Frances E Willard Bio Brief Highlights Her Lifelong Temperance Work
A compact bio of Frances E. Willard born Sept 23 1839 in Rochester New York. Traced from farm upbringing in Ohio to early teaching to leading roles in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and founding the World WCTU in 1883. She urged total abstinence noting wine's societal harms and called for collective action to shield the tempted.
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Frances RE. Willard
Rochester
New York
Ohio
Woman’s College
Evanstown
Women’s Christian Temperance Union of
Illinois
Frances E. Willard
Etiquette Notes For Gentlemen And Ladies
A bow is the social touchstone between men and women with specifics on how to greet a lady. It advises guests from other cities to stay at hotels and notes parental visits for daughters should wait until engagement. It also explains handling visiting cards and invitations, including responses to receptions and card parties and church weddings.
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Erma L
To a Woman Who Likes Tobacco and Other Sewing Circle Letters
A compilation of letters from readers in the Sewing Circle section. Topics include women and smoking etiquette in public, nursing strengths of women, wage discussions, marital plans under family strain, advice on paint and powder, and opinions on engagements and social conventions.
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Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Fashion exhibit notes new cocoa brown suit with beaver trims
The writer observes a suit at an exhibit, noting slim sleeves and longer skirt with little overall change in fashion. The coat features a slanted waist opening and panel below, edged with beaver fur, collar and cuffs also beaver, in a cocoa brown shade.
Amber Pie and Potted Meat Recipes Combined
A fragment lists Amber Pie ingredients with eggs sugar flour butter spices vinegar raisins and whites reserved for frosting. It also details a yolk custard mix with chocolate and a double boiler method and notes a 5 pound beef and veal potted meat preparation with herbs and seasonings.
Jim-dog brings hope beyond the dark in a poem
Margaret E. Sangster writes of a faithful dog named Jim who comforted a sorrowful speaker. The dog dies, questions heaven for dogs arise, and the speaker imagines a loving reunion at heaven’s gates with God welcoming Jim.
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Jim-dog
Jim
Dear Miss Champagne Help for a Fifteen Year Old Bride
A young man asks Mildred Champagne for advice on marrying a 15 year old girl with her parents' consent. The column notes early marriages occur in various regions and suggests marrying now if consent exists, while warning about youth and maturity.
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Sisters of the Sewing Circle
Johnny
Miss Champagne
Sunday Post
N. J
Massachusetts
Europe
Latin America
Orient
Four Tomatoes Grow From the Same Stem
Margaret Comey of Howe Street Dorchester displayed a remarkable tomato grown in her rear garden. The single fruit appeared to contain four full-sized tomatoes growing closely together from one stem.
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Margaret Comey
Howe Street
Dorchester
Margaret Comer
Torchester
Second Courtnyte at New Technology Opens Freshman Year
The class of 1921 at Tech begins life on campus with the second Courtnyte. Freshmen gather in Smith Hall for speeches and activities, then march to the Great Court where upperclassmen perform songs and chants. Dr. Maclaurin will address the student body.
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Tech Life
Technology
Smith Hall
Great Court
Tech
Maclaurin
Serbia's Lost Sons in Albanian Mountain Retreat
The article recalls sons who died while retreating through the Albanian Mountains during a harsh withdrawal, their sacrifices framed as Serbia's potential future fighters.
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Serbia
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