The Cucumber Caper and the Engagement Surprise
Eleanor Nelson storms at Phil Gordon over frost bitten cucumbers then confesses love. He returns early from Europe to reveal plans for a villa and their engagement. The piece ends with a note about Paris hat designs in next Sunday’s Post.
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Eleanor Nelson
Miss Dyer
Mumsie
Ellen
Phil Gordon
Phil
Eleanor
Nelson
Philip Gordon
Europe
Gordon
Ags Breanor
Leanor
Paris
Honest Advertising Warns on Castoria Counterfeits
A dated advertisement urges buyers to seek the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher on Castoria to avoid imitations. It emphasizes Fletcher’s thirty years of supervision and Castoria as a trusted remedy for infants and children, cautioning against inferior fake products.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
Mr. Fletcher
Sewing Circle Forum for Boston Post Readers
The Sewing Circle is a regular Boston Post department serving as a woman’s forum for New England home makers. Topics include home life, domestic problems, family care, baby care, household economy, and gardening. Correspondents may use pen names and should write on one side of the page.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New Englan
Boston Post
Wisdom of Folly by Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler
Poem fragment in which a speaker rejects cynicism about roses and apple tarts. They defend personal joy and inner optimism, insist on bright inner clouds, and mock critics while praising self made idols and Shakespearean wisdom about a merry heart.
Shiftless Yet Happy Household Philosophy
A letter contrasts two sisters with different approaches to housework. One toils as the model housekeeper, the other embraces ease and shiftlessness, arguing modern efficiency, simpler meals, hardwood floors, fewer decorations, and fewer dishes to reduce labor.
Make This and Try It for Coughs
Instructional ad describing a home cough syrup recipe using Pinex and sugar syrup. Claims rapid relief within 24 hours for ordinary coughs and usefulness for whooping cough and bronchitis. Promotes Pinex concentrate and guarantees satisfaction with a refund. Provides supplier details and mailing address.
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Norway
United States
Canada
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
A Spinster of 37 and Views on Morality and Women
A selection of letters discusses morality and gender roles. A 37 year old woman writes about penalties for youthful misconduct and the social effects on behavior. A reader questions why women bosses seem harsher, noting feminine strictness and avoidance of flirtation.
How She Got Her Pin Money Dear Sewing Circle
A reader shares two home earning ideas during a barber strike era note. A girl shaves her brother and father for a penny per shave plus a nickel tip, then describes grape vine cultivation yielding 32 bushels sold at one dollar each.
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Father
Brother
Sweet Sixteen
The Double Moral Standard and a Woman’s Fear
A correspondent writes under The Double Moral Standard accusing women of driving others to dissipation. She recalls wanting to stay on the straight and narrow to avoid rejection by her mother and sister if she associated with people of bad reputation.
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Dear Sewing Circle
Marriage as partnership guides finances in 1920s letters
A wife explains shared finances with her husband after leaving her job to move 100 miles away. They budget jointly, replace old routines with careful spending, and have saved for a future farm while maintaining happiness through open discussion before purchases.
The Daly Ditt y: Gentlemanly Heroes of the Navy
A humorous verse sketch satirizes naval manners and class codes as officers debate proper conduct and style while facing a comical foe. The piece parodies the clash between decorum and wartime readiness, highlighting pretension aboard the ship.
The Business of Life and Other New Books
A critique notes Rob ert W Chambers new volume The Business of Life beside In the Quarter, praising the older book for real feeling and character. It also discusses Coningsby Dawson The Garden Without Walls and The Workers, praising its prose and color, while raising questions about the hero’s moral focus. Alfred Noyes is accused of borrowing a line from Kipling in Old English Fleets in the Yale Review.
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Robert W. Chambers
Mr. Chambers
Chambers Hall
Lterary
Boston
Coningsby Dawson
Mr. Dawson
Alfred Noyes
Kipling
Yale Review
England
Submarines Begin 48-Hour Steaming Test in Sound
The second group of Atlantic submarine flotilla vessels E1 D1 D2 D3 and S accompany the tender Tonapah left Newport for a two day steaming test on Long Island Sound. Officers and men will stay aboard the subs throughout the test. After completion they proceed to the North River New York for a weeks long anchorage.
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Newport
R. I
Long Island Sound
Atlantic Submarine Flotilla
North River
New York
Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty to Arson
Coventry resident John A. Shippee pleaded guilty in the Sixth District Court to arson for setting fire to the Merino mills owned by Joslin Manufacturing Company. He was held in four thousand dollars for the grand jury.
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Providence
R. Fr
John A. Shippee
Coventry
Sixth
Joslin Manufacturing Company
Comic Duo Parade in Post Next Sunday
The comics section promises a lively strip featuring Tiny Tads Noahzark Muggsy Willie Gasolene Gus and Dolly Dimple in next Sunday's Post.
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Tiny Tads
Noahzark
Muggsy
Willie
Gasolene
Gus
Dolly Dimple
Next Sunday
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Ghort Indy Tory
Tay Post
Anna Shaw Gifford
York Village
The
Centaur Company
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Ifr
Dour
Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler
Sodom
Shakspeare
By Knowles
Wilds
Partner
Daly
T. A. Daly
Navy
Rhode Island
St. Louis Supply Co
Water St
Spring Lane
Mark H. Jackson
Gurney
Syracuse, N.Y
Riday
Luna
Rudolph Mertin
Washington St
Adams House
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