Sewing Circle Opens As Woman’s Forum At Boston Post
The Sewing Circle is a new department of the Boston Daily and Sunday Post for home makers in New England. It invites questions and advice on home life, family, health, remedies, babies, budgeting, gardening, and related topics with anonymous pen names. Correspondents should write on one side and address letters to Sewing Circle Editor, Boston Post.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Friedberg Correspondence Expresses German Ties in Boston Life
A Boston resident writes to Rosenthal Friedberg about their German heritage and cooking préféré, noting their mother’s German dishes and questioning two little girls’ schooling while admitting a shift to American cooking for family tastes.
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Rosenthal Friedberg
Germany
Querido's Hair Wash for Gray Hair in Black Hair
A reader asks if Tartars’ salts and lemon juice remedies work on gray-tinged black hair and seeks a dye-free method to restore natural color. The inquiry requests guidance from Querido or Sewing Circle members on safe, non dye solutions.
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Sémée
SNC
Advice About Camping From Dorchester Lou
A reader recounts camping tips sharing a memory of illness and recovery after three months. Practical details include two couch mattresses four heavy blankets a wind resistant oil stove with a soap box, soap boxes as chairs, five nailed together for damp days, iron rods and pot for cooking, and pine needle ground. The writer invites further contact by mail.
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Dorchester
Sue
Lillie Dale Song Request From Sewing Circle Editor
Effie’s sister asks the Sewing Circle editor to send the song Lillie Dale to her. The letter recalls Effie’s baby, now nine months old, and Effie’s memory of the song, noting Effie’s passing 46 years ago on June 9.
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Lillie Dale
Vermont Hills
Effie
Sewing Circle
Married to a German Gentleman: A Love Story
A reader writes about marrying a German man from a high class, noting ten years of harmony and no major disagreements. The writer emphasizes love as the life’s law and urges openness to marriage with foreigners.
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Germany
E. W
Mother Earth Remedy Tells Strengthening Limb Story
A mother reports burying a weakly limbed child in warm earth daily to promote healing. She claims the practice strengthened the legs over time, noting a grown man’s belief in the method. The writer urges trying the warm earth remedy as spring begins.
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Gms
Toi
Melrose Beats Dorchester in Eleven Innings Narrow Victory
Melrose High edged Dorchester High in an eleven inning contest at Melrose. Conly struggled for Dorchester as Melrose pounded ten hits, while Cram pitched well for Melrose, scattering Dorchester safeties.
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Melrose High
Dorchester High
Melrose
Conly
Cram
Dorchester
Querida hair wash guidance from Lynn stenographer
Do not use soap with lemon hair wash and apply only enough to lather scalp and hair. Heavier hair may need full quantity. Salts of tartar are harmful alone but lemon juice changes the alkali to an oil making it safer. Do not shampoo more than once in four to six weeks unless hair is very oily.
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Lynn
Gifts for Relatives Advice From Readers
A reader asks for ideas of small gifts for relatives this summer. Tom Wernsides asks for tips from girls for a middle aged lady a girl and two boys aged 8 and 11. Betty replies with a home remedy sage tea for scalp care and offers to share the recipe if needed.
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Tom‘Wernside
Betty
Dear Doubtful How Far Should A Kiss Be Shared
Mildred Champagne counsels in love questions about proper kissing off a date. A young man aged nineteen asks if a kiss at parting is right. The expert advises honest intent and clear statements of serious affection before marriage.
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Miss Champagne
Fried stuffed eggs and other kitchen tips from readers
A collection of home cookery notes including fried stuffed eggs with minced meat filling and a crumbed crust, canned rhubarb instructions, and a potato and egg mash fry-up. Names and addresses of contributors Nellie E Zackular M M Gleason and M A Tildsley appear with their tips.
Prices for 2.50 Dutch Collars and Embroidered Jabots
A listing shows 2.50 Dutch collars and Irish lace, 1.39 for a jabot, 50c for hand embroidered pieces, and .25c to .75c prices for jabots with embroidered lace.
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Rez Acos
Chantilly
Unclear Entry Notes Possible Event Details
Fragmentary notes mention times 3.29 2.29 3.00 and values 2.50 6.00 with dates 12-4. AMS and ladies terms appear. No clear event or entities to identify.
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Sotton
Fabric Offerings and Lace Prices from a Historical Catalog
Readable fragments show lace and silk fabric items with price ranges from 0.65 to 3.00. Items include Irish lace, Cluny edges, inserts, chiffon, silk drapery net, silk embroidery Bene ega, and imprecise measurements. The snippet resembles a garment or textile catalog listing various lace trims and fabrics with unit prices.
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Gi Cesici Ee
Handkerchief Prices and Styles Listed in Ad
A fragmented advertisement outlines prices for men and women handkerchiefs in various finishes. Hemstitched men’s at 17 to 37 cents, women’s plaids and cords around 23 to 25 cents, Shamrock style near 17 to 25 cents, and seconds noted in several lines.
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Querido
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A.le. Dike
Rauschel
Ringsell
Fraser
Winship
Moerule
Collins
Brennan
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Curly
Winter Street
Dr. Estabrooks
Estabrooks
Thomas T. Estabrooks
Weckington Street
Jaynes
New Brug
Tel
Oxford
OPP, Siegel’s
Mildred Champagne
Sunday Post
Nellie E. Zackular
Baker Road
Everett
M. H. Gleason
South Street
Concord
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M. A. Tildsley
Gold Street
South
Boston
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