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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1888
Page
7
A humorous essay argues against exclusive male disdain for women’s crafts and praises gentle home arts. It urges balanced use of fancy work for sociable gatherings, stress relief, and household value, while stressing teaching boys basic domestic tasks and offering crochet and knitting rules. It cites a joking critic and advocates broader cultural reading.
The text outlines crochet shawl construction across multiple rows with chains and double crochet stitches. It describes forming corners in the third row from four double crochet groups repeated at corners, and repeats patterns from a star, with slip stitches at row ends. The fourth and fifth rows continue the running pattern, detailing corner stitches and spacing, though the excerpt ends abruptly after indicating a sequence of rows and stitches.
Complex shawl pattern notes describe corner groups, rows with sc and dc stitches, center division of 32 patterns, edging, and a lining with multiple frills. It includes instructions for proceeding around the edge, forming loops, bow placement, and detailed row by row knit counts and stitch actions across many rows.
Materials include five or six skeins of Starlight three-thread Saxony with a fine bone hook. Begin at center with a chain of eight stitches join. First row repeats four times: one double, two double, one double, two double, one double, and one chain. Replace the ace di with three chains to finish.
Instructions describe knitting two boxes using Morse and Kaley No 10 four thread cotton, two medium needles, casting on one stitch and sequential rows of plain and seam stitches. Repeat seaming and knitting to form four pieces, sewing them to form a square with four raised leaves in the center.
Crochet hood using starlight Saxony three ply and bone hook. Starts with a plain open-work lining and frills added later. Begin center front with chain eighteen joined by slip stitch, then follow multi row increases and dual frills. advise working single crochet on first stitch of each row’s lining as the frill progresses.
Communications to Editor Jean Kincaid in Boston include personal reply stamps and name and address for possible publication. The column lists requested patterns such as clover, leaf square, crocheted shawl and crocheted hood as part of reader inquiries.
The Brunswick Telegraph recalls two dogs owned by Miss Salome H Snow and Chapin Weston that formed a close bond despite roaming. One dog was tied by Cruikshank at Harding farm, prompting the other to intervene and attack the tether. The pair then ran off together amid witnessing owners. Lorenzo Larrabee and C H Allen also keep bright but untrained dogs who bonded in friendship, with Larrabee’s spaniel repeatedly freeing himself and gnawing ropes to reach his collie friend, leading to adjustments in tending.
The piece discusses smoke as a tactical factor in future warfare. It notes Milford Haven and Langstone harbor trials where rafts of combustibles created smoke clouds aiding approaches. It explains smoke can hinder or help big guns and that controlled smoke could be produced instantly from gun muzzles using electric devices, building on Tyndall, Rayleigh, and Lodge research.
A lecture on Joseph Karo and the Shulchan Aruch traces mid medieval Jewish life, cabala influence, and the Puritan blue-law reaction. It argues Karo’s work chilled Judaism, tethered it to ritual gloom, and distorted religious development through dogmatic strictness and mystical claims.
The Springfield Union recounts early attempts to link Boston with the Hudson River by canal and rail. Surveys by Loammi Baldwin in 1826 and James F Baldwin in 1827 28 mapped Boston to the Connecticut River routes, some near the later Central Massachusetts line, proposing horse powered cars and a 106 mile corridor from Boston to Rock Ferry, and noting the shift from canal to railroad interest in Massachusetts.
A Portland newspaper recounts a Christmas time hoax in which a prominent city man and his wife expected a guest named Miss Cornelia Shock. A box arrived with a life sized figure made wholly of corn including hair, husk face, and a Worth style toilet, crafted by an artist.
Washington January 13 overview compares John Sherman with Daniel Voorhees noting Sherman's frugal, reserved style and long political career. The piece traces his early entry into Congress, treasury tenure, controversial 1871 Louisiana visit, 1880 convention pursuits, and possible paths to the 1888 nomination, including ties to Don Cameron and family connections.
A distraught husband laments his wife’s absence in a heartfelt verse. He describes grief, loneliness, and strain on home life, pleading for her return. The speaker recalls shared routines and small details, hoping to be warmed by her presence again.
In this city some young women with time and money study telegraphy and connect homes with wires to send and receive messages. A two-house setup costs 39 dollars for basic gear. adding lines and switches increases the price. Each receiver and battery costs 14.60 dollars, wire for a block 2.60 dollars, and linemen may add to the cost for longer circuits. Four friends can wire to their homes for about 100 dollars, with two to three months of study enough to send messages for amusement.
A winter evening ride on an elevated train with Louis Pollard escalates into a humorous scene. Pollard engages a conductor in earnest chatter and thanks him, then awkwardly learns the station and keeps the train waiting as he persists with polite, witty exchanges.
The article surveys United States gem sources from North Carolina to Montana, noting sapphires, garnets, tourmalines, and diamonds. It highlights notable finds such as the 11 carat Sea of Light diamond, California diamonds, Cape garnets, and Maine tourmalines, with details on local mines, localities, and gem quality.
A Corner Journal item notes a distinction between the chaplain’s prayers and the people’s prayers, asserting they differ from those offered in the United States Senate. The piece reflects a political sentiment about prayer amid a legislative context.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Call noting that courage is needed to face another man's convictions. The brief text hints at social judgment and personal resolve without fuller context.
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