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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1892
Page
8
A columnist lauds John A. McCaull and John A. McCall, praising character over wealth. He cites McCaull’s Confederate service and rugged honesty, and explains McCall’s rise at New York Life and Equitable due to integrity. The piece extols public trust in strong character among leaders, urging emphasis on honesty in youth.
In a domestic anecdote, the narrator describes a kitchen scene with Pauline and a cook named Adame. The method involves threading linen through a ragged corner of an agate pan, pulling it tight to temp repair the crust, then trimming with a knife. Pauline asserts the fix holds without burning due to moisture.
R G Dun weekly Review notes coal carrier consolidation and stock market excitement in Wall Street. Mixed views on benefits, with some fearing higher coal prices for manufacturers, others seeing excess money and grain and cotton supplies as buying power. Trade improves in Boston, wool and shoes steady, wool sales down year to date. US and Canada business failures total 276, down from prior weeks and year-ago levels.
The Reading has leased the Lehigh Valley and Jersey Central railroads at 7 percent and has brought in the Lackawanna and Delaware and Hudson. The four lines form a single management for the nation’s anthracite coal trade. Representation reportedly spans Lackawanna and Delaware and Hudson, consolidating control under one head. The deal is described as the most important in railroad history and may revolutionize the industry.
Large Industries shut the Chesapeake nail works and the puddling department of Central iron works in Hankkissure Penn. causing 200 to 300 workers to lose work tonight. The suspension may last a month with hopes to resume in two weeks. West Fair View nail works may continue a week or two longer after limited canning. Dun Cannon mills also shut down.
New York February 13 excitement returned at the Stock Exchange as anthracite coal shares surged then cooled. Philadelphia reports said state authorities would act to thwart coal baron plans and A J Cassatt of Pennsylvania Railroad declared the proposed combination illegal, unsettling operators who rushed to liquidate. After the first hour, volatility eased and price rumors of 25 cents a ton were denied with no changes expected for weeks.
The February cotton crop report shows state by state marketed proportions with a general average of 88.3 percent, projects a crop about half a million bales short of 1890, notes high quality and low trash, and lists cottonseed prices by state while reporting limited insect losses. Cincinnati railroad merger details confirm imminent control by the Chicago Hamilton Day ton system within 60 days.
A woman in Detroit struggles to board a crowded street car as it fills before stopping. A protective policeman asks if she wanted the car, and she replies yes but notes the conductor refused entry because the car was too full, leaving her in a fit of pique.
White to play and win. problem awarded first prize of two guineas for best endgame entry in Liverpool Mercury problem tournament. Waite competed with a local amateur. list shows a sequence of chess moves and scores from the event.
In BY and 8S Heap notes from Minneapolis, scrutiny of Prof Fairgrieve’s 6 10 move follows corrections to games 2796 and 2799. The record argues black has a strong pull while white must find a single drawing line, with numerous move sequences listed and a final drawn position indicated after 27 23 and 29 26.
Dense chess and checkers notation recounts lines for drawing chances and winning chances, citing games No. 2799 and 2809. It discusses moves like 6.9 draw options, 9.14 and 10.17 sequences, and notes a Plymouth Union match between L. J. Egleston and C. Hall with many move sequences and comments on a reader letter regarding game publication and accuracy.
A fragmentary communiqué lists corrections and manuscript remarks on a chess game by A J Col jer and Ree Barker, with thanks to contributors Robert McCall James Hill L Head J McKenzie Barker John McGregor and others for communications and missing slips. It mentions Goopiunicapes and information from W Lyons Newport Ky.
The West Lothian Courier reports that James Wyllie, champion draughtsman, demands Reed repay Paterson of Pittsburg the $100 sent for the match and a further forfeit before resuming a world title contest in America. Barker and Reed are cited as potential challengers with Freeman and Yates also capable of beating Wyllie, as the piece notes ongoing tensions between American players and the Scottish champion.
Angus Gunn and Fergus Todd, known as the “brod,” played a long draughts match in a Glasgow flat near the end of May. While a fire below forced tenants to flee, the players remained absorbed, Gunn declaring he would capture a man in six moves as the firemen sprayed water into the room. Both ignored the blaze until rescue.
The Providence tourney leaders are Mr. Tupper with 14 3 1 and Mr. Barden with 11 3 8 drawn. Mr Lewis of the Providence Journal disputes a Boston chess note and clarifies that only Mrs Chess Divan in Boston hosts checkers, and that many named players are not real experts. The text then references Glasgow games and other draughts and publications including the International Draughts Magazine and upcoming chess related works.
In San Francisco on February 14 Sarah Althea Terry, once linked to William Sharon via a bigamy suit, is described as hopelessly insane. She married Judge Terry, later killed by Deputy Marshal Nagle, and attacked Judge Field. Now eccentric and confined to a bed, she speaks to spirits, roams clothed and unclothed, and raves of Judge Terry and Porter Ashe while recounting past crimes and lawsuits.
Herbert Cul lom Curtis of Saint Paul Minnesota died of la grippe at the Hotel Aberdeen St Paul home of Gen Merritt department of Dakota He was born May 27 1830 in Massachusetts and rose from second lieutenant 1862 to department judge advocate general in 1888 He served with the Army of the Potomac and taught law at West Point before transfers to Governor's Island New York He would have retired in 1894.
An advertisement for Gombault’s Caustic Balsam promotes its use on horses and in various lameness or throat conditions. It claims prompt reliable results, safety, and economy with a price of $1.50. Sold by druggists and imported by The Lawrence-Williams Co of Cleveland.
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