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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1882
Page
3
A feature advocating common sense as key to life and work, praising balanced intellect across classes, with notes on fall footwear from H. H. Tuttle & Co and a Hartford Times room vignette. It also details dressmaking guidance, soutache embroidery trends, patterns, and practical tips for patterning and sewing, plus autumn hats and new travel wraps from D. P. Isley.
A knitting pattern describes a multi-row repeat starting with cast on eighteen stitches and proceeding through ten complex rows of knit and purl actions, increases, passes and slip stitches. The text then repeats from the first row, adjusting stitch counts up to twenty-six as new sections begin.
Annie Wakeman reports about Dr. Fordyce Barker president of the city medical society admired for his bold infant treatment methods. The piece highlights his calm manner, diagnostic skill, and skill in comforting patients while noting a early life throat issue. It claims he saved about 95 percent of the children in his care last month and recalls his cures with novel remedies.
A detailed guide from Harper's Bazar describes transforming a village house into a church stage for a debt fundraiser. It covers space, canvases, scenery flats, colors, lighting with gas and oil lamps, backdrops, wings, and practical tips for props, scenes, and curtain calls as well as sample loom and costume ideas.
The London Daily News contrasts the 1801 British voyage from India to Egypt under Sir David Baird with General Sir Herbert Macpherson era operations. It details troop movements from Bombay to Jiddah, Kassayr, and Cairo, delays from thirst and desert miles, and the swift Nile journey to Rosetta and return after Menou’s capitulation.
The Bank of France plans to strike off 6,000,000 hundred-franc notes with engraving by M Robert after a drawing by M Baudry the fresco painter. Vignettes aim to be inimitable on newly printed paper to limit forgery. Note circulation ranged from 7,577,383 to 20,000,000 in recent years.
Great Barrington Mass September 11 a general gathering of friends and neighbors exceeded 300 to honor Lucy Kline who was born in Barkhamstead Conn and married to Revolutionary soldier Jacob Kline Five generations were present and twenty five ages added up to about 2000 years A notice offers a treatment for chronic diseases from Drs Starkey and Palen of Philadelphia with a mailed price.
A Philadelphia Times correspondent at Atlantic City notes beachgoers’ feet and ankles reveal fashion-driven deformities. He details toes crowded by tight shoes, coins on joints, and mismatched gaits, contrasting young maidens, stout matron, and booted men with exaggerated footwear.
The piece mocks Mr. George and the dangers of Irish travel citing arrests and suspicions tied to writings and associations. It warns readers to avoid dangerous company and long inspections of Irish ruins while noting physicians praise for iron tonics like Brown's Iron Bitters.
Practical guide for beginners teaching self taught silk painting on heavy silk with pencil tracing, gum water, and color mixing. Covers materials, ground preparation, color blends, and decorative ideas from trays to lace painting, plus subtle guidance on avoiding glare and preserving fabric.
The 200th anniversary of Philadelphia and Pennsylvanias founding will be celebrated from October 26 for four days with a grand pageant. A 25 000 civilian parade opens the event followed by tableaus of Penns landing on Dock Street and park fireworks.
James Mills was shot and killed by Frank Evans last week as Mills prepared to marry Evans sister. Evans opposed the match claiming Mills lacked status and authority to wed. Evans escaped after the killing, described amid crime notes and local scandal.
Malaria is portrayed as a debilitating disease affecting the whole body, with symptoms beyond chills and fever. The text links malaria to weakness, digestive decline, and potential nervous disorders, then advertises Brown's Iron Bitters as a universal tonic claimed to cure malaria and related ailments, urging purchase from reputable dealers at $1 per bottle.
English musician Arthur Hobson of 340 South Twelfth plans a new parade band in Philadelphia with 48 pipe instruments. The group will feature 36 piped instruments playing solos on piccolos together, joining for a full piccolo section during solos. The band will perform in streets parades and concerts, a novelty in the United States.
The New York Sun prints letters on frugal living for young couples. A New Yorker shows how to start housekeeping on $15 or $19 weekly with second hand furniture, careful budgeting, and home work. A Cincinnati couple saved steadily on $22 weekly while moving to a paid-off home. The letters argue thrift, shared duties, and prudent furniture purchases enable modest but stable family life.
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