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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1883
Page
3
A column discusses the rise of American independence in speech and dress, praising the young American woman abroad. It surveys attitudes toward mirrors, fashion at watering places, and the shift toward simpler dress, noting changes in etiquette, the role of women in charity, and the value of women hosting dinners to support sister workers.
Judge Tuley praises Miss Perry and Miss Martin as rising Chicago women lawyers. He notes women judges and solicitors are now common, laments earlier barriers, and recalls Perry's esteemed use of gentleness and legal skill in a bitter husband wife case. He predicts women will uplift professional courtesy and standards.
A Harper's Bazaar piece explains how ladies began dining without men, sparked by club dinners and visiting dignitaries. It lauds feminine wit, decorum, and restraint, noting cooler, shorter meals with less wine and no scandal, and praises the relaxed, engaging conversation.
Seaside resort fashion favors white dresses in light wools like French cheviots camel's hair and flannels in simple styles with skeleton basques and belts. Describes tucks, kilt skirts, belted blouses, and variations with veils, velvet, and color accents. Hats, gloves, parasols, and shawls complete the seaside ensemble. navy options and bright blues appear in accents.
Plums are canned with one quarter pound of sugar per pound of fruit. Boil the sugar with water, then add plums and boil rapidly for twenty minutes before bottling. Egg plums or Victorias are delicious when boiled in a thin syrup for dessert.
Instructions describe making light syrup by boiling half a pound of leaf sugar per pint of water for ten minutes, then packing peaches apricots plums and pears in the syrup in wide neck jars. Ensure fruit is fully covered with syrup, remove air bubbles, and seal jars promptly to keep the fruit submerged and clear.
Pears of all kinds can be prepared the same way to keep their fresh delicate flavor. Large ones like Bartletts may be cut into quarters, though most are best whole or in halves. Use red pears not cured for better color. Pears cook until soft and clear with no fixed boiling time.
The passage explains stewing pears and other hard, off flavors fruit until tender in a syrup flavored with cloves and cinnamon. A muslin bag tied loose and boiled ten minutes in water before sugar is added preserves the spice, with pears finishing in the syrup. Hard pears require about an hour of boiling and the syrup should boil rapidly throughout.
The quince pieces are peeled and quartered then simmered in barely sufficient syrup until tender. The seeds are left in during the cooking process to help flavor and texture.
Crapes are preserved or made into jelly. Seeds are removed by squeezing each piece to separate pulp and skins. Boil pulp and strain to remove seeds, then boil with skins and three quarters of a pound sugar per pound of fruit for about three quarters of an hour.
Core and slice firm apples for marmalade. Boil quickly in syrup until clear, just covered. Add cloves or lemon peel if desired. Use russets or any cooking-stable apple. Do not peel.
This excerpt describes cooking ripe cherries with water and sugar, then pressing through a hair sieve. It instructs grinding kernels, adding lemon juice and more sugar, combining, and freezing with pounded ice until set, then serving in glasses.
To ten quarts of berries add five quarts of water and steep twenty four hours. Boil and skim, strain, then to each gallon of liquor add three pounds sugar half an ounce of cloves one ounce of cinnamon and two ounces of ginger. Boil again and ferment with toast slice and fresh yeast. Removing spices makes the wine resemble port.
Two medium firm cabbages shredded finely with salt and hung. Boil one quart vinegar with ginger pepper and cloves. Pack cabbage into jars and pour cooled spiced vinegar over.
A historical note outlines making a pot pie crust with half a pound of butter to one pound of flour. It instructs to pare and slice peaches after preparing the paste and filling.
Instructions describe sugar to taste, filling and covering a pot with paste, leaving a middle opening for steam, baking in a moderately hot oven, and serving cold with cream.
Take ripe raspberries mash in a pan then strain the juice. To each pint of juice add one pound leaf sugar and one quart vinegar. Boil a minute, skim, bottle, and cork for a ready preserved liquid.
To one quart of blackberry juice add one pound of white sugar half an ounce of grated nutmeg and half an ounce of pulverized cinnamon. Tie the spice in a muslin bag boil skim set aside to cool and add one pint of best brandy. Cloves and allspice may be added in quarter ounce each.
An eight year old American girl educated in Stettin was cared for by the son of a wealthy family after her mother vanished. After years of schooling and honors, the woman’s letter and money arrive prompting questions. A New York lawyer offered marriage, raising questions about inheritance and guardianship.
A seedy man tries to sell a lucrative drink recipe to a bar tender in a Washington street saloon. He boasts of wealth and expansion, but the bartender rebukes him as a professional bum and the man flees after a thrown object misses him.
In a Pretze weekly fragment, Hans Isaacs runs a clothing house and is famed for diamonds. A stranger named Schmit arrives wearing a partially hidden diamond, and Isaacs, speaking in a heavy dialect, recalls losses in his family while expressing disbelief at the diamond on Schmit’s bosom. The tale uses humor and dialect to frame a dubious ultimate question about the diamond’s truth.
The projected North African sea at thirty million dollars would take five years to dig. De Lesseps foresees mud bed anchorage and climate change opening barren regions to cultivation. He seeks only land for banks of the inland sea, warning of potential Sahara tolls if no opposition arises.
