Dear Sewing Circle reveals household finance and social norms
Letters from readers discuss investing in personal appearance to secure affection, managing a $15 weekly budget, and pursuing higher wages. A Bride of Twenty One shares routines and savings tips, while One Who Knows asks about wages and job prospects. A story of stigma and social forgiveness follows, then fashion notes describe an afternoon frock with rose pink and sapphire blue embellishments.
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Sewing Circle
O. I
Sewing Circle Sisters
Boston
Songs of Sunshine and Casement Trial News
The Bentztown Bard’s Songs of Sunshine honors motherhood and home while Premier Asquith says Sir Roger Casement will be tried on Monday for attempting to land in Ireland to lead a rebellion. The report links domestic poetry with a capital case and political event in London dated May 10.
Freak Day Stunts Called Off in Malden's Schools
Malden High School bans Freak Day celebrations after the second annual observance ends with 20 seniors sent home for outrageous costumes. Headmaster Jenkins reprimands senior class president Walter Rowe as girls’ Freak Day is cancelled. police-like uproar noted, and a religious leader’s son and others appear in varied costumes. The rest of the article mentions a preparatory school fund and its officers elected at the 62nd annual meeting.
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Malden
Malden High School
Jenkins
William Dooling
Dooling
Roger Moss
First Baptist Church
Louis Rosenfelt
Walter Rowe
Paul Corbin
Clifford North
Donald Boothby
Louis Wolk
Horace Miller
Boston High School Association Funds Aid Students
The Boston English High School Association maintains a reserve fund of nearly $20,000 for the benefit of worthy students pursuing higher education. Treasurer J. B. Clapp oversees the association’s finances and the distribution of aid.
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Boston English High School Association
J. B. Clapp
The
Associa
Amateurs Advice on Replanting Garden Beds
In Brookline a reader asks if replanting is needed after soil trampling by passersby. The late Peter Henderson advised stepping on seeded rows after covering with soil to firm the ground and improve germination. He was known for urging soil compaction to aid seed growth.
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Brookline
Peter Henderson
Gilchrist Company to Send Six Men to Plattsburg
The Gilchrist Company will send six employees to the Plattsburg military camp for four weeks with full pay. The firm covers the camp outfit and all enlistment expenses including railroad fare. The six chosen are Frank Fitts Stewart Ferris Walter E Sexton J R Rabine William O Connor and Joseph Roule. They depart Friday July 12 and return August 8.
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Plattsburg Military Camp
Plattsburg
Frank Fitts
Stewart Ferris
Walter E. Sexton
J. R. Rabine
William O'Connor
Joseph Roule
Wages Increase for Illinois Central Freight Workers
In Chicago on May 16 an Illinois Central railroad raise added two cents per hour for freight handlers and some clerical staff in the freight department. About 80 employees are affected.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Man Found Asleep Between Rails On Atlantic Avenue
A man under the influence of liquor was found asleep between the Union railroad tracks on Atlantic avenue yesterday by Patrolman Cairns of City Hall avenue station. At the station house he told officers he had been fished from the water the day before and felt it strange others interfered with his repeated attempts.
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Union Railroad
Atlantic Avenue
Cairns
City Hall Avenue
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Dour
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McClure’s
Mallory
Boston Daily and Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Sunday Post
Ethel Barrymore
Mrs. McChesney
Hollis Street Theatre
Heatherbloom Petticoats
Heatherbloom
Bette
Wilson Bros
Courts St
Horlick
Abdada Ala AL
Brown
TON, Venison Fashion
M. Isabella Morse
North Main Street
Brockton
Edwin Mullett
Pleasant Street
Baldwinsville
Bentztown Bard
Southern Press Syndicate
Dr.Lyon
I. W. Lyon & Sons, Inc
W. 27Th St
N. Y
Gilchrist Company
the Gilchrist Company
Sunshine
H-O Company
Buffalo,ny
Force
Quaker Oats
Vicinity
Quaker Oats Company
Railway Exchange
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