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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1885
Page
5
A December sermon at Brookley Brooklyn spotlights Indians in paint and feathers at Plymouth Church listening to Beecher. The preacher argues spiritual growth requires inner development and uses the parable of the talents to urge ongoing cultivation of power, generosity, and civic duty beyond outward wealth or knowledge.
Townsend relates a traveler’s view of Congress, noting moral shifts after slavery’s end, reduced dueling and drinking, and improved behavior compared with earlier decades. He reflects on Southern resilience, political realignments, and the lingering influence of Civil War loyalties amid a changing capital culture.
Cubano December 13 At the quarterly meeting of the German patriots of 1848 9 the president urged support for American institutions and the country that has given them a home since 1852 A unanimous resolution condemned anarchists as not in the interests of liberty but of the worst kind of slavery and was ordered placed on the society records.
Bradstreet's notes a funding pull on speculators and a bull run in staples. Bank clearings across 32 cities total $1,232,720,156, down from last week but up from December 1885. New York, Philadelphia and Boston show declines. Western cities gain. Railways gross earnings for November reach $20,000,000, eleven-month totals rise vs 1885 and 1884. Pig iron strengthens at tidewater. next year’s prices expected. $20 for No X and $19 for No X anticipated. Cotton yield indicated at 6,356,000 bales, down from last year. failures total 200 this week, 9609 since January 1, vs 10,474 in 1885.
Fragmentary item notes a reference to conscience and a peculiar line about a man whose “sole squeaks” down a bread aisle, leaving unclear context or outcomes. No clear names, dates, or actions emerge from the readable text.
A Chicago paper notes the lake fleet earned a net 20 percent profit on capital this season, boosting vessel values 10 to 16 percent over insurance valuations. The revival of iron and high grain and coal demand pushed rates up, with a large grain fleet departing Chicago as the ice melted and most vessels delivering safely.
A Dixie dispatch from Fort Worth reports a major transaction where Jay Gould would acquire the Baltimore and Ohio telegraph system and control Western Union, in exchange Garrett would receive the Wabash system. The arrangement would extend the B and O west of the Mississippi. The report cites memoranda of the late H M Hoxie as supporting evidence.
Retired doctor, given an East India missionary’s formula for a simple plant cure, claims rapid, permanent relief from consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and throat lung ailments and nervous disorders. He will mail the recipe free in German French or English with preparation and usage directions upon request.
Rabbi Solomon Schindler at Temple Adath Israel discusses resurrection as a bridge between life and death using imagination and memory. He traces its origins in Jewish history, contrasts it with skepticism, and teases a subsequent look at Buddha and karma as alternative immortality theories.
A fragmentary note shows recipes for preparing eggs including curry sauce filled halves and devilled eggs. Instructions describe halved hard boiled eggs stood upright with yolk mixtures formed into shapes and seasoned with anchovy, pepper, and salt, suggesting serves hot or cold as a supper dish.
A historic kitchen note outlines two methods for poaching eggs with gravy. One method poaches eggs directly in gravy and serves them with the sauce. the second poaches in water and ladles gravy around. It also describes creating yard-boiled yolk balls from raw yolk mixed with raw yolk, rolled, floured, boiled, drained, and added to soup, with optional chopped parsley.
A fragment describes preparing butter sauce possibly with fish stock, dicing hard boiled eggs, finely mincing ewes, and assembling sandwiches named for Mary R. Bee. It details slicing bread, buttering, adding mustard and cress, layering eggs, seasoning, shaping, and wrapping in lettuce and paper for travel.
Boil six large eggs ten minutes then cool and shell. Halve and remove yolks, trim whites to stand flat. Dice cold chicken, ham, boiled beef, and yolks, fill egg whites, arrange on lettuce. Create six stuffed eggs two with chicken, two with beef, two with yolk. Serves three.
A recipe note describes boiling spinach then layering poached eggs atop hard boiled eggs with shells removed. The mixture is cut into halves and the egg halves are pressed into the spinach to form a compact serving. ATrig A. R.
Cut onions into rings and fry in butter then set aside. Make a flour paste with the butter and add milk or broth to form a thick sauce. Return onions to the sauce and simmer until tender. Remove and slice hard boiled eggs, add whites in rings to heat, and garnish with yolks. Serve hot.
