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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1889
Page
7
Frank G. Carpenter describes Bangkok and the Menam river scene, noting bamboo stilt houses, the river's width, and busy crafts. He details widespread slavery and servitude under noble masters, legalized labor duties, branded criminals, and high gambling engagement among Siamese people.
A vivid travel letter describes the Menam River capital Bangkok with floating houses, palaces, and busy river life. It notes Siam’s geography, population, betel nut chewing, barefoot people, and the vivid contrast between tropical heat and Western attire. The writer observes clothing, bodies, and daily trades along the river, including women as river vendors and the prevalence of smoking.
A guide on fainting, its causes, dangers, and remedies. Fainting is usually nervous in origin and often harmless, though heart disease or fatty degeneration raises risk. Immediate care includes lying flat, loosening clothing, fresh air, and cold water or pungent salt vapor, with medical aid if needed.
A New York Sun notice describes a cough-prevention school where participants, including business and professional people, stand straight and sing Home Sweet Home three times weekly without coughing. The method combines throat exercises and willpower training to curb throat hacking.
A San Francisco Chronicle passage recalls Mme. Modjeska as deeply religious and patient. She praised Mr. Henley for punctuality then admitted she had just been criticizing him. She reflected on charity and expressed intent to apologize when he arrived.
Foreman of the jury asks about damages in a case involving a young man seeking repayment of presents and ice cream. Jurors debate if the romance justified any money. one juror doubts any recovery, noting his own past courtship.
A playful San Diego Union piece defines a sleeper as one who sleeps and as that which carries the sleeper while asleep. It follows the chain of a sleeper on a sleeper until the carrier wakes the sleeper, ending with no one sleeping in the sleeper.
A Chicago woman, Mrs Swift, shares fatigue from travel and disappointment after divorce proceedings. She recalls the first divorce stirring talk, the second drawing some attention, and notes that yesterday’s courtroom drew fewer than six onlookers.
Ida Lynch attempted suicide by jumping from the lower bridge into the Arkansas River. A watchman interrupted the act, catching her garter and pulling her back to safety, preventing a fatal outcome.
A dramatic account recalls Sitting Bull and the Little Big Horn clash as Sioux forces triumphed while dust clouded the field and questioned whether the roamers were Indians or buffalo allies.
Charles King recalls the 1874 campaign marching with the Fifth Cavalry toward the Big Horn region. A night bivouac under stars near Whites River led to the joining of Crooks’ force with Cody’s scouts. A dramatic clash near the Rosebud is foreshadowed as Sioux bands slip east while Crook and Terry converge, with Meritt’s trumpets signaling aid.
A Philadelphia woman near Broad and Spruce turns damaged china into artful repairs and mosaic pieces. She buys broken ware from Wanamaker's, glues and decorates it into fishes birds and geometric forms, selling at reduced prices. Orders from wealthier friends grow. She now earns independent income and employs other young women.
A timeline of where the U S capital resided from 1774 to 1800. Locations include Philadelphia Baltimore Lancaster York Princeton Annapolis Trenton New York and finally Washington, with dates for each period of residence.
A New York cockroach was found dead on pages 141 and 142 of The Forum as it lay between an ethics of Art article and Judge Tourgee's question. The piece notes the ironic mortality while poking fun at the magazine’s layout.
A short guide explains a simple shelf that can be mounted in minutes. Two oblique nails form supports, a looped cord or wire ties the board to the nails, and the best board comes from dry goods wrappings. The author notes five years of practical use and convenience.
In a hospital play scene Marthena assigns roles to her cousin and another child as president and secretary of state. A nurse questions their seating and the impact of their game on the child, while the children defend their administration style as innocent play.
One of the most satisfied men in the country lives at Columbus Junction Iowa. He has drawn ninety dollars a month all winter for supervising a snow plough that has not left the round house.
Alfred Townsend chronicles the rise of Birmingham and allied Southern towns as Northern capital and railroads flood the region. He notes Birmingham with 40,000 plus 75,000 nearby, 23 iron furnaces, coal and coke growth, vast land development, new hotels, banks expanding to 2.8 million in capital, and a statewide rush from Tennessee to Alabama. He cites Huntsville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Atlanta, Decatur, and Monticello as booming centers, with key lines from Louisville Nashville, Georgia Pacific, and Cincinnati railroads fueling a southern iron and mineral revolution across the Tennessee River corridor.
A 19th century Q and A on etiquette covers engagement rings timing and style, calling protocols, greeting manners, card etiquette at receptions and funerals, proper address for unmarried ladies, and avoiding bad manners such as entering private offices with a hat. It features advice from readers and responses from authors on social decorum.
A Tribune reader tests a counting method to induce sleep. Counting patterns slow breathing and distract thoughts, with mixed success. The writer notes difficulty reaching higher counts and doubts universal effectiveness, but sees potential aid for insomnia in some cases.
Tommy Traddles came home crying in a mussed state, his mother reproves him for playing with the “wicked little” McCarthy boy, hinting at prior warnings and concern over his friend’s influence.
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