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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1889
Page
7
In Russell Square's Wardlaw dining room a tense scene unfolds as Arthur Wardlaw faces possible ruin over a forged note. Robert Penfold, the Penfold family clergyman, is later arrested for forgery, testing loyalties and moral resolve within two entwined households.
Arthur Wardlaw, now a rising merchant, wins control of Wardlaw and Son after his father guides him back from illness. He promotes loyal Penfold, falls for Helen Rolleston, and faces a dangerous plot as ex-convict James Seaton guards her in a garden intrigue ending with a confrontation and an unresolved threat to Helen's safety.
In a tale from 1600, Tebaldo, a rejected suitor in Venice, crafts a needle-key that poisons at a distance, killing the bridegroom and later the groom’s parents. He is hounded by suspicion, the key is found, and he dies on the gallows. A legend links Duke Francis of Padua to a similar poisoned key and swift deaths deemed apoplexy.
Rabbi Solomon Schindler at Temple Adath Israel compares the religious press to a toy steam engine versus a real engine. He notes Jewish religious papers rely on editors who are often rabbis or businessmen, lack telegraphic reach, and risk weak editorial strength, gossip, and sectarian bias, urging careful consideration of their influence on congregations and public life.
The article credits Dr H H Hill of Augusta with discovering wood’s value for papermaking about four decades ago. After visiting a Vassalboro mill, he encouraged using wood and urged local makers to test excelsior. A Boston wholesale firm later asked what changed, marking the first use of wood in paneer production.
A Bangor Whig and Courier item reports a public street quarrel witnessed by passersby on Exchange Street. A married man and an unnamed woman confronted by the wife of the man, who administered a rebuke, led to a short scuffle before the parties separated.
A compact survey showing successive English renderings of the Lord's Prayer from A D 1158 to 1711. It lists varied spellings and phrasings reflecting language change, naming periods 1158 1300 1370 1624 to 1711, and notes shifts in diction while preserving core Christian petition.
A clergyman long afflicted with catarrh finally found a remedy that cured him and saved his life. A sufferer sends a stamped envelope to Warren Street, New York, for a free receipt of the remedy.
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