Myra's Surprise Represents A Village Romance
Myra Allen Grace Skillings grows from a wary schoolgirl into a bride as Aunt Myra's playful plan leads to a surprise party and a confession from a tall admirer. The tale follows Myra's coming of age with family, neighbors, and a ring signaling engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra
Myra Gray
Myra Allen
Grace Allen
Grace Skillings
Grandma
Tello
Aunt Myra
Myra Skillings
Sewing Circle Discusses Wives Rights and Marriage Roles
A reader letter to the Sewing Circle in the Boston Post argues that marriage should not confine women to housework and child care. The writer urges financial independence for wives and supports equal rights within marriage, noting education and welfare work as avenues for women’s progress.
Why Forgive One and Not the Other
Dear Sewing Circle letters discuss double standards in forgiveness between men and women. A Spartan Mother argues it is right to forgive a man but not a woman, noting civilization’s shift on misconduct and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra
Shorne
Gracie
Grace
Osborne
Billy
Katie
Little Ick
Ben
Tfnly
Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Radcliffe
Copley Square
Congress of World s Purity Federation set in Minneapolis
B S Stead man of La Crosse Wis president of the world s purity federation has prepared the programme for the seventh annual congress to be held in Minneapolis from November 7 to November 12. Educators ministers and social workers from across the United States and foreign countries will deliver addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
B. S. Steadman
la Crosse
Wis
World’s Purity Federation
United States
Steamship Adventure Runs Aground In Dense Fog Off Rehoboth
In thick fog the small freight steamer Adventure ran aground two miles off Rehoboth Delaware. En route from Wabana Newfoundland with iron ore to Philadelphia, the vessel floated at high water with low tide. Revenue cutter Seneca and four fishing steamers aided the ship.
Missing 16 year old Frederica Miller sought by New York police
At the request of Mr and Mrs Frederick Miller of 20 Sprague Street Providence Rhode Island the New York police dispatched a general alarm for their 16 year old daughter Frederica who disappeared from home on July 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frederick Miller
Sprague Street
Providence
R. I
Millers
Frederica
Dear Sewing Circle argues against wives wages
A sister signing as Copley Square argues that a bride devoted to her husband and children has no need for an allowance, claiming every cent should go to the family and that wives deserve no separate wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copley Square
A Woman of Experience Warns Against Temptation
The narrator argues that young women fear social condemnation for visiting cheap dance halls. She notes refined girls hesitate on the verge of temptation, saved not by morals but by fear of social forgiveness. The piece closes with the line a woman of experience.
Letters From The Sewing Circle Draw Reader Praise
The Sunday Post highlights the Sewing Circle letters as among the most interesting readers send in. The feature showcases community voices and everyday topics shared by the audience.
Speaker Clark Hurt in Railroad Crash
Speaker Clark returns to Washington badly bruised after an engine crashed into his sleeping car in Pittsburg yards. He escaped serious injury, but suffered a blow to the head, bruises near an eye, a head welt, and a strained shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Speaker Clark
Pittsburg
Porter held for beating Colonel Supplee on train
Benjamin Harrell, a Pullman porter, was held in $1500 bail in New York police court on felonious assault charges for beating Colonel Frank Supplee, Civil War veteran and Army and Navy Club resident, after Supplee complained about shoe shine on a New York Central train. Supplee was taken to Bellevue Hospital with facial injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Benjamin Harrel
New York Central
Frank Supplee
Army and Navy Club
Supplee
Bellevue Hospital
See there’s the trail to Sunnydale
The poem urges moving toward Sunnydale with hopeful lines about happiness as a habit. It contrasts rosy skies with sorrow, encourages climbing the hill despite hardship, and ends with a call to seize the trail and stay optimistic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnydale
Detectives Seek Blood Money Buried Near Tijuana
Detectives head to Tijuana California to locate $500 said to be buried there by Burr L. Harris the man who confessed to killing Mrs Rebecca P Gay a Christian Science practitioner from Los Angeles Harris provided precise directions claiming the money paid for the crime
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Tijuana
Cal
Burr
L. Harris
Rebecca P. Gay
Harris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chort
Bunny Post
Florence G. Beal
Pool Road
Brttdeford, Me
Liz
The
Hester
Sareran Sackny
Stickney & Poor
Stickney~ & Poor Spice CO
State St
Boston
the National Mustard
Congress OF World's Purity Federation
Ross BrOs
Fiwai
LA France
Porter
Medina
Tremont Street
Joyce Bros. &Co
Joyce Bros.&co
Ee Joyce Bros. & CO
Serge
Messaline
Charmeuse
Crepe de Chine
Chiffon
Poplin
Chinchilla
Astrachan
Washington ST
Hollis ST
Pleasant St
Malden
Mass
Granite St
Quincy
Elm St
Quoyce Bros. &Co
Robert W. Service
Cc. E. Osgood CO
New
Liberal Credit
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!