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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1883
Page
3
A period column muses on seasonal packing for a summer flit and the choice between needed versus unnecessary goods. It argues people should value meaningful work over public notice and defends private life from public intrusion while praising everyday neighbors and the value of shared experiences.
A guidance piece notes a trend toward light carpet colors and soft neutral wall coverings to create unobtrusive backgrounds for furniture. It details prevalent hues for rooms, the rise of low-saturation patterns, and practical options like Wilton and Axminster styles, border designs, and complementary wood and matting accents.
Describes wallpaper styles for cottages parlors and city houses with tapestry velours and em broideries. Notes lighter soft tones, ground patterns, copper bronze silver gilt grounds, floral antique designs, and a wide top frieze. Mentions leather copied papers for halls and the use of furniture coverings as wall-hangings in upper cost homes.
A fashion writer extols delicate mull and silk muslin as lace trims and applique, with windmill designs and Oriental-inspired fabrics in dusky olives and creams. It highlights black fabrics, jetted net over silk, Worth’s creations with lace, polonaises as economical essentials, and 16th century-inspired styles with brocade skirts and puffed sleeves.
Vintage lace pattern notes describe Fancy-Work No 1 with seventeen stitches and alternating knit and slip techniques, then Lace No 2 with twenty stitches, multiple decreases, and repeats. Lace No 3 begins with seven stitches and shows a sequence of slips, knits, and purls, ending with a cast off and repeat.
Knit instructions specify three needles or two plus a pin, cast on twenty stitches, and proceed through eleven-row stripe patterns with alternating knit and purl sequences. Directions describe slipping stitches on the third needle, creating striped sections, and finishing with six plain rows before binding off. A child’s afghan is suggested in varied colored stripes joined with black worsted, finished with fringe.
Crochet edging instructions outline a seven row pattern forming scalloped edge. Foundation chain seven with first row shell stitches, subsequent rows build shells and chain spaces, repeating to create a consistent scalloped motif across the length.
William Ryder of 87 Jefferson St Buffalo New York writes that twenty years of leg abscesses from cold exposure healed after using Golden Medical Discovery. In less than three months after the first bottle he reports being completely cured and able to placing his left heel on the ground for the first time in ten years.
A country youth found a two inch winged mosquito with a six inch leg span last week, claiming it as the largest insect seen in Georgia. The item concludes with an ad like plug for raid products ending with a warning not to die in the house.
The article surveys hardy rhododendron species Catawbiense and maximum, their growth, care, and soil needs, plus azaleas like Azalea indica. It notes transplanting in May or June, greenhouse use for Ponticum, and compares peat requirements with other heaths. It ends with a fantastical intrusion of a tomb scene and ancient artifacts.
Garden catchflies Silene include elegant annuals and perennials, with weeds like bladder campion. They seed easily, prefer cool moist spots, and many varieties exist from Virginia Fire Pink to Royal Catchfly. Alpine Moss Campion and Japanese grandiflora provide rockery interest, while some forms struggle in American gardens.
Growers should wrap plants in paper with minimal moss, pack tightly in a sturdy box, and avoid watering before or after packing. Use drainage in pots with broken bricks and damp moss to prevent soil loss. A new insect plant at Cornell and peach crop prospects along Lake Michigan are noted.
Patient reports improved health using Compound Oxygen with better sleep and strong appetite. It states the treatise on Compound Oxygen, its nature, action and results, with case reports and full information, is sent free from Drs SvarKEY and Pallen at 1100 and 1111 Girard Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
A North Carolina resident from Yancy County read of a man in the North who ate thirty six eggs and sought to exceed it. He offered fifteen cents for eggs and ate eleven boiled then thirty three raw totaling forty four eggs, showing no fatigue when he paused.
The Pittsburg Despatch reports 1844 footprints found in the Carson Nevada sandstone quarry along with many animal teeth. A grave at 173 feet depth yielded a huge skeleton, noted as the most interesting discovery.
A detailed set of do it yourself instructions on making a telephone using a wooden box, wires, a windlass, and tin can components. Includes box dimensions, wire twisting, pulley wheel setup, tensioning, and placement tips for outdoor or window sash mounting plus notes on maintaining tension across temperature changes and long-distance demonstrations.
A Philadelphia police lieutenant describes a new diamond theft scheme dubbed the tongue racket. A conning couple, posing as an aged man and wife, distract clerks while the man steals gems with his tongue, later having items sent to destinations or set, with several Philadelphia robberies noted but kept quiet by merchants.
New Orleans dig uncovers an eighty foot boat buried eight feet deep with human bones inside. In Shanghai at Twantay Canal Works a ship relic from 150 to 200 tons is found ten feet down with large timber keel and long nails, suggesting European shipbuilding and an age of 400 to 800 years. A light verse ends with a medical oil advert for St Jacobs Oil.
The forty-eight line summary presents sixteen hygienic infant care rules from the Paris Academy of Medicine. It emphasizes exclusive nursing by mother or healthy wet nurse in the first year, careful formula use if needed, clean feeding vessels, avoiding outdated tonics, delaying solid foods, and staged weaning. It covers bathing, clothing, ventilation, outdoor exposure, sleeping arrangements, early mobility, warning signs, and vaccination guidance.
Kansas City Missouri signal service officer Sergeant John P Finley publishes directions on tornado behavior and shelter. He urges northern escape when possible and shows dugouts or cellar caves as best refuges with precise placement and headward protection. He warns against east or northeast exposure and emphasizes warning watches and coordinated signals for towns in storm-prone districts.
A World of Science column advises against after dinner strong tea or coffee as it hinders digestion and sleep. It endorses tea at tea time in moderation, recommends hot water or cocoa for breakfast, and favors warm water for dinner in cold weather as a healthier, nonfatting option.
The body of Mr Batchelder, buried twenty six years ago at Haver hil, was exhumed Monday by relatives who were astonished to find the corpse perfectly preserved. Nails and hair remained unchanged and facial features showed natural wrinkles. The silk necktie, beard, and clothing had not deteriorated, and the pine coffin was two inches thick.
The Natural History Society of Cincinnati received a curious Japanese cloak. Made from grass leaves twisted into a thatched roof-like upper section, it covers the shoulders with two arm pieces, giving the wearer a porcupine or hedgehog look as rain falls on the upper portion.
In a Philadelphia Times vignette a heavyset one-armed veteran at an eighth street restaurant demonstrates improvised tools and routines. He uses a combined knife and fork, a basin brush, and self training to wash, shave, tie a collar, and trim nails, claiming mastery since Antietam.
A Forest and Stream reader recounts a Canada hog slaughter tale where a panther leaped 30 feet uphill, 54 feet to a rock, then 72 feet downhill after upsetting lumber. He compares the leap to a coiled wire spring releasing sequentially, detailing muscular action from shoulders to hind limbs to explain this animal feat.
Mr. James Hopper of Edwardsburg Ont. owns a one year old bear that refused to leave its shed from December 6 until December 28. The bear finally emerged for milk and later a square meal on January 9, appearing healthy despite a long fasting period.
Uncle Sam Haley recalls a 12 year old May day when pigeons settled in his orchard turning blossoms blue and white. He says this spring has no apple leaves or blossoms, while a Taunton reader praises Brown's Tron Bitters for relief.
A quotation praises inderse as an excellent medicine and a good digestive agent, noting it is a non intoxicant in the fullest sense. The statement frames inderse as a beneficial health remedy with broad tolerability and safe use.
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