Sewing Circle Forum Opens in Boston Post for Homemakers
The Sewing Circle is a new department in the Boston Daily and Sunday Post offering a woman’s own forum. Home makers in New England can discuss household topics health hints baby care and domestic matters with advice from correspondents using noms de plume. Send letters to Sewing Circle Editor Boston Post.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and Sunday Post
New England
Helspfal
Sewing Circle Kiditor
Boston Post
Lillie Dale Song Requested by Morning Glory
Effie’s sister recalls the song Lillie Dale sung 46 years ago tomorrow in June. The note asks Morning Glory to send the tune and mentions Effie’s disappearance 46 years past.
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Lillie Dale
Effie
Effid
Sewing Circle note from CLO offers satin flower crafts
Viola receives a friendly handmade craft suggestion from CLO detailing hand painted flowers on pink satin suitable for pillows, handkerchief cases, pin cushions and other decorative den items with best wishes for the Sewing Circle.
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Viola
Advice for Mother of Five on Sewing and Fabrics
A long note offering practical sewing tips for a mother of five. It covers making clothes from chambray and gingham, crafting bloomers to match dresses, using seersucker for underskirts, and avoiding ironing by careful drying. It suggests gingham samples to check shrinkage, yard wide percale for afternoon wear, and buying val lace trim from 25 cents up.
Wielder of the Rod Demands Harsh Child Discipline
A quoted piece argues children require strong punishment to be governed until teens. It cites Proverbs verses about sparing the rod and chasing a son, urging strict corrective measures as necessary for proper conduct.
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Wytelder
Parlor Description From a Wealthy Woman's House
A detailed 19th century parlor portrait describes wails with coral pink paper and gold designs, ivory woodwork, a tan on pink geometric rug, tiger skin by the fireplace, a mahogany mantel with bronze pieces, and pink mohair upholstery across chairs and sofas. Curtains and drapery match pink schemes, with oil paintings, gilt mirrors, and potted palms completing the room.
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Hartford
Ijsabei
Lemon hair wash and tartar salts concern
The writer asks for the wash date for lemon hair wash and notes fear of tartar salts. They mention reading it is now considered safe and sign off with initials M. BE. W.
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M. BE. W
Stray Kitten Seeks Home Before Carver Street Euthanization
Four week old almost black stray kitten seeks adoption through Sewing Circle notices. The writer Aunt Mary describes a clean, playful young cat and pleads to find a home rather than be killed on Carver Street.
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Sewing Circle
Carver’street
Aunt Mary
By George McManus He Will Move On After Loss
A brief reminder that young men recover from heartbreak, echoing a proverb about resilience and the enduring nature of love. The piece cites the Bard of Avon to emphasize fading sorrow with time.
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Avon
Secret Unions on the Hotel Veranda
Mrs. Wardwell, newly arrived, faces whispered rumors about her marriage and life. Cecile befriends her as Uncle Billie returns, revealing Wardwell is not her husband after all. The pair share a tender moment and Cecile guides them toward happiness at last.
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Mrs. Carey
Mrs. Whipple
Mrs. Wardwell
Cecile van Studd
Billie
Anne
Uncle Billie
Cecile
Marmola Tablets Offer Easy Fat Reduction
Pleasant Reading for the Fat How a simple and inexpensive solution aids weight loss. Marmola Prescription Tablets claim daily loss of 12 to 16 ounces without harm or wrinkles. The ad promotes affordability at 75 cents per large case from Marmola Co. Detroit.
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Marmola Co
Farmer
Detroit
Mich
Summer Fashion Trends Highlight Skirts, Linens and Hats
Fashions deemed suitable for summer include skirts with deep hem bands and one piece sleeve bodices, with strong colored hats and gowns. Linen fabrics show crepe effects and wide diagonal stripes in self tones, basket weaves rise in popularity, and white bodices pair with blue red pink and green skirts while ecru and bronze bodices match brown tan and black skirts. Hatpins feature large ornate protege points matching head designs. Other notable items include new dress pieces and soft rib bon weaving for accessories.
Events From Newton Theological Institution Alumni Week
The Newton Theological Institution alumni events included morning remarks by the Rev Edward Judson of New York and evening oration by the Rev Henry M T Thompson of Hartford. Alumni dinner featured addresses by President George E Horr and the Rev G D B Pepper. Additional notices cover church gatherings and lectures for Boston area religious groups.
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Edward Judson
D. D
New York
Newton Theological Institution
Newton Centre Baptist Church
George E. Horr
G. D. B. Pepper
Colby College
Henry M. T. Thompson
Hartford
Conn
Dear Miss Champagne Advice on breaking a 16 year promise
A young woman asks how to end a long standing engagement made at age sixteen. The columnist counsels honesty and fairness, noting that a promise made in youth does not bind future happiness and urges telling the original fiancé the truth to avoid harming his life.
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Miss Champagne
Recipes From New England Housewives Revealed
A Sunday Post feature shares homemaking recipes including a meat pie crust with flour cream tartar soda and milk, a yeast cake batter for overnight rise, a prune tart with meringue, and an orange cakes with butter and spice. Authors include Mary E Russell Mary MacLean Mrs H B Crosby and Mrs George Wright with addresses in Neponset Franklin East Boston and Worcester.
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Mary E. Russell
Bertram Street
Neponset
Mary Maclean
Central Street
Franklin
H. B. Crosby
Lexington Street
East
Boston
George Wright
Stafford Street
Worcester
A Gaelic Interpreter Needed at Immigration Wharf
A letter to the Post from P. H. Brogan, dated June 8, 1919, urges appointing a Gaelic interpreter at immigration to aid Irish arrivals delayed at the wharf. He notes other nations are served and calls for equal language rights to prevent misdirection of 75 to 76 Irish entrants and wrong addresses.
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Ireland
Boston College
Jamies Street
Galway
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