Merrimac Chemical to insure all workers with company plan
Merrimac Chemical Company announces a broad welfare insurance plan covering its 1000 employees at the Everett and Wo Burn plants. Two thirds of weekly wages will be paid when sick or disabled and for injuries not sustained at work, in addition to existing workers compensation. Notice will be posted in plants today. annual cost reportedly totals several thousand dollars.
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Merrimac Chemical Company
Pu Mm
Wobum
Everett
Dear Sisters Sewing Circle on Wages and Household Roles
A collection of letters discusses whether a wife deserves an equal share of family income, the value of domestic work, and pocket money in marriage. Readers recount 15 years of domestic service, tight family budgets, and heated views on sharing wages, with anecdotes about husbands and wives managing money and assets.
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Dearie
Sistera
M. W
Smith
John
A White Turban Sets Judith's Stunning Style
In a casual chat Dorothy recalls Judith’s striking morning look as she explained choosing a plain white oriental turban to cover curlers. She stopped hairdressing and found a cloth wrap that both concealed the curlers and enhanced her appearance with an elegant wave.
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Judith
Post Letter Box questions in the Post readers column
Readers ask about coin legality hole punched coins and status as money. Inquiries cover coffee origins production in the US, Greenland ownership, and lands tied to foreign nations. Also notes on old currency value and wartime declarations in 1914 involving Turkey Russia Britain France Belgium and Serbia.
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Post
Black Sea
Russia
Turkey
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Serbia
The American Creed Belief Snapshot
A concise pledge-like text affirming faith in the United States, its 48 stars, 13 colonies, and the nation’s ideals. It emphasizes unity, universal love, equal opportunity, civic duty, constitutional principles, and the melting pot metaphor as a vision of national character and progress.
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United States of America
The
J. S. English
Diamond Pendant Incident on Set Reveals Studio Tension
In Cinderella era, Miss K accused crew of stealing a valuable pendant, prompting searches of lockers and dressing rooms. The pendant was found dropped in the dim corridor by Miss Pickford’s crew, revealing the theft was self-inflicted by the nervous actress, leaving lingering resentment among staff.
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Miss K
Mr. F
Lupe Family Mentioned in Secret Notes
In a terse phrase, E M I refers to a brother who eats and a sister named Lottie both associated with Lupe again, while a mother is described as a consistent winner. Lottie is credited with naming the five car baby.
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E. M
Eat
Lottie
Lupe
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Meclure Newspaper
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George H. Doran Company
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Boston Mutual Life Insurance Co
Kilby St
Boston
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Trinity College
Dublin
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Pope
London
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America
Newport
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Lowell
David M. J. Bursiel Merrimac Street
Sceadbee
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Arlington Street
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