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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1889
Page
5
George Alfred Townsend analyzes Ward McAllister’s social role in New York society, tracing ties to the Vanderbilt and Gibbons families and the early steamboat monopoly era. The piece blends genealogy, politics, and etiquette, noting McAllister’s limited circle and his emerging status as society “dancing master” during centennial preparations.
Dr. Talmage at Brooklyn Tabernacle urges a focused Christian crusade to evangelize the world in the last decade of the nineteenth century. He envisions broad mobilization, wealth pooling, and cooperative effort across denominations, aided by presses and divine forces, to spread salvation globally within ten years.
A dramatic meditation on a forthcoming era proclaimed as destined to dominate all future ages. The speaker envisions a coronation of a single decade whose authority will force generations to yield, invoking cosmic imagery and eternal vows to affirm its ultimate triumph.
Cincinnati dispatch reports an autopsy on John Walsmith aged 14 of 214 Findlay street reveals abnormal white matter in the brain and reduced gray matter causing unusual nerve activity yet little pain tolerance. The boy survived many injuries, from a circus wagon to a fall, yet died from a green ball shaped mass lodged at the stomach entrance, with a crosswise needle preventing passage.
A violent storm swept parts of western Pennsylvania eastern Ohio and Maryland with hail lightning and strong winds. A farmer John Worgell in Elk Garden Md was killed by a lightning strike. An iron naphtha tank at Franklin Penn caught fire and destroyed. Mason town Penn saw the new school roof ripped off and storefronts damaged. Steubenville Ohio reported egg sized hail and shattered skylights while St Clairsville saw Murdaugh’s mill roof torn free. Hornbrook building Powhatan Ohio lost its roof and debris injured a man named Mr. Coleman. Ohio River railroad depot roof was blown off.
A New Philadelphia report notes a cyclone struck Beidler causing multiple injuries including a 10-year-old girl fatally injured and several others seriously hurt. Details remain sparse as information comes in from the mining town.
The Catholic Standard publishes Archbishop Ryan’s letter outlining his personal view on the prohibition amendment. He separates his office from his individual stance, arguing Catholics can vote based on conscience. He opposes a state constitutional change, saying stricter laws regulate acts but true remedy lies in personal conscience and Catholic temperance organizations.
New York yacht clubs debate the Valkyrie challenge with strong support to keep the cup on this side of the Atlantic. Jules Montant and Caldwell H. Colt defend using the Volunteer as the defender, arguing a 90 foot class boat is best and that only three races should be sailed. General Paine backs the Volunteer but resists a new build while a syndicate considers a 70 foot rival to meet the Valkyrie on equal terms.
Mrs Anna M Lyman wife of Bishop Theodore B Lyman of North Carolina died at her residence on Saturday night after several weeks illness. She accompanied the Bishop abroad about 15 years ago when he served as American Chaplain in the Protestant Episcopal Church at Rome.
An advertisement urges seeking government posts but promotes a stable, profitable path with the American Mfg House. It claims their agents are content and prosperous, inviting readers to write for terms from a lock box in New York.
Quotes show cotton and flour prices firm in New York and Chicago with varied grades. Wheat oats and barley move modestly. pork and lard remain steady while staples like coffee and sugar edge up. Regional summaries from New York Chicago and St Louis report receipts and shipments, with general market firmness and some dullness in grains.
The article reports steady Butter market with strong demand for all grades and ample accumulation supporting prices. It lists numerous regional dairy quotes from Creamery to Western and Vermont, notes a somewhat easier cheese market yet expectations prices hold. Eggs, beans, fruits, vegetables, and groceries see mixed demand with overall dullness in several sections.
Weekly livestock arrivals show totals for Western, Eastern, and Northern cattle and sheep, with a combined 12 575 sheep and lambs and 12 041 swine. Beef cattle dressed weight prices range 84.00 to 86.50 per hundred pounds. Also listed are hides, tallow, skins prices and various cattle and sheep product names.
