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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1889
Page
6
James B. Wilson recounts the first day of the 1863 Battle of Stones River. Amid dawn bullets and shattered regiments, he details close artillery actions, a wounded comrade, and his own near miss and subsequent recovery to rejoin his battery after hospital care and months later.
The Arizona Kicker recalls a gunfire incident at its editorial room and notes the cot was absent to avoid danger. It reports a misread shooting quarrel involving Hon. Bill Dakin and Colonel Jones and corrects prior accusations about insult and gunplay. It praises Dakin as civil and enterprising while suggesting Jones relocate.
A reader signs as P. D. questions aldermen and calls for arrests over corruption. The Kicker prints the year’s city costs. Major Jim Smith surfaces in town after renewing his subscription with two silver dollars, rumored to be mistakenly sentenced to State prison, and plans a high coffee event for the elite.
A historical note details elevator speeds and loads in New York City buildings such as Potter, Aldrich Court, and Standard Oil, with speeds from 500 to 720 feet per minute under load. It cites the Water Balance in Western Union at 1000 to 1200 feet per minute and mentions Chicago machines at 1500 feet.
Mrs Hixby questions public affairs as her husband explains the Samoan issue. He narrates the affair in detail and ends by asking if she understands. She admits only to a concern about the color of lettuce-leaf green on her bonnet, preferring cardinal.
A young woman ends her engagement with a suitor after a richer lover appears. She asks her ex to return a photo, but he replies he cannot, lest he spoil his euchre deck which uses a queen of diamonds and photographs in play.
In Venice pigeons thrive as city symbols with legends of public support and protection. Stories claim doges funded their care since 1202, and rituals show their mystic link to the city. The piece notes the pigeons’ honored status, historic duties, and symbolic role in Venetian life.
An 1880s New York World feature explains a party parlor game where a ring is hidden on a finger. Players number themselves, then one secretly performs arithmetic to reveal a final coded result showing the wearer’s identity, hand, finger, and joint.
A home made game uses three hoops as drum heads with egg shells prepared by blowing out contents and decorating with star motifs and ribbon loops. Eggs conceal small prizes including candy and trinkets, with eight players per round and hoops set on the floor for play.
Two young girls walking home from school discover a tired dog crouched by a beggar. They debate whether the animal can see, and one girl theatrically tests the dog’s vision by asking how many fingers are before its eyes. The scene ends with the child’s earnest display.
A New York Sun interview with a Pennsylvania area lightning rod agent reveals aggressive sales tactics. He fabricates statistics to persuade farmers, claiming most barns struck by lightning lacked rival rods, and asserts his own devices prevent fires and storms. He boasts high commissions and a knack for impressing customers with demonstrations and the promise of safety.
A humorous mix up in a Boston retail shop ends with a man mistaking a 50 year old woman for his wife after approaching her to confront her about spending his money. The woman loudly rebukes him, drawing laughs from onlookers as the man exits in embarrassment.
In a melodramatic scene Miss Laura confesses heartbreak as George Ferguson, consumed by business plans, vows to forget her while revealing plans to open a large retail confectionery store. She clings to him, declaring she is his, in a tense farewell amid emotional tension.
A meek man quips about arresting a woman who allegedly inveigled a dollar on false pretences. He notes a firmer line of law concerning marriage, as he laments that the law won’t let him arrest his spouse and instead obliges him to support her.
Mrs. Rambo accuses Absalom of drunkenness at 3 a.m. as husband staggers up the stairs clinging to the balustrade. He mumbles he has not been drunk twice in 24 hours and insists he remains on the original drunken state.
A rugged tale from the Sugar Swamp recounts a man who helps a bear with a decayed tooth. After extracting the fang with a buckskin cord and a pistol shot, the grateful bear later saves him in a dire moment, sparking a rare bond between hunter and beast.
In a playful Puck piece, the author lampoons the arrival of spring with heightened wit. He notes bluebirds, crocuses, and garden excess, contrasting eager spring fever with comical social quirks and price-driven frictions in New Jersey. The piece blends satire about gardeners renters and merchants with seasonal imagery.
Elevated train guards found a greasy brown paper parcel during a morning ride to One Hundred Fifty-fifth Street. The starter opened it and found $1500, which he safely held for the owner who claimed it the next day. Trainmen now inspect such parcels more carefully.
In a humorous exchange from the Chicago Herald, Mrs Stebbins argues for a beauty show for men akin to Vienna’s, amid playful banter with John who offers a $50 shopping request. The dialogue features a flirtatious tone as the couple jokes about prizewinning looks and spending.
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt Stanley raises his hat and offers rescue to Emin Bey. Emin Bey replies gratefully while a native named Umslop ogans is ordered to provide the rescued man a square meal.
In a Philadelphia Record snippet a dentist explains pricing to a customer. The buyer boards elsewhere, and the dentist warns an $8 full set would be inadequate for use in a boarding house, stating his charge will be $25.
In a domestic snippet, Miss Ethel laments while Sister Helen plans to wed Tom Barry. A whispered truth reveals Ethel's own longing to marry him, a confession that adds tension to a family moment.
Brown and Smith banter as Smith explains a clever plan tied to a Waterbury device near an organ grinder. Brown asks about Garibaldi, and Smith confirms he’s winding up his own machine in a scheme that works like a charm.
A Washington hotel waiter offers soup to a guest who declines, saying he has been to soup and is from Illinois, in a brief humor piece from the Peoria Transcript. The indulgent quip highlights a regional joke about Illinois.
In Munsey's Weekly a dialogue shows Marie skipping afternoon church for Lent. A companion notes her fondness for Mr Rieginson's preaching, and she confirms she swore it off during Lent.
The Lime Kiln Club holds a Detroit Prep Press style gathering debating if people should expect less from life. Brothers Gardner and Watkins clash over inevitabilities while Lightfoot, billed as a fiddler and self styled professor, faces club scrutiny for debt and employment. The session ends as Lightfoot is warned to drop the professorial act and seek work.
Palgrave notes a native Arabian plant with seeds that act like laughing gas. The Kasum dwarf and Oman varieties grow three to four feet, with yellow clustered flowers. Two or three black seeds resemble a French bean and taste sweet with a slightly offensive odor. In small doses the seed powder induces loud laughter, singing, dancing, and comical behavior for about an hour, followed by deep sleep and amnesia of the episode.
A reader shares a prompt from Wilbur W. White in the Chautauquan about starting with the word Washington and listing ten words linked by immediate associations. The exercise aims to reveal mental patterns and possible defects, noting recurring lines of thinking and reliance on superficial principles.
A collage of verses from Walter Learned and others reflecting aging, longing, and memory. Lovers, censored notes, and a soldier’s goodbye intertwine with ballroom imagery and the ache of parting, as gray hairs and faded passions contrast with youthful ribbons and distant battles.
A narrator scans a crowded Easter service mourning a missing beloved. The blue and gold stained windows frame a lonely morning until a sweet, welcoming face turns toward him and the sermon’s blessing becomes a personal revelation as his love reveals herself in an Easter bonnet.
Three riders race toward fame with differing approaches. The first burns out chasing quick glory and loses his horse. The second delays and arrives too late. The third stays steady but loses his way. A fourth man seeks fame unknowingly and finds a puzzled temple, then returns home to his family. The parable ends with a requested moral.
A humorous verse about a dog named Fido stealing a mistress's slipper and a man’s gleeful, secret pursuit. The speaker revels in the slipper’s charm and plots to keep the theft hidden while imagining a kiss and delight. The piece plays on playful romance and sly mischief in a light domestic scene.
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