Boil eggs carefully in boiling water for three minutes plus a few seconds for hard or soft texture. Best served at room temperature. Fresh-laid eggs look milky when opened, though such perfection is rare today. Lusver L
The article explains boiling times for eggs: three minutes yields a soft white, four minutes a soft yolk, five minutes a hard white with a soft yolk, and fifteen to twenty minutes makes the eggs mealy and easier to digest than longer boils.
Fry eggs by dropping into very hot fat and frying one minute. Drip hot fat over them without turning. Continue about three minutes until done. Serve on slices of boiled chops or ham. M. E. 8.
Break the eggs into a clean spider well buttered with salt and a half pint of milk for six eggs. Put the spider over moderate heat and beat until the mixture begins to harden. Scrape the bottom with a broad knife, return to the fire, and continue scraping until done. Serve with buttered toast. NM. K. 8.
A fragment describes breaking three eggs into a bowl and beating them lightly with pepper and salt. The instruction then says to spread the mixture very thin in a hot skillet.
Pan over the fire, roll the egg as it sets, fold and serve hot. Include bread crumbs, cream, butter, salt, and pepper for a rich omelet base. Apple stews with butter sugar nutmeg or candied lemon peel, eggs beaten, then fried or baked. Ham or sausage omelets mix with eggs, butter, and seasonings for breakfast.
Five leaders of the Bald Knobbers in southwest Missouri were arrested for violating federal homestead law provisions by driving settlers from government land. The group, once formed to lynch murderers and thieves, allegedly evolved into a secret society manipulating county politics and society. Several settlers were forced from homes, with additional lynchings and shootings reported.
Washington plans a national drill and encampment from May 23 to Decoration Day May 30 1887 with a $26500 prize pool. Entries open to U S volunteer infantry artillery cavalry zouave units and cadet corps from military or university schools. Top five infantry prizes total 10060 with 5000 2600 1500 1000 and 600 offered. Commander regiments battalions and companies urged to correspond with managing secretary T A DeLeon.
Frank Nagel alias Harry Drummond son of wealthy Buffalo parents arrested in Newark charged with stealing solitaire diamond earrings worth 450 dollars from Florence J. Lawrence of Chicago and a three stone pin valued at 50 dollars. Joseph Keepers of Newark charged with larceny of a ring worth 160 dollars from an Albany owner. Nagel to Chicago Keepers to Albany.
Commercial matters in Boston report improved apple stock and steady to firm dairy and cheese prices amid light city demand. Cocoa and fruit quotes include various East Coast and Vermont creamery goods, with coal, corn, coffee, and flour movements noted and market tone described as firm.
The report details weekly quotations for potatoes, seeds, starches, salts, sugars, and teas with tones of price movements. It lists regional origins like Virginia New Jersey and Jersey and brands while noting imports and domestic receipts, including wool and other commodities.
Arrivals of livestock at Brighton and Watertown for the week ending Friday. Western cattle 1410 Eastern cattle 685 Northern 2188 sheep and lambs 5800 total 10620 Swine 24141 Veals 264 Horses 321. Prices of western cattle per hundred weight range from 400 to 7. Hides and tallow prices per pound for various hides and skins listed.
December 11 at Loverster port shows steady trade amid stormy weather. Weekly receipts include mackerel and codfish with assorted prices and shore-ground and Grand Banks figures. halibut, hake, pollock, and alewives listed with varying quantities and unit costs.
Ocean and grain markets show mixed movement with cotton futures slipping while wheat and corn futures gain on supply and demand signals. Spirits turpentine, naval stores, petroleum, and bakery goods influence the day as coffers rise on higher spot prices and uncertain futures across grains, meats, and sugars.
Financial tickers show bid and ask quotes across railroads and mining issues. Institutions like Eastern, B&O, and Old Colony appear with varied percentages and prices. mining names such as Allouez and Bonanza are listed with state and regional references.
Readers are urged to join a club with promises of cash prizes of 100, 50, or 13 dollars. The offer highlights social rewards and access to discounted deals, framing the newspaper as a trusted community source and appealing to local readers and neighbors.
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