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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1891
Page
7
A Hagerstown writer explains the German Baptist Dunkers origins and practices. He details baptism views, Anabaptist roots, love feasts, feet washing, church layout, gender separation, plain dress, and communal life, noting regional growth from Pennsylvania and Maryland to the Midwest and South.
A New York Sun recounts a humorous ferry scene where a dapper man leads a large family including a big wife, five nurses, and 17 bags onto a carriage. The husband intends to ride uptown alone, but the wife loudly commands him to return, transforming the outing into his own defeat as the “circus” remains under her control.
The Sun notes emeralds and sapphires brighten pale hands as rings grow popular. A fairy tale of a merry sprite who loses a ring then finds it with a peasant girl and her lover, a tale the piece hopes to echo in every love gift.
Dialogue notes a confrontation where a judge expresses anger at a fellow tramp after a dog attack, with Taggs recounting that IJ harmed a woman unless she provided worn clothes, and calling her an old maid.
A judge blocks his son from Sunday school citing family concerns. The ruling underscores parental authority over religious education and prompts questions about local church access and child welfare considerations.
A Boston bride to be wears a Swiss muslin lavender frock with rose wreaths and pink ribbon trimmings, paired with a rose heavy hat. Parisians favor pale gray crepon with yellow accents, while a young Murray Hill socialite models a severe black broadcloth gown with copper hair and a Parisian lace hat.
A Boston Citizen survey of clergy from Baptists to Episcopalians lists numerous ministers with British birth or parentage. The piece notes many names and churches across Boston and suburbs, suggesting English, Scottish, Irish, or Canadian roots among local clergy while observing a shift toward mercantile pursuits among youth.
A critical meditation on 19th century social pressures shaping婚arrangements. The piece argues love is driven out by desire for wealth status and appearances, detailing a young bride’s coerced wedding to an elderly suitor, the mother’s complicity, and the plea that true love survives beyond the altar. It contrasts loveless unions with marriages tempered by attachment and virtue.
In a June New York feature, commentators note the Empress of Russia endures mourning yet seeks elegance. Two gowns are described as designed for her, to be worn after Tur Giorge readers view and critique them.
The article describes two gown styles. A silver gray Bengaline gown features braiding with silver wheat ear motifs, a bodice with pleated borders, and a four inch ground-length skirt. It uses yellow chiffon yoke with puffed sleeves. A second summer foulard gown in hyacinth blue with shell pink pattern is trimmed with Russian lace from peasant makers.
The Parisian method shapes the hair with even waves from the neck up using new instruments for the purpose. A central coil at the back is formed, the fringe is waved and tucked back, and a single curl falls low on the forehead sometimes worn at the temple for a refined, lauent effect.
A mid 19th century tone narrates famed travelers from Hanno the Carthaginian to Pytheas, Herodotus, Marco Polo, Columbus, and John Smith, to Captain Cook and Humboldt, ending with Darwin. It highlights their daring journeys, discoveries, and the growth of travel as a science, praising curiosity and endurance.
A 1900s New York society note rhapsodizes debutantes at the June 19 Old Cambridge on the Charles event, likening them to flowers. It praises dresses, gloves, and the fashion sense of the season while wryly noting the burdens of multitudinous appearances and the risk of rain.
In Philadelphia a 2 oclock Walnurst car offers a quirky scene as a policeman and a baker provide hot bread through a bakery window. The bread is handed to the driver who thanks the officer with God bless you old man, then distributes it to passengers while they discuss politics.
Mrs. Fizzletop questions Professor about her son Johnny's progress at the University of Texas. The professor, frustrated, declares Johnny phenomenally lazy and doubts he will ever improve, joking that he may be too lazy to even start.
In a Rochester Post Express item, clerks recover 310 in gold pieces from a postal car on the New York and Pittsburg railroad. The envelope lacked identifying addresses and wrappers, suggesting the sender tried to avoid registration. Post officials warn mailing money in light wrappers is common and unclaimable by the bearer.
A Washington Post fragment reports a suburban town's colored residents reaction to a minister's remark amid tensions over a dam project. Officers seek calm as a committee weighs the minister's case amid accusations of profanity and community unrest.
A domestic etiquette piece advises against turkey-tail dusters and recommends weekly sweeping with full dust protection. It urges wiping furniture with cloths, covering items with sheets, opening windows, checking for cobwebs, and methodically cleaning woodwork in sections to remove dirt and preserve colors.
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