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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1885
Page
3
Mrs. Daniells leads a Thanksgiving class at the Boston Cooking School teaching puff paste for chicken pie and uses for scraps to make cheese cakes tartlets and cranberry jelly. Instructions cover pasting technique cooling with ice water rolling folding and chilling between steps along with recipes for chicken pie cheese cakes tartlets and cranberry jelly.
The account details President Cleveland's daily routine from rising at 7 30 to breakfast with oatmeal beefsteak or chop and coffee, through office work, interviews, and packed calls, to a late night of work. It contrasts his habits with Washington leaders and notes his private secretary Colonel Lamont guiding callers and rides near Washington.
Two tipplers sit on the custom house steps near the State house trading quips about prohibition. An old man and a young man debate punishment for drinking from chain gangs to hangings, asserting that men will drink regardless of laws. They vow to keep their drams as long as they live.
The undertaker laments dull business yet notesone truth in death trade. A reporter asks how business is, and the undertaker concedes people must die, causing trade to revive, then jokes that eventually he must die himself. The exchange adds a morbid, darkly humorous glimpse into mortality and commerce.
At La Grange Indiana on a school day a tramp entered the ante room during class and stole the students cloaks and caps along with twenty six lunch
A New York man claims to have found the Garden of Eden and offers it for sale at ten thousand dollars. He appears to be a countryman who wandered into a theatre and saw Evangeline for the first time.
The Norristown Herald comments on rising arming among Chinamen in the Far West. It notes a supposed halt in American civilizational progress and claims no Chinaman has been assassinated in over a week, signaling a tense climate.
Jennie June reports on Dr Jaeger of Stuttgart promoting a complete wool dress system for men and women claimed to cure rheumatism and improve health. The line includes undershirts drawers stockings nightwear gloves jackets and skirts with knit union pieces and chemilette waist styles. The New England Woman's Club committee reviews the garments as durable warm comfortable and suitable for cold regions though not yet widely available in the U S.
The article extols tailor-made cloth dresses and jersey-fitting union suits as improvements reducing burden and enhancing movement. It notes popularity of clinging undergarments, their warmth and comfort, and cites Miss A Bates of Boston for information.
The Globe announces a forthcoming feature on home made Christmas gifts responding to reader requests for directions on fancy work. The Hour editor desires more space to address inquiries, but space limitations in Telegraph Sun Globe prevent an immediate extension.
The piece announces a new Thursday week do edition including lectures from Boston Cooking and requests readers to subscribe or arrange delivery. It notes that Christmas edition timing is tight and invites requests for information on holiday fancy work handled by the Woman's Hour editor at Boston Dairy Ghost.
Corrected from November 15, this knitting pattern uses two skeins of starlight Scotch yarn one dark and one light. Cast on 22 stitches with dark, follow a sequence of seaming plain and slipped stitches across rows, knitting with light, then dark, continue until strip fits sole, join ends, sew, finish with crochet holes and cord tassels.
Instructions for a crocheted watch pocket using two spools of D twist yarn and a steel crochet hook. Build a shell bordered pocket in multiple rows with chain counts and double crochet stitches, shaping scallops along the top and around the edge, finishing with a 3 chain edge and slip stitches.
Boston newspaper women meet at the Herald office to organize a local branch of the National Woman's Press Association. Miss McBride outlines aims. officers elected include President Mrs. White and Secretary Estelle Hatehoof. Membership open to regular New England newspaper staff by credential submission. Future meetings planned.
Detroit Free Press describes Mr. Dunder venting frustration after believing he was insulted by a young man at the central station. He vows to find Myrtle Street, growls at the cork-and-earplugs prank, and declares he is calm yet ready for confrontation. The tale underlines his stubborn pride and comic misadventure.
A Chicago Herald reader recounts a Fort Wayne road sight in which emigrants crowd the side racks of railroad cars with babies hanging in them. The drum man notes numerous infants placed in the side racks above passengers. The strange improvised use shocks him as he travels.
The Fall River Advance recounts an office boy named Billy who boasts flawless aim at a target with a revolver. He argues he can’t shoot through the partition, insisting the slab of boarding-house steak behind the target proves his safety.
