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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1885
Page
3
A fragment from Kate Gannett Wells offers guidance on manners for boys and girls, urging genuine politeness over imitation. It stresses being straight, choosing flattering hair and clothing, and presenting a respectful, cordial tone toward others and servants to maintain true style.
A magazine excerpt discusses infant sleep care emphasizing nine days of close eyes, quiet nurseries, and minimal light to promote deep rest. It recalls a Southern mammy tale, considers household noise, and argues that cradle time supports growth while noting evolving sanitary norms. It also includes a knitting pattern for summer curtains.
Instructions describe slipped stitch and plain rows for edgings, with repeats and finishing rows. Mentions using cotton and needles, and finishing with plain rows, referring to Work Recreations by vs. Niles.
Cast on fifteen stitches and knit across plain. Pattern repeats across rows with slips, knits, overs, narrows, and seams. After seventh row a scallop finish begins, and eighth row binds off five stitches then proceeds with knit and remaining stitches to complete one scallop.
Instructions describe chaining thirteen stitches then crocheting thirty eight rows in Russian stitch to form a ridged strip. Cast on twenty one more stitches, crochet similarly while narrowing each row to shape the toe, join to the side, add a scalloped edge with a rubber cord beneath, adorn with a ribbon bow, and sew securely to a fleece-lined sole using linen thread. For use in a three-shoe, use double zephyr or Germantown wool.
A vintage knitting pattern describes nine stitches cast on and a sequence of knit and purl steps with yarn-overs. Instructions run through eight rows with slip stitches, over increases, and repeated purl two togethers, finishing by rebeginning at the first row and dropping the final loop.
The narrator describes knitting a rug from five stripes each seventeen stitches wide. It is knit back and forth with no wrong side, using wooden needles three fourths of an inch thick. Stripes are sewn together with strong thread and arranged with darkest shades on the outside and center for a decorative, serviceable piece.
Durable covers for bureau and washstand tops are made of butchers' linen. Fringe the edges to depth, then hemstitch with pulled threads at intervals using colored cotton. A large square over a dark spread brightens the room, reflecting light from a student lamp or argand burner.
A young debutante in New York, wearing fur carriage boots over gaiters, stepped onto the polished floor at a party during the waltz revealing two bear-like paws. Spectators gasped as the boots completed the first revolutions, leaving observers unsure if brain fever has passed, while she remained in a state of nervous prostration.
In Florida’s Halifax river region stone crabs the size of a saucer are a delicacy. A Dayton household tale says a maid boiled a dozen crabs for dinner but the crustaceans fled the pot, scuttling around the kitchen with outstretched claws as the mistress rushed in, a comic fright captured for the Halifax Journal.
Reader letters discuss affordable embroidery stamping in Boston stores with large pattern books. Advice covers choosing a stylish gray or red tone hat with velvet trimming to match a gray or crimson suit, noting a fashionable example seen in a milliner’s window. A reader can make a hat for four to six dollars if they have a title.
A fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century page notes a fashionable modiste’s demand linked to a single promise, mentions an output from a cooking school report in The Danny Grose, and includes reader tips from Bay St. Louis advising how to restore white crockery using lye and water, plus a crochet draft stitch inquiry.
Dr Domingos Freire has produced an attenuated virus and vaccinated 600 people in Brazil to test protection against yellow fever. The Emperor has approved the method and English ship crews have been vaccinated to avoid infection from Rio de Janeiro. No illnesses or adverse effects have followed vaccination, though Dr Baer remains cautious about Freire's conclusions on the micrococcus xauthegenicus.
Dr B W Richardson revisits his idea of a sea atmosphere without the ocean. The Asclepiad details a spray solution of hydrogen peroxide ten volumes with one percent ozonic ether iodine to saturation and two percent sea salt. A diffuser disperses two fl oz in 15 minutes, delivering a sea odor, purifying air and acting as a disinfectant, with a large spray device now ready to diffuse artificial sea air through hospital wards.
The article outlines methods to keep hands soft and white via warm soap washing and thorough drying. It recommends lemon juice for sun exposure, almond paste for delicacy, a home pomade with almonds wax and spermaceti, and wearing gloves outdoors. It cites remedies from various doctors for joint pain and burns, including stramonium leaves, chlorate of potassium lotion, and a German preparation using quillaya bark capsicum ammonia and cologne with glycerine.
Dr G E Dobbson reports in The Lancet that using camphor stirred into very hot water, with a paper cone inhaled over the dish, can yield great and usually permanent relief after twenty minutes and repeated sessions within a few hours.
