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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1883
Page
3
A column reviews autumn styles in hats, lingerie, and the evolving use of the word lady. It critiques the modern trousseau mania, wedding finery, and fashion obsession, noting how dress dominates thoughts and relationships while offering practical tips for bonnets and storage.
Early autumn bonnets feature ecru lace over velvet with fig of merit patterns in velvets and ribbons. Descriptions cover capote shapes, trims of tinsel laces and chenille, galleons on mohair and velvet, and new straw frames. Ribbons, gilt cords, and ornate embossing offer varied textures for felt and velvet bonnets.
New laces appear in very fine Mechlin style with deep scallops and feather or leaf motifs. Ecru threads soften Marines and oriental patterns, large balls and spots top dang near Spanish laces, velvet spots in Spanish lace for dresses and bonnets. Lace cravats decline. jabots, standing frills, and velvet collars shape necklines. French fashion trims exclude lace at cheeks and wrists. Imitation Alencon and Valenciennes laces gain popularity for evening wear and lingerie.
Varieties and suggestions describe new shades like turtle-dove gray and Marie-Louise blue, plus fashionable tennis hats in gray satin open work straw trimmed with peacock feathers. It notes Langtry turbans, bonnets, and large hats, white silk uze wedding fabrics with silver trimmed embroidery, carved-wood ornaments, and blocked felt bonnets with corduroy-like stripes for morning and travel use.
A collection of quotes from various papers lampooning Bostonites and hub society. The items mock manners and slang, praising wit and culture while poking fun at Saloon life, math of a warm season, and local quirks. Notable jests reference milkmen, theater, and old Orchard Beach as sources of regional banter.
A prospective Sunday dinner menu lists dishes with costs in current prices. Items include Roiled Chicken with lemon sauce and veal patties, scalloped oysters, boiled chicken, and Raspberry Rifles with custard, each priced from 10 to 75 cents, plus a peach sherbet and a simple lemon sauce.
A 12 member company in Placer and El Dorado counties aims to explore South Pacific islands found by Wilkes in 1838 39 and the Antarctic. Led by J P Noyes the ship is built in the East as a 120 ton sloop with nine inch Dahlgren gun and a bronze howitzer. They plan to sail from New York in October for a two year voyage via Fiji and the Sandwich Islands, returning to San Francisco.
A Mitchell newspaper recounts a rural romance at Parker Oak station. A Lowa man, soon to depart, clings to his lass as the train departs and slips into a mud hole. They reunite amid laughter and kisses, vow to wed, with a local justice of the peace joining as one. Dr. Pierce’s pellets are advertised at the end.
A detailed autumn guide urges careful house plant management and garden pruning. It stresses crowding avoidance, cleaning pots, proper light and moisture, and choosing well suited species to ensure healthy winter growth and vibrant bloom.
A garden note explains best soil for geraniums combines turf loam manure and sand for drainage. It warns against overwatering and suggests 6 to 8 inch pots for flowering plants, plus yearly repotting and pruning. It lists favored varieties Master Christine Fritz Herald of Spring Pauline Lucca and others with descriptions of bloom and color.
An address by W E Endicott to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society discusses why Japan lilies often fail in cultivation. Deep planting and strong seed-raised stock are advised, with late summer flowering variability noted for ilium auratum.
Mr J B Moore of Concord Massachusetts rose grower outlines winter care for roses. Rows four feet apart, ground kept clean, fall banking of plants about a foot high with earth from between rows. In spring remove earth and prune weak wood to six to eight inches. strong varieties left ten to twelve inches.
At a Massachusetts Horticultural Society meeting, Mr. Strong argued Triomphe dAngers is the most free flowering rose, proposed as a substitute for General Jacquem, though not an exhibition rose.
The full rigged ship Reporter from Newburyport to New York, after a 102 day voyage from Bombay, battled a hurricane off the Atlantic coast. Captain G P Spalding reported no sleep for 15 days as the crew fought flooding, torn sails, and a sprung bowsprit, finally running before the wind for five days at high speed to reach safety.
Advice on avoiding miasmatic sickness by building on high ground or away from ponds, aligning houses with prevailing winds, and planting hedges. Recommends 30 to 50 yard buffers, earth floors avoided during illness season, and using ventilated cellars. Addresses tobacco smoke chemistry and nicotine effects in cigars.
September 10 report details Sylvester Knott a farmer near Lake Erie who, inspired by religious frenzy after a Salvation Army meeting, built a large wood cross and planned to sacrifice his eight year old son. He attacked rescuers, abducted his daughter Minnie, chained and burned her before two men intervened. Minnie is badly burned and likely to be committed to an asylum as her father is killed.
Despatches from Wisconsin report the hop crop is entirely in and dealers are discouraged as the yield is only about one fourth of the average. Storms and lice have proved disastrous to the vines, signaling a tough season for growers. A patent remedy, RevuGu on Rats, claims to clear out rats, mice, flies, roaches, bed bugs, ants, vermin, and chipmunks.
A nineteenth century advisory discusses cholera origins debates and urges strict cleanliness, home care, and prepared remedies. It details dosing for laudanum tinctures, camphor, rhubarb, and enemas, plus mustard poultices, diet of rice water and chamomile, and cautious use of brandy during collapse. The article cites Dr Hamlin’s experiences in Constantinople and promotes rapid action at first signs.
A government commission in Alsace Lorraine reports on school life sanitary conditions. It notes unfavorable standards and says mental education has lagged behind other knowledge developments. Prolonged cramped positions and premature strain harm pupils, even as ventilation and sanitation improvements remain important.
New York reports John Jacob Astor deeded all property to his son William Waldorf Astor, the U S minister at Rome, with a life pension to the father to keep the estate intact and avoid public disclosure. The Astors’ wealth and succession plans, including estates in New York and titled line, are discussed in detail along with family biographies and social standing.
A letter from Owentworth dated July 28, 1882, describes dramatic improvement after eleven months using Compound Oxygen for consumption. The patient notes reduced night sweats and blood in vomit, better digestion and appetite, and overall health gains though one lung remains damaged. The doctors promote their treatise and offer free information from 1109 and 1111 Girard Street, Philadelphia.
A New Yorker, enriched by a $5000 inheritance from an uncle, sinks into baccarat in Paris and earns a vast fortune. He returns to New York, spends lavishly, then goes back to Paris. A winter turn of luck reverses the fate. he loses everything and ends with nothing.
Readable fragments describe a medical dispensary in Buffalo offering a treatise on throat bronchial and lung diseases. The items mention stamps for medical literature and association affiliations, with a focus on diagnostic and treatment guidance.
A Hanover man Milton Dwelley, 30 years a recluse in a remote wooded house near Four Corners, died recently at about 83. He was sociable, well liked, and kept informed, renting milk from a nearby farmer and guarding a garden patch. Neighbors recall a quiet, eccentric figure who valued solitude over company while maintaining interest in the world.
A man described as about five ten, French Canadian appearance, name William Thomas, 45, was found exhausted by a salt water pit near Jaques farm Somerville. He died at 2 pm after collapsing while attempting to drink water and becoming trapped. authorities could not identify him and no family has claimed the body.
Retired physician claims a simple vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and other throat and lung problems plus nervous debility and other nervous complaints. He says the recipe has cured thousands and will mail free full directions in German French or English to all who request it with stamp to WY Noyes 149 Power's Rochester Ne Me.
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