Sewing Circle letters voice money in marriage and kindness
The Sewing Circle in The Boston Post offers homemaker questions and friend replies on marriage money and family. Letters from NEWTON SISTER MARLBORO STREET A. GIRL IN BOHEMIA BACHELOR WOMAN and MARRIED AND HAPPY share debts, savings, compatibility, and how to balance love and money in 20th century Boston households.
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Sewing Circle Letters Highlighted in Sunday Post
Readers share quirky insights and local color in the Sewing Circle letters printed in the Sunday Post, reflecting community chatter and editor’s selection of notable correspondence.
Woman Kills Self in Cell After Supreme Court Ruling
Agnes Edwards, serving life for murder, died by poison in her New Orleans cell after learning the Supreme Court denied her new trial petition. She killed George Washington Riehl on a crowded street in July 1913 after claiming he betrayed her in marriage.
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New Orleans
Augusta Agnes Edwards
Supreme Court
George Washington Riehl
Riehl
Violinist Learns Life Beyond the Church Walls
A young violinist, adored by her congregation, falls for a mysterious man as she rises from church duties to bigger stages abroad. Their unspoken bond strengthens yet remains unfulfilled, shaping her music, travels, and view of love amid gray skies and distant horizons.
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Goodby
Ireland
Found at Last The Husband Reunites With His Wife
A grieving woman in a leaden dream is stirred by a serious gray eyed man. He climbs the slope with a frightened light, then proclaims I found you dear and takes her in his arms, declaring her his wife.
Dr Williams to Talk on Infant Mortality in Boston
Dr J Whitridge Williams dean of Johns Hopkins Medical School will deliver a public address on The Prevention of Infant Mortality in Huntington Hall Back Bay Monday at 3 oclock The talk is under the joint auspices of the Women s Municipal League of Boston and the American Association for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality.
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J. Whitridge Williams
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Baltimore
Huntington Hall
Back Bay
Women's Municipal League of
Boston
American Association For the Study and
Quincy Garage Rules Force Moves and Demolitions
New rules regulate garage layout and maintenance in Quincy requiring tearing down or repositioning buildings housing cars. Public garage owners face limits as cars packed tightly cause wheel interlocks. The rule sets specify a defined space between vehicles to improve safety and access.
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Quincy
Clam Chowder Recipe From Mrs Corson Dorchester
Clam chowder instructions describe half peck of clams shucked and strained to save juice. Scald clams, remove caps, add thin pork slices onion, potatoes, clam juice and water. Simmer until potatoes near done, add clams, cook minutes, then add one quart new milk and butter with salt and pepper to taste. Signed Mrs Corson 16 Berntham Road Dorchester.
Green Tomato Pie Recipe and Pencil Ad Copy
Four quarts green tomatoes are cooked with brown sugar raisin suet and butter until thick. A salt vinegar spice mix is added and the dish is prepared for serving. Judith Warren Buckfield Maine. An advertisement touts the Koh-I-Noor pencil with smooth writing and lead options.
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Judith Warren
Buckfield
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