Pilgrims Memorial Launched in Plymouth Congress
The sixth triennial congress of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants opened at First Church in Town Square Plymouth. The Colonial Dames pledged 25000 dollars for a Pilgrims memorial as over 200 members attended from multiple states while Edward S. Atwood registered arrivals and Samoset served as headquarters.
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Plymouth
General Society of Mayflower Descendants
Town Square
Colonial Dames
New York
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
District of Columbia
Ohio
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Michigan
Maine
California
Washington
Massachusetts
Edward S. Atwood
The
Samoset
Pilgrim Memorial Fund Opens With 25 000 Pledge
Governor-General Howland Davis presided as Arthur Lord urged a lasting Pilgrim memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of the 1620 landing. Miss Emily P. Bissell announced a 25 000 pledge from the National Board of Colonial Dames to start the fund, with further large contributions expected from New England women and other societies.
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Howland Davis
New York
Arthur Lord
Lord
Plymouth
Emily P. Bissell
Delaware
Congress
National Board of Colonial Dames
Misa Bissell
Colonial Dames
Green
New England
Pilgrim Band
Davis
Kendall Hall
George D. Yeomans
Cherry Hill
England
Holland
America
Aviator Beatty Cited for Assault by Court
George W. Beatty, an aviator, pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree for striking his wife in a quarrel. Police Court Justice John Buhler suspended the sentence and ordered the couple to live apart for a month in hopes of reconciliation.
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Mineola
L. I
Sod
John Buhler
George W. Beatty
Beatty
Boston Sewing Circle Offers Home Help Forum
The Sorine Circle in the Boston Daily invites homemakers from New Hampshire to join a free forum for home and household questions. Topics include family management, economy, gardens, flowers, and domestic concerns. Correspondents may use pen names and ask questions. letters should be addressed to the Sewing Circle Editor in Boston.
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Sorine
Boston Daily
New Haugland
Sewing Circle
Boston
Woman’s Share in Family Finances and a Seat Fight
A militant sister urges brides to claim a fair weekly share in their name and recalls a tramcar incident where a woman fought back against male privilege by refusing to yield her seat and accepting a public confrontation to defend women’s rights.
A Workingman's Wife Describes Family Finances
A working man earns $25 weekly and the family uses three equal spending shares. The rest funds sinking accounts for the home grocer coal clothes and insurance. Banks hold the reserve money and deeds, all in the wife’s name, with the wife poised to inherit if the husband dies.
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Co-Operative Bank
Hubby
Dear Sewing Circle Share Of Wom In Disrespect
A reader recalls waiting 15 minutes for a car and describes being treated with disrespect. The vignette highlights everyday sexism and prompts discussion on courtesy and dignity in daily services.
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Sewing Circle
Dear Sewing Circle on the myth of a woman's youth
Readers debate the age limit for being considered young. A 58 year old says she remains young when loved. Respondents argue youth fades with lack of love, focus on clothes, or preference for money over gifts, reflecting social views of marriage.
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Sewing Circle
Waltham Reader
How One Family Survives On Twelve Dollars A Week
A reader signs as ONE WHO OBSERVES describes living on twelve dollars weekly for three years. She details budgeting for six children, rent, insurance, and small savings at twenty four dollars income, allocating funds to rainy day savings and family needs.
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Mysband
Self
Is kissing all right according to the sisters
A letter asks for sisterly opinions on kissing etiquette. One writer urges allowing any decent young man to kiss, while another argues it should be reserved for engaged or understood couples. The note ends with a request for sisters to share their views.
Letters to the Circle Highlighted in Sunday Post
The Sunday Post promises a batch of engaging letters to the Circle, signaling reader correspondence that could shape community discussions and underscore public interest in local affairs.
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Sunday Post
Lynn shoe firm head arraigned on bigamy charge
Matthew Connell Jr. of Lynn was arraigned in Dorchester district court on a bigamy charge and pleaded not guilty. The case was continued to Sept. 13 with Connell held in $2000 bail. A second wife, Laura Cavanaugh, claimed to have married him as Hensing after finding his name sewn on a coat lip. The first wife, Alice Hanson, of Lynn, and her daughter live at 1712 Lawton Ave. Lynn. A second wife says they married in 1907 in South Portland, Maine and had a son in Wilton, New Hampshire before moving to Dorchester.
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Matthew Connell, Jr
Lynn
Dorchester
Connell
Churchill
Laura E. Cavanaugh
Hensing
Alice Hanson
Lawton Avenue
South Portland
Wilton
N. H
Seats for 118000 in Schools
Dr Dyer the new superintendent expects at least 103000 pupils to apply on opening day next Wednesday, about 2000 more than last year. By last June 13000 were added bringing total registration to 114165. He expects 116000 this year and has seats and desks for 118000.
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Dyer
Boston Schools Readies for Hyde Park Annex Pupils
The city plans to exceed last year’s 20 885 pupils with about 1500 more elementary students after Hyde Park’s January annexation. 2984 teachers are assigned across Normal School, high and Latin, elementary, kindergartens and special departments. Three new brick schools open, total buildings reach 370 with 118 000 seats. medical inspections sharpen as Hyde Park pupils join Boston schools.
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Hyde Park
Lyman
Blackinton
Ulysses
Grant
Boston
Phillips Brooks
John Winthrop
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Roger Wolcott
Dorcheeter
High School of Commerce
High School of Practical Arts
South End
West End
West Roxbury
John Bradford
Willowwood Street
Dorchester
Benedict Fenwick
Magnolia Street
Germantown
Robert G. Shaw
Boyle Ston Street
Tragedy Near Leland Ends in Shotgun Self Destruction
Edith Morton a 35 year old daughter of a wealthy farmer near Leland Illinois ended her life today by firing a shotgun to her head. A coroner's jury ruled heat caused temporary insanity.
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Leland
Edith Morton
Here
Antitoxin Dose Given to Ill Doctor in St Louis
In St Louis on September 6 125000 units of antitoxin were given to Dr Clarence E Pierce of O Fallon Illinois who is critically ill from tetanus after losing consciousness Wednesday and regaining some sense today suggesting possible recovery though still serious.
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ST. Louis
Clarence E. Pierce
O’fallon
Porce
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