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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1888
Page
6
A Confederate era vignette describes improvised fashion, home weaving, and makeshift goods as women convert corn husks to hats, spin thread from recycled fabrics, and craft gowns with salvaged materials. It notes shoe and lamp trades, sorghum, rural dyes, and light-creating tricks as shortages deepen and ingenuity flourishes.
Debutantes mingle at a New York ball with Marigold and Miss Fourthseason among the guests while Mrs. Wallflower and Mrs. Daffodil critique fashion, flirting, and social maneuvering. Guards guard the host’s pride as guests debate dances and status in a bustle of champagne and flirtation.
A Chicago Herald item recounts a Thursday incident in front of a jewelry shop where a wife reached into her husband’s ulster pocket for a handkerchief and grabbed a stranger’s while mistaken for her own. The moment sparked a brief confrontation, then laughter from onlookers as the misunderstanding cleared.
A fragmentary dialogue discusses how wasps hornets and other insects survive winter. A speaker argues ignorance explains the question and asserts direct experience with a wasp would reveal the heat keeping them alive over several winters.
A Washington critic item describes a K Street man who confronts his daughter’s hoped-for suitor in a hall. He limps off after a tense exchange, returns, and questions if he hurt Harry, the intended fiancé, before a terse reaction ends the encounter. The brief scene highlights family pressure and temper in a sharp, ironic vignette.
An ironic New York World piece describes Reverend Thankful Smith chairing a poker game at Thompson Street. A flashy Mr. Williams enters with wealth, wagers drive a tense pot, and a confrontation ends with the reverend counting and pocketing a large stack amid secular bravado.
A chaotic scene unfolds as characters haggle over winnings and debts in a humorous tale of a gambling night. Messengers rush papers across cities, while crewmates chase late requests, delivering conflicting instructions and comic miscommunications. The episode ends with a looming prompt return of a messenger and a comical countdown to the new year.
Aman proposes a cautious strategy for the District Telegraph Company after a note to a young lady and growing impatience for a reply. The plan, while not perfect, aims to keep readers informed and maintain progress amid unclear communication and expectations.
A concise examination of misquotations across authors and eras. The piece cites Milton, Shakespeare, the Merchant of Venice, and others, noting how altered words and swapped terms propagate. It traces how poets Campbell Blair Pope Dryden Prior Gray Norris Blair and others influence each other through borrowed phrases.
A reminiscence recounts a Christmas party with bubbles and imaginative antics. Descriptions include a radiant young woman in a heliotrope gown, playful smoke in bubbles, rival schemes, and a Washington Market scene over a pink or red bead-eyed dog. Two children bustle on University Place clutching pennies amid festive window shopping.
The Cincinnati Hocking Valley and Huntington railroad in Ross County operates a tiny 10 mile line from Adelphi to Kingston. John Karshner, a wealthy farmer, organized built and runs the road alone serving as owner president conductor brakeman and more. His train stops for passengers or freight at farms or crossroads and all transactions are cash with no tickets or running accounts.
A Tribune column mocks a professor claiming to blow straw through a board with a 150 to 175 mph air current. It jokes about cyclone witnesses and predicts future survivor stories from Minnesota next June, noting the dangers of real cyclones.
A London Standard feature surveys global sayings about women, noting both sharp satire and keen observations. It quotes male and female behavior, marriage warnings, and jokes on secrecy, beauty, folly, and wit, citing Shakespeare, Montaigne, and Luther alongside common proverbs and historical opinions.
State street has been a centre of interest during the past week drawing attention from the entire community. The feminine portion in particular has watched events unfold with keen interest as notable incidents occurred and conversations sparked by daily happenings along the street.
A wagon photographer recalls a peculiar back yard portrait session with a pretty young woman washing clothes. The model posed playfully with sleeves rolled, apron strings, and hair down, while the photographer arranged props to create a dramatic, windblown effect. He speculates the image hints at a romance or revenge motive behind the shoot.
Carl Dunder recites humorous resolutions in a Detroit Free Press piece. The mock vows target professions and social roles from doctors to merchants and judges, with ethnic dialect and pointed social commentary on taxes, corruption, and poverty.
A Philadelphia Bulletin piece contrasts life after leaving boarding houses with running a household. It notes the chief joys of owning a home come with many added duties such as coal, fires, shutters, early morning deliveries, winding clocks, doorbells, and errands Bridget once handled, making housekeeping humbling without a servant girl.
Two Chicago women gossip about a Christmas gift plan. One says she saved money from grocery bills and cut candy purchases to buy her husband a watch, hoping the present would be his surprise and that he would value her frugality. The exchange highlights thrift and a thoughtful seasonal gesture.
A collection of brief hometown anecdotes about children in church, school, and family life. Each note recalls a child’s mispronunciation or misunderstanding, with local places and dates such as Hudson and Boston mentioned in passing.
A mother tells a child to finish bread and milk before pie. The girl replies that she does not want to, but might swallow if it does not touch her tongue. Boston dated December 4.
A reader from East Somerville shares a brief Thanksgiving moment with family. An 8 year old girl asks for her best dress before Mr Thanksgiving arrives while a five year old doubts a printed saying.
Chelsea letters recount Arthur now four years old recalling a Brooklyn bridge ride at age two and a half and a curious moment pointing at a coal man. He also calls a dog a dandy and comments on songs and Santa as Christmas nears.
A Newburyport reader recalls Gracie a four year old who names things with charm and humor. She calls the first yellow rose a cherubim and a tree toad a squeak bird. She bursts into tears at her cousin and muses on a distant girl who walked nine years.
A South Boston note from December 18 describes a four year old Harry asking what his father would vote for and his sister asking about the mayor. The reply: the mayor is a girl-boss, reflecting a child’s view of political leadership.
A five year old girl amuses an aunt with a clever remark about not crossing a “bad word” and a housework doubt from an uncle. She later asks how people enter a seaweed banked house and why it would need a front door, showing wit and curiosity. EB. E. M. South Braintree, Dec, 14.
In Boston on December 16 Mrs M. E P recounts a child named Gussie asking a speaker if her husband would be sad if she died and if she would be sad if her husband died. The boy then muses that if God took both, Aunt Delia could have the room.
A four year old questions whether God makes it rain on a rainy day, suggesting even divine action could be overruled by weather. In Lewiston a physician's daughter wonders if God can gape with his mouth shut, then recounts a visit to a pious old lady who spoke of God constantly, leaving her unsettled and deciding not to visit again.
A fragment of a historical page quotes Mrs. L Lynn describing her teenage niece Dee who laments the harsh words she hears. The text notes Dee is deaf and cannot understand what she says, revealing family tension and communication barriers.
A four year old brattleboro observer asks which side holds God after overhearing a heated political talk. A little girl explains clouds warm the moon, while in Wakefield William B. Jona notes the date December 11.
Natick three year old Edna plays with a kitten and gets scratched. She asks her sister Sadie to remove pins from the kitten’s feet so the animal won’t prick her again. The item is from Mrs Red of Boston dated December 15. Netta age two objects to reciting the Lord’s Prayer preferring Jack and Jill and Sally Water in a domestic vignette from Mrs H C Monm.
A compact collage of light verse and lyric snippets from Fraser's Magazine and Life, featuring playful definitions of friendship roles, a baby’s tumble on a Turkish Rug, and romantic musings. It includes lines about unseen beauty, a telephone maiden, and Capriotes with knives, all evoking a whimsical, period voice.
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