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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1881
Page
3
The poem narrates St Peter at heaven’s gate confronting a cleansed soul who cannot enter without pity for the suffering outside. The Lord joins, guiding mercy toward the lost, while angels stay silent as compassion prevails in the face of judgment and glory. The piece contrasts heavenly purity with earthly need.
A Confederate memory poem urging harmony between veterans of blue and gray. The speaker recalls Lee and Stonewall Jackson, pleads that honor remains with both colors, and that old loyalties should not erase shared sacrifice. The poem laments division and appeals for reconciliation among Civil War veterans.
A reflective poem on medieval bookmaking contrasting old handcraft with modern printing. The speaker ponders the anonymous scribe Ambrose or Theophilus, admiring the labor, devotion, and humanity poured into vellum and rubric. It laments modern mass production while praising the quiet vigor of the manuscript artist.
A nostalgic verse extols a modest, calico dressed girl over fashionably dressed peers. She dances with restraint, saves affection for her future spouse, and embodies simple charm. The speaker celebrates her plain attire and enduring, wholesome appeal as a life companion.
A humorous exchange between Harry and Kate centers on tree and wood puns. Kate calls Harry bearded, then wood, as he tries to answer why he is like a tree. He stumbles over lines about sap and leaves, while Kate playfully presses for an explanation and a cheeky bow and leave pun closes.
Daniel Dougherty on behalf of Mrs. Allagaree concluded the first closing address for the suit against Mutual Life Insurance. He mocked a witness claim that an entry alteration followed office custom, joking that Hancock’s election would have changed outcomes.
Yesterday afternoon a pompous procession of ferocious looking ulus adorned in paint feathers and garb moved along Chestnut street past several daily newspaper offices. A retinue of small assistants accompanied the ceremonial carriages as they passed by, creating a striking spectacle.
Practical advice for arranging bedding plants in bay windows and indoors, stressing plant size balance bright sun exposure and regular turning. Guidance covers potting choices staking dust control watering and pruning for a tasteful, healthy window garden with hyacinths as a highlighted decorative option.
A guide to cheap methods for decorating with transfer work, including transferring engravings to china glass or wood, selecting surfaces, preparing plates and panels, and creating enamel like effects. It covers materials, tools, and step by step processes for windows boxes screens and ornaments.
A health column condemns narcotics and alcohol as harmful sleep aids and extols ozone as the best natural remedy. It warns of chloralism from chloral hydrate, urges mountain air and sea breezes for rejuvenation, contrasts insomnia with normal sleep, and offers practical tips such as light meals, tepid baths, cold compresses, soda water doses, and a snug bed with modest coverings to aid falling asleep.
A 19th century summary describes seed diffusion by wind, water, animals, and plant structures like dandelions, maples, burrs, and bird digestion aiding spread. It also recounts Sir John Lubbock’s Linnæan Society talk on ant vision, color response to violet and ultraviolet, sense of direction, and social choices to produce queen or worker ants, noting some ants seven years old.
A column offering child sized brioche knit shirts with detailed stitch instructions, patterns for mittens, and tips for infant garments using Saxony wool and German yarn. It includes recipes like biscuits without cream, holiday cakes, rolled loin of mutton, pie crust, broiled chicken, barley soup, homemade crackers, butter scotch candy, stewed prunes, and breakfast muffins.
The article extols long boiling for oatmeal to maximize flavor and safety, noting coarse oats keep well with two hours of steady heat and three to four hours if not scorched. It suggests soaking overnight speeds cooking and shares variations with milk or sugar. It also describes a layered oyster macaroni bake with butter, pepper, and mace, plus oyster liquor and milk poured over before baking.
The era of delicate beauty fades as fashion favors stronger muscles and steadier nerves. Outdoor pursuits like bowling and lawn tennis gain indoor followings in New York and Boston gyms. Women actively join clubs, improving endurance and fitness, signaling a coming era of female physical education valued above other privileges.
An advertisement extols Hop Bitters as an easily proven remedy for malarial fevers constipation liver and kidney torpidity general debility nervousness and neuralgic pains. It claims the tonic converts food into rich blood and restores vitality to the aged and infirm.
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