Sewing Circle Yalter and Boston Post forum for home problems
A woman’s forum in the Boston Daily and Sunda Post invites readers to discuss home life, domestic difficulties, family matters, and household economy. Correspondents may use pen names and give one-sided letters, addressed to Sewing Circle Yalter, Boston Post. An independent spouse theme appears in the piece.
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Sewing Circle
Boston Daily
Sunda Post
Newland
Yalter
Boston Post
Bachelor friends and housewives face unequal entertainments
A reader from Beacon Hill urges balance in hosting duties within married life. She describes fifteen years of hosting bachelor friends who rarely reciprocate and asks if others experience similar one sided expectations and if women should be invited out more often.
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Beacon Hill
Harsh View on Wives Earning Money After Marriage
A columnist denounces wives who expect regular allowances, urging them to earn their own income. The writer lists options such as selling preserves, nursing, and baking bread to support themselves and maintain financial independence.
Don’t Rush Into Marriage Warns Experienced Wife
A letter from an experienced wife cautions readers about marriage. She describes a 12 year union with five children and two who died, noting her husband’s stinginess, child-night disturbances, and her own self reliance making all clothes for the family. She advises caution to young women.
Dear Sisters of the Circle Advice to Women on Men
The letter urges women to refrain from quick judgement when approached by strange men and notes that some men bow or speak without reason. It blames social standards and pressures for men to act freely and asks women to be flawless to avoid false impressions.
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Paul
Equal Morals For The Sexes And Safe Greetings
A woman with motherly advice argues for equal standards of morals between men and women. She suggests men prove restraint and women stay true to high motives, endorsing friendly greetings over kissing as safe and sane. Children’s kisses may be avoided due to germs, she adds.
A Woman’s Cure for Unwanted Attention in Public
A letter-writer recounts luring a persistent suitor to her husband’s office, where a temperamentally fierce clerk roughs him up in the hallway. A policeman asks about pressing charges, and the man declines, claiming the encounter settled the matter. The piece ends with the signer identifying as the mother of four boys.
A Daughter of the Hub Defends Boston Flirt Etiquette
A Boston reader declares she is 25 percent defensive about street flirting and attests to never being harassed on daily commutes. She credits respectful behavior from men, notes smokers’ seats calm when ladies ride, and argues that annoyed women wear loud clothing.
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Sewing Circle
Boston
Roxbury
HUB
A Warning Voice on Kissing and Friendship Rules
A reader admonishes against kissing outside one’s family circle urging better conduct. The piece emphasizes self restraint, proper example for the young, and cites Paul to justify avoiding temptations to preserve friendships and moral integrity.
Vanishing Husband Sparks Sewing Circle Debate
Members of the Sewing Circle pore over letters responding to a scientist who claims the best marriages start with love at first sight. The exchange highlights trust, romance, and skepticism within the group as they discuss fate versus choice.
Among the Churches of Greater Boston
A Boston church notices column recounts a young woman's vanished fiancé and a late 19th century marriage, then lists church events. notes on Brotherhood leaders, world tour plans, a Jamaica Plain lecture, Epworth League rally, girls recreation classes, Baptist centennial programs and exhibits.
Dear Sisters We Mothers Are Greater Than Angels
A letter extols motherhood as a sacred stewardship and central to moral influence. It contrasts born human frailty with a wife and mother’s righteous labor, urging readers to persevere for God, family, and country. The writer notes mothers as uncrowned queens and cites a Chicago society leader quote to elevate maternal work.
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America
Chicago
Letters to the Sewing Circle Highlighted in Sunday Post
The Sunday Post features a collection of notable letters to the Sewing Circle. Readers share tips, projects, and community updates showcasing crafting enthusiasm and neighborhood connection.
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The
Sunday Post
Prisoner Dies En Route to Court in East Boston
Herman Homekamp aged 62 of 6 Pope Street East Boston was arrested for drunkenness and, while being taken from the police station to arraignment, fell ill in the prisoners van. He died after reaching East Boston Relief Hospital. Medical Examiner Magrath cited apoplexy as the cause.
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Herman Homekamp
Pope Street
East Boston
Magrath
Burglars Blow Open Norton Post Office Safe
Norton residents woke to a post office burglary early today as thieves forced open the safe and carried away about 1000 in stamps and cash. Police link the break in to a gang suspected of hitting eastern Massachusetts post offices in recent weeks.
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Norton
Massachusetts
Pape's Diapepsin Offers Quick Stomach Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a safe remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims rapid digestion of meals, relief from heartburn and gas within five minutes, and asserts a cure for various stomach disorders with a fifty cent case.
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United States
England
Canada
Pape
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