School Ship Ranger Sets Sail On Annual Cruise
The Massachusetts training ship Ranger left harbor yesterday with 101 cadets bound for Fayal Azores Havre Plymouth Malaga and Gibraltar. She will return in October. Sewell Ford's Shorty stories are featured in next Sunday's Post Magazine with Grandmother Hands One Out as the title.
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Massachusetts Nautical Training School
Ranger
Fayal
Azores
Havre
Plymouth
Malaga
Gibraltar
Sewell Ford
Post
Cost of dying rises with funeral carriage charges
In Boston, the cost of dying climbs as funeral carriage hire increases effective June 10. Stablekeepers cite 70 percent rises in wages and feed over recent years, and say taxi use has cut profits.
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Boston
Morgan Gifts $25,000 to Fisk University
Nashville May 28 J Pierpont Morgan announced a gift of 25000 dollars to Fisk University described as a negro institution.
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Nashville, Tenn
Fisk University
J. Pierpont Morgan
Odorless Odol-izing Clears Cottony Mouth After Heat
A brief note explains that warm weather leaves a cottony mouth feel and that Odol-izing products can clear the sensation. No further context or names are provided.
Canal Wall Burst Floods Ansonia Business District
Canal retaining wall of the Ansonia Land & Power Company burst in the late afternoon, flooding the business section with five feet of water. Damage is estimated at $150,000 as workers shut gates to stop the flow.
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Ansonia, Conn
Ansonia Land & Power Company
Flood Tides Flood Ansonia Factories and Plants
Hundreds of cellars flooded and two boilers exploded in Ansonia factories. No deaths reported. Major damage to the Ansonia Brass and Copper Co. and the Ansonia Novelty Co. first floors flooded. Mercantile firms suffered heavy losses as workers repaired the breached wall.
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Ansonia Brass & Copper Co
Ansonia Novelty Company
Fleet lands largest mackerel haul of season
In Newport Rhode Island on May 28 twenty five thousand mackerel were landed by the mackerel seining fleet the season's largest haul. The catch was taken between Shinnecock and Montauk Point and shipped to the Boston market.
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Newport
R. I
Shinnecock
Montauk Point
Boston
Major Holly Sentenced 1 to 5 Years for Embezzling
Major William H. Holly pleaded guilty in Criminal Superior Court to embezzling nearly $15,000 from the Stamford Savings Bank last March. Judge Bennett sentenced him to one to five years in State Prison.
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Bridgeport
Conn
William H. Holly
Criminal Superior Court
Stamford Savings Bank
Bennett
Enduring frugal life told by mother and family
The passage recalls a family living on eight dollars a week with no rent or utilities, yet they say they enjoyed life and did not miss finer comforts. The speaker notes aging mother and a firstborn daughter joining the workforce, reflecting a modest, self contained household.
Advice sought by Sewing Circle contributor on love and reputation
A letter asks whether to marry a wealthy man despite family disapproval over past behavior or elope and lose inheritance, claiming reform and devotion. Another note laments child loss and expresses happiness with a contented, though childless, marriage.
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Sewing Circle
Improving the Next Generation in Dear Sewing Circles
A reader urges better manners and civic behavior, stressing mothers' education to curb childhood noise. The note quotes Dr. Clarence H. Blake on savages and civility and suggests disciplined conduct to deter loafers and public disturbance.
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Clarence H. Blake
Harvard Medical School
Cried for Six Years Dear Tonesome Girl
A letter from a lonesome wife in the Sewing Circle shares heartbreak over lost affection from her husband. She describes staying home with two children, emotional pain, and a cautious hope for reconciliation while acknowledging a solid provision from her spouse.
Frustration Over Profanity and Youth Conduct
A letter laments widespread profanity and dancing in schools. The writer recalls a boys club using prizes to curb swearing and notes parental indifference, public swearing by a church deacon, and discouraged local efforts to improve morals.
Locking Out Girls Sparks Reader Fight Over Discipline
A letter to the Sewing Circle discusses punishing a daughter for late returns by locking her out. The writer praises strict maternal discipline and recalls their own childhood, arguing for firm guidance while opposing the idea of locking out youths.
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Sewing Circle
Cousin Marriage Advice From Maine Woman
A Maine woman warns Clarabel about marrying a cousin citing a country visit with her father who introduces a cousin couple with eight children two of whom are nonverbal and six with strong disabilities. The letter urges avoiding cousin marriages based on family outcomes.
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Clarabel
Maine
Beginning Life on $8 a Week Letter
A reader recalls marrying late in life and raising three healthy children while managing on a tight budget. She relates her experience to discussions about how little money a young couple needs to begin life and notes she paid her bills despite the financial limits.
Prosperous on $9
A woman recalls marrying a man who earned nine dollars a week and notes happiness through simple living. They keep chickens and a garden, save for sickness, and avoid expensive habits as the husband neither smokes nor drinks. She sews hats and underwear.
Interesting Sewing Circle Letters Set for Sunday Post
Several of the most engaging letters to the Sewing Circle will be published in Sunday's Post, offering readers a window into craft ideas, techniques, and community voices.
Methodist Editors Questioning Conference Etiquette
May 28 report from Minneapolis notes delegates wonder if Dr. C M Leinster of Baltimore editor of the Daily Christian Advocate is joking. A verse on yesterday’s editorial page asks why officials do not heed a wise owl’s quiet wisdom. Leinster refused to comment.
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Methodists
Minneapolis
C. M. Leiister
Baltimore
Daily Christian Advocate
General Conference of the Methodist Church
Leinster
Pastors Back Health Certificate Plan for Marriage
In Chicago on May 28, 200 Protestant clergymen from federated churches approved a proposal by Dean Sumner urging ministers to require a health certificate alongside a marriage license. The meeting adopted a resolution calling pastors to promote public support for the plan, though no unified rules were set.
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Chicago
Ill
Dean Sumner
Federated Churches of the City
Fire at Metropolitan Mattress Company Burns Fourth Floor
A blaze at the Metropolitan Mattress Company factory on Commercial Street caused a total loss of 3500 dollars. The fire started on the fourth floor where several workers were present. they escaped with the proprietor Abraham Schimmel and Miss B Polsky among others. Fire crews from five steamers and other units responded to the alarm.
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Metropolitan Mattress Company
Commercial Street
Abraham Schimmel
Harry Ralph
Schimmel
B. Polsky
Lorimer Seeks Delay as Fight for Seat Persists
Washington May 28 Senator Lorimer telegraphed Senator Kern asking his case not be called up for the present and expressing hope to return soon to Washington He said he wanted to speak but did not feel able to do so now Senator Ikkern said he could not say his reply until consulting colleagues who oppose Lorimer in the contest for the seat
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Washington
Lorimer
Kern
Ikkern
Illinois
Percy the mechanical man nails shingles on roof
Percy the mechanical man from the Sunday Post comic section returns next Sunday to tackle roof work. The scene promises a humorous snapshot as he attempts to nail shingles and finds mischief awaits.
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Percy
The
Sunday Post
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