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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1880
Page
2
A lyrical reflection on a mother’s hands, their lifelong labor and tenderness. The poem contemplates time, weariness, and the coming day when those hands will rest, yet belief remains that beyond death the speaker will meet their mother again in a brighter realm.
The Agricultural Editor of The Weekly Globe in Boston invites farmers to write about current topics, share experiences, and answer queries. Readers are asked to propose topics such as sugar beet profitability in the north, winter dairy cow feed, and winter hen feed, with letters addressed to the Agricultural Editor.
The article emphasizes careful seed selection for potatoes, noting that true seed purity matters more with potatoes than grains. It discusses selecting ripe, smooth seed, cutting eyes near the strongest, and drying and curing before planting, plus practical lessons from field trials. It also covers raising early spring chickens, building warm housing, choosing hardy breeds like Plymouth Rocks, and methods to maximize early broiler profits.
The article urges sowing early fodder crops like oats and pease for high yields, notes that one acre can feed two cows in summer, and discusses spring wheat limitations in southern latitudes. It covers clover sowing, fertilizer timing, grape cultivation, and detailed pea bed preparation, cultivation, harvesting, and equipment for efficient yield. It also mentions peanuts rising in prominence alongside cord or sun crops.
Garden guidance on greenhouse care for epocs and acacia, avoiding sun, with notes on chrysanthemums, auriculas, carnations, pinks, polyanthus, azaleas grafting, geraniums and pests. Window plants, seeds sowing, and grafting methods described, plus care for pansies, seed trays, and early bloom varieties. Also decor ideas for screens, bird motifs, and light bed furnishings.
The article outlines soil and field prep for peanuts, recommending light to medium soil, three foot row spacing, and 40 to 60 bushels of shell lime per acre. It details fertilizer use with Patapsco guano or star phosphates at 200 pounds per acre, or farmyard manure mixed with wood mould and lime, adjusted to land quality.
A detailed recipe for a fine oyster omelet using large oysters six eggs milk and butter. Oysters are minced then beaten eggs separated and whites whisked until stiff. Fry butter in a pan heat mix with milk yolks and seasonings, add oysters, then fold in whipped whites. Cook until set brown flip to serve hot.
A humorous look at a furniture polish recipe using turpentine and linseed oil, a dinner party mishap, a rocking boy incident, a dramatic elevator crash saving a worker, and witty exchanges between Collette and Jeannine Dumas about marriage.
Practical tips for making nimble finger projects from cushions and pockets to work boxes. guidance covers materials like down, feathers, scrap paper, black paper, cretonne, and tips for hinges, linings, pincushions, needle-books, and pockets. Includes plans for a floor mat using carpet scraps and step by step knitting of a long mat with decorative work.
The article surveys spring fashion with cream palettes and English shapes in jackets. It highlights new fabrics such as Yeddo crepes, foulards, grenadines, and Canton crepe, plus bold millinery and accessories like large pearl buttons and lace straws, noting color trends and updated dress forms for the season.
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