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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1888
Page
8
The essay ponders human purpose and ambition, questioning whether life has a divine aim and urging readers to choose meaningful ends. It contrasts disciplined aims with shallow pursuits, argues parents should sometimes refuse, and praises steadfast progress. It laments ineffective stenography and praises permanent literary legacy.
Aubany New York August 10 Henry Waterman of Hudson New York who died aged 80 invented the double driving wheels for locomotives The first test run from Fishkill to New York reached 60 miles per hour The boy Waterman carved ideas with a jack knife and vowed to build an engine The Dawing locomotive he devised is now used widely
Readers are offered a 550 page volume titled The Glon's Political Dictionary to illuminate the presidential campaign. The work claims to cover all major topics with some new entries and minimal omissions. The note mentions reading the last column on page four.
Notes from Europe detail Charles Parnell resting at a Wicklow shooting box, while a parliamentary commission prepares for its September session. American testimony, legal strategy, and fund-raising efforts shape the case, with Sir James Hannen, Sir Archibald Levin Smith, and Sir John Day as the commission leaders amid lively Irish politics.
The era’s telegrams report the pope’s continued illness and strict secrecy, a riot in Lurgan with revolvers and a shot girl, mass miner wage protests in Newcastle NSW, convicts’ escape attempts, and a shifting European political scene from Berlin to Vienna with arrests, convictions, and revolutionary upheavals.
Michael Murray, shortstop for the Ontario Base Ball Club in Rochester, was struck by a pitched ball during a game with the Actives and died. His neck was broken by the impact in the afternoon incident.
Seth Green aged 71, Rochester native and famed fish culturist, died at 1:05 am. He pioneered artificial hatching and improved fish yields, influencing New England and Hudson River practices. He observed salmon nesting in Canada and developed methods to raise trout and salmon production. He served on New York State fish commissions and received Paris Society honors for his work.
Olympia dispatch reports the Supreme Court's ruling against territorial woman suffrage. Also noted are a series of incidents and trials across North America including drownings in Chester and Bar Harbor, fires in New York and Milwaukee, and a wide sweep of murders, accidents, and political shifts shaping public life.
The American Meat Company, linking the Armourdale beef plant owners, plans to ship cattle to Kansas City for slaughter. With $25 million capital, New York organizers expect to own ranches and feed stations across 4 million acres and 425000 cattle, including Dorsey and Ingersoll holdings. Slaughter will be in Kansas City with operations starting after November, making KC a major hub for hides and tallow.
In Norry Adams Nebraska a middle aged couple approached Adam Forepaugh as his circus collected tickets. They claimed Henry Beebe and sought William Beebe, a boy who ran away seven years ago. Forepaugh allowed them to watch the mess tent hoping for a sighting. no lead surfaced.
New York reports weekly business failures nationwide. G Dutt & Co and E Russell Co of the Mercantile Agency list 219 failures in the United States and Canada, up from 243 last week and 210 the week before. Year earlier totals were 161 with 126 U S and 26 Canada.
The Globe promotes Grover Cleveland with political readings and ads. Readers are urged to send 5 cents for weekly issues until Nov 25 and to share copies with voters. The Globe touts a 550 page dictionary of politics titled Every Man a Politician. Address The Weekly Globe Boston Mass.
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