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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1883
Page
3
A Chicago physician-led meeting at the Woman's Congress condemns mourning attire as harmful and ostentatious. The discussion centers on health and mental effects, expense, and fashion’s intrusion into private grief, urging shedding the custom and praising brighter dress and privacy.
A Cleveland Herald piece notes a shift as women from affluent homes begin earning pin money through art work. Decoratives like embroidery and painting move from abroad to local ladies, many of whom once depended on society status. Carriages arrive daily with commissions for cards and other art.
A fashion piece outlines winter costume trends from basques and overskirts to Polish style coats. Skirts appear bouffant with pad bustle and three springs, cut narrow on a two and a quarter yard foundation, with organ-pipe and side plaits and brocade fronts ready for applique, trimming, or fur bands.
A guide for mothers to keep children busy indoors with scrap-book creating. It covers materials, book size, leaf removal, paste, brushes, and storage. It advises gathering diverse Pictures, small prints, and engravings, and using exchanges to diversify pages while managing mess and clutter.
A detailed pattern description covers knitting with chinchilla and scarlet, including cast on counts, edge stitches, slip and purl sequences, and four repeating rows. It provides step by step directions for a networked scarlet motif on white, with numerous stitch counts, row by row progress, and finishing touches like wadding, silk lining, tassels, and sewn sides.
Step by step craft guide shows folding cutting and wiring tissue paper to create six scalloped mats and a rose centerpiece. Instructions specify colors greens rose shades and arrangement for decorative napa instructions.
Embossed Stripe pattern uses twenty two stitches with alternating knit and purl rows. It describes three stitch groups, turning and slipping phases, and repeating sequences to create tidy striping suitable for zephyr or fine yarns.
A Victorian guide describes turning worn stockings into practical items. Cut feet from long stockings to create foot coverings. hem and add leather patches to hold in place. Repair knee socks by stitching or knitting to extend wear, and craft over sleeves from leg sections. Create a star rug by a multi color knitting pattern, then crochet a border.
Step by step crochet guide for a baby shoe using white Andalusian wool. Describes row patterns with triple and double crochet sequences, stitch counts, ribbed front work, and turning methods. Includes instructions for breaking off, leaving stitches, and joining at the back after nine rows.
Instructional snippet outlines using triple crochet stitches in rows for the toe and heel, shaping by turning and sewing, and finishing with a colored ribbon sewn around the instep. It notes alternating stitches, a pattern of three triples, two doubles, and a stitched border in one color.
Cast on fifteen stitches and knit across plain. First row slip one knit two over narrow over narrow knit three thread one twice narrow knit one. Second row knit two purl loop throw thread back with knit off knit two over narrow knit five over. Third row slip one knit two over knit one over knit two over knit five. Fourth row knit seven over knit five over knit one. Fifth row slip one knit two over knit two over knit one over knit five. Sixth row blind off two knit four over knit five over knit one commence at first row.
A boy, dubbed Peck's bad boy, visits a grocer with a shabby tramp. He muses on becoming a millionaire or performing miracles, offering to fund relief for the poor, while joking about turning stones to bread and bread to charity. The grocer warns of a detective. the boy jokes about crime and a plan to “practice, not preach.”
A well dressed man, drunk on Montcalm Street, tries to find his home with lines like I’m the greatest recognizer in Detroit. A kind citizen helps. the door is ajar, he falls inside, then outside a pail of water and coal scuttle tumble down the steps. A servant girl warns off trouble as the man insists he lives four blocks farther.
The New Orleans water famine inspires a midnight burglary as Hoyle wakes to burglars armed with Unockers and boilers in his yard ready to steal water from the cistern. Rumors say young ladies travel to neighbors for a glass of water, illustrating the shortage's social impact.
A long pending seven up game, adjourned eleven years ago, will be resumed on December 25 in Kirwin at 7 p.m. The thief Kirwin case is noted and parties interested must attend.
A health column argues decay stems from sugar and acids and extreme temperatures, but strict cleanliness prevents decay. It urges brushing, toothpicks after meals, rinsing, and regular dentist visits, noting a clean mouth can keep cavities from forming while sharing anecdotes about a young woman’s preserved teeth through diligent care.
A French physician Dr. Hussen reports experiments on salt in cooking. He finds in six to twelve pounds of meat only an ounce of salt should be used. excess can alter muscle tissue or slow peptic fermentation, making salted and smoked meats harder to digest. Vinegar aids digestion if not excessive. avoid acids in stomach. He promises more on pepper and mustard later.
The piece argues against rushing food in American culture and advocates eating slowly, with moderate portions and regular meals. It explains digestion timing, warns of overload, and notes bread components especially wheat with starch gluten and saccharine elements.
A Sun reporter encounters a bottle shaped conveyance rolling along Sixth Avenue. A voice inside explains the bottle adapts to seasons, serving as a portable shelter from rain and wind, with boards or banners used in other weathers. The device, light and oil-cloth, keeps occupants dry and private, while revealing how weather dictates its use.
Andrew Couch of Black Lake, Monticello region, fought a wounded buck that charged him during a hunt. After a brutal hour of wrestling, Couch reclaimed his gun, struck the deer with the barrel, and crushed its skull to save himself. The buck, the largest in Sullivan County in years, weighed heavy and stood over Couch before the hunter killed it.
Pietro Micca of Sagliano-Micea, a poor artillery private, became a national figure for self sacrifice during the August 20 1706 siege of Turin. Without orders he closed a mine entrance behind him and blew it, denying the French advance and saving the city at the cost of his life. His bravery, likened to Leonidas, forged a timeless example.
The American Journal of Forestry notes a ten acre Logan Valley purchase by Colonel Van ten years ago at 126 per acre. The land now bears dense thrifty black walnuts ten years old. He sold the ten acres for 3000. The piece anticipates rising demand for fine large second growth timber.
A dense listing of numerous magazines and periodicals with prices and premiums, including Arthur's Home Magazine American Dairyman Atlantic Monthly Harper's and more, detailing subscription rates and offer terms for a broad reader audience. It notes no single subscription begins without a yearly issue to The Weekly Globe and includes various discounts and premiums.
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