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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1885
Page
3
A feature arguing women should study and discuss politics and business as men do. It critiques passive attitudes and urges girls to pursue reading, travel, finance, and practical skills to become self reliant and capable companions, mothers, and advisers.
The piece discusses March and April as ideal visiting months in New Orleans per Harper's Bazar, with weather notes from January and February and clothing guidance. It reports on the woman's department at the exposition, its location, exhibits, and staff, including Mrs. Marion Mc Bride of the Boston Post as superintendent of the press department.
A detailed pattern from Mrs. E. Marie Niles for a crocheted purse and toilet slippers. It explains materials, stitches, and steps to construct a two-part purse with treble crochet rows, chain stitches, and edging, using knitting silk, beads, or saxony yarn as options.
The instructions describe a bag with no chains, pass the chains from the Ovet bag through the back of a second bag, sew them to the front, and add a bead fringe across both bag ends for finished texture.
A Philadelphia Call description outlines crocheted toilet slippers using grey German town wool. Begin at the toe with a 15 chain, single crochet back, widen mid stitches, 15-row depth, heel piece formed by 15 side stitches, then crochet a top with loops and a shell border. Elastic through loops, ribbon over it, finish with bound leather or braid soles and a ribbon bow.
The article argues that modern dress for children is easier to arrange thanks to ready patterns and expert guidance. It favors simple, clean fabrics like cambric and muslin over ornate trims, noting that plain outfits stay neater after laundering. It cites a fortune’s child using silk without trimming and highlights key pieces kept understated.
Directions for Kensington painting describe using nonpareil velveteen at $1 a yard with tube paints and indestructible No 1 brass pens. Outline a wild rose pattern on velvet, stamp designs with Briggs patterns or own design, and use gasoline linseed oil and flake white for painting.
A detailed older craft guide explains making a decorative quilt block using muslin scraps, black velvet centers, and colored strips. It covers plan, color balance, strip widths, sewing order, alignment tips, and final assembly, including lining ideas from a sulk dress.
A craft item describes knitting a chair tidy using white cotton and red Saxony yarn in alternating 2.5 inch squares. It covers cast on twenty red stitches, garter stitch across forty rows, and assembling blocks of three and five to seven, forming a central longest strip. Finished with sewn strips and red white tassels, it emphasizes durability and uniform square sizing for even appearance.
Instructions describe two decorative bottles covered with peacock-blue satin or olive-green satin, with pasteboard bottoms, satin bags drawn over the bottles, tinge at the top, and ribbons or embroidered flowers. A satin cushion completes the set, featuring velvet corner turned back, large satin bows, and floral embroidery on the remaining corners.
Cut two inch wide carpet strips and fray each side leaving about half an inch center. Double these strips off center so fringed edges form two rows when sewn to the outer edge of an old carpet. Begin by sewing a strip around the edge.
A simple guide describes sewing each strip so the fringe overlaps the unravelled portion of the prior row. Continue this method toward the center to form a durable mat. Using different colors enhances beauty and durability.
A Victorian craft instruction detailing joining eight linen hemstitched handkerchiefs with fine rickrack insertion. The edge is trimmed with rickrack, and the project may feature braided or embroidered monograms for a personalized finish.
Window plants require sun and air with minimal artificial heat. Mignonette dislikes confinement while succulents like cacti tolerate dry air. Keep air moist, use glassed spaces with doors, water weekly, and inspect winter storages for pruning. Protect from frost and manage mice using soaked arsenic pots in pits. Check cellars monthly for dryness and light.
A London Gardeners Chronicle reader describes an experiment using a teaspoonful of ammonia in a gallon of water twice weekly on four chrysanthemum plants. The ammonia-water plants grew darker green leaves and splendid flowers, outperforming others fed with manure. The writer notes cost and plans to switch to cheaper agricultural ammonia, with similar excellent results on strawberries doubling the crop.
Simple remedy for cold feet for sedentary workers and drivers. Stand upright and rise slowly onto the tips of the toes to strain the foot tendons, then slowly return to flat position. Repeat several times to boost circulation. A heavy woollen stocking over thin cotton ones helps keep feet warm.
