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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1882
Page
3
In 1882 Kate Tannatt Woods chronicles Hester Hepworth of New York England and Samuel Jacobs, a romance tested by exile and persecution. After fall from grace and prison memories, they unite in America through steadfast devotion amid family ties, reunion, and a hopeful future.
Paris correspondent lauds the Jordan and Marsh excursion party for their reception by the French republic. The group is lauded for courtesy and access to sights during Paris dead season, with visits to Victor Hugo and Mme Edmond Adam, formal welcomes at the Elysee and Hotel de Ville, and plans for a grand dinner at the Grand Hotel.
A Baltimore association called The Sour Grape Club forms among ten fashionable young married ladies. They pledge to present luxury baby garments and jewelry to new mothers, with prizes valued over $100, and a yearly three member committee for qualification, prizes, and records. Vacancies filled by ballot. photo of the blessed baby sent to each member.
In a drenching Boston evening, detective Donald Dyke is summoned by Wilbur Sheldon and Grace Bronson’s betrothed Dexter Lincoln to probe the murder mystery surrounding Ambrose Hoyt. The case hinges on contested medical verdicts, a potential will, and a missing Grace Bronson, with family secrets dragging in Grace’s Bronson relatives and Hoyt’s heirs.
A Denver city jail inmate is Mike Welch a once wealthy Leadville mine investor. Once rich with a Mountain Lion mine stake and other ventures Welch’s fortune vanished after risky speculations. Now living as a vagrant in Denver he endures illness and filth, having been jailed for the third time in recent months.
A San Jose traveler discovers Johnny Skea and his wife in Soda Springs valley. Despite past Comstock wealth of about 15 million and a $100,000 settlement plus $60,000 in trinkets, the couple appears comfortable with a stocked larder and diamonds, amid reports of poverty after a prior sensational arrest for drunkenness.
Report from New York World notes 200 sacks of orange peel valued at $1000 shipped to Havre. Most orange peel used in bitters and marmalade comes from Europe and the tropics. French press recounts the 87 year old impostor Maurice Mauris, the Marquis de Calenzano, swindle case in Paris with multiple victims.
A six year old boy named John Mona han fell into the river while playing on the Mount Washington avenue bridge last Tuesday. Dennis Daley a twelve year old companion dived in without removing his clothes and saved the child from drowning. Both boys lived with their parents on Kneeijand street where the savior is hailed for his bravery.
While Rev. G Barrett of Ballston Spa preached at the Methodist Church a stranger interrupted at the pulpit asking if the preacher loved the Lord as much as his wife. Barrett told him to sit and speak after the sermon. The man left, described as a stranger and said to be insane.
A note on Oscar Wilde in Washington where a young lady pressed him about geography. Wilde, famed for beauty, says he cannot study maps as the cobors appear discordant and distress him, hindering education in geography.
An old medical note describes malaria as a deep wasting disease causing lassitude appetite loss sleeplessness and eventual weakness followed by nervous disorders. It promotes Brown's Iron Barres as a sure cure and tonic for indigestion intermittent fevers and general debility with claims of blood enrichment and renewed energy priced at one dollar per bottle.
Boston man James Sullivan faced Essex Market Police Court on intoxication charges. He claimed travel from Boston with his daughter, visiting Owney Geoghegan and Tug Wilson after a night out. The judge teased his accent and Sullivan left, joking about the falls of Sareer.
Frederick Kline, a prosperous Ohio farmer near Foster’s Crossing, hid 800 dollars in gold in a tin box at the bottom of an ash barrel filled with rubbish. He planned to fool thieves with a decoy setup using a setting hen. But the box vanished, leaving neighbors to deduce the woodsy safe was disturbed by thieves during the night.
A Paris woman kept a secret boudoir collection of her own clippings including nails hair and personal items dated over ten years. Her husband broke into the desk to find stacks of parcels and learned of her strange habit. She died in a lunatic asylum.
A Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean article details a physician’s discovery of a substance that restores nerve and life forces without drugs. It explains the science clearly, cites practical cures in desperate cases, and praises the vitality of the healing power. Starkey and Alen will mail an amphlet to interested readers.
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