Weaving Linen on a Swedish Loom in New England
The article traces a revived hand weaving tradition in Massachusetts and nearby states, highlighting rag rug and linen weaving by women linked to the Arts and Crafts movement. It notes blind workers at the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind, origin stories of weaving, regional loom sites in Deerfield Hingham Lynn and Cambridge Central Square, and the spread from mountain communities to Boston markets as hedged by pride in colonial craft and regional idyls.
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New England
United States
Massachusetts
Arts and Crafts Association
Boston
Deerfield
Marblehead
Hingham
Lynn
Central Square
Cambridge
Massachusetts Commission For the Blind
Charles F. Campbell
Industrial Department
Detroit
Mich
Duluth
San Francisco
Far East
Herea College
Nerea
Tennessee
Queer customs about food and superstition
A discussion of various folk beliefs about meals and luck. It notes ideas on spilling salt and ill fortune linked to a Last Supper painting, thirteen at table, stirring liquids east to west, oat cake offerings, nine knob birthday cakes with names, mince pie etiquette, and eating many pies before Christmas to gain happiness.
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Judas
Christ
Lord
Scotland
Drug Store as Fitting Room Precedent Clerk Mopes
A New York Weekly item recounts a drug clerk who objects to turning a store into a makeshift fitting room after a customer tries on a skirt near a soda fountain mirror. The tale notes embarrassment, a male shopper’s comment, and a clerk fearing the habit may spread, with a brief jibe about banana stands attracting police.
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Sway
Hema
New York Weekly
Poor Mabel and the Riches of Experience
A Chicago Record-Herald quip about Mabel and her daughter, noting they expected wealth but found richness in experience rather than money. The line contrasts social expectations with earned wisdom.
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Mabel
Chicago Record-Herald
Sending Packages by Neighbors in Early New England
Reading from the notebook of Schoolmaster Joseph Hawley of Northampton Mass the piece recalls neighbors sending parcels when travelers passed through. It narrates scenes of package packing in the Lyman household and a community spirit where small goods and tasks were ferried home, with playful anecdotes from Youth's Companion and other notes on practical life.
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New England
Joseph Hawley
Northampton
Mass
Bowton
Joseph
Katherine M. Abbott
Merc Lyman
Boxton
Mia Lyran
Hiram
Prohibitionists Nominate State Ticket in Columbus Convention
The Ohio Prohibition state convention selected a full state ticket, endorsed a senatorial candidate, and chose delegates to the national convention in Columbus. A campaign fund of 1020 was raised by subscription. Names include Grrennan, Agro 3, Waki, for governor Maria and Shratton among officers, and a slate for supreme court and state boards.
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Columbus
Anator
Ohio
Grrennan
Agro
Waki
KoverBor
Maria
Hamilton County
Slaty
J. Haeteli
Motskindt
Dom KH
M. Me Cumpey
Marc Hin
Chennatl
Chonen Emibene
Harris Seeks Change During Chamber Address
Governor Andrew J. Harris spoke to members of the chamber of commerce on future possibilities for Cincinnati. He urged innovation and highlighted industrial and commercial growth prospects in the Queen City amid questions of policy and development.
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Executive
Lietened
Queen City
Chaginnall
Andrew J. Harris
Fe Exchange
Chamber At Commerce
Erner
Chamber of Commerce
Father Warned, Boy Killed by Belt Accident
Akron dispatch reports 11 year old Howard Bini disobeyed his father and was fatally struck after a belt snapped, breaking his neck near a farm two miles west of Ely. The incident occurred Thursday as a watchful uncle attended the scene. The case prompts an appeal board hearing over medical license revocation for Dr. J A Ambrose. Additional items include a Canton mother dying from suspected poisoning, a school teacher relief fund distribution, and local warnings about public safety and crime.
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Akron. O
Howard Bini
Wry, Smith
the Ely
Mir Smith
Sferder
Deouint
Hie
Appeal Board
Columbis
O.—Gay
Harris
Miller
J. A. Ambrose
Dayton
State Medical Board
Ambrose
Mother Died At Son's Wake In Ohio
Youngstown report says Mrs Catherine Poley mother of Policeman Poley died, dropped dead at his wake. The widow of the policeman lies in critical condition as his deaths are feared. In a separate item Walter Henry bartender was shot and killed while driving with women. Frank Ward fled after the incident. The women passengers were arrested and the sole known shooter remained at large.
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Canton
Omrs
Laura Schooley
Youngstown
Catherine Poley
Policeman Poley
Pollowman
Walter Henry
Frank Ward
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