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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1881
Page
3
A poem speaks of a dying day and rain while a thrush’s song lifts a troubled speaker. The speaker muses on sorrow and art, noting that while life fades the bird’s music may endure. The piece ends with a plea to keep singing, offering hope beyond personal death.
A survey of summer fashion trends highlights bright colors blended into harmonious, subtle tones. It covers woollen semi transparent fabrics, embroidery, lace trimming, and Spanish jace usage, with silhouettes like light foulard dresses and basque bodices.
Instructions for making lace edgings with feather-edge braid and No 60 thread. Step by step crochet patterns cover treble stitches, chains, and finishing knots for scallops and wheat-ear edging. Includes specific loop counts, directions, and joining methods.
A detailed home craft narrative describes transforming Charlie and Wallie rooms with red and gray color schemes, repurposed furniture, handmade curtains, and economical furnishings. The piece emphasizes practical, low-cost decor ideas, from damask gray walls to Turkey red accents and DIY tables, shelving, and lighting touches.
A detailed run of decorative sewing ideas and household hacks. It covers colorful aprons with Madras muslin and ribbons, appliqued flowers on crash and satin, sunflowers and poppies in borders, and decorative screens for back doors. It also includes screen ideas using evergreens, grapevine training, and practical guidance on care for Olelloth, matting, and lace. Plus recipes and projects like stuffed veal, potato salad, pickled cherries, luncheon cake, strawberry wine, and fresh fruit creams.
A collage of kitchen directions and household hints includes macaroni with tomato sauce and spinach, strawberry shortcake assembly in layers with berries and cream, a face washing routine using two basins, and a strawberry custard recipe with boiled custard and egg yolks, concluding with an unfinished line about a pill of puzar and a pint of ripe.
A lyrical lament traces the return of John of Tours who dies at home after greeting his mother. The mother reveals a newborn, a crying infant, carpenters, priests and a dark fate as the tale ends with the claim that John is dead and the grave must hold both him and the baby.
Chicago leads in watch-box use with wooden square and sextagonal boxes housing telephones and alarm levers. Keys for police and firemen are issued to all, and registered residents may obtain a door key. Wagons with two policemen respond swiftly to alarms, taking citizens to safety or hospitals. The system aims to deter crime and aid rapid action, costing about $100 per box. News notes also mention hair goods ads and job notices.
A long Victorian discussion on health cites cigars and tobacco derivatives, diet plans for excess fat, ether anesthesia safety, sleep habits, and open air living. It notes the dangers of confined air, pills, and overindulgence, while urging physical activity, proper meals, fruit beverages for fevers, and rational dieting. It also mentions a serpentine stone discovery near Vergennes and Adirondack mountains.
The proprietors near Barn Rock bay on Lake Champlain report a discovery of a petrified serpent of mammoth proportions, measuring about remains described as enormous and fossilized.
The Grist Mill editors solicit solutions and communications from readers with a Boston address. The column lists numerous crosswords puzzles and figures, announces prize winners for weeks, and notes the death of puzzle figure W. C. Swett of Malden with condolences to his family.
A fragmentary verse memorial to Tom Bowling recalls his daring crew, virtues, and cheerful songs. The doomed sailor is praised for duty and kindness, now gone aloft, awaiting calm seas under command. Dibdin's ode preserves maritime reverie and tribute to the departed sailor.
The Oneida community in Utica is tightening access and amenities for visitors. Grounds and shops will not be as open for picnics or casual tours. dwellings remain rented and hotel accommodations only for those with business. Communism or socialist-leaning visitors must rely on private hospitality. Neighbors may visit, but entertainments like music in the hall end. The community, now limited and village-like, shows a drift toward individual family life and paddling their canoes, with a gradual disintegration of the old communal ethos since years past.
A writer describes a New York Turkish bath experience, entering a female-only facility. She details dramatic heat, a roomful of nude bathers, and mixed impressions of bodies from glamorous to unflattering while reflecting on propriety and curiosity.
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