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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1883
Page
3
A 19th century column argues that women telegraphers join union shows equal pay for equal work. It notes men support women operators, protesting wage gaps of 15 to 25 dollars monthly. The piece suggests women join labor orgs to secure fair wages and mutual aid.
A Chicago Journal letter argues that a mayor of modern society elevates women to prominent social roles creating privilege and conflict. It contends some women misuse status to provoke disputes, while public opinion often favors the feminine side in such squabbles.
A Chicago paper extols American schoolmarms touring Europe for summer vacation. It lauds their dignity, independence, dress, and cultural curiosity, calling the schoolmarm one of America’s most admirable institutions and celebrating their social progress and overseas travels.
A Pittsburg letter by Mrs. Jane Grey Swisshelm rails at corsets and tight waists as causes of crime and moral decline among women. She calls for medical and social reform, critiques fashion, and links body shaping to brain power while urging doctors and associations to curb oppressive styles.
Advice on mountain dress and lawn tennis attire favors all wool fabrics and simple lines. It rejects heavy starch and ornament, recommends short skirts with kilts and tunics, and notes Alpine climbing dress with brown serge and practical components. Colors preferred are dark navy, claret, and muted wools. emphasis on comfort, weight, and waterproof cape. Boots should be broad and low-heeled with merino stockings for walking in showers.
Lawn tennis is the season’s fashion game requiring more movement and proper dress. A modern dress should be short and simple with a high set sleeve, an over skewed apron, and light fabrics like cotton or linen. Styles include dark blue linen with cream linen aprons, or the Sutherland design in Scotch plaid gingham, all aiming for cool yet practical attire with matching hosiery and low-cut shoes.
Present indications show a large statewide peach crop in Delaware with Kenton near the Chesapeake and Delaware rail line producing a fair yield. The central counties, especially around Wyoming and Camden, will lead the harvest while the bay coast yields fall short. Superintendent I N Mills of the Delaware division plans for substantial shipping, estimating up to 5,000,000 baskets via the Delaware railroad, with the largest shipments likely from Kent County on the peninsula.
A Bonanza Mine of health is to be found in Dr. R. V. Pierce's Favorite Pre emption thousands testify to its merits as a remedy for female weakness and related affections.
Fashions spotlight light summer wraps from lace capes to fichus and mantles in black, white, and velvet tones. Describes shoulder capes, fichus, morbant mantles, trims, colors, fabrics like Persian gauze, lace, guipure, and chenille fringe. Also notes silk muslin Persian gauze, linen checks, and printed dress patterns with embroidery at lower prices.
Colorful parasols feature ivory or golden brown sticks, hammered silver knobs, and dark satin lace mounts. Star shaped sunshades, lace covers, and tasselled fringe appear in black or white, with varied woods like teasel, orange, ash, and bamboo. Textiles include Valenciennes lace, pongee, and satin linings in apricot and rose tones.
The article details elaborate summer morning jackets and wrappers crafted from shirred mull with Valenciennes trim, lace inserted across shoulders, and long fichu fronts. It describes various styles including mati nuees, blue and red plaid gingham wrappers, and silk surats, plus lighter and warmer options with lace, ruffles, and ribbons.
The column details season fashion from hats and bonnets to gowns and trimming. It notes straw hats for school wear, white hats in demand, lace and embroidery trends, sea shell style for children, and jewelry and fabric choices for summer wardrobes.
A modern age rumor claims the Czar of Russia consulted an American London medium in St Petersburg over coronation plans. The seance allegedly eased preparations and led the Czar to believe in Spiritualism. The American medium is said to be satisfied with the results. G. G. Wilson of Lawrence Massachusetts endorses Brown's Iron Bitters for health.
The writer extols Canada as vast and promising, praising its farm education and practical schools. He notes a government supported agricultural institute in Quebec, a strong farm culture, and compares Canadian progress to American habits, urging native readers to seek knowledge at home before abroad. He praises Canadian kindness, order, and the dream of embracing a continental future.
The writer extols Canadian French life along the Richelieu and St Lawrence, praising persistent industry, piety, family devotion, and low crime. He notes the French population grew from under 60,000 after English conquest to over a million with limited immigration, and contrasts village settlement with isolated farmhouses. He lauds politeness fostered by constant contact and vows to respect Canadian French.
The narrator notes an absence of beggars among French Canadians near Richelieu and St Hyacinthe while traveling. He recalls the extreme reluctance of locals to take payment for hospitality, sometimes making compensation feel like a swindle. He hints at the desirability of spending a summer there.
A sunlit JOAQUIN MILLER poem from Quebec 1882 reflects the era’s grand verse and austere sea imagery. The second tale reports an 19th century Boston toothpick craze with hotels losing thousands daily and a billion used yearly, amid regional variations and a turn toward new splinters.
Boston iron handlers dispute a New York tale of a rapid pig iron price surge. They cite current ample supply, weak demand, and expect prices to hover around twenty one dollars per ton for months. Some warn the outlook is gloomier, noting past booms misread by markets.
A wan man in a South End grocery shop seeks help to stop a neighbor’s fiddling. He explains the noise from a young man practicing on the same floor with tunes like the Irish Washerwoman and Devil’s Dream. Various customers suggest cures from resin to castor oil.
A wife questions cheap mutton and pork chops. Her husband explains chops come from the animal, not the face, and she contends a chop resembles a pig’s jaw bone. The piece ends with an odd ad about Bucu-Parna for kidney and liver diseases at $1.
Nearly 1000 poor children toured Lake Walden on the eleventh annual free excursion. A dead boy named Dummy was found in the water and towed ashore for burial as the day unfolded with botany lessons, prize flowers, and humorous misadventures. The event ran under careful supervision with 11 cars, food for all, and improved management led by H. J. Jaquith, reducing staff and cutting costs.
The torpedo-boat Destroyer returned from sea this morning and lies at the Brewers' dock at Tompkinsville. The experiment was quite successful as pests and vermin were cleared out by Raugh on Rats. Z. B. Torr en of Brookline Mass reports Brown's Iron Bitters in constant demand by customers.
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