Sewing Circle Letters Explore Double Moral Standards
The Sewing Circle letters reflect on gender norms and the so called double moral standard. Readers debate equality, parental control, and large families with personal anecdotes from Boston and Springfield.
Mollie’s Knightly Wake-Up Call on the Bridge
Mollie rejects Tom’s constant proposals yet admires a young engineer on the new railroad bridge project. The Hartleys escort Mollie to view construction, where she meets Tom in work clothes, realizing his job is the real act of valor she seeks and that love grows from shared effort.
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Mollie
Hartleys
Tom
Differences Between the King and Me Poem
The speaker contrasts equal pleasures like wine and weather with unequal power. Trusting friends differ, as the king has fools, armies, and ships while the speaker lacks royalty. The speaker wears the cap and the king wears the crown, sleeping on straw versus down, lamenting the king’s wretchedness.
Dear Miss Champagne Love Advice Column Fragment
A 26 year old man asks if he should keep pursuing a 23 year old woman who says she only likes him as a friend. The reply suggests she would miss the routine and that love may be habit, urging continued visits to test her feelings.
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Brookline
Springfield
Mass
S ‘E
Miss Champagne
Fist
Willie and Muggsy Star in Sunday Post Feature
The Sunday Post highlights Willie and Muggsy in a light hearted feature that promises humor and charm. The piece previews fresh antics and a breezy, nostalgic tone for readers seeking playful entertainment.
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Willie
Muggsy
Sunday Post
Protestant Church Notices and Summer Clergy Assignments
The Rev. James DeNormandie of Roxbury will lead the First Unitarian Church Lincoln this month. Bishop Lawrence to spend July August at Bar Harbor Milton and Suffragan Bishop Samuel G Babcock to spend summer at Water Hill Red The Lindsay and Rousmandere Bible classes at St Pauls Cathedral closed for summer. Union Congregational Church pulpit next Sunday by Rev Benjamin PD Scott and June 21 by Rev Josiah P Dickerman. Rev Duncan Salamond of Barre Wisconsin accepts call to First Presbyterian Lynn. Baptism to be administered Saturday 10 30 at Greenwood Memorial M F B Church by Rev Charles B Spaulding.
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James DeNormandie
Roxbury
First Unitarian Church
Lincoln
Lawrence
Bar Harbor
Milton
Samuel G. Babcock
Water Hill
Red
Union Congregational Church
Benjamin PD
Scott
Josiah P. Dickerman
Duncan Salamond
Presbyterian Church
Barre, WI
First Presbyterian Church
Lynn
Greenwood Memorial M. FB
Charles 2. Spaulding
Crown Cafe Company Files Bankruptcy Petition
The Crown Cafe Company of 367 Columbus Avenue filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the U S District Court listing liabilities of 9585 dollars and assets of 1013 dollars.
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Crown Cafe Company
Columbus Avenue
United States District Court
Catholic Church Notes in Boston Area Parishes
Parishioners of St Thomas Church Jamaica Plain raise four thousand dollars for three new altars as interior renovation cost twenty six thousand dollars was raised earlier. St Mary Quincy hosts summer festival and field day June 27 on parochial school grounds under Rev Thomas B McCoy and Rev William J Duffy. Field day at Wood Island Park East Boston by new St Josephs Orient Heights. Corpus Christi feast celebrated 10 30 mass at Mary's North End. Immaculate Conception Church novena to Sacred Heart begins at 7 45 in upper church.
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St. Thomas’ Church
Jamaica Plain
St. Mary’s Church
Quincy
Thomas B. McCoy
William J. Duffy
Wood Island Park
Boston
New St. Joseph’s Parish
Orient Heights
Mary's Church
North End
Church of the Immaculate Conception
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