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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1882
Page
6
A San Francisco Chronicle correspondent narrates a grueling emigrant journey by train across the continent. The piece blends humor and hardship as travelers from Omaha onward endure crowded cars, squalid emigration houses, pickpockets, rough cuisine, and intimate observations of fellow passengers from a 19th century railway voyage.
A compact study traces beard fashion from ancient Egypt to Victorian Britain. It cites Darwin on origins, Herodotus on sacred shaving, Roman laws on beards, and European monarchs from Julius II to Napoleon III. The piece notes shifting styles, clerical shaving, and the rise of the modern beard as tastes evolved.
Kingston Freeman reports George Winters of Westkill Greene County a famed bear hunter at about 45. A blacksmith with steel-like strength he crawled into a rock hole after a bear and clubbed it to end its attack. He has killed two bears recently and captured another alive weighing about 480 pounds. He tracked bears across the mountains, chasing a young and an old bear to a rocks ledge before the fight ended.
A Detroit Free Press fragment describes a prairie pursuit by cavalry and wagons. A battle-scarred troop horse collapses from pain, revives, then flees with wolves and buzzards circling. The desperate dash ends with the horse slain, leaving a bloody scene to be found later.
A San Francisco Chronicle style piece recounts Ceylon pearl banks at Salivatoria, noting causes for pearl declines, the yearly harvest cycle, and the busy, multiethnic rush of buyers. It details diving methods, boat divisions, shark charmers, and risks of theft, with vivid scenes of the auction and its profits for government and traders.
A New York Sun reminiscence details the bustling beggar scene from Fourteenth to Twenty third streets in Manhattan shopping district. It profiles expert mendicants taught by long practice, recounts a reporter's encounter with a paralyzed street beggar, and explains the staged limp and hand tremble method used to maximize earnings. The piece notes beggars learn tricks after scams, illness, and years on the streets, with women among the prime targets in the district.
A rousing call to courage and integrity urges men to settle debts promptly and face others with confidence. It imagines a dramatic confrontation with a mythical procession outside the door, prompting a fearless, ready response.
A harsh description of a ragged youth, fourteen, deemed a future villain and prison occupant. The piece warns that in twenty years he may become a political boss, requiring civility or risking loss of gun permits.
On the Nashville turnpike about twelve miles from the city lives Taylor, a 60 to 70 year old with a frail health. To foil grave-robbers he is digging a tomb between two bowlders, six feet deep, three to four feet wide and six feet long, with wagon loads of shoulders around the coffin to safeguard his remains from medical agents after death.
In Austin a seller asks six dollars for a load of firewood while neighbor John Smith offers four. The seller faults a higher price to cover legal fees for his impending indictment and legal representation, noting John Swithh is never indicted due to his influence as grand jury foreman.
In a Philadelphia News item the shah of Persia reportedly fell for the Princess of Wales during a British visit and now makes annual proposals to the prince. His latest bid allegedly offered two of the shah’s wives plus his mother and grandmother in exchange for Alexandra, though he refused a jack knife and a bullcup, and the fringe degined.
A collage of verse and prose excerpts from editorials and cartoons recounts flirtations, domestic scenes, clarifying observations on gender roles, and a sharp witticism about social affairs. The pieces include poems on beauty, images of Christmas spirits, a barbered minstrel tale, and satirical notes on editors, champagne, and manners.
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