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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1883
Page
3
A discussion on using the term lady versus woman, etiquette's social rules, and class perceptions. Includes fashion notes on autumn hats and bonnets like jockey caps, bell crowns, and turbans, with commentary on equal respect between genders and modern dress trends.
New York World notes novelty in sideboards with illuminated leather panels and two cupboards beneath, shelves rising to a railing. Chairs feature antique backs with embossed leather and ligature nails, while tapestry coverings grow in popularity. oak and mahogany dominate, with cherry and exotic woods used in accents. Canopied bells give way to low open styles, blues trend, and cabinets diversify with cocobolo and plush hanging designs.
The article previews early autumn millinery with felt and velvet bonnets and round hats as imports. Dark heavy straw bonnets are in use now and will be worn into September, followed by fur felts and velvet bonnets for winter. Dress bonnets for city wear are discussed.
The article predicts next season will favor bold feather trims on bonnets and caps with miniature feather ornaments and natural birds, but ostrich plumes will be redesigned into curled forms. It notes swallows and other wings used decoratively, plus steel ornaments, novelty fabrics like wool felt draped in folds, and contrasts with silk Astrakhan ribbons, velvet bindings, and new laces in gray tones. It mentions Velvets and laces such as Escurial for trimming and crown pieces, with large jet or tortoise-shell leads and varied lace textures.
The article surveys navy serge outfits for sea and yachting use, rough camel hair fall cloths, and American Smyrna rugs as cost effective decor. It notes popular rug imitations, color trends like reseda and fuchsia, soft felt and velvet bonnet shades, bold contrasts in hats, and imported satin duchesse with ottoman silks for coordinated gowns.
In Cleveland Leader excerpt a contractor Ralph Gore dies saving men after a sand cave-in at Poplar street excavation. Gore orders extra boarding, warns workers, helps others up ladders, and is engulfed by fifty tons of sand as a collapse follows. Rescue efforts continue through night with Gore remembered by peers.
The article urges farm families to pursue practical botany through building a herbarium. It outlines collecting, drying, mounting, and organizing plant specimens, plus labeling with species names and local data. It promotes shared learning, accessible guides, and exercises from common wildflowers to grains to cultivate knowledge of local plant life.
A small collection of plants shows their value extends past excavation and drying. The eye of the collector has been trained to see hidden details, and the brain will demand facts rather than fanciful, untrained notions.
Three Civil War era heroes gather in Louisville for a reunion as Colonel Watts recounts a near-fatal despatch mission. He describes disguises, officers searching him naked, a mortar charge, and a risky powder binge that miraculously left him alive as Union cavalry arrived to rescue him.
In Houston county a notorious local youth, refused a Bible from a minister. While working in his field a storm struck with lightning and a bell struck him down. Revived, he later bought a Bible, attended revival, and embraced religion, a case of conversion by electricity.
A Rochester historian recalls an elephant that swam the three mile wide St Lawrence River near Cornwall about fifty years ago. It struggled to shore as boats chased it, finally surfacing seven miles from the start. He also mentions the Caro line’s falls during the Canadian rebellion of 1837 and other wartime trading incidents.
A San Francisco Chronicle description notes Garfield rock along the Glacier Point trail in Yosemite. The granite mass detached before President Garfield’s inauguration, crossed the trail nine times, and halted when it struck a pine. The rock’s impact left a white spot resembling Caesar’s head with a laurel wreath on the cliff face, inviting geological speculation.
San Francisco Chronicle note on D B Jackson, a cheerful ticket agent, recounts a Crystal Springs fishing misadventure. After a reel snapped and six leaders disappeared, he repaired gear and hooked six bass, only to have each swallow a leader and hook, then land six fine fish.
A Louisville Courier Journal note describes a young potato bug on potato vine being watched by a spider. The spider attacks briefly, then retreats, as the bug continues feeding on the leaf. By morning the bug leaves when food runs out, while others are eaten by a toad.
A stump on Alexander Martin's farm a mile from Stanford has burned for over a year and a half. The five foot elm stump emits a crusty coating with a strong alkali taste that appears to intensify the fire.
The piece surveys how engagements and marriages were handled in France Germany and England compared with America. It notes strict French law on dowries and certificates, elaborate parental arrangements in Europe, and more flexible American practices allowing couples to marry independently with parental approval later. It contrasts chaperons, entertainments, and the role of families, stressing that abroad engagements are formal while American unions emphasize personal choice and independence.
A local observer near Stanley's mill reports six white cranes at a mill pond, six become five after a fox or mink kills one. Feathers from the dead bird bear town names in colored inks, including Columbus and Newark, prompting questions about an address fraud and how the feathers came to be lettered. The Herald seeks aid from New Jersey papers to trace the crane’s markings and origin.
Mr William Simpson who died suddenly on Saturday was perhaps the best known man in Liverpool. He was described as a character, and his eccentricities won him more fame than his...
Priscilla recounts weighing 196 pounds and enduring constant jokes about her size. A kitchen mishap leads to her accidental tumble, pinning the cook beneath her as neighbors gather. She notes the cook's prior taunts and insists the incident was unintended, while questioning a man’s sense.
Philadelphia officer Betley from the first district confronts a burglar at 420 South Twenty-second Street at midnight. Carslake’s staircase ambush ends as both men fire. the burglar falls after a pistol shot, while Carslake notes his mirror was smashed. The officer claims the burglar was wounded.
A New York Sun recounts a 75 year old Irish woman aboard the New Brunswick ferry at Cortlandt street performing an Irish reel, tapping men with a stick, sharing peanuts, and collecting coins as passengers laugh and charity workers note she has done this for nearly twenty years.
The article discusses fashion's grip on clothing and advises prudent remaking of existing garments. It suggests using contrasting fabrics to refresh outfits, emphasizes economy by combining limited materials, and describes home decor and craft ideas such as draped curtains, crochet, macrame, and painted velvet for stylish, affordable living.
A 19th century letter from Vander bilt, Campbell county, C. T., August 1, written by a German immigrant farming 160 acres with cows, seeking a wife to join his Western home. He offers to pay travel costs and emphasizes practicality over sentiment, with housekeeping as a fallback if no marriage occurs.
In a rambling reminiscence a boy recalls watching a couple through a window. A neighbor’s prank with a cannon cracker spooks the suitor as Belle and the beau kiss. The tale shifts to a crude catalog of oddities and a brief, abrupt line about misadventures with a book agent and a St Paul lightning incident.
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