Sewing Circle Letters Highlight Domestic Roles and Rights
A Boston Post Sewing Circle section reveals debates on wives wages pensions and equality, with readers sharing experiences on marriage dreams versus working after matrimony, motherhood, and managing household costs. Letters discuss gender roles, meat in diets, and parental guidance for daughters in a home economy context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle
Boston Daily and Sunday Post
Cine Makers
New England
Boston Post
Wakefield youths win prizes in garden contest and rescue tale
Grace Ayscough, a Wakefield High sophomore, earned a gold watch for excellence in home gardening. John Dinan, 12, won for maintaining the best boy’s garden. A dramatic sea rescue follows as Lucy, delaying fear and storm, rows to Thompson’s ledges with Captain Lemuel Simmons and locates the Iris crew, including John, alive and returning safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Ayscough
Wakefield High School
Henry C. Ayscough
Nahant Street
Wakefield
John Dinan
H. M Warren School
Patrick Dinan
Converse Street
Miss Ayscough
Lucy
John
Providence
Grach Ayscough
New Sherlock Holmes Serial to Debut in Sunday Test Magazine
The Sunday Test Magazine announces the launch of a new Sherlock Holmes serial, promising mystery, brisk pacing, and an airing of adventures for a broad readership. Readers await the first installment next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherlock Holmes
Conan
New England
Duty and entitlement in a Victorian era family letter
A reader labeled a dutiful mother defends her parenting style claiming children should not have everything and must work to earn costly foods like strawberries. The writer contrasts past and present parenting, arguing children deserve equal access to goods and sustenance. Justice to Ali comments critique the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Ali
Letters to the Sewing Circle Highlighted in Sunday Post
The Sunday Post presents a selection of the Sewing Circle letters showcasing reader views and community stories. Readers share sewing tips, project notes, and neighborhood chatter reflecting local craft life.
Women and children bear the brunt of war in verse
A poem reflects on the unseen cost of battle, noting that not soldiers but women and children—the wives and mothers of men—endure the repeated hardship of war and its impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huabby
Broken Spar Affects Sailor’s Return To West Hurricane
Lucy Stevens accompanies John Bence from Hurricane Harbor as the Iris sails to Charleston. John vows to return and marry, carving her initials on the mainmast as a lucky charm. Lucy stays behind, anxious for his safe voyage while preparing a home in West Hurricane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bence
Hurricane Harbor
Charleston
Lucy Stevens
Portland
Iris
Lucy
John
West Hurricane
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pop
Itha
Wang
Tang
Lan Orangatang
Dinge
Ney
Jit
Sammy
By C. M. Payne
Fe Smirty Boy
Europe
America
Germany
France
Russia
Preas Publishing Co
Thompson's
Lemuel Simmons
Thompson's Ledges
Lucey
Boar
The
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Indianapolis
James Whitcomb Riley
Imorse Furniture CO
Morse Furniture CO
Sunny Post
Sunday Post
Songs of
Bentztown Bard
Margaret Stackpole
Brighton Avenue
Allston
B. Messer
Tremont St
Boston
Mass
Cambridge
Oxford
Naton
A. McMahon
Prop
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!