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Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1885

Page

8

Mine Family Memory of a Hostile Household Boss

A voice recalls a tense family dynamic where a daughter-in-law wields rigid authority over the household. The narrator notes shifts in behavior, acknowledges the father-in-law figure, and describes care shown to Jacob Strauss while tolerating harsh hierarchies at times. The piece mixes affection with resignation toward the household power structure.

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Death of Patrick Regan at 105 in South Boston

Patrick Regan of South Boston died Tuesday morning last week at 12 Brewster Street, aged 105 years 10 months 8 days. Born in Cork Ireland in January 1780, he served twenty years on the ship Orion, fought in the Napoleonic wars, later joined the Coast Guard, married at 40, and lived in South Boston with his family. He was active until recently, attending Gate of Cleaven Church and sawing wood. A pension from Britain supported the family, and a devoted daughter cared for him last Christmas onward.

Patrick Regan Brewster Street South Boston County Cork Ireland Perth England Plymouth Orion Mr. Regan Napoleon Napart Praictice Cru Black Sea South Boston Gate of Cleaven Church Soreramene San Mullen

Inheritance Alleged in Consumption Spread Claim

A recent investigator suggests consumption may be inherited through the heir who uses the decedent's old mattresses, upholstered chairs, and carpets. The theory ties inherited susceptibility to shared household items rather than direct family transmission.

Remark from lecture on a young man and his love

In the Norristown Herald a speaker recounts a past romance with a young man who fell in love with a young woman. The narrator insists on their intimate acquaintance with the young man.

Norristown Herald Mme. Greville

If Women Ruled The World It Would Be A Poem

John Borie O'Reilly quips that if women ruled the world life would be a poem. The piece notes that this world is not a poem, and expresses a sentiment of devout gladness for the status quo.

New York Graphic John Borie O'Reilly

Cure for catarrh and disease remedy offered by doctor

A clergyman long tormented by catarrh finds a prescription that fully cures him and saves his life. He urges others to write to Dr J Flynn & Co at 117 East Fifteenth Street New York to receive the recipe free of charge. The ad also touts Liebig Co. s Barerrerlin for impure blood scrofula and skin eruptions.

Dr. J. Flynn & Co East Fifteenth Street New York Liebig Co Winchester Winchester &C Dey St Crown Mfg. Co Cincinnati P O. Addres T. A. Slocum Pearl St J H. Reeves Chatham Street New York City Gardner Palace Building NEW England Medical Institute Tremont Row BostTon Mass Thave H. G. Root

The Cable Railroad Scheme and City Boss Grace

New York reports on Mayor Grace’s stance toward the cable railroad project and the aldermen’s delayed action. The piece notes legislative timing, the voting thresholds for passage, and possible paths to overcome a veto. It also references Rev Aitken’s sermon on purity at Trinity Church and social concerns.

Grace Board of Aldermen Tman Fifth Avenue Forty-second Street Park Upper Fifth Avenue Rapid Transit Act Cableites Common Council Friends of the Project Aitken Trinity Church Timothy Howard

Superb Steel Plate Engraving Offer at Publisher Price

A description notes a high quality steel plate engraving offered at $7.50 by the publishers, with delivery free of mail charges. The text requests the recipient to address further details. The fragment emphasizes value and direct purchasing terms from the publisher.

Books Given Away At Unusually Low Prices In The Globe

Public notices offer standard value books combined with The Weekly Globe at the lowest price, restricted to indispensable family library editions printed in bold type and bound in durable cloth. Subscriptions and book prices are bundled, with a one year Globe included. Readers urged to tell friends and neighbors.

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STANDARD HISTORY SETS AND MULTI-VOLUME WORKS FOR SALE

Historical reference volumes listed with prices and editions including Rawlinson's Monarchies 3 vols Carlyle's French Revolution 2 vols 180 Creasy's Fifteen Decisive Battles 140 Gibbon Rome 6 vols Hume's England 8 vols Macaulay History of England 3 vols Green English People 5 vols Guizot Civilization Attvales in veta Schiller Rollin Ancient History 4 vols Schiller Thirty Years' War details varied and incomplete

Rawlinson Carlyle Creasy Gibbon Rome Humes England Macaulay Menet Green Guizot Veta Cassete Library of Standard History Hinalyle Creasy Schiller Rollin

Poets and Poetry Offered in Classic Volumes

An old catalog lists Burns Vishel Milton Bryant Longfellow and Shakespeare titles in multiple volumes. It advertises cloth bound editions with gilt edges and ornamentation, including Longfellow and Dickens, with a proposition to send The Globe for one year.

Burns Vishel Milton Moore Durfee Clara Dory Barxs E. H. Garrett F. H. Lungren F. Childe Hassam George Foster Barnes M. J. Sweeney GLOBE

Book Offers From The Globe Advertising The Globe

A page list outlines numerous literature volumes and classics available through The Globe subscription offers. It notes prices per year, bundle deals, and free gifts for subscribing, featuring Bacon and Locke, Hawthorne, Defoe, and Goethe among others. Includes call to action to address inquiries.

Christmas and New Year Illustrated Holiday Books Giveaway

A promotion for illustrated holiday books titled Christmas and New Year Illustrated Holiday Books Given Away featuring poetry for children, 200 illustrations, lithograph cover, with Bookseller's price 9 1/2. Glonr and Globe subscriptions offered with prices and free subscription perks. The Chautauqua Young Folks Annual is described as richly illustrated, bound in boards, Bookseller's price 8 1/ a year. free offers for multiple subscribers.

GLOBE Our Little Men and Women Grong Ligaie W. Champney Ella Farman Margaret Sidney Palmer Cox THE

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