Patchwork Quilt and the Lexington Road Mystery
In 1775 Mason farmhouse Phyllis Mason carries a secret patchwork quilt message for her father. She hides from Red coats behind a quilt camouflaged by its green lining, escapes to Mistress Wood and returns home. Four years later the quilt becomes a family relic retold to descendants.
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Mason
Lexington Road
Grandmother Mason
Phyllis Mason
John Wood
Mistress Wood
Phyllis
John
Concord
Tiler
Household hints to clean white straw hats
Household hints instruct dissolving five cents' worth of oxalic acid in a glass of water to scrub the hat with a nail brush after removing dust. Rinse, dry in the sun. Black chip hats can be refreshed by wiping with a soft silk handkerchief then a light olive oil rub. Mrs F M Wheeler Waterville Me.
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F. M. Wheeler
North Street
Waterville
Die Doster Fest Sewing Circle
The Sewing Circle is a regular Boston Post column for New England homemakers to discuss home and household concerns. Topics include family, domestic difficulties, baby care, household economy, flowers, and gardening. correspondents may use pen names and write on one side of the paper.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Poston Post
Should They Tell Him and Ruin Two Lives
In reply to readers asking if women should warn a young man about a woman's dissolute life, contributors argue for or against disclosure. Some insist telling on the partner is a duty to save him, others condemn meddling, urging individuals to mind their own business and let the man learn what he should know. A Newport, R. I. reader notes harms from interference.
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Sewing Circle
Portsmouth
Recipes from Mrs Holdridge and Miss Covey
Practical home cooking items from Taft's Corner Spencer Mass and 22 Perry Street Brookline. Includes Yorkshire pudding with gravy, honey oatmeal bread with oats lard honey yeast rising, and delicious pan stew using cold beefsteak potatoes onions tomatoes and water. The notes credit Mrs Holdridge and Miss Covey as sources.
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A. W. Holdridge
Taft’s Corner
Spencer, Mass
Miss Etta Covey
Perry Street
Brookline
Fads and Fashions Highlight Spring Styles and Fabrics
Paragraphs note enduring braids and foulards as staples, and white or black outfits remain in fashion. Bordered chiffons return, minimal dress for children grows evident, veils gain popularity, and spring sports coats feature flared hems. Blues and gabardines lead fabrics with new square-yoked blouses that button up front.
What the Chimney Sang Poem
The poem depicts a night wind singing through a chimney as a family reacts. A woman recalls a lost child, children fear a witch or fairy, and a man contemplates winter and wages. The poet, observing, declares the wind a divine harmony.
Toil and Love Amid Duty in Twilight Verse
Poem extols toil and struggle balanced by love and home. The speaker pledges to endure pain and battle, guided by love’s light and the promise of a peaceful cottage. Copyright 1915 Southern Press Lynd.
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Southern Press Lynd
Health survey to inspect Holyoke schools begins
Dr. Thomas F. Harrington, director of school hygiene in Boston public schools, will begin a health survey of Holyoke schools on Wednesday.
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Health Survey OF
Holyoke Schools
Thomas F. Harrington
Boston Public Schools
Holyoke
Frau Schwimmer Addresses Women on Peace Plea
The Women’s City Club hosted Frau Rosika Schwimmer who spoke on Women in the Belligerent Countries urging constructive peace. Miss Mary Caroline Crawford chaired the luncheon with a head table including Mrs. George W. Coleman and Mrs. James J. Storrow.
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Rosika Schwimmer
Mary Caroline Crawford
George W. Coleman
James J. Storrow
Mary Schenck Woolman
W. H. Foster
Bertha Cushing Child
F. E. A. Goodwin
John K. Allen
Edith Burleigh
E. C. Moore
W. Z. Ripley
Langdon Warner
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Qhort
Ednah M. Sanborn
Warren Avenue
Wollaston
Josh
Die
Doster
Newport
R. I
Massachusetts Chocolate Company
R.a.white Co
Kimball
Foulard
Bret Harte
SONGS
Bentztown Bard
Davenport
Purity Oats Co
Keokuk
Frau Schwimmer
Women’s City Club
Corn Products Refining Coo
New York
Karo
FA & Perrins
Talal
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