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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1885
Page
3
A 19th century essay argues that housework has fallen out of favor among American women as many seek other careers. It urges returning educated, capable women to kitchen work, stresses that housework is a science and art, and praises the Boston Cooking School as a sign of changing attitudes.
A New York hosiery dealer warns that arsenic may be present in colored stockings, especially brighter shades, and that poisoning could occur in wearers of fine materials while cheap hosiery often shows less danger. He notes immunity among the poor and points to black shades as least likely to be poisoned.
Miss Scott formerly lectured on mathematics at Girton. Sixty women manage bank cashier roles in Dakota with no defalcations reported. Eastern banks may hire top female tal ent for accountability. A Cambridge correspondent shares a lily lamp mat crochet pattern and instructions for a decorative mat with crochet lily center and knitting instructions.
The diary is a family journal recording daily weather, visitors, illnesses, deaths of friends, purchases of clothing and supplies, and notable conversations. It urges appointing a rotating family member as journalist to preserve a detailed record of domestic life for future generations.
Paris hosts a grand eighteenth century themed ball with La Fontaine motifs. Princess de Sagan arrives as a peacock with diamond embellishments, guests dressed as animals including bats ibises hens cats and birds, 120 musicians perform behind grape vines and palms while maître d hôtels and footmen in blue and red livery orchestrate the night.
The Lewiston Journal describes private camps of elegance along the lakes. Whitney's camp near Upper Dam owned by J. P. Whitney of San Francisco features $2000 in pictures and a $1000 rug. Betton's Cam Bellevue sits above Union Water Power with granite walls and several buildings. Samuel Betton, from Philadelphia, founded it and spends winters in a Maine logging camp. Thomas McCaine, a Philadelphia sugar refiner, collaborates at Cam Bellevue amid lavish feasts.
A fly on the wall observes the Boston Cooking School nurse class as students improvise dishes from mutton broth to gluten wafers. Miss Leonard, a pink-cheeked student, several assistants, and a lively mix of beginners chase recipes while the lingering fly notes humorous missteps and culinary ambitions.
A compilation of home baking and dessert instructions including yeast bread with milk and graham flour, gluten dough tweaks, baked apples with sugared lemon, Tapioca Cream with eggs, Danish Pudding with currant jelly, fruit tapioca variations, and rice pudding balls steamed in cloth, offering step by step actions and measurements for domestic cooks.
Government analytical chemist Dr Edward G Love reports tests comparing baking powder brands. He warns alum powders are unwholesome and that phosphate and tartaric acid varieties release gas too freely or decay with climate. Former chemist J H A Mott endorses Royal brand from extensive testing. Professor McMurtrie also backs Royal as healthful and free from deleterious substances.
A detailed examination argues New England can outpace the Great Western states in farming profitability across crops. It cites per acre value and yields for corn and tobacco, cranberry and berry crops, apples, pears, beets, and dairy products, noting favorable markets, diverse soils, and efficient fertilizer use, with Vermont sheep and New England hogs highlighted. It warns soil replenishment remains prudent and presents farm-growth figures for 1870 and 1880 across New England states.
In a New York Sun piece a country visitor bursts into a bar declaring he is a wild three horned bull from Ho hokus and wants the bars let down. Reilly and Jimmy react as a scuffle ensues, ending with drinks and a jab at the Salvation Army.
A San Francisco Chronicle note describes Basque as remarkable among European languages. It quotes Senor Arrillaga on Basque features including sibilants and final-syllable stress, with examples like Jauncoioa for God and ama for mother, and lists Basque conjugation forms for love.
A letter argues a rope with a ground-reaching length, a strong hook to lower a basket, and an iron catch on the window sill would save a family in a fire. It urges every housekeeper above the first floor to provide this cheap, reliable life saving contrivance.
A New York Sun snippet shows a woman in a store selecting roller pins and asking for two. The clerk questions the request as she explains her plan to keep one for herself, illustrating a small domestic shopping moment.
A Vermont town reports a red headed colored Thanh. Bath New Hampshire notes 2963 woodchucks bounty. Belfast Maine A G Hunt owns a 1469 year old Roman coin. Hanson Massachusetts Elijah Damon has 2200 chickens. Vermont totals eighty. Haverhill police weigh 4000 pounds across 22 officers. Parsonfield Maine resident Marguerite Edgecomb is said to be 103. Carrie Burke Alton New Hampshire made a crazy quilt with 3808 pieces. Lewiston Maine man owns a piano made in London 1725. Milford Connecticut man says he caught eight clams weighing eight pounds. East Bridgewater man plans California trip after 25 years’ thought. Over 91000 barrels of apples shipped to Europe from Portland. Newburyport 83 year old Mr Johnson dug a 31 by 18 by 4 foot cellar in six days. Rutland Vermont woman seeks divorce after wealthy New Yorker offer. Jefferson New Hampshire Mr Mott 82 recently dho fifteen conta of wood.
Charles F Barker announces Barker's American Checker Player a 179 page volume with twenty two openings and 524 variations plus thirty five critical positions. Contributors Wardwell and Lyman provide twenty two positions. Cloth bound edition priced at one dollar post-paid orders to Charles F Barker Cambridgeport Mass.
Cambridgeport chess column notes White to move and win in Position No 1192 and mentions End game solution No 1190. It reports on a 24 game checker match Freeman versus Heffner with Heffner winning 4 to 3 and 17 draws, plus a Barker Wright friendly match with Barker winning 1 1 to Wright 0 and draws. It also cites Beattie of Liverpool visiting London for exhibitions at the Grafton Club ahead of a Woolhouse match as a warm up for the Grand National tournament starting in Manchester.
The first cyclist seen in Viborg, Jutland, visited in spring as a tourist. On his debut he rode through darkness after lighting his lamp, speeding along a lonely road. a dramatic moment followed with locals recalling the event and the rider's fate.
Charles Williams, war correspondent, argues that Gordon died due to Wilson’s dawdling and lack of nerve after Stewart was wounded. He accuses Wilson of failing to push to Khartoum, questions white flag use, and says a decisive commander would have saved the steamers and lives, urging Wolseley to query the conduct.
Ottawa Free Press reports Rev. Pitblade of Winnipeg bearing a memento from Louis David Riel. The Greek Testament inscription dated May 1, 1885 expresses reverence for truth justice and righteousness and cites Riel asserting devotion to Christ and harmony with the Redeemer. The note describes a humble preacher as a precious existence before God.
An oil broker from Philadelphia visiting northern Michigan learned of a local bore begun four months earlier by an enterprising citizen. The bore aimed for mineral water, but a Boston investor offered $7000 cash, prompting the man to continue drilling to use up the capital.
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