Girl Makes 45-Foot High Dive in Boston Channel
About 3000 spectators on the Dover Street Bridge watched Jean Sutherland of the Brookline Swimming Club dive 45 feet into 38 degree water. She swam 100 yards to a ladder, dressed in a plain red one piece. Harvard’s Dr. Sargent called her the nearest to the perfect woman. The stunt drew cheers. no man has done such a dive this time of year. Lifeguards and local boatmen watched for safety. Sutherland, 22, was to perform at the National Theatre theater that week. She suffered no ill effects from the cold water.
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Jean Sutherland
Brookline Swimming Club
Sargent
Harvard
Boston
Edward Canavan
Revere
L Street
Miss Sutherland
National Theatre
Annette Kellermann
Sewing Circle: Home Makers Forum in Boston Post
The Sewing Circle section invites New England homemakers to discuss domestic topics. It covers home management, baby care, household economy, gardening, and related issues. Correspondents may use pen names and write on one side of the page.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
A Sensible Husband and Fashion Woes in Letters
Readers weigh in on a husband earning 45 dollars weekly who wants his wife to wear his first wife's clothes two years out of style. Replies urge better dress and question the husband’s stinginess, while one writer suggests charity to the poor. A separate note recalls a girl’s hair being cut as a lesson in obedience.
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Gertrude
Troubled mother warns girl at fourteen about obedience
A narrator recalls a memory of a fourteen year old girl who taught obedience, recounting a warning from a mother about a looming calamity if the instruction is not followed. The fragment hints at a moral takeaway and personal impact from early guidance.
Loves the Wrong One Dear Sisters of the Circle
A young woman in her twenties seeks guidance from the circle about an engagement to one man while loving another. She fears choosing between her fiancé who worships her and the man she truly loves as her wedding day nears. She asks for urgent advice.
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Sisters of the Circle
To Leave Home Or School A 16 Year Old Seeks Advice
A 16 year old girl in a small town writes about living with an 18 year old brother who dominates the home. He forbids study, abuses her, and urges work while she nears completing high school. She appeals for guidance from a sewing circle.
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Little Town
Student Faces Dilemma Over Education and Work
A person debates whether to quit school to work or relocate to continue schooling. The note asks whether to leave home and seek a place to live that would allow completion of their studies.
Opening Another's Letters to Little Mother
A reader argues that a wife has perfect right to open her husband letters and that a husband should not keep letters he would fear to show his wife. Claribel defends transparent relationship norms.
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Claribel
Sensible husband challenged over wife’s wardrobe
A letter from Independence criticizes a man who earns 45 a week for suggesting his wife wear outdated clothes. The writer mocks the husband for relying on his first wife’s outfits and urges the husband to accept his wife’s smart stance instead. The column invites more reader responses.
Sewing Circle Letters Appear in the Sunday Post
Readers note sewing circle letters also appear in the Sunday Post alongside other community notices. The item highlights ongoing craft discussion and local participation in sewing projects.
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The
Sunday Post
Letter to the Editor Defends Liberty and Property Association
A Maine correspondent responds to a Boston Post article alleging capital backed anti socialism. The letter clarifies that 29 Broadway is not Standard Oil and explains the American Liberty and Property Association promotes liberty and equal rights without class legislation.
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Maine
Boston Post of Today
American Liberty and Property Association
Broadway
New York City
Standard Oil Building
Twenty
Standard Oil Company
M. Murray
New York
Dedham Auto Crash Suit Settled for 300 Dollars
Mary A Bullard of Dedham and Thomas J Shannon of Woburn reached an out of court settlement in the suit seeking 15000 dollars for injuries from a Washington street Dedham automobile accident. The case was settled for 300 dollars.
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Dedham
Mary A. Bullard
Thomas J. Shannon
Woburn
Shannon
Washington Street
Old Fashioned Cakes and Breakfast Eggs Recipes
Classic home kitchen notes show recipes for marble cake chocolate loaf and ribbon cake with cocoa layers, breakfast eggs in hot milk over buttered toast, and pearl tapioca pudding with raisins. Recipes credited to Mrs H W Appleton Sturbridge Mrs G C Robinson Winchester and Elizabeth P Emery Natick.
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H. W. Appleton
Turner
G. C. Robinson
Hancock Street
Winchester
Elizabeth P. Emery
Bacon Street
Natick
Retiring Superintendent Receives Car in Portland Division Tribute
William Merritt, retired after 56 years as superintendent of the Portland division of the Boston and Maine railroad, was honored by a 35 horsepower Warren touring car presented by division employees. A special committee organized the testimonial and drove to Merritt’s home for the presentation, with speeches praising his service.
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William Merritt
Portland
Boston & Maine Railroad
Portland div
A. Colby
Ster
D. A. Smith
Ls Shaw
George K. Thornton
A. P. Milliken
F. D. Morey
Weneray
New York
Schooners Collide in Machias Bay
In Machiasport Me on November 23 a collision damaged two schooners, the Josie of Machias a lumber laden two masted craft bound for Salem and the British vessel Valdare of Digby. No injuries reported and details pending from harbor authorities.
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Machiasport
Machias Bay
Josie
Machias
Salem
Valdare
Digby
Among the Churches of Greater Boston
The Rev. Charles F. Rice of Dorchester was elected president of the Massachusetts Federation of Churches at Tremont Temple. The federation unites 13 denominations to coordinate church work. Other officers and leaders across Baptist, Congregational, Disciples, Methodist, Episcopal, Unitarian and Universalist groups are named.
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Charles F. Rice
Winthrop Street
Dorchester
Massachusetts Federation of Churches
Tremont Temple
Federation
Disciples, Friends
A. M. E. Zion
New Jerusalem
Reven Thomas
D. D
O. P. Gifford
Samuel A. Eliot
George’ Hodges
Charles H. Watson
Herbert A. Manchester
John J. Walker
Stork Visits Pauline Again at White House
Pauline Wayne the White House cow, given to President Taft, welcomed a second visit from the stork in Washington on November 23. The calf, named Pauline, was reportedly calved only a few minutes after arrival, with a prior birth occurring weeks earlier. Senator Isaac Stephens of Wisconsin is noted as the donor of the cow to Taft.
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Washington
Pauline Wayne
White House
Taft
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
Stork
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