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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1881
Page
3
The poem recalls a rosy prime in New England crime era memories of a country schoolhouse near elm shade. It paints scenes of teaching, boarding, farm life, homely feasts, and district gatherings where youth mingle, marry, and dream of a simpler world.
A mournful verse describes a gray autumn day as the speaker longs for a distant loved one. The sea, beach, and skies reflect absence, while hope rises that her return will transform gray into bright days and renewed bliss.
The speaker watches the eastern skies as dawn arrives and the day’s march begins. He envisions troops of progress, each bearing plumes of snow, moving toward the threshing floors of God with humble prayers. He argues action and prayer unite, and that progress requires both effort and restraint, insisting some are called to stand still while others strive.
The speaker contemplates piercing winter winds and barren landscapes. He contrasts the frozen scene with memories of summer, noting the desolate beauty, silent springs, and the persistent, hoarse whisper of the wintry choir that becomes familiar and comforting as a new year opens.
A poem urging unity and courage in freedom struggles. It asks if true liberty exists only for self, or if one must share the chain of others. It declares that those who fear to speak for the fallen are slaves and argues for collective action against oppression.
Christina Rossetti reflects on unrequited love and longing. The speaker voices private yearning and the paradoxes of affection, contrasting pleasure with heartbreak as spring hints at love’s beauty yet Fate withholds reciprocal feeling.
An alleged improvement by Dresden chemist Jerr Nieske in heating with acetate of soda mixes hyposulphate of soda with acetate to slow crystallization. He uses one volume acetate to ten hyposulphate, filling cases three-fourths and hermetically sealing them. Cases heated in hot water produce a stable heat for ten to fifteen hours. A room store based on this principle is described in the utsche Ind. Zeitung.
The apparatus features numerous small holes and three heating cases between two stands. The cases lift out easily by the bandies and are placed into water in a central cylinder, heated by a burner beneath or moved to heat elsewhere. After heating, the cases return to their positions in the annular space. The stove runs on eysters and includes a cover, with the inner cylinder water providing moisture by evaporation.
A Boston funded project unveils plans for a mastless ocean steamer with extraordinary power and speed. The American Quick Transit Association leads with $200,000, aiming to cross Boston to Liverpool in four and a half days. Future ships grow to 400 plus feet, 7,000 to 8,000 tons, with dual screws and a domed deckhouse. Notables like General Butler and ex Governor Rice back the venture as American shipbuilding revival.
A guide from the Ladies' Department on home Christmas decorating. It covers selecting and bringing in a tree, gathering pine garlands, and creating handmade ornaments from paper chains, popcorn strands, mirrors, nuts, and lace bags. It emphasizes community and family involvement and offers budget-friendly crafting ideas.
Instructions on holiday decorating from ancient roots to modern English practice. Describes greenery choices, garland making, lattice work, motto signs, and craft ideas using laurel leaves, pine, holly, berries, corn, feathers, and crochet letters to create festive displays and welcoming entrances.
A detailed guide to handmade gifts and decor including silk purse pouches, perfumed sachets, screens, scrap baskets, lampshades, and woven mats. It describes knitting patterns, embroidery designs, and step by step instructions for creating scented pouches, decorative covers, and imitation Turkish rugs, with tips on materials and finishing touches.
Beginning at the centre with a firm stitch, crochet pieces are formed to fit trays and utensils, then edged and starched for durability. Sets include coasters for cups, hot-water urn, meat platter, and vegetable dishes, plus two slipper patterns. cost is low, about thirty-five to forty cents, with quick making time.
Brioche is a versatile knitting method praised for speed elasticity and reversibility. It explains the basic brioche stitch including First Over Second Over and variations such as German and Swiss brioche, with instructions on casting on increasing and rib formation.
A critique of Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells Atlantic Monthly piece on caste among Western farmers wives. The essay argues Wells overstates caste, noting Western women lead socially through intellect, leadership, and thrift, with culture clubs and teaching careers expanding beyond traditional domestic roles. Social dynamics show envy between rich and poor farmers, yet intellectual ability gains prominence.
A Missouri farmer endorses Bishop & Co Hop Bitters citing strong benefit for his daughter after years of illness. The letter claims the bitters improved her health and notes the product’s broad sale and remarkable cures. The signatories are William T. McClurs and W. H. Bisnor & Co.
A letter from Council Grove Kansas praises oxygen treatment claiming it saved a life after a hereditary disease nearly erased their family line. The writer notes three years of use and near full recovery, urging others to seek information from D Stankey & Paley in Philadelphia who publish Our Treatise on Compound Oxygen with case reports.
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