Readers thank Harper's magazine and Century for providing useful information and additional literary content in their magazines. The note expresses appreciation to the editors for the magazine features and literary material.
Rabbi Schindler recounts the 16th century tale of David Reubeni and Solomon Molcho, Marrano figures who sought a messianic alliance with Pope Clement VII and Portuguese courts. Their bold claims and perilous journeys exposed political aims behind messianic hopes, ending in execution or exile while shaping Jewish views on messianism and kabbalah’s influence.
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt praises a kiss described as the true kiss of youth and love. It references literary figures and imagery, calling the Abbott kiss a sacrilege to rename and elevating it as the universal language of love across poetry and passion.
A wife asks what Merchant Traveller initials stand for and pestered by her husband Rae. He jokes the letters denote they cannot sit down. A tossed aside quip follows about a Dolly Varden wrapper, as referenced from a Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph note and David Christie Murray’s romance quote.
An Italian astronomer declares Mars is peopled with intelligent beings seeking to attract attention from Earth. He is conducting experiments to discover what the messages mean.
A terse quarrel between a merchant traveler and a woman ends in a rash vow and a playful counter that “two negatives make an affirmative” as they decide to marry and seek a parson. The exchange turns into an improvised wedding plan.
A Boston divorce case sits under a standing line from a poet as the headline in the Philadelphia North American. The case centers on a couple seeking legal separation while a shared motive or impulse frames the dispute within the paper’s pages.
A crowded column offers Rebus and Cross-Word puzzles from readers in Taunton Taunton and Graniteville with clues, enigma notes, and a call for answers. Includes a Charade and numbered teasers from Danvers Mass and nearby towns, inviting letters and solution sharing.
A fragment from a puzzle page lists items such as A river in Ireland and A solemn promise transposed with others. It includes clues like The front of an army transposer and A dangerous weapon, plus a Tropical fruit and a primitive temptress. Names and places appear, including Malden Massachusetts and Hudson Massachusetts.
A quirky crossword style item lists No. 84 Word Square entries including a constitution clue and phrases about labor, elegies, examinations, and a salty concretion on marsh grasses in Galatia. The note mentions North Boscawen New Hampshire and the name Sally.
Riddle poem from Brewer Maine Idler notes a charade puzzle with lines about a maiden’s garland and perfume. It claims a prize of 100 dollars for the best list and lists previous answers from the Boston Globe and various numbered clues.
Gossip announces the Trio’s update and a new con to appear in print. Comings edited by Dickens in the Comper is received. Edward Pearl and Empire will issue a puzzle paper. cross reference with Southern Puzzle League secretary Miss Cross of Purvis, Mississippi.
The article explains double dummy whist strategy, contrasting it with ordinary whist. It emphasizes knowing all card positions from the start, avoiding signalling, preferring safe plays, and managing trumps and suits to maximize certainty rather than probability. It includes reader solutions and notes on problems 22 to 24.
A garbled OCR fragment lists numerous personal names and scattered initials tied to places such as Chicago Chatham Mass Potomac Va Rockport Me and Lynn with references to organizations and possible titles. The legacy of scattered surnames and proper nouns hints at a larger ledger or directory page phraseology.
The contest ends soon and participants are urged to send in their word lists without delay. Winners will be announced next week, with recognition for top entries and standout submissions.
The Caledonia State fish hatchery men returned from a Great Lakes trip with 3,000,000 whitefish eyes and 56,000,000 salmon spawn. Daily about 50,000 brook trout eggs are collected, and German trout eggs, raised at the hatchery, are now being taken for the first time. This year promises considerable hatchery activity and interest for visitors.
A terse note contrasts Boston's growing notoriety in the Parson Downs matter with Sullivan's historical prominence, while suggesting Parson Downs remains inconsequential. The item hints at editorial opinion on where Downs should be placed within the broader history and culture context.
An excerpt features Uncle John defending his Alderney cattle as well bred despite a child’s remark. The exchange highlights sheepish pride in pedigree and farm life with humorous banter about cows behaving rudely in a pasture.
A Boston boy, while staying in Milwaukee, earns $100 a week salary and boards at Plankinton House at church expense. He sells gamn books used in services and pockets profits. He also sells his own photographs to raise funds for his own purse.
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