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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1881
Page
7
A historical analysis of Chinese society, politics, and customs. The article surveys empire size, governance, marriage customs, funerary practices, social hierarchy, and religious influences from Confucianism to Islam. It discusses mandarins, examinations, corruption, torture, law, and the impact of emigration on U.S. Chinese.
A Globe interview with W. R. Clark recounts the reciprocity treaty of 1856, its effects on New England trade with the Halifax Provinces, and how abrogation altered prices, goods, and industry. Clark argues renewal could restore manufacturing competition and probes future trade sentiment.
A 15 year old boy from Carbondale, James Vail, was struck on the nose while snowballing and began bleeding heavily. He lost a quart of blood and required nose plugs to stop the flow. Bleeding recurred over days along with gum, throat, and bowels, with purpura hemorrhagica forming as blood vessels rupture. This appears to be the first such case on record in the region.
In Hollis New Hampshire the Patch family suffers extreme flea infestation since a 1876 seaport clothing import. The father mother and three children endure daily torment from a burrowing insect causing intense itching. They avoid fire and clothing is baked or beds burned as remedies fail. They are socially isolated and in deep trouble.
John Andrews, famed jewsharp maker, sits in his weathered Greenwich Avenue shop recounting decades of craft. He explains origins of jewsharp lore, notes two or three masters in America, and demonstrates tuning by bending tongues and filing tips to keep two harps in unison. He prices harps from fifteen cents to 1256 dollars, insisting cheap imitations come from Germany and England.
On January 22 in Syracuse at the Welling Opera House Mrs. Scott-Siddons and company performed Macbeth when a gallery heckler interrupted, prompting Mrs. Siddons to address the audience and the theater police to remove the culprit, baker L. D. Rollingson, who boasted of prompting actors in past performances.
Charles F Barker presents a historical letter and game notes in reply to Mr Bowen, discussing the 29 26 move in the Switcher and related draw claims. The piece includes quoted moves, references to prior publications, and notes on draw strategy and variations.
A fragment from a 1881 Globe checker column transcribes a reader’s solution note for Position No 891. It lists move sequences, players such as Jasper F. Smith and F. J. Feicher, results of multiple variations, and a drawn game after analysis by W. Kimsey.
The letter column replies to readers from J M G n Auburn Maine and others. Topics include game strategies 1611 158 610 and mentions of forthcoming end games Road, next week attention, and a contribution received. Messages express thanks and note missing referenced game and awaiting Mr B. on Switcher claims.
The Turf notes the last sitting showing Master Pairgrieve equal to the doctor in draughts. Yates Barker and others praised for youth and study. The 29 25 switcher contest is decided with Brock, an Ohio expert, claiming dominance. English checker Robert Graham dies at 61 in Southwick England on December 22.
In New York aHarlem shipping clerk Albert Cain 20 confessed to entering the St Nicholas Hotel room of Richard Dorsey a Fairfax county Virginia resident visiting New York. Cain claimed intoxication led him to mistaken room seeking a friend Scott. He was detained for trial as Mrs Dorsey hysterically reacted.
The Grist Mill presents a Charade and Cross-word puzzle collection from Dorchester and Salem Mass with mentions of No. 127 to 130 and noted readers Odoacer Sphinx and Jennie May. It includes puzzle solution notes, prize offers, and readers replies from Boston and Virginia with a humorous colophon about the printer’s devil and a Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup ad.
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