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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1888
Page
3
A Maine hills survivor recounts the 1879 Zulu campaign and Prince Imperial’s death during a sketching excursion. He describes the attack by Zulu forces, the prince’s quick mounting, the pursuit, and the discovery of his body, with aftermath including a ceremony and Empress Elizabeth’s grief.
The New York Sun reports a Christmas in Sing Sing Prison where 1653 inmates, after long confinement, cheerfully received special breakfast and gift packages from Warden Brush and James Connaughton. Prisoners sang, spoke to imagined crowds, and shared meals while guards oversaw orderly lines and distribution of roasts, bread, crackers, cigars, and other fare.
An Alexandria correspondent reports on women's roles in Cairo and Alexandria. He describes betrothal and marriage customs, the harem system, education of children, public and private spheres, and burial traditions, highlighting the tensions between tradition, female autonomy, and religious duty.
Excerpt notes a blurted exclamation about a peculiar obstacle, claiming a hole cannot be moved around and that the speaker is surprised by the sight. The fragment suggests a dramatic moment in a live scene with intense disbelief.
The article notes that steamer experiences show Gulf Stream currents can defy expectations, with strong westward and eastward variations. It credits Lt Pillsbury and the Blake for demonstrating diurnal tidal effects, and explains how storms and lunar declination influence current strength. Observations aim to settle debates on the great ocean river.
The Boston Cooking School demonstrated a midweek lecture on dishes like broiled smelts sardines creamed bait fish spider corn cake and apple sauces with detailed steps for sauces and garnishes. Recipes included broiled sardines escalloped sweet potatoes Kohl rabi and a spider corn cake with custard variations. The session drew a small audience due to a storm with next week's menu listed.
Providence Journal notes a city amateur performance where actors feigned death in a sanguinary scene. A slippery cue leads the corpses to revive and inch forward, prompting a comic curtain mishap as the curtain finally falls.
A brief note implies tension around a gift exchange between a recipient and a merchant traveller. The phrase suggests controversy or negative reception of a charitable or voluntary act, with a focus on outcomes rather than process or justification.
A Chicago Tribune note recounts Ed. D. Mason of the Wabash road who married in Buffalo in 1857. Telegram forced him to rebuild a bridge at Toledo. he worked through lunch and dinner, duplicating plans from memory. He never recalled his wedding during the crisis, later becoming a noted engineer and Army colonel.
A Chicago plumber went to repair at a wealthy stock broker’s house. He was led to the dining room by the butler and began work as the lady of the house arrived. She ordered the silver removed and locked up at once, while the plumber’s apprentice carried his watch chain and coins away as instructed.
In a candid reminiscence, Mrs. Periwinkle recalls hosting a fashionable 29 year ago party with invites, creamed ice, and cake, inviting friends and rivals alike. The event drew sixty guests, awkward ice cream, and a costly lesson in social competition ending with a costly note from Matilda Higgins over a spoiled dress.
Heiress Sybil Hampton and her seamstress Bertha James pose as plain workers in Warrington to test suitors Randolph Percy and Ralph Harding. Sybil fakes hardship, rejects greedy proposals, and plans a cottage life with Edwin Graves. After a staged trial, Edwin proves his love, and Sybil reveals her true fortune, altering family fortunes.
A New York Sun verse laments the pale green stamp likening it to poison ivy and cramping, urging a return to the red brown stamp. The poem criticizes the green shade as ghastly and eyestrain, praising the former warmer color and recalling Washington.
A Louisville report recounts Charlie Bowman a 14 year old tramp who claims global travels and a world view, though he is recovering from typhoid at City Hospital. Born in London Ontario, he describes life aboard ships, sailing ports, and a long wandering journey ending in Louisville. He speaks several languages and reads well.
A Savannah News item reports at a Gainsville bachelors banquet a notable prank featuring a box from a cultured young lady. Contents included a crimson embroidered satchel with matches and a motto, a tobacco pipe tied with satin, and a colorfully written note. The gift drew unanimous praise from the attendees as the best hit of the evening.
An abridged Rochester Post-Express piece notes a sports item on kicking play, highlighting key players and game context. The fragment references strategy and outcomes, with emphasis on technique and spectator reaction while avoiding graphic detail.
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