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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1879
Page
2
A reflective poem extols choosing hope and compassionate acts over bitterness. It contrasts harsh trials with moments of grace, urging gratitude for small blessings, parental prayers, and simple aids like a cup of water, to weave a faithful life.
The article describes a moss stitch technique using zephyr yarn to create concentric circular mats and a daisy motif. It then details transformations of chairs and a lounge using bag material and blue cross stitch, followed by a vivid Japanese style pot display and a painted stove pipe cover. It closes with knitting instructions for edging and a commentary on picture frames and bric a brac.
Peter Henderson describes pot-grown propagation transforming commercial horticulture over twenty years. He argues pot-laying boosts strawberry, grape vine, rose, and other plant production with faster, stronger growth, safer transplanting, and higher success than nursery-row plants.
Pure sweet cider comes only from clean fruit and fruit must be examined and wiped before grinding. In the press use hair cloth or gunny instead of straw and let the cider run through a bair sieve into a container.
The article outlines traditional cider and tomato wine making methods with steps for clarifying, aging, and preserving. It includes use of spigots, sulphur fumigation, glucose or sugar additions, and modern replacements like calcium sulphite. Also covered are other kitchen remedies and health tips from era journalism, plus various household recipes and notes on confection and cleaning.
A moth on a crimson desk lured by a candle touches the blaze and dies in a radiant torment. Grant Allen ponders why even a small creature endures such pain, arguing no tale of love or wisdom outweighs that single insect’s fate.
The Worcester convention adopted the new platform and nominated John D Long for governor with a full ticket including Weston for lieutenant governor, Dalton as secretary, Henry B. Viere treasurer, Charles Endicott attorney general, and George Marston auditor. The platform pledges loyalty to federal and state reform, calls for free ballots, condemns sectional agitation, supports Hayes era policies, proposes biennial elections, and praises current administration. The platform was approved unanimously after the informal ballot and organizational work.
A Pittsburgh youth helps an elderly man cross a street and later learns the stranger, a Massachusetts resident, left a fortune of over 510,000 in a Boston will. The windfall funds a philosophical somology foundation.
Excerpts recount encounters with Old Drury and the New Orleans press club, detailing prompter notes from 1845 to 1846. entries describe actors like J. Booth and Tom Placide, salaries, and performances, plus Max Maretzek’s views on American opera and Sullivan's early career and works.
The Emma Abbott Company earns favorable notices in New York for Miss Abbott’s Virgina role in Paul and Virginia and for the production’s energy and fidelity. Paris Temps discusses Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pinafore as a global craze with catchy satire and maritime humor. Daniel Randmann’s Narcisse opens Band Moon’s season in New York to praise for physical presence and expressive acting.
Report from Sirk Alaska dated September 6 notes the first Alaska gold bullion sent via the California steamer to San Francisco, with gold from Sitka believed to be of high quality. The prospecting boom and rumors of rich placer and quartz veins spark excitement, promising extensive miner activity next season.
Four members of Daniel Moran's family die in four weeks at 152 Pearl Street Cambridge from an unknown infectious illness. Infant dies within a day of onset, followed by a four year old sister, then the father and mother’s mother succumb in quick succession. Doctors suspect infectious cause. plumbing and drainage are sanitary. disinfectants used but not fully protective. Mrs Moran remains seriously ill.
A note from Gonaives, from captain of the schooner Uhares E. Moods, describes a siege and battle on August 17. The town burned as enemy forces were repelled, with many killed or wounded along the wharf while Americans aboard struggled to aid evacuees.
Patrolman Charles Dooley returns to 102 East 121st Street at 5 a m and finds James Warren, a car driver of East Worth Street, beside his wife's bed. Dooley shoots Warren in the left breast, wounding him and sending him to hospital in a dying condition. LoClvey is arrested.
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