A Rehoboth Sunday Herald letter notes San Gabriel New Mexico residents celebrating extreme age. It describes Senora Laura aged 102 and Senora Benjamina aged 117, living in adobe huts with scant tidiness as visitors observe them and their worn quilts.
A letter from J Bailey of Burdett New York praises Dr Pierce products saying a friend who suffered terribly became perfectly well after using Favourite Prescription. The note also mentions Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets as purifying the blood and curing constipation.
A detailed guide on improving home interiors with durable Kensington rugs proper matting and varied curtains. It covers inexpensive cloth like cheese cloth, wood framed dressing cases, transforming a faded bureau into a stylish piece, canton matting projects and a DIY parlor couch with storage, plus decorative touches for mats, cretonne and stained glass effects.
The article details women sewing and crafting at home in summer, from heraldic embroideries on satin and plush to arrasene appliques and corded fringe. It notes wool and silk mixes, brass edging, and table scarfs, with new paper panels for wall display and delicate lace sets in Nile green and floral motifs.
A 17 year old boy in Chelsea courts a 40 year old woman. To marry he forges ages on a city license, but a vigilant father exposes the ruse. The clerk and minister deny the license, leaving the couple unable to wed in Boston or Chelsea.
A prominent hay dealer discusses origins and quality in the market. He cites Michigan Ohio Illinois Pennsylvania New York New Hampshire Connecticut and Massachusetts as sources with Canada and Maine producing top grades. He notes Western methods using wire binding boost efficiency and predicts a strong crop with little winter kill.
The piece describes expert thieves among Hindus and Chinese, notingBy disguising weapons as everyday items they steal rings and silver from households. It cites a Chinaman severing a finger to obtain a ring and recounts a Guiana field hand slipping a stolen coffee pot from a breakfast veranda.
After forest fires in northern Michigan, an Eastern State widow reported missing United States 4 percent registered bonds found later in a relief box. The bonds had been duplicated via indemnity, then disappeared again until a Michigan newspaper ad prompted the beneficiary to contact Bechert Folger at the Treasury. The correspondent, a relief committee recipient, received the box of writing materials and discovered the bonds with only the payee name inside.
A Flint Journal note describes a carved mahogany knot stirrup once used by a rebel cavalry officer from Marion's brigade. Made in 1771 for a colonel, the piece survived Civil War era battles and later came into Sheriff Pargell's possession after capture at the Wilderness.
An article discusses dyspepsia as arising from varied causes and requiring individualized diets. It argues stomach size and work influence food choices, critiques universal plans, urges tailored meals, proper housing ventilation, and stronger cooking education to improve health and reduce illness.
The Western Farmer columnist notes a discouraged woman cured by floriculture. She perfected petunia varieties through seed, cuttings, and careful selection, producing vibrant blooms and hybrids that drew countywide attention. A nursery owner adds praise for outdoor work and reduced doctor bills, urging open air gardening for all.
The text argues that fresh air and pure water, plus ventilation and cleansing, prevent infection. It warns excreted body waste and exhaled breath pollute the air, stressing nightly airing of clothes and sleeping rooms, and condemns low, poorly ventilated tenements as a disease risk.
The 125 master plumbers gathered at Masonic Hall for the first national convention. President Foster mocked claims of plumbers wearing diamonds and shared a steadfast stance on frugal display. Delegates joked about reporters and personal wealth as the event drew lively applause.
During a thunder storm a bolt of lightning struck a 17 year old boy, son of Michael Peets, while he read a Bible at his father's Shaker road home in Albany. The blast ripped his clothing, threw the Bible across the room, and he died at once. No other damage or trace of electricity was found outside the house.
Andrew Dam recalls a rural maiden who nightly fetched water from the Union Square Hotel. He revealed the room bell and she mistook the electric bell as a fire alarm cue, sparing the hall boy a trip for tea water in this humorous anecdote.
Richmond preacher Rev. Mr. Jasper argues for a flat earth and sun circling a near Earth. His disciple Prof. P. P. Johnson claims explorers will find a distant blue world beyond 10 000 miles with extreme cold and new inhabitants. Johnson says the sun is 250 miles away and beams rivers of water while gold and gems abound.
The Cleveland letter describes Mrs Garfeld as changed since the war. Lines vanish from her face, replaced by a worldly calm. She avoids Washington during the current administration and speaks of her late husband in the present tense, keeping a portrait of General Garfield nearby.
A Boston gentleman meets a former acquaintance aboard a ferry. The man reveals he is a night inspector at the custom house and, after a pause, says his duties amount to doing nothing while noting that no one else does anything either.
A Lewiston hackman stopped a late night fare to the 11 20 train and blocked the doorway in a dripping rain clouded scene. Five commercial travelers fled into a hotel veranda and a depot platform clash ensued leaving them stunned. Shey Beins predicts the hackman may regret it someday.
Extensive arrangements enable supply of Compound Oxygen for home use nationwide with free consultation by letter during treatment. Each case is carefully considered. The Treatise on Com Oxyzen details its nature action and results with real cases and full information. Starkey & Palen, 1101 Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
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