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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1916
Page
15
Readers submit pleas and reflections to the Sewing Circle column. Women describe poverty after husbands’ deaths, wish for pensions, plan homes for aged or needy women, and imagine using $35 000 for a sanatorium or to salvage lives. Other letters recount love, marriage, work, and social pressure with practical advice and moral guidance.
A traditional suet pudding recipe lists suet brown sugar milk and seedless raisins, with flour baking powder cinnamon nutmeg and salt. Mixed and boiled in a perforated tin for two and a half hours, served warm with hard sauce. Dane street Somerville.
The Sunday Post prints some of the most interesting letters addressed to the Sewing Circle, highlighting reader views and community chatter about crafts, trends, and club activities.
The piece notes the rise of Directoire hats in fashion and bold mad-looking bows for height. It also observes a trend toward evening gowns with tight-fitting kimono sleeves finished by a wide net flounce, urging stylish headgear for all hat sizes.
Miss Bertha A Richards provides a tip to remove tomato skins by scraping to the meat with the back of a peeling knife and peeling directly. No scalding required. Address listed: 15 Fairview Terrace, Malden.
In a warm late summer scene Reba and Denmore clash over pacifism and duty as a military encampment looms. Grandfather Denmore consoles and reveals Jack, the aviator grandson, ready to serve in the aero corps preserving family honor.
A jumbled OCR passage mixes thoughts from a Solitary Island poem attributed to Selkirk with a garland of lines about solitude religion and longing and then abruptly shifts to a fashion description of a black satin gown with crepe chiffon and fur trim. The excerpt references Juan Fernandez solitude and birds beasts and the sea along with a dress description.
Tewtrinted blooms blend with a white one as Denmore guides Reba to face the light. He admonishes her to keep tears away on the eve of becoming a soldier's wife while Ike's distant bugle call of taps echoes the night.
A poetry fragment notes that some one somewhere thinks of you and offers comfort and longing. It mentions a bridge plan for the season and describes Clara in a moleskin trimmed black satin gown with a belt detail as the excerpt trails off.
Kathryn C. Ellis of Boston sues George C. Warren in Suffolk County Superior Court for 25000 dollars claiming he maliciously turned Lewis G. Warren away from their engagement. Judge rejects technical challenge and the case moves to the trial list.
John B. Drake & Co located at 94 South Market Street Boston operates as a local business hub offering services in trade and commerce. The listing highlights the company address and continued presence in the Boston market.
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