Sewing Circle letters discuss marriage the money side
In Boston Post Sewing Circle a widow describes demanding a $1000 bank deposit and weekly $5 allowance before remarriage, while others debate love and money in marriage. Readers share tips on housekeeping roles and gender expectations, stressing devotion and mutual respect.
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Schooner Emma Southard Sunk in Gardiner Bay Gale
The two masted schooner Emma Southard sank in Gardiner Bay during yesterday’s gale off New London. The Scott company began lifting operations to recover the vessel. The Southard sailed from New York and measures 72 tons.
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New Paris Robe in Old Blue Supple Satin Debuts
Paris May 28 Margaine La Croit created a charming robe in old blue supple satin combining dress and cape wrap in a large roll collar behind. Sleeves follow the Japanese armhole and are full length for street wear, with a skirt ample for walking yet narrowed near the ankles. Ornamentation is three large buttons at sides and front cor sage.
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Paris
Margaine la Croit
Ice Forces Liners Upon Southerly Route
London May 28 Steamship companies decide to briefly alter routes due to ice in the north Atlantic. Vessels will temporarily move to a more southerly track to avoid ice and maintain Atlantic service.
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London
North Atlantic
A Joke That Paid By Mrs H Evelyn Barton
Barbara Ellis helps her gravely ill mother regain strength by diverting her mind with a plan devised by Uncle John. The scheme leads Mrs Ellis to take up work again and convince Dr Morris her care is no longer needed, paving the way for Barbara to marry Philip in an early fall wedding.
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John Osborne
Barbara Ellis
Western
Margaret
Barbara
Mrs. Ellis
Philip
Ellis
John
Catholic Church Hotel Hosts 50th Home Anniversary Festival
The annual festival benefiting the Home for Destitute Catholic Children will be held in Mechanics Building under the Ladies' Aid Society patronage. Forty hours of services begin in 14 diocese churches, and a whist party by the Holy Name Society of Evangelist, Winthrop, follows at St. John's Hall. Tomorrow in Germantown a South Boston priest will be ordained and celebrate his first solemn high mass at St Augustine's. A Cohasset Harbor shipwreck memorial will be unveiled at Central Cemetery with Tessie St John, descendant of the lone survivor, unveiling the stone.
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Mechanics
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Paul's
Dorchester
Church of Our Lady of Cedars of Mount Lebanon
Tyler Street
South End
Church of the Sacred Heart
Malden
St. Joseph’s
Lynn
Brockton
Middleboro
St. Bridget's
Maynard
Church of the Holy Ghost
Whitman
St. Patrick's
Academy of the Assumption
Wellesley Hills
Holy Name Society of the Parish
Winthrop
St. John’s Hall
Germantown
Penn
James D. Sterritt
Congregation of the Mission
South Boston
St. Augustine's Church
Cohasset Harbor
Central Cemetery
Cohasset
Tessie St. John
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