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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1889
Page
7
A compact look at Morgan horse breeding tracing bloodlines and notable instances of large outcomes in performance and breeding success. Key names and farms are noted, highlighting lineage influence and the impact on traits and sales potential.
A local report notes rising service fees and record prices paid for young players in youth sports. Officials attribute higher costs to travel, coaching, and facility usage while clubs tout improved training and competitive pathways.
A Gene reporter visits Oak Hill Farm in Newton Highlands to discuss bloodlines for trotting stock. E D Wiggin explains that only Hambletonian and Mogibrino Chief stand out among trotters, with Messenger as a prime factor, and argues for educated thoroughbred blood to yield speed and uniformity. He cites pedigrees from General Knox to Daniel Lambert, laments runninng blood, and notes rising prices for trotting bred sires and foals.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a pistol or weapon drawn amid a confrontation between Dick and Bill. The overheard exchange hints at fear or challenge as one taunts the other, suggesting a public or informal dispute with potential violence.
A St. Louis lawyer reviewing the late C C Maxwell's effects cites a deposition by Maxwell as an expert witness in a damage suit against the Hunt estate. The expert downgrades many museum items, valuing 10 skeletons at 200 total, six wax figures at 60, a bear skin at 10, a devil at 25, a battle relic at 250, and other items with minimal intrinsic worth. He notes a mermaid, two-legged stuffed colt, and crocodile pieces have prices far below plaintiff estimates, asserting real costs to reproduce or display are low.
A Victorian era guide extols pure water air and simple outdoor activity as the core of graceful health in girls and boys. It argues against heavy gym apparatus favoring sunlit verandas and outdoor play, cautions about rubbers, praises hearty endurance, and notes English norms on dress and routine. It links hair care skin tone and complexion to diet water quality and regular brushing. It cites Sarah Coleridge and John Adams on childrearing virtues and insists on hardy discipline over pampered fragility.
A Cleveland Leader tale recounts gossip about a stock broker famous for his autograph on hotel registers and his suburban home. Neighbors speculate on his business until a tea party reveals he runs a bucket shop and a pail factory in Cleveland, clarifying the rumors with a simple answer.
The Boston Creek Street area near Creek Square and Salt Lane is rich in history. Descriptions cover Creek street as a cobbled alley, Hancock's Row cottages, the Learnard shoe shop, and the Boston Stone embedded in Hanover Street. Nearby were meeting places of patriots and the dwelling of Benjamin Franklin's family, with ties to Early American trade and French refugees at Louis Philippe’s later residence.
An oblique biographical sketch of Colorow the Ute chief, praising his quiet, patient methods and ruthless efficiency in warfare. The narrator recalls shared travels, frontier camps, and the memory of a comrade in arms, highlighting Colorow’s disdain for ceremony and his duty grounded in the field rather than praise.
A nostalgic narrator recalls Colorow’s death by pneumonia and recounts wild encounters on a train ride. He mocks public passion for reunification, contrasts frontier grit with educated poverty, and notes a wandering college graduate’s comic ascent from street vendor to bed mannequin. The piece blends satire, history, and personal memory.
A humorous time cue asks what to give a wife for her birthday. The character suggests a rare keepsake, a lock of hair, as a witty answer reflecting the period’s vaudeville style.
A fragmentary verse about public schooling mocks endless drills and cram sessions. It repeats phrases about teaching stuffing, hollow heads, and forced memory across many subjects, railing against rigid curricula and stressed teachers. The piece evokes Grim schooling and lost childhood.
A Waterbury cat was found eating smoking tobacco, puzzling its owner and son who suspected theft. The cat, stolen several times, returns famished as the tobacco vanishes. In Ansonia a horse, resisting start, trotted off after being given tobacco by a man who recalled the horse’s colthood habit.
Eben Mitchell of Haverhill reports a 10 pound cheese from Colonel Messer’s shop contained a heavy plain gold ring. The ring bore a lady’s first name and a gentleman’s name on the inside band. Mitchell plans to trace the cheese’s origin and place an advertisement to recover the owner.
A sprawling collection of strange facts and anecdotes from history, including measurements of heartbeats, observations of celestial events, fashion curiosities, legal notes, and curiosities about artifacts and people. The item covers notes on technology, trade, and cultural oddities with many named places and persons.
A New York article notes the disappearance of the old time glass-pudding men who carried many small panes and putty. Modern practice uses single large panes and glaziers replace broken glass with minimal waste, ending the traditional rack bearing and backbreaking labor.
A smooth faced young man at a Kansas City Club denies entry without a card as a fire rages inside. Firefighters and police attempt to enter through the marble front while officers press for access, the scene marked by urgent disruption and tense exchanges.
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