The centennial committee schedules President Harrison's arrival at Elizabethport New Jersey on Monday April 20 with a naval review in the upper bay led by Admiral Porter. The party will be rowed ashore from Wall Street by the Marine Society crew and receive officials at the Equitable Building and City Hall before a series of religious, literary, and ceremonial events ending with a ball at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Puriapeoria April 13 Hon John P Usher former secretary of the interior under Lincoln died at University Hospital this morning after throat tumor removal. He came from Florida two weeks ago for the operation and died at 11 o clock. Born 1810 in Madison County New York he had lived in Lawrence Kansas as counsel for the Missouri Pacific and Kansas Pacific railroads.
In Warrick and Duboise counties Indiana the White Caps sent warnings to John Lansford road supervisor over impounded hogs of poor families. On Thursday at 1 am twenty masked men demanded the hogs and a clash left Lansford’s son and five White Caps wounded. W T Masterson and James Crews were lashed in separate visits with threats of further punishment.
Colorado Springs April 15. Mayor elect George H. Thomas was found dead in his barn Saturday with a bullet through his head. He evidently killed himself. No reason is known. The deceased came from Illinois in 1877, was elected mayor a few weeks ago and would have taken office today. He leaves a family.
Derrott Mich April 15 A local paper prints 12 verses of a poem by ex Senator Jones of Florida. It details alleged senate intrigues and scandal mongers. The piece ends with his confession that insanity and want end the record.
John D. Jennings a millionaire many times over died last night at the Southern Hotel he was 75 years old. Jennings long held Chicago real estate and was familiarly known as Corner Lot Jennings.
A mid 19th century notice from Edwin A Dargin Boston April 17 1889 invites readers to address communications to lock drawer 5220 Maia New England chess and checker rooms 767 Washington Street Open 10 am to 10 pm and lists many chess and draughts books with prices including Behaeler Kelleys Paisleys 25 cents Barker American Checker Player 125 dollars and various supplements and editions plus subscriptions and blank diagrams for recording positions.
The Aberdeen Press prints a verified ending by Willie Gard ner from actual play. White to move and win after removing five men from the board, claiming a record longest ending by two pieces over Hester and Reed.
The fragment notes White to play and win with a sequence involving Black men on listed squares and Kings on others. Despite garbled notation, the conclusion asserts White wins, referencing specific board positions and a puzzle-like setup attributed to Mr. Scutthorpe.
Position No 1437 by J W Kimley Greenford Ohio shows White to move and win. Position No 1438 by O H Richmond Grand Rapids Mich features a specified checkmate task. Position No 1439 also has White to play and win with detailed prize context from the Checkerist.
P, La Point and E. H. Dakince their match for the association ship challenge medal last Saturday evening. Five games were played with La Point winning one and the other games drawn. The American championship match between Harker and Reed will be held in June in Chicago. Newark players compete in a tournament for a gold badge. Daley and Knight of Albany have been at it for a week. Knight leads 8 to 5 with draws. James Hill, once Providence expert now in England, sails for New York on the Alaska on the 27th. An elderly couple in Wooster Street are fond of check and play. after temper flare ups he consoles by arguing age and returns to the game, eventually beating him. The husband then leaves in anger, but she improves and wins. It is inferred a world championship match between James Smith of Spennymoor and I. Barker may be arranged soon, possibly tied to James Wyllie’s championship ambitions. Rumors of Mr. lhe’s return via San Francisco and a match with F. Baker are noted. We received the Smith match games. book praised and priced 45 cents post paid.
An old advertisement lists premiums offered with The Weekly Globe. Bundled items include Book Gems of Song, Dictionary Politics, Knitting and Crochet guides, Needle Works, an elegant Music Box, Globe Mandolins, Dance Masses, Singer Sewing Machine, Fountain Pen, multiple Cloth books, History United States, Natural History Cyclopedia, Standard Dictionary, Gems of Melody, Everybody's Assistants, five years of The Weekly Globe and Webster Unabridged Dictionary. Address provided.
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