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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1888
Page
3
The Boston Cooking School hosted a morning class teaching chicken croquettes with a cream sauce and accompanying dishes like rye muffins and Palestine Soup. The session covered recipe details, technique tips, and timing, with notes on butter preparation, crumb coats, and frying. Next week’s lecture will cover oyster stew, tripe dishes, waffles, and desserts.
A swaggering con man turns fake physician and clairvoyant, duping widow Mrs Blivins for cash while a druggist schemes to marry her. The plot unravels after a confrontation with the widow and a chaotic escape, leaving the office empty at dawn.
A parade of dog tales from Fall River to Natick and Gloucester highlights canine heroism and mischief. Stories cover police dogs, running and fighting breeds, breadwinning mongrels, and dogs guarding masters against liquor raids, with famed animals like Frog of Natick and Maida of Newbury.
Theodora Dale, a widowed former governess, endures social taunts and economic hardship after a secret marriage scandal. She bucks dependence by teaching music, rises to fame as Signora Dalli, and rejects help from the Dale family while Chandos Dale pursues her.
A nine year old boy Willie and his sister Sadie are affectionate. Willie wheedles pennies from Sadie, promising repayment. He borrows three cents, then borrows more, and after a series of exchanges ends up owing Sadie nothing. The anecdote is recounted with a humorous view of the young financier’s trickery.
A Lowell Citizen note says the man who reportedly began living there quickly grew tired and abandoned the arrangement, putting it down again.
Kansas City Times quotes Max Minter calling Florida negroes and alligators the laziest creatures. He contrasts laziness in sunning alligators waiting for waves with a man who endures flies on a bayou bank, deeming the negro the laziest of the two.
A Nebraska State Journal item riffs on travel and Rome with playful dialogue about catacombs forums baths and temples. It then pivots to a light anecdote about typhoid fever and hair loss. The piece uses humor to reference Roman imagery and personal misfortune.
Transcript notes Mr Barnum stating it costs about 1.64 dollars daily to feed and house an elephant. He argues it would be cheaper to keep the animal than to pay for occasional viewing. The remark suggests practical economics behind animal attractions of the era.
A collage of short items: a Pawtucket factory turning 1,000,000 horsetails into haircloth. name changes in Glendower, C. a ladies society in England promoting long service with prizes. humorous quips from New York papers. a Florida paper's watchful cranes. Volapuk phrases. mischief at London machines. Colorado ponies bill. ax purchase cost. Chicago car fare tale. charity requests. Wall Street flowers expense. Philadelphia candy trade. sparrow at a Galena funeral. a Chicago woman nearly dies by gas. land sale in San Diego. a Minnesota farmer murders his family. Maine baby shawl auction. lynching counts in 1887. pension pursuit in Wilton. Danville widow remarriage. paper doors replace wood. a Watertown terrier detects fake money. odd physiology and Alaska Psalm mistranslation jokes. Pennsylvania exam questions.
A humorous poem by W. Foss in Yankee Blade envisions a benevolent traveler showering foods and sweets on diverse peoples from Ethiopia to Japan, the Andes to Australasia, with a satirical jab at a frugal husband left to support the household while the wife gorges on jelly and pie. The piece lampoons excess and global appetite through vivid, whimsical imagery.
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