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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1882
Page
3
A humorous exchange deceives as a dinner visit sketch. Mrs Skinner and family are teased about kissing infants, painters and Brussels, while teasing lines hint at Matilda's marriage and a planned future visit. The poem satirically notes social calls and comings and goings with playful rhymes.
A poem about winter woods and love beyond time, imagining souls entwined before birth, and enduring light in cold spaces. The speaker reflects on fate, passage of years, and the enduring bond of twin hearts contrasted with nature's cycles.
Poem extols to be kings or slaves, praising the generous heart that forgives and endures. It lauds steadfast humility, true obedience, and the martyr’s crown of light, arguing living for God can yield a greater conqueror than ruling with power.
A verse fragment by Charles A. Dana recalls a moonlit scene by a lake where lilies bloom and a vanished dream of beauty lingers. The poem reflects on fragile hope, fleeting passion, and a heart broken many years ago with imagery of sunset and the lake.
Poem notes the birth and death of a baby, contrasts vibrant life with a shrouded chamber. The speaker recalls measuring the infant’s feet beside a rose stained by June, then laments the child’s death as a satin casket waits below and the angels receive the little one. Names and places are not specified.
The speaker views a mournful scene from a window, a hearse and mourners in rain. Flowers fade as summer memory passes. Youthful hopes, health, joy, faith, and love appear as a funeral train, leaving the speaker in a winter of soul.
A gentle word is never lost. It cheers the heart and turns thorn to rose. Even a fallen brother needs it, easy to say, small to cost. It drives shadow from the cheek and speeds peace. Our voice becomes music when spoken softly with kindness.
In Norristown the Herald cites cases of special interest including Samuel C. Nyce a Commonwealth journalist at Harrisburg. While Nyce and family were visiting the country their three year old son suffered a fall in an incident noted by the paper.
A boy broke his leg and endured stiffness until St Jacobs Oil was rubbed on the limb. Dr Knipe credited the oil with curing the stiffness. Mr Nyce used the Great German Remedy for toothache and rheumatic pains with good effect, and Mrs Nyce praised its usefulness and keeps it on hand.
The article argues sleep follows a full stomach in humans, contrasts infant and adult sleep, and stresses digestion aids rest. It warns about foreign bodies in the windpipe, outlines first aid steps, and notes the importance of medical help if needed. It also covers eye injury prevention, remedies for comedones, cinders in the eyes, and proper eyeglasses care.
Mr. Manning extols hardy herbaceous plants over tender bedding and annuals for year after year blooms, detailing popular varieties, bed designs, and care. He covers propagation by division, staking, and color through seasons, plus notes on borders, pots, and the benefits of a wild garden and window gardens for children.
A lengthy essay disputes the idea that women cannot excel as cooks or in dressmaking, arguing men often treat cooking as a profession while many women lack training and enthusiasm. It credits women assistants for many chefs, notes shifting attitudes among American women toward professional work, and previews a future where women may achieve culinary distinction.
The text provides detailed crochet instructions for a Clover-Leaf bedspread using a cast on stitch and multiple rows with make one increases, knit and purl stitches, and decreasing toward a final single stitch. It also outlines a Cros and Ball Pattern using double zephyr yarn in two red shades and fawn with a No 2 hook, describing chained foundation and treble stitches with a cross-back technique.
A essay argues for individual style over novelty in dress, praising women who think for themselves. It notes London and New York trends, calls for resisting fashionable puppetry, and highlights lace, lingerie, and perfume practices. It also profiles women entering banking and sericulture as examples of female enterprise and independence.
The article describes decorative chair backs in bronze plush with water lily applique and couch stitching, silver fringed borders, and tassels. It also details a piano back in amber plush with ombra shading, gold foliage, clipped knots, and sprays of crimson cockscomb, plus a garnet pine back with old‑gold borders.
An old piece urges public use of Dr Jacobs Ointment for common household injuries such as burns bruises sprains and cuts. It extols quick relief and cleansing powers and cites testimonials from users including Charles Nelson of Port Huron Michigan praising its effectiveness for rheumatism and pain.
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