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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1891
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes refer to a reporter who proclaims kingship and his act regarding appointing or influencing a consul. The text is unclear but centers on identity and a consul assignment.
The 21 year old Albert Gordon, a prolific yet restless journalist, abandons city crime and politics for a tropical post as secretary to the American consul on Opeki. He seeks rest to write a novel while recounting his early career from Yale through major events and war correspondence. He accepts Captain Leonard Travis as his superior and prepares to depart for the South Pacific posting established in the 1850s to reward distant campaign work.
Albert Gordon escorts Capt. Travis to Opeki where a comic, bungling voyage unfolds. The sickly consul laments rheumatism while Stedman, a boastful ally, schemes to show power from a hollow regal setup. A surprise letter reveals a recall and appoints Albert as substitute consul amid growing intrigue.
A nonfiction account by 8. G. W. Benjamin recounts a perilous Newfoundland cave ordeal with survival, endurance, and vivid detail. The narrative follows explorers facing collapsing passages, scarce supplies, and risky decisions that test resilience amid rugged coastline lore.
Six Newfoundland schooners sail from Petipas Bay of Islands in late season. Five take the southern channel and vanish with all hands in a brutal squall. The Sea Foam under Capt. Fowler battles the gale, survives, but the crew is later doomed to cliffside wrecks near Guernsey Island. Only Jack Fowler and his father endure a fate that tests their resolve and ends with a miraculous revival.
Charles F. Lummis chronicles a brutal trek from Ohio toward Los Angeles, detailing a broken arm mended with improvised splints, brutal cold and snow, relentless travel by rail and wagon, and dramatic hunts near Flagstaff, Peach Springs, and the Grand Canyon, as Shadow the dog endures beside him.
A vivid feature on the mosquito's many names and global reach. It details taxonomy as culex pipiens and aflex americanus, contrasts male and female roles, describes the life cycle from egg raft to larva pupa and adult, and explains the buzzing sound and biting physiology with regional observations from Missouri to England.
William Graham Green recalls 1832 Lincoln supporting the Black Hawk war in Illinois. Maj Moses K Anderson forms the company as Kirkpatrick and Lincoln vie for captaincy. Lincoln wins by two to one, swearing in as captain in the presence of Jefferson Davis and Zachary Taylor.
The article discusses historic controls on sacred art in Spain under the Inquisition. It cites a 1500 ducat fine and exile for immodest works, notes Francisco Pacheco as a censor who urged copying parts from life while using modest models, and recounts examples from Cordova and Seville.
A humorous tale from Puck about a spoony married man whose antics vex a hotel landlord. The landord drives them from the beach home after a storm of jests, lawsuits, and social mockery, as readers encounter the curious verse and a stray note about a Columbian procession.
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