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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1879
Page
2
A distorted lyric voice speaks of longing, unruly thoughts, and distant affection. Images of snowy folds, sweet bites, and a closed book frame a mood of introspection and yearning for unity with a beloved. Strong entities: none.
A Parisian widow recounts her flirtation with Count Alexis in the past. She recalls wearing mourning then meeting a charming rake who wooed with poetry and boasts of Caucasus riches. At his invitation she visits his exotic boudoir at night, driven by curiosity and desire, risking judgment and her son’s wellbeing, only to realize the affair was a dangerous illusion.
A narrator enters Count Alexis's marvelously arranged chamber lit by colored glass lamps. She admires the art, fragrance, and shadows, while wrestling with longing for the Count and guilt over her missing son. A late return hints at potential scandal.
A fragmentary poem by L. P. Finch reflects on Civil War memory, blending imagery of blue and gray factions under solemn skies. It contrasts victory and defeat, honor and mourning, with repeated refrains of waiting the judgment day and laurel, willow, roses, and dew.
The article reports May first as the start of a new postal rule lifting a ban on sending mounted microscopic specimens and apparatus. It covers Henry Draper's sun oxygen experiments and plans to publish Europe-based demonstrations, Riley's cabbage worm invasion, Brorson’s comet spectrum, early sound telegraph experiments, and European technical college figures. It notes Cecidomyia trifolii damaging red clover seeds, copying ink from logwood extract, and comparisons between torpedo and mussel electrical apparatus. It ends with Marey’s studies on the torpedo discharge and its audible effects.
A long guidance piece on lambrequins in home decor, detailing do it yourself methods for window drapery and mantel pieces. It covers practical crafting steps from using remnants to create loops, plaits, and borders, plus ideas for brackets, painting on fabric, and coordinating with curtains, Swiss lace, and Canton flannel.
A homemaker recalls plans to add inexpensive decorations to improve a farm home. She experiments with pottery decoration using old fashioned jars painted in sea green, gray, blue, buff, and urn style motifs. She notes her husband’s skepticism about “air” and finery.
A column explains croquet rules and players rivalries, detailing roquet, croquet, dead balls and rovers, plus a light note on the Lawn Basket construction using bark, pine cones and a pine stump with morning glories. Strong entities include croquet, rovers, turning stake, and lawn basket items. The piece contrasts strategies and etiquette in a pastime popular outdoors.
A domestic guidance piece extols breakfast as the energy anchor, urges dainty tables and proper lighting, and offers practical tips for meals and beverages. It champions better breakfast dishes, eggs, crepes, and croquettes, plus refined chocolate and tea preparation, with strict warnings against poor toast and kitchen sloppiness.
A long list of dietary guidance argues that highly concentrated foods hinder digestion and that meals should include bulk. It cites historical bread practices in England, warns against cakes for children, and endorses soups with bread, celery as a remedy for rheumatism, and oat meal gruel for invalids and children. It also covers home remedies for felons, eye relief with salt water, camphor balls for skin and rheumatism, and horseradish for hoarseness, ending with a local club anecdote about aid to southern Black migrants in Kansas.
The note mentions fos cartas balloon vine Madeira vine and money plant forming a very pretty arrangement. It highlights a garden or decorative display using these plant species.
A chestnut based glue can form a liquid glue that stays usable at cold temperatures after drying, washing, and chlorine treatment. A London Garden correspondent shares a zinc writing ink made from bi chlor ide of platinum in distilled water, cleaned with emery or diluted acid, and used on labels with lasting results.
Figures from a large wholesale firm compare prices in 1864 1865 and 1879 for common household goods. The Boston Daily Globe notes an advertisement urging summer boarders and promising insights on income prospects.
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