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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1891
Page
3
A fashion note outlines winter styles for street wear, praising rough cheviots and tweeds dyed to resemble cashmere. It discusses materials and cuts expected to stay in style through the season, with two new French hats intended to match these costumes.
Describes rich mixed effect fabrics for winter wear with grounds in stripes and subtle color dots. Discusses cheviots camel's hair and price ranges, then outlines a mock pattern and cut for a fitted jacket and gown, including yardage and tailoring details for a stylish winter outfit.
Fashion notes describe a gown with tawny orange and old blue tones. Details include a demi-train skirt, separate underskirt, and a radical skirt change signified by the belt. The design features mink tails edging, a rolling mink-collared jacket, and bold old blue velvet accents with bead trim.
Marie Janreau reports from New York on the city’s bustling social scene. She describes striking urban styles, hazy color contrasts, and the latest imported fabrics in vivid detail, noting American fashions as bold as any European trend.
A 19th century fashion note describes high sleeve trends and a new departure coat in brown broadcloth and figured silk with beaver edging. It details a velvet shoulder puff, upright collars, and corssing waistcoat cords, plus a second tailor made walking outfit in French gray cloth braided with black and silver, black fox edging, battlement skirt, and a Dolly Varden style bonnet.
Instructions describe making a grass mat seat using a butter or lard tub as frame, lining the tub with sarah or silesia, and gathering edges. A hemp rove chain-stitch secures the fastening, tassels are rope pieces twice the seat height, untwisted and sewn through the upper chain, finished with sailor knots, with the top covered by a grass mat fixed by double or matting tacks.
A writer argues that women lack independence of thought and courage to act in public, citing incidents where men offered aid while women passed by. She says true independence and helpfulness to fellow women should start in childhood, urging girls to act boldly even if it makes them conspicuous. She contrasts male gallantry and female constraint, urging reform in upbringing and conduct.
The text describes a garment assembly with lining placement and careful skirt fit. It mentions a vest like underwaist addition for winter and notes the front breadth and side seams of the jacket stitched down. The jacket closes on the left side with three buttons and hidden buttonholes.
The Buffalo Express recounts Senator Vedder encountering a humorous teaching moment with a pupil near his own age. When he threatens corporal punishment, the girl blushes and replies that he must ask her father before proposing such an action, provoking laughter among the class.
The speaker remarks that none of her three husbands ever did any work and challenges the notion of support. The quote implies a conservative view of marriage and labor within a past era.
A plan proposes issuing card shaped like postal cards to replace postal notes and money orders. Cards would carry 10 25 50 cent and 1 dollar denominations, purchasable singly or combined with stamps, to reduce loss delay and insecurity in remittances.
fragments describe and instruct how to fill and address postage cards with sums and payee names, directing the postmaster at destination to pay the named sum upon signature, noting delays at the window and convenience of the sender.
Mrs. Winn H. Low argues for frugal, high quality French influenced cooking and urges using all edible animal parts. She condemns waste in American meat markets, notes price gaps between rich and poor, and suggests purchasing lower priced but wholesome cuts like round steak over expensive porterhouse. She cites New York butchers favoring top cuts while poorer buyers suffer.
A clever hostess at a country home in Staten Island showcased an apple salad at a farewell luncheon before returning to the city. She mixed tart apples with celery in equal parts and dressed the mix with homemade mayonnaise made from egg yolk, salad oil, vinegar, pepper, and salt.
ATAN argues against idle decorating and urges beauty in homes. The piece critiques overdone schemes and decorative excess, warning that flashy, mismatched items strain sight and harmony. It favors simple, truthful design rooted in proportion and reason, with practical guidance on tinting walls and woodwork.
A farmer near Eugene Oregon grows a four and a half pound Burbank seedling potato. The item also lists varied facts from decades of science and culture including long silk fibres, Earth’s rotation speeds, birth rates, and remarkable life insurance figures. It notes a mother of ten boys, word counts of famous authors, and curious notes on Japan Corea and Parisian trousseau shops.
The Globe Musical Depot announces two new Saalfield libraries, Vocal and Instrumental, with sixteen pages per issue and three to six pieces per title. Subscriptions for twelve months to either library are offered at 1.00, plus options for months of the Weekly Globe and a nine cent music order certificate.
Detroit Free Press records a humorous exchange between Johnie and Tommie about cutting kindling wood and a mother's backhanded incentive, with Tommie signaling the threat of the strap as a motivating factor.
An advertisement offers agents a $50 appointment in 30 days with a guaranteed $150 profit in four weeks or no pay. It promises a free stamp sample and lists the address A, B, Sxoor & Co. in Racine Wisconsin.
John H. Kelly died at his home 43 Thomas place South Boston on Friday. He was a member of the Kelly Furniture Company and brother of Patrick Kelly 388 Broadway Michael Kelly of Kelly Brothers and Thomas Kelly of the Boston Store Company. He leaves four brothers and five sisters and many friends.
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