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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1887
Page
3
In this instructional piece Charles E. Clay urges boxers to train outdoors when possible, choose proper gear, and study stance and movement. It covers guard positions, footwork, the double lead, ducking, counters, and the cross counter, with cautions about ventilation and proper attire.
United States files fraud and patent claims against Bell Telephone Company. The case cites Reis and Gray caveats, Dolbear patent issues, and British and American patent timing as alleged fraud. The article also covers a religious lecture at Temple Adath Israel on sin and atonement, contrasting natural and moral laws with Jewish doctrine.
In a Boston Cooking School demonstration, recipes cover pistachio ice cream color from spinach green, several egg batter fritters including chicken and clam variants, corn muffins, devilled crab, and chicken hash on rice toast. The lesson includes cautions on curdling cream and tips for achieving smooth sauces and proper freezing.
A domestic couple celebrate debt freedom after paying the last few obligations in a poem that contrasts their modest life with a neighbor's opulent show. They pledge to labor anew, respect thrift, and wish universal relief from poverty and debt.
A home cooking note outlines using chicken liquor to moisten toast and cooking rice in a double boiler without stirring. It includes onion juice tips, rice texture guidance, and methods to toast buttered bread. It also lists upcoming cooking school lessons by Jean Kincaid including chicken a la creme and a confectionery session.
Lancaster Penn January 12 A catastrophic oil tank explosion on the Pennsylvania railroad at Schoch station injures about thirty workers as a loaded tank leaks and flames sweep a 400 foot arc. Fifty men burn their faces arms and backs. only about ten escape uninjured. The scene of destruction includes wrecked cars and thousands of gallons of burning oil.
A night rail disaster on the Missouri Pacific line near Dunbar Neb left engineer Frank Dewitt dead, fireman and express messenger injured, and many passengers bruised as a wrecked train plunged down a steep embankment after spikes and rails were tampered with on a curve. Local witnesses saw two men at the scene and a crowbar used to loosen track components.
Washington January 12 At Mrs Cleveland's lunch in honor of the President's niece Miss Hastings there were twenty nine young ladies present with Mrs Cleveland at the head and Miss Hastings opposite her The master of the house greeted 200 citizens in the East room while the maidens dined in the private room The table was lavishly decorated and no wine was served Each guest received bon bon cups tied with gold or purple ribbon The guest list includes Miss Bestings Waite Rucker Elena Porter Churchill Mariesetta Blackburn Sherman Lemon Greer and others from Newark New York and Louisiana
Washington reports from Fish Commissioner Baird respond to Secretary Manning on American fishing rights near British North America. Questions cover mackerel behavior, open sea and coast fishing, port entry for bait and ice, and the value of inshore Canadian waters to U S fleets. The 1886 New England fleet totals 1956 vessels with 17106 crews.
Governor Pierce argues for Dakota Territory admission and condemns calls for division. He asserts the people desire statehood and criticizes policy and partisan reasons against it. The message presses Cannresa to learn Olda opinion and urges enabling act action.
The speaker urges submitting the question to a vote to dispel doubt and insists on giving a hearing. He warns against extraordinary or extrajudicial measures and calls for disavowal of any plan to pursue such remedies.
About thirty members of the Sportsman's Association of Western Pennsylvania formed a company to lease 60,000 plus acres in western Virginia along the Cheat river for exclusive hunting and fishing preserves. The tract, extending toward Chankleton, will be run by a chief gamekeeper and assistants to deter trespassers, with charter sought from the West Virginia governor.
In Middleboro a mason Warner Alden uncovered a seven by seven foot cave carved in a sand bank near Grove Street with a trap door and a bowie knife. Furniture and lithographic posters dated to 1879 were found but disappeared by morning. Residents fear a hidden gang of thieves using the cave.
Banner Maine reports 1886 ship output fell sharply with 15 004 tons launched across ten districts while three districts built none. Fore and aft schooners dominated, full rigs vanished, Bath’s yards slow, and Waldo and Belfast áreas show large declines. Sailors chiefly Norwegians Swedes and Germans with American officers, Maine ports still supplying captains.
Readable fragments recount bears in the Big Horn and Montana ranges, with tales of cinnamon and silver tip bears, hunts, and attacks. A Swede prospector dies after a deadly bear fight on a cliff, while an American rancher recounts bear encounters and trap use near Miles City and Hunter's Hot Springs.
In Aprian Michigan on January 12 a suspension bridge over the Raisin River collapsed in intense cold as iron contracted. William Slack and Charles Quigsey, with a herd of cattle, fell from the bridge to the ice and were killed.
Ex Confederate General Mosby uncovers Union dispatches from 1864 showing officers discussed bribing him to betray the Confederacy. Pleasanton and Ingalls consider payments to use Mosby for information and misdirection. Mosby vows to defend his honor and deny treachery claims.
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