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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1885
Page
3
The scene in Cleveland’s inauguration unfolds with the Senate approving the President’s nomination of Grant, Arthur presiding with dignity, and a vast Capitol procession. Crowds fill the platform, the parade includes Pennsylvania troops and Southern regiments, and Cary embraces the new administration amid ceremonial pomp and public cheer.
Washington March 4. The House endured four hours of disorder as Randall led a bid to block the sundry civil bill and risk an extra session. Amid accusations and chaotic scenes, a conference was reached and the Grant bill sent to the president within an hour of adjournment. A fireworks display drew about 50,000 spectators before a mass exodus to end the day.
Elaborate large scale floral decorations mirrored executive branches such as the Navy and Treasury. A postage envelope of flowers addressed to Grover Cleveland, a royal blue suit of toilets, and a vast crowd of visitors marked the state ball. President Cleveland entered with McCullock and cabinet, mingled with officials, then retired after 11 p.m. with Vice President Hendricks remaining.
The fireproof brick structure on Judiciary Square in Washington features a 400 by 200 foot hall with abundant floor space and numerous exits. It is illuminated from the outside and surrounded by rooms to prevent crowding and provide healthful ventilation, designed by General M. C. Meigs, supervising architect and former quartermaster general.
Washington March 4 The doors of the pension building opened to a crowded scene with Judiciary square alive and the Marine Band under Sousa playing. The ball room dazzled with candles gas burners draped walls silk flags and grand columns creating a cathedral like vista as guests promenaded and the President’s reception room awaited under floral canopies.
An article explains scarlet fever spread by living matter from infected individuals and stresses prevention especially for children. It outlines isolation, room sanitation, disinfection, and careful handling of toys and fabrics, plus long isolation periods and room fumigation with brimstone before returning to normal use.
A New York Medical Record piece urges careful analysis of therapeutical experience. It lists numerous delusions about remedies and their alleged effects, noting veratrum viride, aconite, nitrate of potash, lime water, nitrate of silver, iron, mercury, arsenic, sulphur, charcoal, acids, colchreum, sulphuric acid, iodoform, croton chloral, tannic acid, turpentine, musk, exgen, hydrocyanic acid, quinine, and hydriodic acid as ineffective or misleading in various conditions.
The article argues sleep is a natural process and faulty insomnia stems from brain worry or physiological issues. It urges careful diagnosis before drug use, citing tools like sphygmograph and optometer to identify causes, then treat scientifically rather than by sedatives.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton recounts a Yukon night near Mount Vernon Iowa when she helped a cold, stranded speaker and a weary mother. She relates an infant care lesson learned from a telegraph operator and stresses giving water to babies, plus a moral on maternal ignorance and the need for trained guidance.
A Washington street window displays summer dress fabrics including cambrics piques and satteens with varied designs and colors. Prices range from thirty-two to sixty-five cents a yard with patterns of squares dots rings and swallows. opinions on wearability remain mixed.
In response to a pattern request the SunDay Globe presents a shoulder cape for house wear. It notes colors for youth and black or white for older wearers, plus detailed crochet directions with seven gores and lattice ribbon inserts. The pattern includes stitch counts, rows, and border finishing, tying at the neck with satin ribbon.
A physician is asked what snoring is and how to treat it. He notes possible causes like enlarged tonsils and mentions silver nitrate as an effective astringent. The piece then shares humorous remedies from a clothespin to a string around nose and toe, a Maine man’s nose ear tube device, and a Pullman porter’s observations on who snores most, with regional speech and a mix of jokes.
The third Miss Leonard course at Boston Cooking School focuses on lunch items. Recipes include Green Pea Soup with milk and butter, Fillets of Grouse with currant jelly, and Sweetbreads with Oranges baked and served with stock gravy. Also covered are Potato Chips, Pudding a la Macedoine with gelatine and mixed fruits, and a Chocolate drink. A letter to the St Louis Republican notes a legal case in Arkansas, unusual for a mule accident and a fine for concealed weapons.
A Popular Science Monthly description tours the active volcanic crater in Dominica. The lake sits in a deep cup with two streams feeding it cold and warm water, while a south outlet formed after 1880. Mud and geyser-like eruptions rise from the basin as phosphorus gas roars, creating a haunting, infernal scene.
Boston chess column reports White to move and win in Position No 1175 from the Glasgow game by J. H. Harrison. Also includes Black solution for Position No 1172 and other position data from readers in Somerville, Ashiose, Lerabridgid and Cambridgeport.
Letters discuss a King Row life match and a mail match with James Arnold and others. Articles note Charles Lite Barker versus H Freeman for 300 aside and list Strickland’s exhibitions across Bishop Auckland Spennymoor Pelton Fell Newcastle and Workington. A Manchester L Liverpool match reports Liverpool wins 24 to 20 with 22 draws and a postgame dinner.
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