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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1882
Page
3
Edith Thomas argues against luxury and urge focus on the text within life. She compares life to a simple volume whose value rests on meaning, not ornate edition. Read rightly, plain living reveals inspiration, nobility, and true happiness beyond superficial luxury.
The article extols a flawless complexion as the core of beauty for women across climates. It discusses proper skin care including washing with a soft cloth, cautious use of soap, nightly cold cream, and favors Pinaud's cream as purest. It notes environmental effects on skin and promises further discussion in a subsequent piece.
The piece surveys colored flannel petticoats from light opera to Balmoral styles with eider down wool padding and quilted designs. It notes new experimental flannel washability, hand knitted skirts, and trim options in embroidery, lace, and scalloped edges. It also covers Balmoral and buckskin overlays, and a range of stockings from wool to silk in navy, cardinal, blue, and green, advising against cheap rough wool.
The article describes current trends in children's stockings with ribbed cotton wool and raw silk options to fit growing feet, favoring ribbed legs over nonribbed white feet and detailing colors such as dark cardinal terra cotta bronze and deepest blue. It notes long white silk stockings with lace patterns for brides.
A detailed home crafts guide describing napkin making with white drilling fabric and pattern tracing using pin holes, powder, and leaves. It covers reinforcing stock ing heels with cloth, choosing materials for colored stockings, and sewing methods to extend wear while avoiding hems. Also outlines decorative tidies, a toilet box, pin cushions, and a baby afghan with knit and crochet embellishments.
In Deal’s Island Maryland two fishermen, after a sunlit failed afternoon, find a bite when Rev Joshua Thomas paddles by. The minister pauses to pray over their lines and earns a bite, a large sun perch, believed to be caught under divine inspiration.
The Tall Sycamore of the Wabash reports Daniel Voorhees endorsing St Jacobs Oil. He describes suffering from back and kidney rheumatism, using the remedy for instant relief and eventual cure, according to a communication to the Indianapolis Journal.
Reverend J Werner of South Holland Illinois writes that a Patterson organ sent about fifteen months ago remains in excellent order. He says it meets the description, satisfies him, and is liked by friends, noting the instrument is inexpensive compared with others from different factories.
A Harper's Bazaar style essay on how suitors must seek consent from a father, the role of mothers and chaperones, and the social rules that govern engagements in elite New York circles. It discusses engagement rings, visits, money matters, and the sequence of announcements and invitations before a January wedding.
Salem officials wrestle with future care for Charles Derby the leper. He may be isolated or sent to a Leprosy colony. options include Massachusetts General Hospital or a New Brunswick colony. Hawaiian-origin case sparked early recognition and banishment, with Molokai now the model of containment.
A correspondent reports severe cold symptoms improved quickly after using Treatment-with Compound Oxygen. They describe head pain sore throat and violent cough that worsened until bed rest was needed, then three days to MP and under ten days to full recovery, praising Oxygen. Written by Drs. Starkey and Paren offering free Treatise on Compound Oxygen from 1109 and 1111 Girard Street Philadelphia.
Practical advice on preventing and treating colds through air quality, clothing, and outdoor exposure. Emphasizes daily cold baths, hot poultices, and warm drinks, with cautions on damp clothing, drafts, and maintaining body heat. Notes links between digestion, metabolism, and resilience to cold, referencing historical figures and medical observations.
The article urges simple, varied daily meals for families, especially with young children. It suggests using meats in varied stews and soups, diverse vegetables and herbs, and alternative starches. It emphasizes bread variety, whole and graham flours, and flexible dessert ideas using mush, cream, and fruit sauces to prevent dietary monotony.
The article explains that both heat and cold can relieve inflamed fingers by altering blood flow. It describes poultice preparation with linseed, applied to the skin to ease surface inflammation and notes limitations for internal inflammation, thoracic or abdominal cases, and spasms.
In a Charlotte Journal literary vignette the Snow King crafts a bridal white scene for Earth as messengers feather her with snow while Diana warns of day. The Sun ascends furious, and the Snow-King’s bride yields to the day’s fiery beams, melting the snowy robe and revealing Earth beneath.
John Goldenberg, recently deceased in Wiesbaden, built a vast fortune through teak trade in Burmah after an unsettled origin likely in Galicia. He coined the first money in Burmah, earned the king’s favor, and monopolized teak forests before returning to Europe to marry Ina Moller in London. He died on September 27 during a wedding tour in Germany. his wife Ina is sole heir to his substantial estate.
Cape Ann Advertiser recalls a young businessman who sought a note discount. After directors individually assured him, the cashier did nothing. At the next meeting the man entered, removed his hat, and declared, messrs. directors, individually you are clever, collectively you are a set of darned liars, and I can prove it.
A Conyers Georgia man, claiming Yankee blood, says he began ten years ago by buying a pocket knife for 82 and swapped up through a pistol, a shotgun, a cow, and a horse to finally sell the horse for 8500. He invested the proceeds and now holds a capital of 3000, all from the knife trade.
The Youth's Companion of Boston is praised as a premier family paper with entertaining reading and judicious editing. It boasts nearly 300000 records and broad acclaim for quality and popularity among readers seeking sprightly articles for the home.
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