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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1891
Page
8
The piece describes a Bees Week lecture titled Frosting with notes on white cake, angel cream, Dover rose water frosting, Sunshine Cake with lemon, and Maple Caramel Cake. Steps include egg whites beaten, flour amounts, extracts, and a maple caramel frosting with maple sugar and egg.
A blaze of activity follows the arrest of Capt Lear and deputies over the Morewood riot as miners prepare a nationwide push for an eight hour day on May 1. Samuel Gompers declares wide support and 190000 AFL members ready to aid if the strike occurs. Patrick McBride announces plans for 75000 miners across five states to adopt an eight hour workday while seeking peaceful cooperation with operators outside Pennsylvania.
Lynn April 9 The eight month morocco strike ends at 9 PM as John T Moulton's shop crew votes to declare the strike off The loss to workers and the city over unpaid wages of 12 dollars weekly nears 100000 The final action clears the last strike element and returns workers toward employment Montpelier Vt April 10 The jury in the stonecutters conspiracy case convicts four union members and they plan to appeal to the Supreme Court
In a sweeping social survey, the piece examines domestic labor in the city, detailing wages for cooks, laundresses, and maids, the rising costs of households, and the fault lines between employers and staff. It notes immigration patterns, racial stereotypes, and the challenge of securing faithful, pleasant servants amid evolving social norms.
A light shallow pasteboard box with two holes and lamp chymneys demonstrates smoke behavior. A candle provides an upward draft in one chimney while burning touch paper in the other creates a downward draft, causing smoke to descend then rise through the second chimney.
A major Chicago fire erupts near West Madison Street and Halstead Street, killing no one but destroying Smyth furniture and Kohl & Middleton's dime museum. Losses exceed $750,000 with limited insurance, and rescuers save residents amid collapsing walls.
New York reports 243 total failures this week across the United States and Canada 211 in the US 32 in Canada. The figure matches last week’s total and falls from 256 the prior week. Compared with the same week last year 176 US failures and 33 in the Dominion are noted.
Hennequin of Paris, a friend of Gower, tells of Tissindier and Gower’s balloon voyage from Fontenay to Vincennes. They rose to 1500 feet then miles above Paris, faced a thinning atmosphere, shed ballast to slow a plunge, and landed 50 feet above ground after a rapid descent.
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