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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1879
Page
2
A reflective poem on late autumn and impending winter. The speaker laments fading leaves, praising their brief beauty and bravery while contrasting their fall with the promise of spring. The sole remaining leaf speaks of renewal and the enduring cycle of seasons.
Ladies discuss ornamental foliage prized over blooms, praising calla and ivy varieties, and detailing Holland bulbs for winter displays. Practical guidance covers forcing plants, hyacinth care in glasses, rooting, watering, soil mixes, and pest control for houseplants including green fly, mealy bugs, red spider, and white worms.
Household washing tips emphasize air drying on grass when possible to whiten whites, careful handling of merino wool and silk, avoiding rubbing to prevent shrinkage, and using hot suds only briefly. Methods include selective boiling, rinsing water changes, and preserving colors with pepper water, ox gall and borax. Avoid high heat, and plan for sunny days when washing blankets.
A detailed guide on harmonious decor outlining wall treatments, dado use, color contrasts, and furniture choices for drawing rooms. It covers wall colors, dado heights, carpet styles, curtain materials, wood-work, and door ornamentation, emphasizing balance, proportion, and cost-effective elegance.
A mixed collection of kitchen guidance and household tips. Includes cologne making, fish and game dishes, soups, puddings, preserves, soap, leather waterproofing, and insect control. Contains practical steps for home cooks and hobbyists with emphasis on oil blends, sauces, pastries, and desserts, plus minor household science notes.
A health column extols buttermilk and brown bread as a domestic cure for dyspepsia, contrasts with Swiss mountain dairy cures, warns against overdrinking water, stresses thorough washing of raw vegetables, proposes a respirator veil, and lists various home remedies from hydrophobia to frost bite, offering practical cautions and simple cures. It cites doctors and a Paris correspondent, naming remedies like ginger drinks, tea dust for bleeding, castor oil with molasses for cough, and orange peel oil to slow carbuncles, all in a period voice.
Step by step guide lists materials and methods for turning photographs into chromo artworks. It covers glass, brushes, balsam of fir and castor oil, mucilage, paints, and tools. describes soaking, drying, pressing, and mounting to achieve a clear final image. The process emphasizes careful moisture control and gradual oiling until transparency is achieved.
Lucy Larcom writes on universal riches found in air and nature. The speaker vows true blessing comes from communal sharing, urging reverence for mountain solitude while celebrating how heaven and joy multiply through others.
A poetic sequence where a speaker urges Kitty to wind the skein, weaving a tangled metaphor of longing and love. The verse alternates between tender imagery of wool and gaze, with shifting moods from affection to ache as fingers weave and part the heart.
Dr Englehart founder of the Physio Medical Institute at 664 Mainstreet Buttaio claims thirty six years of successful practice and that he can cure thousands of cases pronounced curable through treatment for lung and throat diseases.
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