Sewing Circle Letters Reveal Household Struggles and Modern Dilemmas
A Boston Post Sewing Circle section shares letters from readers about marriage, money, and home life. Wives seek advice on budgeting and independence while others discuss car plans, child adoption, and maintaining friendships amid domestic duties. The tone is practical and reflective of 1910s domestic concerns.
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Eee
Boston Daily and
Sunday Post
New England
Boston Post
Letters to the Sewing Circle Highlighted in Sunday Post
The Sunday Post features a collection of noted letters to the Sewing Circle. Readers share crafts tips, patterns, and community notes reflecting the era's domestic life and social bonds.
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Sunday Post
Thirteen Men on the Schmidt Jury
A jury of thirteen men will be empanelled to try Matthew A Schmidt for murder in connection with the destruction of the Los Angeles Times building. The 18th man is to serve as a substitute in case of illness or death.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Matthew A. Schmidt
Los Angeles Times
America Thy Sons Poem Excerpt for Scrap Book
Poem praising sons who once opposed each other now standing strong as free feet are blessed by the world. Robes gleam gold and wings symbolize liberty while conquering hosts shake thrones and pinnacles.
Catching Any Roses and Sunshine Bentztown Verse
A Bentztown Bard piece echoes playful questions about catching happiness love and sunlit scenes. It contrasts sunshine with gloom and urges seizing youth and joy through imagery of fishers and moonlight, weaving repeated inquiries into a light lyric.
Fadsan and Fashions Parade Brighten Childrens Wear
Paragraph notes dress trends for children emphasizing mixed materials, waistline shaping, crown trimmed hats with pom poms, velvet turbans, thick loom knitted cloth for sport suits, and a shift to dark colors like African brown green and field mouse gray. Furs in natural cross fox browns and Gros de Londres silk reappear in outfits.
Homemaker recipes and tips from Mrs Sara MacNeil and Mrs Harold Bent
Two home style recipes from Nova Scotia women, one for light part cake and spice cake with eggs and spices, another for squash flavored biscuits. Includes ingredient lists, mixing method, baking notes, and contact addresses for Mrs Sara MacNeil of Pugwash and Mrs Harold L Bent of Providence.
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Sara MacNeil
Harold L. Bent
New York Avenue
Providence
Wet Weather Requests Rain Prayers in 1915 Verse
Poet Walt Mason laments ceaseless rain harming homes and daily life. He recalls a time when people prayed for rain, noting leaky roofs, soaked streets, and stuck doors as the nuisance grows in his whirling verse.
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Walt Mason
Adams Newspaper
Household Hints and Craft Tips From Local Readers
Instructions on mending sheets and cleaning carpets plus crafts for lace bows and muffs. Miss Elsie P. Martin shares sheet repair tips from Kearsarge Inn in Warner New Hampshire. Gladys Salisbury offers carpet cleaning methods using salt water ammonia alum or soda. Mrs M B Dorward suggests crocheted dollys from Irish crochet bows and fashion notes on serge outfits and Titan bound edges.
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Elsie P. Martin
Kearsarge Inn
Warner
N. H
Gladys Salisbury
Pawtucket Avenue
Pawtucket
Ehids
M. BE. Dorward
McKinley Memorial Cornerstones to Be Laid November 20
President Joseph G. Butler Jr of the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Association announced that the memorial cornerstones will be laid on Saturday November 20 in Niles Ohio. The project aims to honor President William McKinley at his birthplace site.
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Youngstown, CO
Joseph G. Butler, Jr
National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Association
Niles, O
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