fined $10 and costs in Nashua on a charge of attempting to influence a judicial decision in the case of Charles Holden versus the Humane Society.
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Humane Work
Nashua, N. H
M. Jennie Kendall
The
New Hampshire Humane Society
Charles Holden
the Humane Society
Daffodils by Wordsworth Surges of Daffodils Inspire Solitude
The speaker wanders lonely as a cloud and discovers a host of golden daffodils beside a lake. Ten thousand flowers flutter and dance, rivaling the waves, as the memory of their beauty later fills the poet with joy and wealth of nature.
Recipes from New England Housewives
Recipes list several New England homes including Mrs J A Palsifer of Gloucester and Mrs James J Chadshy of Portland. Ingredients cover cookies cakes and radish salad with specific steps and measurements. End notes include Wakefield Junction and Mary L Doucheue with egg and salad directions and baking tips.
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James J. Chadshy
Oxford Street
Portland
So Easy by Edith Fessenden Presents A Mother In Law Visit
Mrs Durant visits the farm and offers a gentle critique of Mary and Robert's parenting. Robert Jr demands bathing and a river outing. Grandma distracts with an Indian suit, while Mary defends differing childrearing ideas and suggests a beach day for rest.
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Mary
Robert
Wobbitt
Mamma
Robert, Jr
Aéme
Grandson’s Beads Test Grandma’s Patience and Love
In a family scene a grandmother recounts taming young Robert who insists on Grandma’s gold beads. The boy ignores bed and crib, climbs drawers, asks for beads, and after threats, bribes, and mild spankings, accepts other beads. He finally asks where grandma is and begs to wear her beads.
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Robert, Jr
Mary
Robert
Rascal
Grandma
Wakefield Case Ends In New Trial For Mrs Wakefield
In New Haven Connecticut on July 2 the retrial of Mrs Bessie J Wakefield for the murder of her husband was set to go to the jury after counsel argued. Judge Joel W Reed will give his charge in the morning following the previous first degree murder conviction that the Supreme Court overturned on appeal.
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New Haven
Conn
Bessie J. Wakefield
Joel W. Reed
Monument to Rev John Tucke Unveiled at Isles of Shoals
On Star Island New Hampshire Historic Society and Society of Colonial Wars dedicated a monument to the Rev John Tucke and unveiled a tablet to Captain John Smith. Speakers included Gov Felker Gov Haines Harvard President Lowell Dartmouth Prof Keyes ex-Mayor Corning. Master of ceremonies was ex-Mayor Hackett Portsmouth.
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Isles OF Shoals
N. H
New Hampshire Historical Society
Society of Colonial Wars
John Tucke
John Smith
Star Island
Edaward Tuck
Paris
Ames Tuck
R Party
Benjamin Ames Kimball
Con
Frank
Society
Alfred Gooding
Portsmouth
Samuel D. Felker
New Hampshire
William T. Haines
Maine
Lowell
Harvard
Keyes
Dartmouth
Corning
Concord
Rex
Hackett
Smith Tablet
John Calvin Thorne
Charles H. Hazlett
Island
Gloucester Schooner Jennie B Hodgdon Wrecked
Gloucester July 29 The schooner Jennie B Hodgdon of the local fishing fleet was wrecked near Caraquet New Brunswick and will be a total loss. The crew reached shore safely.
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Gloucester
Jennie B. Hodgdon
Caraquet
N. B
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