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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1885
Page
3
Howard writes on Brooklyn city governance during a reform regime focusing on the big bridge project and its smaller managerial aspects. He analyzes policy shifts, leadership, funding, and administrative changes affecting urban development.
A verbose critique of Brooklyn bridge policing contrasts American and London forces. The author laments heavy-handed tactics, tolls and ticketing, demanding reform while recalling past bridge experiences and urging action against abusive officers on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Fashion notes guide early fall wardrobe with tailor made suits in fine soft cloths and homespuns, including Shetland and Orkney spun fabrics. Describes skirt foundations, tabber overskirts, flat basques, and minimal decoration, plus patterns in serges, mohairs, and foule serge with embroidery and beading.
The panel depicts a black foule serge dress styled with black novelty goods and a white boucle line, showing on the figure.
The article mixes fashion notes on black groundwork fabrics, velvets, braids, beads, and large landscapes on metallic buttons with a teaser about new hat trends and rough wool effects imitating lace. It shifts to a health column describing dumbague malaria, patient behavior, and varied medical remedies.
A detailed compilation of pickle and relish recipes from Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Henderson, with multiple methods for cucumber pickles, sweet pickles, relishes, and tomato catchup. Includes brining, spicing, and vinegar guidelines, plus country-house hints for using and canning various vegetables.
A Greenville Alabama Advocate piece invites readers to walk to Mr Neumann's residence bridge at sunset to witness a vivid amethyst sky. The passage describes rosy light waves, purpling glories, rising stars, and the golden torch of loathly parting clay over clustering trees. It evokes the scene shading the Methodist church spire the St Thomas cross and local cottages with smoke rising from their chimneys.
A Fall River horse owned by farmer Sabins caused chaos in town kicking its way free from the wagon and wrecking a fence before calming with oats. A crowd gathered as the animal was led home after an hour of comic destruction. In Torrpo a tale says Thomas Hubbell died years ago and a Michigan asylum letter led to a graveyard mishap revealing a missing body likely stolen for medical study.
The New York Graphic notes Ocean Grove posts rules urging young women to dress modestly for bathing while observing that most do not wear bathing suits even at home bathing. The piece contrasts public modesty norms with private practice among residents.
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