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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1888
Page
3
George Kennan the traveller journeys across Siberia in an open sleigh covering about 4000 miles. He reports on smuggling of valuable papers through the line, highlighting peril and intrigue in the border regions.
Washington dispatch discusses Century Magazine’s August monograph on George Kennan. It lauds the tribute to his character and achievements while noting the frontispiece portrait fails to resemble the famed traveler who endured Siberian confinement, icy blasts, and desert heat, yet comforted prisoners and men-princes during his travels.
George Kennan, famed Siberia observer, and artist Mr. Frost endured a grueling voyage across ice and snow in 1885 86 riding a pavoska for months. They carried 1500 pounds of baggage, faced near non stop travel and danger, and endured sleepless nights while gathering confidential reports for publication.
The narrative follows Kennan concealing incriminating papers in clothing and frames during a homeward covert trek. A secret box was prepared by exiles and mailed from St Petersburg, with Kennan anxious over its fate and later delivering personal letters only after reaching London, to protect others.
The account chronicles seeking permission to leave the Russian empire, passport hurdles, and the critical aid of the American legation. After months of delay and a perilous voyage via Kronstadt, the traveler reaches London with incriminating papers, his mission accomplished and his writings reaching Siberian exiles.
A Globe correspondent records life-saving surfmen confessing harsh winters, meager annual earnings around 400 to 600 dollars, and yearly separations from families. They work six stations along 16 miles of dangerous beach, braving storms and danger to save ships and mariners, while seeking pension parity with soldiers.
Jacob Tweax recalls December 1857 aboard the bark Adelaide during a Nantucket voyage. A nor'easter and snowstorm caused a hull leak, 22 crew lost at sea, and six men severely frostbitten. The crew survived after 47 hours in rigging and rescue by a Philadelphia merchantman. Collins, Guild, and Tweax suffered permanent injuries and long recoveries.
Frank G. Carpenter profiles the Japanese imperial household and the Mikado. The interview covers the imperial palace, the Shogunate past, the Emperor’s wealth and duties, Empress role, crown prince, and court customs. It notes the palace’s nine acres, 2000 Edison lights, and preparations for the new era and New Year reception.
A New York Mail tip shows a decorative idea using a white sponge filled with rice canary hemp or grass seeds placed in a shallow glass dish. The sponge is kept moist with water so seeds sprout into delicate green foliage, making a pretty room accent or sunlit suspended display.
Two men argue with a passerby outside a Detroit saloon about Michigan election results. They wager whether the state will go Democratic by 20,000 votes, noting uncertainty as returns come in and joking about possible errors in counts.
A street exchange between Grigsby and a recent graduate in New York reveals playful banter about schooling and knowledge. The dialogue touches on Greek epic authorship and financial terms, hinting at a challenge to prove wit and learning.
A New England tourist at the Mount of Olives laments over Jerusalem and the decaying city. The guide consoles him as the scene moves the traveler to tears. A Nebraskan paper notes the exchange and the tourist plans a world tour.
Shirley Dare argues early nutrition shapes health and character. She cites dental health, proper feeding, and day to day eating habits as foundations for strength, growth, and resilience, warning against undernourishment and rushed meals. She laments careless feeding and urges parents to teach children to eat properly from infancy onward.
Field hands in Mississippi receive ten dollars a month plus board. Belgian coal miners end a strike while Brussels workers push for a general colliers strike. South Carolina rice laborers toil year round for under a hundred pounds annually. New Haven workers win a wage reduction fight. Baltimore and Ohio yard hands gain pay rise. A Atlanta cotton mill project begins with two hundred fifty thousand dollars, two thousand shares. Labor movement expands in Portugal and Canada with unions among sawyers, hatters, spinners, and clerks. Reading railroad men organize under Knights of Labor. New York Central Labor Union backs a socialist cataloguer as AFL representative. New York tenement health checks reveal vast housing and child-labor issues. Rising bread costs spark street-level unrest as a Belgian royal commission reports on labor conditions.
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