A DIY skin salve uses glycerine water starch arnica tincture rose oil and optional alkanet color. An anti asthma mix from l Union Medicare suggests tincture opium sulphuric ether lobelia doses for attacks with directions to take fifty drops every twenty minutes and add fifteen drops lobelia per dose.
Instructions prescribe soaking affected parts in spirits with common red pepper or cayenne until strong, asserting this method will surely cure. The fragment presents a home remedy without medical validation and lacks context or expert guidance.
The Cape Ann Advertiser visits the Bond's hill hermit living in a log cabin on Old Pest House road. A former Boston book-keeper, he lost his job in May, moved to Gloucester, camped on the hill, and built a cabin with stove and bunk. He earns by cutting wood, making polo sticks, hoops for lobster pots, and writing. He hosts about 200 callers weekly and stays cheerful with open-air living and occasional town visits.
A fragment from Albert Maple Leaf comments on young ladies surprising the Fours men by wishing to be Bible bound or bound up in men, noting a court visit and witnesses kissing the book, leaving the piece unfinished.
A long article discusses petroleum naphtha as a local anesthetic alongside cocaine. It covers rhigolene as a cooling spray, its quicker but shorter effects, safety cautions, storage, and its potential combination with cocaine for pain relief. It also notes dynamite basics and various early electrical and security device experiments.
A compact analysis argues that while ornithologists link birdsong to erotic love notes, the song habit stems from joy of life and innate musical urge. Birds sing before pairing, during nesting, and even in captivity for pleasure, entertainment, and self-expression.
A correspondent questions the possibility of firing a tallow candle through a board. The reply notes high velocity can transfer motion selectively, allowing penetration without moving the entire mass. Illustrations include rifle glass, doors, and lead or tallow piercing harder substances. Pages mention Tilghman sand blasting and corundum, plus electric applications shown by the Novelty company at Philadelphia.
A watch must endure a 45 day ordeal without being touched to earn a top certificate from Kew Observatory. It is hung in various positions and subjected to 85 degree ovens and 40 degree refrigerators. If its daily air rate varies by more than two seconds, it fails, but a modestly priced, non specially built sample recently achieved the highest honor, showing no more than a half second daily variation.
The passage discusses a rabbit metal alloy using eight pounds black tin two pounds antimony and one pound copper with optional lead to soften. It notes cost savings and high friction performance for fast machinery at 2000 RPM. It then describes Dr Theodore Stein’s larynx photography device using a ten candle lamp battery and a camera to capture laryngeal images. It also covers steel converting axle spindles involving carbon firing and cooling, and Cleveland Machine Company’s square-hole auger claimed to reduce chiseling labor.
Richard S. Rowley, a former sailor known as the Maine Giant, now a Deer Island wharfinger, recounts his eventful past including being trepanned, serving a prison sentence, fighting in the Civil War, and claiming to have hurled a lighted shell from a ship during its engagement with the Alabama off Cherbourg. He explains his drinking problem and notes his Scotch descent and Masonry.
A Fairfield man and his wife join a winter outing from Lewiston to Waterville. After swapping horses with a Frenchman, the husband claims ownership of a horse for three months but his wife rebukes him saying eight months. The disagreement leads to the horse being returned home, ending their trading plans.
A phrenology based piece describes how hatters and barbers note head shapes to gauge intellect and character. It recounts castings of skull outlines, noting irregularities such as a narrow forehead or prominent ear region and linking them to social aptitude or ambition, with anecdotes from a New England hatter.
A hatter and a phrenologist discuss a man with striking temple depressions. The expert claims he lacks self attaining abilities and originality, suggesting he’d fit as a copyist in a mercantile house. The hatter notes the man’s probable occupation as a commission house worker. Another legislator is mentioned.
A reporter notes a tall figure with a broad forehead and a large hat, assessing intellect and oratory ability. The subject is described as not having spoken historically in public, with colleagues doubting his mental calibre. The account mentions a hatter and a displayed hat as part of the exposure.
A phrenologist judges a series of head diagrams in a Boston shop, mocking traits and predicting behavior for various men including a Methodist parson and a Washington street merchant. The piece notes a chess and draughts scene in London and updates on clubs and matches with listed venues and participants.
Boston March 24 1885 advertisement for Barker's American Clecker-Player a 179 page cloth bound volume by Charles F Barker with 634 variations 35 positions contributed by Messia Wardwell and Lyman offers twenty two openings and other checker material priced at 1 in bills orders to Barker 8 Houghton Street Cambridgeport Mass notes contact details and promotion for three orders receiving one copy free.
Washington Post excerpt describes Mr R W Gilder editor of the Century dining beside a young woman with strong ideas. He asks about her current work and she replies she writes verses, insisting she is paid for some, while recalling a past cent payment and a quirky exchange ensues.
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