Dear Sewing Circle Advice Column Echoes Hard Times and Dilemmas
A collection of letters to the Sewing Circle reveals marriages strained by age gaps and wealth, one wife seeking guidance after enabling lavish gifts for a husband who later loses his health. Readers weigh infidelity temptations, child care, class expectations, and domestic tensions with practical counsel.
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Hubby
Some Economy Letters From the Sewing Circle
The Sunday Post prints reader correspondence from the Sewing Circle. A note recalls a railroad once profited by burning freight cars in a past scheme. Readers are nudged to see the next Sunday Post Magazine for more.
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Sunday Post
Jersey frock in primrose and harlequin silk design
A telephone chat describes a Jersey wool cloth coat in primrose yellow lined with violet and white harlequin silk. It features a high standing collar, large ivory buttons, and sash wrapped waist with fringe. The piece is suited for Master week and worn over light dresses.
Stock and Stockings in a Turbulent Dinner Table Debate
Henry and Eleanor argue over hosting a dinner and dance party as marital tensions surface. Eleanor resents Henry’s focus on work and stock market while Henry clings to quiet home life. Jack appears as a charming rival. in the end they reconcile, choosing love and home over entertainments. Mary T. Hurd Gray, Me.
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Sultor
Henry Jordan
Eleanor
Henry
Jack
Vicanor
Household Hint for Straining Hot Fats and Paste
Practical tips describe using cheese cloth or muslin, a spring clothespin to secure it on a pail, then burn the cloth. Details include a paste recipe with three cups boiling water to one sifted flour, cold water to mix, alum, and oil of cloves added after cooking.
Five Year Old Boy Crushed in Elevator Accident
Maurice Brooker six year old son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Brooker of 52 Temple street West End was crushed yesterday noon when caught in an elevator well at 51 Joy street. The operator was his 56 year old playmate John Joyce son of Henry Joyce of Smith court. Brooker was rescued by older boys and taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with fractures to the right leg a broken nose multiple cuts and bruises and a possible skull fracture.
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Maurice Brooker
Samuel Brooker
Temple Street
West End
Joy Street
John Joyce
Henry Joyce
Smith Court
Brooker
Massachusetts General Hospital
Pathos and praise in a quiet firelit meditation
The text expresses a paradox of joy and sorrow as the speaker reflects on love. Imagery compares the heart to a blossoming lily, sheltered by warmth yet touched by frost, while love endures beyond decay as the fire remains in view.
Oldest Native Voter Josiah B Shurtleff Dies at 77
Josiah B. Shurtleff 77 longtime Revere resident and oldest native voter in the city died at his Cushman avenue home after weeks of illness. A Boston market gardener and businessfigures, he served as director of Chelsea Trust Company and Savings Bank and as a member of the Chelsea Board of Assessors for nine years. He leaves two sons Joseph J Jr William H and a daughter Mrs William D Eaton. Funeral planned at Revere Baptist Church.
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Josiah B. Shurtleff
Revere
Cushman Avenue
Chelsea
Shurtleff
Boston
Joseph J. Jr
William H
Lexington
William D. Eaton
Winchester
Revere Baptist Church
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