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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1879
Page
2
A fragmentary verse scene describes courting in a rural setting with a wife and children nearby. The dialogue hints at social tact, weather chatter, and intimate glances as a husband and wife interact with others in a modest domestic moment.
In Greenland near Upernavik Carl Emile and his lover Nicholina face a deadly drift when an iceberg breaks away, leaving them adrift with Peter. Nicholina leads a danger-filled rescue by boat, saving Carl Emile and Peter from the ice. After peril and recovery, Carl and Nicholina wed in a joyous village ending.
A wide-ranging essay follows, imagining a future where nutrition drives science and medicine. It contrasts playful culinary satire with serious notes on climate recommendations for weak lungs, highlighting Madeira and Teneriffe, annual temperatures, moisture, and mild winters. It cites Dr. Mare Bennett and Dr. Cornelius Agnew on brain use, stress, and diet, then ends with advice on nutritious soups and a salicylic acid emulsion for ulcers.
Carl and Rey endure a fierce gale as they drift near a snow covered hillside and watch their hunting party. Ice cracks strike the berg and spray soaks them. They cling to hope as the iceberg grounds in shallow water, fearing they may be found or perish at sea.
A poetically toned scene portrays watchers at a station as a train arrives and departs in sorrow. The speaker recalls three sleepers, their lips closed, lashes veiled, and hands folded. Tears, prayer, and a departing cry mingle with rain as memories of home persist in sleep and travel. The piece closes with longing for return.
A collage of wry remarks and anecdotes from a bygone age. Topics span marriage columns, funeral talk, Empress Eugenie routines, an eastern hunter, Valentine jokes, and a clairvoyant memory tale of Rubinstein. Also features Octave Feuillet and Louis Schneider portraits with quirky details.
A mother debates baby names and suggests Ruta as a Bible name. She weighs fame and river of memory, favors sacred constant names, and seeks a title that fits future motherhood rather than passing fads.
A practical guide for autumn to spring lawn planting. Advises on selecting ornamental trees and shrubs, hedge options with Norway spruce or arbor-vite, grouping near the drive, and designing borders. Gives detailed planting steps, soil prep, watering, and mulch for shrubs, plus half hardy annuals like balsams celosia and euphorbia marginata with starting under glass and hardening before outdoor planting.
A Victorian guide outlines embroidery uses from anti macassars to cushions, screens, bags, and purses, praising crash linen effects and silk embellishments. It also describes decorating small dogs coats and creating horn ornaments from Texan horns with careful smoothing and waxed finish.
A collection of kitchen instructions for candied nuts and multiple puddings. Recipes cover sugar crystallizing corn, paste pudding, stale bread custard, mutton pie, rice balls, beef loaf, bologna sausages, pigs tongues, apple batter pudding, tartlets, fruit pudding, Naples pudding, toasted cheese, cream royal, ham glaze, coffee, creamed potatoes, and a fancy jig dessert. Names and measurements given, with steps and bake times.
The passage describes creating raised figures on horn surfaces using strong vinegar or acid, scraping the tallow, and wiping with turpentine. It suggests etching with a pointed instrument, then attaching brass rings and a chain, and filling with earth or dried plants. A second method boils the horn, scrapes glass shavings, and decorates with glue and artificial coral to resemble sea foam.
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