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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1884
Page
3
A period fashion column traces the seven year cycle of styles from long draperies to short skirts and back, noting how trends return with changes and how modern wear blends comfort and elegance. It recalls past looks, critiques excesses, and sketches evolving dressmaking tools and a handcrafted display case for garments.
A detailed guide explains making a dark brown plush photograph receiver with forget me not embroidery. It covers cutting a heavy pasteboard backing seven and a half inches wide and as long as desired, assembling outer pieces, embroidering sprays before covering, lining with light blue silk, sewing to a plush cover, mounting on a brass burner rod, and hanging with a light blue silk cord.
A lightweight jardiniere described as six glued wood pieces with a bottom board. Oak versions may stay natural or be gilded, pine should be black or brown. Paint side objects to match plants, place moss on top to hide the pot, and add brass-headed feet for a finished look.
These simple three corner bookmarks are inexpensive to make from envelope corners. Glue and trim the back, decorate with flowers or decals, press and varnish. They slide onto page corners to mark where to open and make a practical gentleman's gift.
Collect small flowers mosses ferns and grasses from hedges and heaths and press them in books. The wild material from places adds interest and can be mounted with gum or botany slips to create decorative note papers. Sunlit scenes or local spots enhance the charm of these dried botanical sheets.
Instructions describe making a compact travelling case from Alda canvas and Silesia lining. Use one and a half yards of 32 inch canvas, natural gray linen color, tight braid binding with two pieces of deep cardinal dress braid. Fold and baste canvas to lining, create six inch side folds, and bind edges to reduce creases while remaining neat.
A vintage guide shows how to craft decorative cushions mats and related items as holiday gifts. It details satin cushions with matching lace edging, printed designs with daisies and birds, chair tidy designs from felt and velvet ribbons, and an umbrella case with embroidered motifs.
Plymouth Church Brooklyn admits twelve new members as Mr Beecher, hoarse from outdoor speaking, explains that the Lord's Prayer reveals not a formula but a wide range of meanings. He argues divine fatherhood is a moral ideal challenged by human suffering and a growing philosophy.
At a private ceremony in Louisville the couple T G Hewlett of Huntsville Alabama and Miss Sallie A Ragsdale of Meridian Mississippi wed after a dramatic plot involving elopement attempts and an Oxford private insane asylum. The groom, a railway agent, and the Ragsdale family faced formal hearings before the marriage. The couple will live in Huntsville after two weeks in Louisville.
Randolph ex postmaster Luther Thayer known as Old Squash lives in Holbrook poor house after years of clock repair and political drama. He complains Holbrook owes him shelter and $5000 for false imprisonment over unpaid poll tax while Randolph citizens post aggressive notes blaming Holbrook for his confinement.
A review of November fashion trends notes permanent winter keys and earlier tentative styles. Dress trims move from ornate trains to practical edges, velvet skirts with canel’s hair overdress appear, and wide braids with lace edging define mourning wear. Red dominates, tempered by lace.
An English China Mail translation describes a Canton proclamation offering taels and mandarin ranks for capturing or killing French officers and soldiers. Rewards range from 10,000 taels for the French commander to 100 taels for a rowboat, with additional allowances for ships, guns, and various ranks. A supplementary notice warns against harming innocents of other nationalities.
An 86 year old woman, claiming to be the daughter of a wealthy Englishman, lies dying in the Pittsburg almshouse. She says she eloped from Wolverton at 16 with a servant, was disinherited, and left her husband in England in 1877. Her brother, head of England’s largest tool firm, once visited her here as a guest of a steel works owner. She told the Poor Lord before death that he promised to withdraw her name after.
Henry Thomas Chandier a 35 year old man who worked near Pawtuxet and boarded with William H Fuller took Fuller’s 14 year old daughter to Porepaugh’s circus in Providence on October 4 and did not return. They were later heard from in Hartford and are believed still together. The girl's parents, poor, fear for her safety and cannot fund a search.
George Beck paid M C Eames for six months of Daily Tribune through September 11. A later October bill led to seven small damage suits for ten or five cents each. Trials before Justices Meech and White resulted in Beck winning all judgments. Eames later restored Beck to the list and sent the paper for the final few days.
Charles Bradley of Marlboro ate two quarts of oysters in eleven minutes with pepper and salt, twelve crackers, two glasses of beer and several whiskies. He then went home to get a square meal under wager rules granting two hours for the task. Bradley offered to repeat the feat within an hour but found no takers.
Notice lists Charles F Barker of Cambridgeport Massachusetts as the recipient for all communications. It records a date of November 4 1584 and references a former name Foston. No additional context or events are provided.
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