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Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1891

Page

7

A FAIR JILT AND A LONELY PROPOSAL FOR MARRIAGE

Gregory Moore recalls a four year engagement with a singer from a poor background who refused to marry him. He quit journalism for fiction, struggled financially at first, then started to earn more, yet the relationship ended with the engagement breaking, leaving him pondering if love can endure without marriage.

Gregory Moore Reginald Dawson Greg

Portraits in Shop Windows Sparks a Romantic Revenge

Gregory Moore recounts a tale of love and envy as Rosie, a rising singer, spurs a cynical plan after jilting him. A clever editor, Reginald Dawson, suggests revenge through success, guiding Moore to outshine his rival and win back the woman through fame and marriage.

Greg Old Ellow Rosie Englanker Australia Reginald Dawson Greg Coult Reginald I. Dawson Arenes Rister Song Anothor Moore Dawson Bostocks Gregory Moore Sir John Jove

A True Love Story Across Continents Ends in Alaskan Wedding

A Massachusetts girl Julia Maria Stevens met Dr. James Holliffe after a carriage accident in Canada. He aided her wounded father Charles Stevens, and soon their romance led to marriage in Ware Massachusetts. The wedding united the nurse and the physician amid a large family gathering. The tale connects to Belle Bilton, Countess of Clancarty, famed London stage figure.

Charles A. Stevens Julia Maria Alaska Canadian Pacific Railway Miss Stevens Ryeaing James H. Jolliffe East Ware Kitty Salem Gloucester Belle Bilton Countess of Clancarty Woolwich Belle Flo London England Viscount Dunlo Earl of Clancarty Corinthian Club Dunlo Earl Clancarty

Gowns at Baden Baden Show Yankee Parisian Styles

At Baden Baden two English girls in vivid outfits drew attention in the Trinkhalle. Descriptions cover navy linen and pale blue wool gowns with lace, hats, and jewelry, plus a striking white coat with gold buttons seen at the Casino. The piece notes camail wraps, collar fashions, and aging fashion trends among women over twenty.

Aden-Baden Trinkhalle Marie Jonreau

Lenox Cottager gown described for morning wear and luncheons

A Lenox cottager wears a cream serge gown with a ground reaching skirt and foot border of diagonal white and gold braid. The waist features a full blouse and braided girdle, with narrow braided cuffs on full sleeves. The high collar matches the braid and a canary yellow tie hangs beneath the lower collar. REDFERN.

Mad Bull Intervenes At Tiddledy Winks Game At Saco Bay

In a seaside oddity at Saco Bay Atlantic Ocean antics disrupt a tiddledy winks scene. Jack Mason and Jimmie dodge a charging Jersey bull, a staged yacht caper, a camplands chase, and a wild ride as spectators, Mayor McShane, and local figures drift through a comic, chaotic narrative with bank books and a chair view of the sea.

Mr. Gray Edgar L. Davenport Charley Barron Emily Annie Clarke Aarlie Barron Ham Jack Mason Jack Mr. Mason Prince of Wales Childe Harold Ocean Averring

Majesty’s reply delays as box of dresses arrives

A week after a large box is delivered to the palace three servants carry it to the Queen’s apartments and report that it is his majesty’s reply. The Queen opens it and finds it filled with her favorite summer dresses ordered by King Humbert from a Paris firm.

Italy Marguerita Humbert Paris

Love that lasts in bonds of solid U S money

A poem fragment from Puck by Dr H Titherington praises enduring love not for beauty but for a faithful heart. The speaker declares lasting affection through a partner whose “voice is tender, sweet and low” and whose mission is held in solid United States bonds, implying economic security as the ultimate commitment.

U. S

Redfern's Fall Fancies and New Walking Gown Descriptions

In New York on August twenty second, fashion notes praise the plain beil skirt amid favored basques and long waists, while a light-weight grayish green walking gown debuts. The gown features a ground-skimming back, box-plaited bengaline flounce, vandykes, braided dark enamel, silver buttons, and a sharp basque with silk ruffle, braided cuffs, high collar, and V plastron amid draped silk folds.

Seasonable Salad From Leftover Fish and Potatoes

A seasonal salad recipe uses boiled young potatoes with skins, cooled and diced, combined with flaked cold fish from a previous meal. Add olives, boiled red beets, a hard boiled egg, and season with salt and lemon juice for a simple, flavorful dish.

Yachting Cap Commands Summer Beauty’s Grace

The jaunty yachting cap with visor and gold-wrought eagle is the most trying headgear beauty dares. Yet the summer girl adapts it to her needs, tames curls, and veils it, granting a refined charm and secure coiffure for a day of sailing or cruising.

Rowing Club Form Offered in Town

A private circular from the Weekly Globe invites residents to form a local rowing club, offering free sample copies to stimulate interest and organize prospective members in the community.

Weekly Globe

Woman Riding Astride Steals Spotlight in Berlin and New York

A New York Recorder note reports a Mexican woman’s astride riding at a Berlin horse show. The costume featured a jacket-style bodice and split skirt with buttons, allowing modest coverage during gallops. Flat black tricots and yellow boots completed the look, admired for its daring yet decent impression.

New York Recorder Berlin Hai Namof

The Correct Thing Puck Parodies Slaves of Fashion

A playful cartoon caption mocks fashion absurdities with characters debating color and practicality. A fireman and a professor discuss blankets and the season’s supposed correct style while a character resists a brown blanket and favors olive gray.

Looking at Peoples in Chicago Herald

A reflective narrator recalls scenes from a town journey. He contrasts charity and cruelty among strangers, noting a drunken father with a child, a rescue by a policeman, abused animals, and stark depictions of urban life. The piece ends pondering balance between virtue and vice in Chicago.

Amber Chicago Herald Bigs Chicago

Mrs Mackay Of Today A Vivid Portrait Of The Noble Woman

The description portrays Mrs Mackay as graceful dignified and gentle with striking eyes and pale complexion. She has three children a stepson and two sons and counts Pope Pius IX among her acquaintances. A telegram announcing the pope's death reached her after opera night and she received the papal honor as a notable society figure.

Sala Arc

Also Mentioned on This Page

Rose Thornton Her Majesty's Theatre Poro Sir John Bostock Lady Bostock Belgravia John Mr. Dawson Fiatmon Justice Anybody Corsica Les Brighton Mr. Moore Nee Moore Lady B Massachusetts Beer Hall Palace Baden-Baden Boston Givean Raat Nup Redfern Jack Mason and Jimmie Old Orchard LD Orchard Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Saco Bay Mayor Kensington McShane Mark Antony Boston & Maine Canada Mason Sullivan cGlinchy Floogan Shaughnessy O'Connell Casey Finnegan Conners Napoleon Boulanger S. S Bernhardt Yankees MacShane Meulincy Short Metalinshy McGlinchy MedShane Washneton St Ian McShane Billy Park's Tikaly DR. H. Titherington Puck New York Slaves of Fashion Psiem Mrs. MacKay
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