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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1880
Page
2
A devotional verse speaks of a mother’s prayer for her children’s shelter and salvation through life’s storms. The speaker trusts in God’s hand to shelter and guide them to the better land as they await reunion at the heavenly gate.
A detailed guide to turning a silk dress into a winter street costume using plush and brocaded plush trims. It covers basque shaping, overskirt drapery, sleeve and collar details, color pairings, plaided plush options, and coordinated accessories for multiple festive outfits.
A fragmented verse urges patience and resilience with Scots refrain Just bide a wee and dinna fret The poem contrasts hardship with hopeful morning and bending willow while warning against over anxiety and needless fear
A dense collection of reform era recipes and household tips. Includes Apple Sponge Pudding with butter, sugar, apples and orange water, Spanish Pickle with cucumbers and onions, Caraway Luncheon Cake and Oyster bake methods. Also notes on removing candle grease, making Everton Taffee, Sultana and German cakes, Delicate Tea Cake, velvet fabric ironing tips, and a recruitment ad for cooks and girls for general house work. A brief political notice about a Maine Republican majority reward appears amid the culinary content.
A Rural New Yorker piece outlines transferring summer beauty indoors, selecting pot sizes, soil mixes, and drainage. It highlights geraniums, abutilons, begonias, bouvar d is, and carnations as ideal winter bloomers and foliage options, with care tips and decorative ideas for a bright parlor garden.
A Cincinnati Enquirer letter recounts how M. Grevy, famed for his dignity, kept a mistress named Mme Pelouse and faced pressure from party allies over his daughter Alice's romance with opera star Capoul. It notes Grevy's firm stance on marriage, the social tension of Paris, and his substantial but scrutinized earnings of about 180000 dollars.
The Pope, answering Cardinal McCloskey’s appeal, names Bishop Michael Augustin Corrigan of Newark as ecoadjutor archbishop in partibus infidelium. The appointment gives him the right to succeed McCloskey, and bestows the honorary title tied to a defunct see in the Orient.
The Newark born prelate, aged less than eighty, studied at Mount St. Marys Emmitsburg and in Rome before serving as a scholar and energetic church leader. James Roosevelt Bailey recommended Corrigan as Newark bishop successor, and Corrigan led Seton Hall College before his Newark consecration on May 4, 1873 with Archbishop McCloskey officiating.
A collage of humorous lines and brief notes from various papers. Fragments reference September gales, a pencil-sharp jab at Puck rival Chic, lawsuits over breach of promise, pie jokes, dead newspapers, mail irregularities, a pieced salad of quotes about pie, insomnia, grace, and a Chicago style jab at a boarding-house child. It notes ice in Caucasus caves and a New York judge praising a woman’s pistol readiness.
An etched tale from Cornhill Magazine in which a skilled eastern carver, selling intricate minor works, faces a reforming caliph. Told to shift from minute, exotic designs to broader, earthbound themes for wider appeal, the fable ends with the artist choosing a bolder path but losing the delicate artistry he once embodied.
The article argues that many famous minds were once deemed dull in youth, citing Fisher Ames, Edward Everett, Newton, Goldsmith, Scott, Hutton, Sheridan, Clarke, Chalmers and others. It stresses perseverance over early gifts, noting failures and ridicule can precede greatness. It urges dull boys to stay focused, hopeful and self-reliant despite prophecies.
A historical tale credits two boys with pioneering key inventions. A workshop clockwork moment with Watts reveals how a boy’s lever setup made the steam engine automatic. A farmer boy’s crude jackknife loom grows into a power loom after perseverance and a blacksmith’s support.
Captain Thomas Ward of U S Artillery writes from Fort Independence in Boston harbor praising Smiths Medicated Prunes as the best medicine for constipation and recommending three jars by express. He calls the laxative pleasant, free from nausea or griping, and notes physicians endorse it and that it is sold by all druggists.
Fragmentary OCR text references individuals Jos, F. Pond, and E. D. with unclear roles. The item appears as a public notice or testimonial readout, lacking full context, dates, or actionable details suitable for a complete summary.
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