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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1884
Page
3
In a tense confrontation Mrs. Adams reveals she killed Henry Nelson Adams to avenge a broken past and frames Kate Maynard. John Neal returns from exile with a warning and a police sergeant arrives to arrest her on murder charges linked to the pine tree crime.
A woman raised a vial to her lips as an officer lunged to stop her, but the poison acted instantly, seemingly from the hand of a dead woman who had originally held the bottle.
In a turn of events, Kate joins Mrs. Maynard and Mrs. Morgan’s circle where John Neal reveals he is Albert Howland, her true love, and the threat of a ruined past dissolves. The confession that Mrs. Adams killed herself and the asylum scandal are resolved, freeing Kate to accept Howland and begin a hopeful future.
In Brooklyn the Independent meeting at Grand Opera House drew about 1500 listeners as Carl Schurz attacked Blaine’s record and urged laboring men to vote for Grover Cleveland. He defended Cleveland’s honesty, warned against demagogy, and called for government of just laws and honest officials.
Thomas Stevens, the English rider, has completed a substantial leg of his world bicycle tour starting San Francisco and reaching Boston. He details crossing snow sheds on the Sierras, desert crossings, river fords, and hospitable western communities as he plans to continue via New York to England and then Europe and Asia. He confirms no fixed schedule, aims to finish the journey around the world, and will address wheelmen at 2 PM on Dartmouth Street with a possible race against a local rider.
Washington announces that several companies of troops will enter Oklahoma land to expel about 2000 intruders from the Cherokee Strip and Panhandle. Women and children will be moved beyond the territory. Houses and fences will be destroyed, stock and implements turned over to the Interior Department.
First mate Grove recounts a nineteen day stay in Colon aboard the Albert Schultz, noting no full dry season yet as yellow fever spread toward Colon. He describes daily naval deaths, high sickness aboard departing ships, and harsh conditions with rampant crime after nightfall. Frenchtown is praised for cleanliness amid the canal project chaos.
W Timmerman of a Madison county creamery owns a vast snowbank on his farm that still yields cold snow to chill all milk. The bank formed in a gorge and can be ploughed, but will melt away in a few days. The item comes from the Canastola Herald.
A reflective column on woman's sphere and equality, praising courage and strength in women, arguing that leadership in work or riding horses does not diminish femininity. It contrasts modern travel attire with evolving styles, noting gloves, outerwear, and decorative touches while urging practical health and independence.
The article notes a revival of pink and white in fashion with pink and white sarah skirts, pink ginghams trimmed with white braid, and pink nuns veilting. Wide embroidery decorates white dresses, with elaborate panels and edgings, but outfits should suit material and purpose to avoid looking impractical or extravagant.
The article recalls how today’s fashions echo styles from thirty to forty years ago appealing to readers over fifty. It notes a coming rise in fabric variety including Irish poplins and Scotch gravites, predicting a clash between straight stately lines for age and soft flowing draperies for youth.
The piece argues there is no fixed fashion for girls' summer wear, urging mothers to follow their own judgment. It notes hotel atmosphere affects choices, but most children live in homes where mothers can rely on experience. Fashionable styles like straight skirts and princesse dresses are deemed acceptable based on circumstances and discretion.
A reader describes transforming the back of Shakespeare and Longfellow calendars into wall hangings. She mounts large trout cards with ribbons, tying them together to form a small receptacle for cards and letters, with long upper strings to keep the front leaning forward.
A practical craft describes transforming a six inch doll into a needlework bag by sewing a white muslin bodice with lace trim, adding knickerbockers, petticoat, and a long cambric bag. It covers assembling the bag, threading cords, and embellishing with a cap to resemble a baby robe.
A Jefferson handwritten note from 1808 discusses avoiding war to seize New Orleans, the Mississippi boundary, and the idea of a peaceful depot strategy. It suggests Spain’s return of Louisiana to France, cost of war, and the benefits of delaying confrontation to reduce debt and casualties. The letter to Doctr. Hugh Williamson reflects strategic thinking of Jefferson on navigation and territorial leverage.
A jittery Yankee Nations survey lists Vermont savings banks with deposits surpassing 13 million dollars while Maine and New Hampshire anecdotes cover tourists, farm labor, local legends, and oddities from Oxford to Bowdoin. The clippings sketch a mosaic of small-town life with figures of wealth, age, and enterprise.
Portland August 2 an elderly Democrat Captain Jotham Johnson of South Durham recalls seventy years at sea his wartime service in the 1812 era and his first vote for Thomas Jefferson. He speaks of Jackson Cleveland and his hopes for Massachusetts and warns of aging and memory as he looks toward the park appointment with reporters.
Dr John Turner reports from 862 Broadway that Compound Oxygen cured influenza related lung pains and lasting colds, with inhalations clearing symptoms by next day. Frank W Doughry confirms family use for rheumatism and catarrh. Treatise on Compound Oxygen promised free by Starkey & Palben at 1109 and Girard Street.
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