Missing wall paper mystery on Pleasant Street Worcester
In Worcester a missing wall paper case unfolds as Mrs Williamson recalls ordering a rose patterned print that vanishes after delivery. An amateur detective uncovers the husband countermanded the order to avoid sharing the truth with his wife, prompting moral counsel and a cheaper alternative.
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Mrs. Williamson
Algy
Brighton
Miss Brown
Algernon Williamson
Williamson
Elvil
Emnat
Stickney & Poor's Spices Retain Their Aroma
Stickney & Poor's spices keep their aroma even after twenty years due to the brand’s choice quality and a cutting grinding process. The line includes mustard pepper cinnamon cloves ginger mace pimento sage savory marjoram celery salt curry powder paprika tapioca nutmeg cassia allspice mixed spice pastry spice turmeric thyme soda cream of tartar rice flour potato flour sausage seasoning poultry seasoning and flavoring extracts. Write for onsets of receipts, you will be delighted with.
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Stickney & Poor's
Sewing Circle: A Woman's Own Forum in Boston Post
The Sewing Circle serves as a regular department for home makers in New England to discuss domestic topics and seek advice. Readers may use noms de plume and address letters to the Sewing Circle Editor, with a tone of helpful guidance and family focus.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Poems for Bour Scrap Book Father
Edmund Vance Cooke presents Father from The Uncommon Commoner and Similar Songs of Democracy. He emphasizes daily virtue over grand institutions. He praises the man who funds and supports a family as essential social work.
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Edmund Vance Cooke
Judge Rules for Miss Henry in Sister Care Suit
Municipal Civil Court ruled in favor of Jennie Henry of Hanson in a suit brought by her sister Isabella Loughead of Warren Street for 847 dollars. Loughead claimed care duties and half the furniture cost. Henry testified she kept house and faced scolding and abuse.
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Wentworth
Jennie Henry
Hanson
Isabella Loughead
Warren Street
Loughead
New England must back steamship line, reader urges action
A Boston letter to the Editor from October 1913 recounts a Port Directors meeting with railroad and steamship officials. D C Ives of the Chamber of Commerce pushed for stronger industrial support to create a New England steam line built and run with New England capital and labor.
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D. C. Ives
Chamber of Commerce
New England
New York
D. Hashagen
Boston
Paragraphs on Fads and Fashions Highlight Silhouettes and Accessories
Fashion notes describe wired tunics and tiered trims shaping the hip line, and the decline of stiff corsets in favor of gowns that reveal natural curves. A single five to six inch corsage flower, long scarfs of velvet or satin with fur borders, and high lace or tulle collars are in style. The peg top silhouette dominates evening wraps and knee length tunics appear in afternoon dresses.
Record Catch of Mackerel Near Ipswich Bay
Gloucester reports a historic mackerel haul as 1100 barrels were landed from boats at the mouth of the Annisquam River Ipswich Bay. Each fish weighed about three quarters of a pound with 500 mackerel per barrel. The R J Killie took 150 barrels in three hours as crews rushed ice to cold stores amid barrel shortages and nearshore rocks.
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Gloucester
Annisauam
Ipswich Bay
R. J. Killie
Harvard Crimson Elects Officers For Year
At its first meeting of the year the Harvard Crimson elected a full slate of officers. President W. C. Brown Jr managing editor A. C. Smith secretary Robert W. Chubb, editors J. A. Henderson R. S. Grinnell and others. Business manager S. Shotter assistant business manager J. H. Baker circulation manager Samuel F. Greeley.
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Harvard Crimson
Crimson
W. C. Brown, Jr
A. C. Smith
Robert W. Chubb
Frederick L. Cole
Fletcher Graves
Thorpe D. Nesbit
J. A. Henderson
R. S. Grinnell
J. P. Brown
J. B. Conani
Richardson Morris
F. H. Canaday
R. Macintosh
George F. Plimpton
J. Fl. Leighton
P. B. Potter
T. M. Gallie
G. H. Williams
R. C. Fenn
R. M. Hersey
H. WH. Edgerton
S. Hall, Jr
Edward Reynolds, Jr
D. H. Ingraham
E. H. Forman
L. W. Devereux
S. ©. Shotter
J. H. Baker
Samuel F. Greeley
Debates on wives finances and the double standard in marriage
Readers share views on whether a wife should have spending money or an allowance, with tales of equal rights, motherhood, and frugal homemaking. Contributors discuss consequences for marriages, gender roles, and the pursuit of a happy home over material indulgence.
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Newton
Woman's Inhumanity to Woman in the Sewing Circle
A reader laments female supervision over years of wage work comparing it to male bosses. The letter sets up a discussion of workplace dynamics and gender relations within a sewing circle context.
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Sewing Circle
Letters From The Sewing Circle Highlight Sunday Post Pieces
The Sunday Post prints a selection of the Sewing Circle’s most engaging letters. Readers share tips, project ideas, and community notes tied to sewing crafts and circle gatherings.
Problems in House Cleaning and Nursery Stencil Designs
The homes page of next Sunday's Post features articles on cleaning problems, stencil designs for the nursery, and hints on the training of children.
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Next Sunday's Post
Flies Endure Despite August Swats From Uncle Walt
In verse by Walt Mason from 1913 the speaker laments the persistent flies that outlast relentless swatting efforts. He recalls evenings of toil, swatting rituals, and a weary October finish as millions of insects continue to buzz and bite, leaving a cryptic note on the futility of human labor.
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Bluebottle
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Beau Brummel Queen of Fashion and a Silent Moral Side
A sketch notes Beau Brummel as London’s fashion tyrant of early 19th century society while highlighting his humane, sensible traits. It cites a published sentimental letter to an unnamed Lady Jane showing remorse for a glove incident and a plea for mercy.
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George Bryan Brummel
Beau Brummel
London
Prince of Wales
George IV
Jane
George Brummel
Classic Tomato Ginger Syrup and Apple Puff Pastry Dish
A collection of home recipes includes peeling and pickling green tomatoes in a ginger syrup with sugar vinegar and spices, baked apple layers with cloves and molasses, and a simple white fish soup enriched with milk and an egg. Names and addresses accompany each dish.
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L. A. Barker
Bethel
Harvard Glee Club Holds Tryouts in Holden Chapel
More than 50 undergraduates answered the call for tryouts for the Harvard Glee Club. Each candidate sang a solo in Holden chapel to determine fitness for membership. Successful singers join a tour of the Fast and Middle West during the Christmas vacation.
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Harvard
College Yard
Glee Club
Holden Chapel
Fast
Middle West
George Gibbs Delivers New Madcap Serial Chapter
The Sun Daily previews George Gibbs new Madcap installment in the Post Magazine following last week’s cliffhanger.
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George Gibbs
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