Thanksgiving tale of gifts and sour divided dinners
A letter signer recounts offering fruit and nuts to a friend’s family for three years, only to find the turkey bones and desserts gone when visiting the ice chest. The writer laments rising living costs for homemakers and notes higher prices in the country versus cities, urging frugal help. The signer identifies as LANSING and voices concern for young housekeepers managing limited incomes.
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Maine
Europe
Lansing
Dorothy Q
Mr. Right
Household counsel on thrift for couples with limited incomes
Readers share practical tips for managing a frugal home with scarce resources. A college boy's mother, a widow, and a seasoned homemaker offer advice on budgeting, shopping, dress, and sewing to stretch $12 a week, raise children, and keep health and dignity.
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Millicent
Interesting Letters From the Sewing Circle Featured Sunday Post
The Sunday Post prints some of the most engaging letters to the Sewing Circle, highlighting reader opinions and community sewing room chatter in a lively reflective feature.
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Sewing Circle
Sunday Post
Over the Wire A Little Chat on Style
Dorothy Lola describes a past three year absence Westward and praises her matronly charm in sage green taffeta gown with a surplice bodice long pointed front and back tassel sleeves and a long skirt with a Georgette crepe overskirt. She invites tea tomorrow to meet her sister in law.
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Lola
After Suffering Comes Light in Faithful Verse
Poetic meditation on enduring sorrow and endurance, contrasting storms with sun and spring. It frames pain as a path to growth and spiritual reward, noting how hardship yields strength, joy, and eventual peace. The piece links earthly trials to heavenly reward and hopeful renewal.
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Earth
Advice on Love and Sentiment for a Widow
Dear Miss Champagne counsels a 50 year old widow torn between a poor suitor who loves her and concerns about his motives. She should test his ability to support her, consider love over property, and seek companionship while avoiding a rushed marriage until her feelings are clear.
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Miss Champagne
Letter to the Editor questions naval parity in 1812 war
An reader challenges claims of US naval superiority in 1812 asking for figures. The Waterfront Man notes US navy had 12 ships and minor gunboats versus England's about 1000 ships. A second letter asks how many children King George had, listing Edward as Prince of Wales and Albert Victoria Henry George and John.
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England
United States Navy
King George of
Edward
Prince of Wales
Albert
Victoria
Henry
George
John
Fanny Hart’s Hearty Onion Soup Note
A recipe note from Mrs. Fanny Hart of 91 Albion Street South Medford advises slicing salt pork into 1-2 inch squares and simmering with water and 12 onions. Finish with a well beaten egg and serve at once. Other meats may be used if desired.
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Fanny Hart
Albion Street
South
Medford
Temps Claims Pledge to the U S Violated
Paris May 28 The torpedoing of the Italian steamship Moravia by a German submarine May 25 is a formal contravention of German engagements in the May 4 note to the United States Germany will likely seek to justify the act according to Temps reporter and adds that the move may strain relations with Washington.
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Paris
Mediterranean
Temps
Germany
Monument for First French Victim of the War
Paris May 25 A national subscription has begun to fund a monument at Joncherey Haut Rhin to Jules Andre Peugeot corporal Sixth Company Forty Fourth Infantry the first French war casualty He was killed Aug 2 1914 after firing at a German patrol and wounding its lieutenant while guarding the Faverois road line.
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Paris
Joncharey
Department
Haut Rhin
Jules Andre Peugeot
Forty- Fourth
Peugeot
Faverois
Stove topples on baby injuring child in Quincy
Seventeen month old John Vienoh son of Mr and Mrs Max Pienoh of 3 Sargent's Lane Quincy lost three teeth and sustained head injuries when a parlor stove fell on him yesterday afternoon. He was taken to Quincy Hospital for observation for other possible injuries.
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John Vienoh
Max Pienoh
Sargent’s Lane
Quincy
Quincy Hospital
You Should Know More About Your Own Country
Travel ad highlights a summer tour of Yellowstone National Park via Gardiner Gateway and the Northern Pacific Railway. Includes Rocky Mountain and Cascade scenery, Rainier National Park, Alaska cruise option, and escorted tours with daily through trains from Chicago and other cities. Contact C. J. Foster in Boston for free literature.
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Gardiner Gateway
Northern Pacific
American Rockies
Cascade Mountains
Chicago
St Paul
Minneapolis
Kansans City
St. Louis
Yellowstone Park
Gardiner
North Pacific Coast
C. J. Foster
Dist. Pass. Agt
Old South Bidg
Boston
Mass
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