Aerial Eclipse on Niagara Falls Promises Daring Wire Walk
Chicago’s Professor J. C. Thompson known as Chip plans a slack wire walk over Niagara Falls using a grooved track and a moving truck with a trapeze performer below. The device includes a parachute buoy and signals for timing, with concerts and fireworks to illuminate the river. Thompson aims for July start from Prospect Park to Canada, promising big earnings from railroad and park company contracts.
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Chicago
Niagara Falls
Chicago News
J. C. Thompson
Chip
Harrison Street
Boston
Alexandria
Tie
United States
England
Canada
Edward Thierin
Prospect Park
Therrin
Sheirin
Theirin
Taille Rock
Park Company
Alexander ‘Thompson
Edward Theirin
Fallstone
Vityha
Slall
Wil
Blondin
Europe
Sydney
Melbourne
Australia
Renew at Once for Globe Subscriptions
Public notice urges immediate renewal of Globe subscriptions with arrears being discontinued. Readers are invited to form clubs of five to receive a free copy under terms listed in another column.
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The
Globe
Was this ever a snake New York Sun headline
Wealthy Syracuse salt maker Thomas Gale owns Big Island in Oswego river near Fulton New York. During clearing for a summer resort workers unearthed a multi piece fossil serpent amid roots and stones. The 20 foot long reddish sandstone creature has a hollow sounding head and striped vertebrae. Experts deem a petrified fossil serpent. ownership and tail remains disputed as scientists pursue examination.
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New York Sun
Thomas Gale
Syracuse
Big Island
Oswego River
Fulton
N. Y
Levi Wilbur
Falton
Wilbur
Mr. Gale
Boothby
Falley Seminary
Sun
Wilbur Place
Waite
Professor Paige
Paige
New York
Spiritual Manifestations in a New Jersey Prison
Warden Johnson of Essex County Jail witnessed a dramatic display by William E. Ketcham, a Jewell Brother released after his jury tampering sentence. Trapped in a closet with holes drilled for a rope and handcuffs, Ketcham appeared unable to move as a lamp and a note declared him a fraud. He then allegedly unlocked a solid iron door from inside, leaving the warden stunned by the apparent supernatural performance.
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Johnson
Essex County
N. J
William E. Ketcham
Jewell Brothers
Gedicke
Ketcham
Lammens
William E. Kerouac
From France a grim view of 19th century animal processing
A fragment describes grim methods of disposing of aged horses in France. After hair removal for cushions, slaughter and skinning follow. Hoofs become combs, bones into knife handles, ribs into animal black, and bones processed to yield carbonate of ammonia and phosphorus for matches. The text notes insecticide creation and toxins like cyanide and Prussian blue forming from byproducts.
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Scientific American
France
Death of Georgia's Brigham Young in Atlanta
Jethro Carter aged 59 died in Atlanta on the 8th of January. Once a slave owned by Howell Cobb he served for years as janitor at the Union passenger depot. Carter married six times and had several associate wives plus eighty children claimed as father.
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Georgia
Brigham Young
Atlanta
Jethro Carter
Howell Cobb
Union
Carter
The Great Northwest lands and immigrant trade rise
A Boston Globe correspondent details a mild, hopeful view of the Northwest migration, large land sales by Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul to Danish and Scottish settlers in Iowa, Dakota, and Minnesota, and the region’s fertile soil, varied crops beyond wheat, and expanding rail access.
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Boston Globe
Milwaukee
Wis
Northwest
GLOBE
Iowa
Chicago, Milwaukee
Palo Alto
Emmet
Alexander Peddie
Scotland
Peddie
Ireland
Charles Collins
Yankton, D.T
Dakota
Minnesota
Kansas
Southwest
United Northwest
North
Tur Gloner
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Cerro Gordo
Hancock
Wright
Kossuth
Dickinson
Clay
O’brien
Lyon
Sioux
Lincoln
Turner
Hutchinson
Bon Homme
McCook
Pipestone
Murray
Jackson
Martin
Mason City
Algona
Spencer
Sanborn
Canton
Running Water
Marion
Mitchell
Flandreau
Fulda
Shoreburn
Fairmont
Pipestone City
Minn
Red River Valley
Bismarck
Fargo
Moonhead
Glyndon
Chicago
St. Paul
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Company
Willis Drummond
Northwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Boston Capital
Western
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Railway Age
Alexander Mitchell
Merrill
W. C. van Horne
Fashion Notes and Rumor Mill From Vintage Columns
A scatter of society observations and wry commentary covers fashion hints, moral policing, and local jokes. Notable items mention Lorne in Canada, Anthony Comstock, and rumors about British fashion. The column blends light satire with brief notices of public figures, theater quips, and early 20th century curiosities.
