Fire Chief Proposes City Square Fire Station Plan
Fire Commissioner Charles H. Cole urged the mayor to place an engine company in the planned City square municipal building in Charles Town. He also proposed remodeling the old municipal building on Dorchester Street in South Boston into a fire station, converting the old South Boston Court House for Ladder 3 and making the current Ladder 3 house a coaling station.
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Charles H. Cole
City Square
Charlestown
Dorchester Street
South Boston
South Boston Court House
New Wonder Hair Cure Promises Permanent Removal
Advertisement touts a new hair removing preparation claimed to permanently destroy hair roots without skin irritation. It offers free trial by mail with a coupon and promises a full size package for one dollar with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. It targets both men and women and highlights removal of hair on arms neck face and bust.
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Anna Burton
Chicago
URICO
Urico Company
Water Street
Binghamton
N. Y
Standard Varnish
Elm Park
Staten Island
Why Lives Are Wrecked Dear Sewing Circle
Boston readers discuss the role of wages and morality in women’s lives. A Young Woman’s Christian Association circle argues low pay isn’t the main cause of dissipation, citing proof from observers and a high-society Boston wedding. A 24 year old traces ruin to lack of self support and urges parental training for trades, then reflects on failed marriages and the need for independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman's Christian Association
Sewing Circle
Chicago
Boston
Greater
Sewing Circle in the Boston Post Aimed at Women
The Sewing Circle is a regular department of the Boston daily and Sunday Post serving home makers in New England. It invites discussions on domestic topics from managing husbands and children to baby care and household economy. Correspondents may use pen names and email questions to the Sewing Circle Editor.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Which Should Be Sacrificed Sorely Perplexed letter prompts debate
A reader asks whether a mother should sacrifice her own welfare or her children's future to care for an aging mother. Charity argues children come first, citing duty to raise and educate offspring and noting state aid costs. The exchange references a prior "Devoted Grandmother" letter and urges keeping family unity.
Among Self-Supporting Women To the Editor of the Sewing Circle
An office girl, 21, writes in praise of self-reliant women and honest work. She notes daily reading and entertainment, defends virtue, and urges women to avoid unworthy relationships while supporting themselves and a younger brother on ten dollars a week.
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Sewing Circle
The
Post
Widows Pension Idea Supported by Letter to The Editor
A reader signed Ina Jane advocates widows pensions as essential when husbands die leaving children. The writer cites a mother with five orphaned children unable to work and needing support, arguing public aid would protect vulnerable families.
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Ina Jane
The Daughter in Law Question in the Sewing Circle
A long letter column debates mother in law and daughter in law tensions. A writer shares personal history of helping her son marry, then faults the daughter in law and urges readers to discuss why daughters in law blame their mothers in law.
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the Post
Letter to the Sewing Circle on a young wife’s dilemma
A 22 year age gap is discussed as a husband’s strictness and the wife’s desire for social dances. The writer questions Persecuted’s stance and suggests revealing feelings to the husband and his brother to restore respect and balance in their marriage.
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Sewing Circle
Persecuted
Letters to the Sewing Circle Highlight Sunday Post Debuts
The Sunday Post prints several notable letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader opinions and community voices on sewing projects, patterns, and craft tips.
Fads and pints on fashions in linen and silk for spring
The article surveys spring fashion with open linen etamines for morning dresses and black velvet touches. Silk novelty suits, king's blue otto man silk with gray, taupe broche satin, silver lace, and white chiffon shape an evening gown with taupe acorn ornaments. Velvet and sarah tones appear for coats and black suede evening slippers are noted for those with one pair.
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Sarah
Love and Sentiment Advice for Mildred Champagne
A young high school junior asks if she should resist her brother and marry her college-senior lover. The advisor argues the brother may act in her best interests, stresses open discussion of objections, notes age differences matter, and urges mutual understanding before elopement or decisive choices.
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Sweet Seventeen
Dear Miss Champagne Advice on a Two Year Age Gap
A reader asks if she should reveal her true age of 28 to a fiancé who is two years younger. The advice suggests patience and emphasizes that happiness and honesty matter, noting that skeletons in the closet should be avoided only if the partner insists on the truth.
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Miss Champagne
Renova claimed to aid sobriety in household appeal
Vintage advertisement urges wives to use Renova a taste less remedy to curb husbands drinking. It promises renewed behavior, family relief, and a money back guarantee, offering free samples and proofs from the Renova Company at 204 Broadway New York.
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Kondon Mfg. CO
Minneapolis
Minn
Riker-Jaynes
Renova Co
Broadway
New York
Renova
Orient Heights Protest Forces Transit Shuttle
Orient Heights residents protested disrupted service by failing to find cars at Gladstone street station and walking through mud to reach a tunnel car. They conducted a consultation and sent Thomas A. Nilan to interview railroad commissioners, after which officials added a shuttle car from the Heights to the Gladstone end of the route.
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Orient Heights
Flast
Boston
Gladstone Street
Thomas A. Nilan
Heights
Gladstone
Charmingly dressed hat with silk flowers and velvet wings
A spring model hat features a tiny bouquet of bright silk flowers perched on the brim. Two small velvet wings flank the arrangement, adding a delicate decorative touch.
Old Fashioned Cookie Recipes From Mrs Jones Mrs Gilman
Mixed butter and lard batter with chocolate walnuts forms spreads on pan and bakes until brown. Catherine Jones of Knightville Maine submits a batter with eggs milk baking powder and graham flour for fruit cookies by Alice Gay of Wareham Massachusetts and Myrtie Gilman of Lyndonville Vermont provides a sour milk raisin cookie recipe with spices and soda
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Catherine Jones
Cottage Street
Knightville
Alice Gay
P. O
Wareham
Myrtie Gilman
A. K. Bishop
Lyndonville, Vt
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Brather
Kkondon
Pippa
Robert Browning
By Bryan Waller
Procter
Mildred Champagne
Pudgy
Graham
Stanvar
Stanvar Ca Frop
Rosen’s Moc
School Street
Clevland
Boston Sunday Post
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden, N. J
Caruso Records
Steinert
M. Steinert & Sons Co
Uptown
Boylston St
Arch St
Vietp
Victor Victrola VIII
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