A medical authority describes treating scars by placing two to three fingers on the scar and vibrating the tissue beneath without friction on the surface. Move the vibrating point every 10 15 seconds and limit pressure to avoid pain. For large burns begin at the margins, treat up to twenty vibrations daily, and suspend if irritable, with improvements in nourishment and new blood vessels noted over weeks.
Dr Henry Tucker writes in the Southern Medical Record recommending a simple hiccough remedy. Moisten granulated sugar with good vinegar and give infants from a few grains to a teaspoonful. Effect is nearly instantaneous and rarely needs repetition. He reports use from infants to elderly patients.
The article confirms crushed ice as a burn dressing once proposed by Sir James Earle and supported by Dr. Richardson. Ice is crushed to a fine dry state, mixed with fresh lard into a paste, placed in a thin cambric bag, and laid on the burn to banish pain until the mixture melts and requires a fresh dressing.
A vintage face wash is praised as harmless and highly effective. The recipe blends barley decoction with soft water and Peruvian balsam, to be applied morning and night with a flannel cloth.
Dr. James E. Bramwell reports in the British Medical Journal a case of violent persistent neuralgia in an 80 year old patient. The ailment, resistant to many remedies, was rapidly cured with a drop-dose of a 0.1 percent nitro glycerine solution three times daily.
Washington December 29 The mint director estimates the value of world standard coins for January 1 1885 reclaimable by the treasury. Silver bullion price changes lower coin valuations for nations where silver is the sole standard, reducing figures for currencies such as the Austrian florin Boliviano Ecuadorian peso Indian rupee Japanese yen Mexican dollar Peruvian sol Russian rouble Tripoli Mahbub and United States of Colombia.
Fragmentary San Francisco Chronicle excerpt shows dialogue about marriage, memory, and mourning. A woman recalls Harry's devotion and mourning after her marriage to Jack, while another speaks of lost expectations and the social limits of early sorrow.
An old Washington monument era feature describes new relic finds and anecdotes. Letters to W W Corcoran reveal bugle heirlooms and a San Jose manuscript claim of Washington writing a hexameter ode. Zimmermann uncovers a 1789 1796 memorandum of presidential mansion furniture and other papers.
P. M. Chandler of Milner Dakota argues against claims of Western farm bankruptcies. He asserts Kansas land values rose 100 to 500 percent since 1882, crops in 1884 were abundant, wheat prices declined little, and farmers hold grain for profits. He warns against sensational bankruptcy talk harming the country and highlights Dakota as a strong farming region with ready credit if banks offered fair rates.
Edward Timmins a wealthy Can ada farmer sought marriage with waitress Jennie Ellenner after sending money for travel and wedding outfits. He later learned of no aunt in Rochester and found no answer to his letters, leading him to travel to Clayton in search of Ellenner as he suspects an adventuress.
The Chicago Herald notes there are 10,000,000 voters in the United States. If they formed a torchlit procession, they could march from New York to San Francisco and back to Chicago in double file with six feet between each, or form an army four deep from Augusta, Maine to Savannah, Georgia.
A clergyman who suffered years with catarrh finally found a prescription that cured him. He claims it saved his life and offers the recipe free to any sufferer who sends a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr. J. A. Lawrence at 199 Dean Street Brooklyn New York.
Paris report on the Hugues Morin case details a dramatic morning with crowds at the Court of Assizes. Mme Jeanne Royansez Clovis Hugues faced sensational testimony, jurors debated premeditation, and after hours of witness accounts the jury acquitted her, while Morin's father received 2000 francs.
Portland readers hear sailors describe apparitions aboard the schooner Arcana, once the Jefferson Borden. Three men rose aloft at 11 to 12, then vanished. captain denies haunting while locals debate and follow the ship at midnight near the wharf.
A Chicago report recounts Senator James G. Fair of Nevada growing up near Tyrone and his path to marriage. His carpentering years funded a journey to America, where a letter revealed his love for Jee and a plan involving Jee's sister, Miss Pearce, leading to his eventual alliance with the Pearce family. The tale blends fortune, romance, and the senator’s rise.
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