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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1885
Page
7
Barbara races through the life of a gifted young artist whose bold work and personal dicey choices shape a dramatic arc. The profile highlights her struggles, early acclaim, and the tension between creative ambition and domestic expectations.
Barbara Gowan, living in a banker’s house, faces class tensions with Dora and Mrs. Dutton. Her talent and quiet dignity clash with envy and manipulation as she prepares for a fourth concert and a night at the opera, while revelations about family origins hint at a hidden lineage and Duke’s letters fuel her hopes.
Barbara endures cold politeness from the banker’s wife and disapproving glare at the breakfast table. She schemes to study hard with a scholarship and plans a debut dress funded by a note from F Durroex, while a family dispute over her staying with Dora unfolds and a potential protector in her brother looms.
Barbara excels in counterpoint as professors praise her fugue. Lelia Martin and Lena admire Barbara's talent while debating vanity and dress. Barbara recalls Ethlin’s generous guidance and prepares to leave the conservatory with her peers.
The Census of 1885 shows widespread declines in small towns across Massachusetts. Colonel Wright notes losses mirror 1875, confirms gains for some towns, and expects population around two million with new legislative districts planned by the General Court next year.
Popular Science Monthly recounts an apes tale of drinking merisa beer and brandy, followed by a return to restraint. It then surveys lily of the valley cultivation in the United States and Europe, detailing growing methods, seed sowing, bed design, and notable beds, including William F. Heins, plus remarks on chrysanthemums and decorative annuals and rare flower forms.
A guide for young ladies on coloring photographs with watercolors. It covers preparing photos mounted on cardboard, using water color medium, and step by step color mixing for skins, eyes, lips, and hair. It also discusses background tones, drapery, and finishing touches, plus cautions on cheap tinting processes and selecting strong portraits with clear features.
Washington reports 1885 arrivals totaled 87 821, down 122 015 from the prior year and 401 171 from the 1882 peak. June 1885 saw 65 778 arrivals in major districts, including 45 382 immigrants and 6 952 U S residents returning.
A New York check for nearly five thousand dollars vanished in a London posting mishap during a February snowstorm. The bank refused payment while the finder's letter to a Glasgow firm remained lost until a police inspector recovered both from a block of ice in the Thames off Deptford.
An Amsterdam Recorder editor felt a bite as a woodchuck lunged from a canvas newspaper sack. The half grown animal had hidden in the bag after a carrier boy paused at a gate to speak with a girl, then hauled the creature back to the office.
An old advertising jingle repeats CASTORIA as the remedy across generations from infancy to motherhood, highlighting trust in the product for babies and children and its continued use when older, implying brand loyalty across stages of life.
Advice on lawn maintenance stresses using a regular mowing schedule and periodic watering, with soil enrichment tips like bone dust gypsum and manure. It stresses soil quality, edge trimming, clean beds, and neat borders as essential to rural ornament, ending with a rope climbing accident anecdote showing caution.
A sanctification meeting in Gainesville features a testimony claiming divine aid in cooking beans. A speaker says she prayed at the stove and, by 1 o'clock, the beans were ready, illustrating faith through everyday tasks.
A New York young man, claiming to be a painter, offered an assessment of a work to the artist. The real artist examined the back of the painting and told him, You should have bought cheaper canvas, exposing the seller’s overconfidence and the artist’s blunt critique.
In the Philadelphia Call, the question “Will the coming man work?” frames a local concern. The writer jokes about fashion and appetite, noting Spikeard faces pressure to hustle at least one day in seven amid changing norms and economic stress.
The Hon. John Kelly of Tammany Hell collapses under relentless strain and an overdrawn “bank” of vigor. Chronic worry and excessive work degrade kidneys and liver, risking life. Warner's Safe Cure touted as the sole remedy to rebuild strength and guard health.
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