It Will Pay You to Read Every Advertisement
A civic prompt urges readers to check all ads in the issue and asks to mention the source paper, THE WEEKLY GLOBE, when responding to advertise. The note underscores advertiser awareness and reader engagement.
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Weekly
GLOBE
U. S
Somcopy
Popaiss
Agen Rald
Herald
Sansom ST
Phila. Penn
H. Madison
N. E
Checkers Editor’s column offers moves and correspondence notes
Boston editor Charles F. Barker publishes a checker column with endgame position No. 826 and Black to move and win. The page includes responses to correspondents, forwarding of games, and notices about Barker’s American Checker Player edition, with various readers’ letters from Washington to Brooklyn and Chicago.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
Ill
Wyllie
C, D
Cambridge
Charles F. Barker
James Reed, Jr
Championship of America
Reed
Barker
Doe
Fife
H. D. Lyman
S. C. Bancroft
Bancroft
ASR
Isaiah Barker
Mae
D. Kirk Wood
American Checker Player book offered for 75 cents
The notice promotes the American Checker Player volume with 22 openings and 584 variations plus 35 critical positions by Wardell Lyman and Charles Barker. It claims 179 pages, cloth binding, price 75 cents, postpaid, and invites orders to Charles Fame at 8 Houghton Street Cambridgeport.
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Messrs. Wardell
Lyman
Charles ¥. Barker
Charles Fame
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Private fifty game checkers match set between Wright and Golding
A private fifty game checkers match is arranged between H Z Wright of this city and Golding of Portland Maine. Stakes are 50 dollars, 26 per side, Wright to receive 10 dollars expenses. Play begins January 25 in Portland.
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H. Z. Wright
Golding
Portland
Wright
Detroit
G. W. Halford
Bannockburn
Wyllie
Wllie
James M'Lachlan
Paisley Gazette
Reed
New York
Boston
A. Schaefer
Toronto
St. James Hotel
McNab
Fletcher
New England
Stowe
Vermont
Mount Mansfield
Summit House
Lowell
Concord
Northern
Vermont Central
Waterbury
Suwytt K, C, Bailey & Son
Personabo
MONTE
Geo. W. Stickle « Co
Madison
Wis
New Haven
Conn
le Clare & Muchemore
Masa
Mra
J. C. Dillingham
New Orleans
Bay
H. L. Brown
London Centre
N. H. Wylt
J.minkler & Co
Nassau
N.Y
Eowyst
Snow & CO
Meriden
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Ziondin
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Oswego County, N. Y
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Haverhill
Italy
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Charlie Ross
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Andover Theological Academy
Harvard
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London
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Tubal Cain
New York Commercial Advertiser
Paradise
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Kye
Lynn Bee
New York News
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Mich
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Avenue
Lynn
Wane
West Street
Maas
Charles I. Blaney
Charles W. G——t
Fitchburg
Mass
Charles I. B——y
South Boston
Checker News
Spectator
E&c
TRACW
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Lebanon
Petizer
D.R.V.C, Mfg. Co
Prop’s
N. Crittenton
Fulton Street
Mount Mansfield Hotel
Stowe, Vermont
CLOBE
Arthur’s Home Magazine
American Dairyman
American Poultry Journal
Appleton’s Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American Naturalist
American Agriculturist
Army & Navy Journal
American
Glaas Jo Brainerd
Barnes Educational
Beadle's
Burlington Hawkeye
Boys of New York
Ballou’s Magazine
Bee-keeper’s Magazine
Babyland
Boston Pilot
Gee Eee
Boston Medical and Surgica Country Gentleman
Chicago Advance
Courier-Journal
Donahoe's
Demorests
Dwight’s Journal
Detroit Free Press
Forney
Frank Leslie
Germantown Telegraph Gardener’s Monthly
Godey
Harpers’ Magazine
Bazar
Herald of Health
Howsehold
Rome Journal
Indiana Farmer
Independent
International Review
Town Homestead Journal of Microscopy
Journal of Chemistry
Lippincott’s Magazine
London Lancet
Manufacturer and
Methodist
American History Mining Record
North American Review
N. Y. Medical Journal
N.Y. Sportsman
N. Y. Observer
Ohio Farmer
Poultry World
Portland Transcript
Phrenological Journal
Phrenological Journa
Prairie Farmer
Peterson’s
Ladies’ Magazine
Popular Science Monthly
Philadelphia Medical Times
Practical Farmer Rural New Yorker
Saturday Evening Post
Sunday School Times Scribier
St. Nicholas
Sunny South
San Francisco Chronicle
Spirit of the Times
San Francisco Argonaut
Vick
Wide Awake
Washington Post
Waverley Magazine Watchman
Western Stock Journal
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