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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1884
Page
6
In 1864 during Sherman Hood operations, General Logan visits a rugged Confederate cabin where a dying war scene becomes a christening. A motherless babe is baptized Shell-Anna with a chaplain, Logan, and officers gifting cloths, rations, and a token of care, forging a human moment amid war.
The London Spectator reports a remarkable tale from Sir E Hornby via Sir E Gurney and F W H Myers about a reporter who supposedly obtained a judge's verdict while staying in bed. The judge recounts a 1876 intrusion by a reporter seeking a brief judgment, the visitor leaving with a note and later found dead. The story concludes with reflection on thought transfer theory and the reporter's inability to leave his house.
Shipping helpers unload 200 full grown parrots and 100 dwarf parrots from Mexico into a Roosevelt Street aviary, sparking a schoolyard scramble as 500 children mob the scene. Scotchman Donald Burns notes parrots, paraquets, and two jungle fowl arrive for Boston orders while a sacred Indiana monkey with silver hair is ordered by a showman.
Baltimore Herald reports excavations at San Zoan Tanis reveal parts of a granite Rameses II statue. Estimated height 98 feet to crown, about 115 feet with pedestal. weight around 1200 tons. carved as a monolith, with cartouches three feet wide. pieces reused in a great Pylon.
The New York World reports advocates of cremation claim it is hygienic cheaper and cleaner than burial. Plans for crematories in Williamsburg and Mount Olivet Avenue are outlined with Gothic chapel designs and urn niches. Critics warn of crowded graveyards and disease in burial grounds while proponents describe rosy furnace light and ash urns as modern and dignified. The United States Cremation Society grows with notable supporters including Kate Field and Columbia professors.
In a New York Telegram report Dr. R F Chabert led a reporter through St Marys Hospital Hoboken to view a patient with a fly bite on his arm. The doctor began a detailed inspection highlighting the case and its treatment as evidence of the bite’s significance.
A man identified as Adolph Ritter said a fly bite on his arm caused rapid swelling and severe pain. Doctors performed ten incisions to relieve flu poisoning injury, with the arm improving but nearly losing it earlier.
Buffalo Express argues distinguished men should prepare last words in advance, not trust a last moment burst. It cites Daniel Webster John Quincy Adams and Napoleon as examples of ill chosen or pointless finales and urges public figures to craft brief neat lines for eternity.
A New York Sun report notes peppermint has risen 40 to 50 cents per pound over the past month as Europe seeks supplies for cholera fears. The old crop is nearly exhausted, controlled by a few hands, with new stock due around September. Distilled mainly in Wayne County New York and Michigan, the crop yields 8 to 15 pounds per acre, valued around $3 per pound.
An 19th century note links nail shape and length to handwriting style and character. It links long almond nails to graceful script, connects nail care with social fashion, and compares fingernails across groups from poets to mathematicians, musicians, diplomats, and the Chinese, noting fashion’s influence and historical quirks.
An old colored woman questions her boy about stealing chickens. He professes innocence claiming he bought them from Ma Jones, admitting to taking money from a drawer while his mother accuses him of deceit. The exchange shifts to a tense confession moment.
A Cincinnati Enquirer piece profiles bell-boys, revealing their daily routines, wages, and tips. They chase extra money through room setups, poker games, and errands while rating guests by potential pay. It notes timing shifts, captains, and varied generosity of guests, with blunt claims about “Jonahs” among theatrical stars and women’s lower tipping.
A New York carpet dealer fishes all day but fails to catch any. Nearby, a rival displays fish from a sailboat. He buys a basketful on the condition that each fish is thrown to him to catch, then proudly returns home with his catches.
When a woman receives new shoes she does not rush to fit them. She slides them on gently, easing feet into the corners and heels with calm care, taking time to adjust and test each step before standing fully. Her method contrasts with hurried, rough fits.
A woman experiments with multiple pairs of shoes, trying on, inspecting heels, toes, and fits. She debates comfort and appearance, consulting her husband while insisting the shoes must be right, and finally decides to buy them.
In a Courier Journal piece Bill Nye recalls W L Visscher once a Kentucky drug clerk who tinkered with poisons and potions. He colored a red bearded man named Jesse Clawser with lunar caustic, leaving a dark beard and white eyes before shaving him away. Clawser fled the mountains then learned Visscher left drugs for journalism and shuns papers thereafter.
A hunter in Costa Rica spots two peccaries and fires. The enraged herd charges, he climbs a sturdy tree to survive while fearing a slow death below. After hours of suspense the leader leads the herd away, and he escapes to camp as torches are lit.
A Burlington Hawkeye column humorously portrays Mr Doodlebug as a busy family man racing to help Emeline with four children and luggage. After Emeline reaches the station he arrives exhausted, while neighbors debate whether Mrs Doodlebug is wise or foolish to admire him.
The item sketches playful clippings about abstinence jokes, a bust joke on a Negro investor, a fan as cooling device not a flirtation, and a quip about fashion changing with gloves or kids on hands. A whimsical snapshot of period humor and social notes from multiple papers.
A compact verse fragment forays into realism, contrasting old romantic fire with modern scientific air. It notes stripping illusion, vivisecting the nightingale to probe its note and the Muse wandering in alien modes.
A man arrived in New York recently while reports from England recount a minor dynamite incident on an island. The piece notes cautious interest from Britain but offers few concrete details beyond the unexplained event.
A guest recalls an awkward moment as a man embraced and kissed the narrator during a chilly evening in Philadelphia. The kiss comes unexpectedly but remains nameless, leaving the narrator uncertain who kissed. The scene reads like a delicate social anecdote from a bygone era.
In Atlanta a young lady’s eyes captivate attention with their color unseen by onlookers. The statement likens them to brown furrows in a belt of twilight sky, an image that enchants yet remains unnamed.
From a New York Star verse, a playful account claims cholera began in a warmer land than Florida and traveled by ship to Marseilles and Toulon. The poem hints German involvement and a future spread, noting the rind as a metaphor for travel.
A Philadelphia Letter notes San Francisco women appear rounder due to climate and year round padding from heavy undergarments. The old Californian claims chilly summers and winters compel extra clothing, shaping a public view of their figures.
Chicago readers glimpse a playful rustic dialogue as Corydon invites Chloe to rest among flowers and bees while plotting love verses. A sudden prank breaks the mood with a custard pie gag, shifting tone from romance to whimsy in a brief, humorous exchange.
Evansville tale. Mr Wilberforce discovers a guest sat on a chair during a breakfast confrontation with his daughter. The daughter confesses Augustus Smith visited two hours, but she claims to have sat on the coal-bed. The humorous domestic vignette ends with the father doubting the seating truth.
A fragmentary piece juxtaposes Goethe Bayard Taylor's poem about marching soldiers with a reminiscence of White Sulphur Springs in 1868. It recalls Generals Lee and Rosecrans, a cordial bid for North South reconciliation, and an odd stagecoach meeting with a red haired journalist named Hanna and Aleck Stephens entering a hotel.
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