Sewing Circle Letters on Marriage and Money in New England
A Boston Post Sewing Circle column compiles reader letters on bachelor life, debt, and romantic expectations. The women share anecdotes of would be suitors, trust betrayed, and the urge to marry for security or happiness amid domestic strain.
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Boston Daily
Sunday Post
Nani
Boston Post
Sewing Circle
Sisters of the Sewing Circle
New England
Noo
Ward
Bret
England
Spice Develops Flavor of Fruits and Ingredients
Spice maker Buckney & Poor's markets spices that enhance desserts with subtle flavors. The text claims their spices retain strength longer because they are cut rather than crushed, and are weighed and packed automatically for full weight and cleanliness.
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Buckney & Poor
Family on a lean budget survives on small wages
A woman with five children and husband details income and expenses. Salary is $68 monthly. rent 16, utilities 4 40, silk 2 79, gas 2 25, church 1 40, papers 0 68. She asserts paying cash for all, living well, and values thrift, credit avoidance, and family happiness.
The Men That Women Like and Why in Sewings Circle
A letter discussion in the Sewing Circle debates partner choice preferring a sporty man over a home loving man. The writer notes reactions to social drinking and smoking, recalling personal experiences with society’s norms and prior era views on dissipated habits.
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Sewing Circle
Letters From the Sewing Circle Highlighted in Sunday Post
The Sunday Post prints several engaging letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader thoughts, crafts, and community interests, reflecting domestic life and shared projects.
Linda Finds Romance in Crestville Summer
Linda arrives by train to Crestville to visit her aunts the Misses Carter. A friendly Ralph guides her and a budding friendship deepens amid warm weather, rumors of fires, and a hinted Cinderella moment as Linda encounters village life and growing feelings.
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Linda
Créstville
Betty
Beautiful New England Girl Competes for Panama Exposition Prizes
Twelve-year-old Kate Wheelock of West Newton is among contestants for the Panama Pacific International Exposition health and beauty prize pool of 150000. She attends Miss Kate Carroll’s School in Boston and spends summers at Camp Wyonegonic where she learns boating tennis and riding. Her mother lauds female independence and travel as education, and Kate may attend Wellesley College while her father works in the ladies fashion waist trade in Boston.
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Kate Wheelock
Horace M. Wheelock
Highland Strees
West Newton
Katé Carroll
Prince Street
Camp Wyonegonic
Moose Pond
Wellesley
Wheelock
Chauncy Building
Boston
Highland Street
Whit Newton
San Francisco
Monty Havelock Pierce
Cinderella and the Woods Fire Rescue Love
Linda rejects a marriage proposal but searches a woods fire for Ralph. She frees him from a fallen tree and carries him to safety through flames. As he regains consciousness they acknowledge their love and head home together at dawn.
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Miss
Ralph
Linda
An Easy Way to Get Fat and Be Strong
A bold health claim touts Sargol as a breakthrough digestive aid that converts food into fat laden blood. The ad asserts rapid weight gain, painless action, and a druggist guarantee, targeting thin individuals seeking 10 to 20 pounds through a “remarkable new scientific discovery.”
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Sargol
Seurchon
Sto
The Green Shores of Erin Poem Fragment
A nostalgic lyric speaks of leaving Ireland the green shores behind across the sea for fortune. The speaker longs for a dear love and homeland while memories linger, vows faithfulness, and hopes for Ireland's future fortune as rivers and tides mark time.
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Erin
Mem’ries
Summer's Pass and Autumn Hats in a Dated Poem Notes
A fragmentary poem laments summer's fading beauty and hints at autumn’s approach. The text shifts to fashion notes about new hat models and colors described as flat and plateaulike, followed by several home recipe snippets and pantry hints from different contributors in Goldfield Nev Wakefield Ma Roxbury Mass.
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C.M. Payne
Pitti
Amt
YaPy Atiout
Hubby
Gollar
Red Sox
Stickney & Poor
Ft. Stickney & Poor Spice CO
State St
the National Mustard
Helen McCarthy
John Street
Fall River
Strem- Patie
Shaan
A. J. Stedman
Cinderella
Dour St
By Charles Duval
Innisfail
Shannon
Ted Aly Ditty
Debonair
Sumter
Summer
Spanish Presse! Meat
C. McGill
Goldfield
Nev
M. A. Cummings
Crescent Street
Wakefield
Mass
J. Halloran
Laurel Street
Roxbury
RH White
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