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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1888
Page
6
Detroit Free Press recounts Mr Bowser trading compassion for charity while Mrs Bowser aids impostors. A night of generosity backfires as two slick beggars steal clothes and cash, exposing Mr Bowser’s gullibility and Mrs Bowser’s caution. Bowser vows reform after the sting. The piece ends with a moral on pity versus deceit.
A St James Gazette exploration of bank note verse, tracing the fading bank note rhymester tradition, famous notes and readers who left personal inscriptions. It recalls Burns, Scott and Abraham Newland, and notes poems about wages, love, and fate found on old notes.
Public interest on revived subject of kissing follows a breach of promise suit. The piece recalls Arpuckle saluting Miss Campbell, Pickwick kissing Mrs Bardell, Delish kissing Samson, and Ouida describing French kisses. It notes Washington to New York scenes and a matrimonial bureau’s future husband, with women in evening dress sharing intimate pecks in social circles.
TW A Platt reviews books that failed to aid him starting with Benjamin Franklin's autobiography. He laments not reading it earlier and imagines how his life might have differed, including a missed path to becoming a literary editor.
Washington Letter in New York World notes Lamar's hobby is Jersey cows. He keeps a herd on his Mississippi farm, sold a bull named Senatorest to Senator McPherson, and has cows named after Mrs. Senator Palmer. He lives at Oxford, residence shaded by trees, with art of cows in oil in his dining room. His wealth runs from $15,000 to $20,000, mostly in Jerseys, yet he values life beyond dollars.
An Exchange in Oreeha World notes the visiting party praising Texas for health benefits. The remark credits exercise over climate for a notable recovery. The dialogue highlights a belief in rejuvenation during travel.
A discussion on apparitions and visions challenges science to explain distant mind to mind communications. The piece cites cases of premonitions and posthumous sightings, weighing brain phenomena, coincidences, and the limits of current theories while suggesting mind influence under test conditions as a possible, though unproven, path.
The Arizona Kicker issues an apology for missing a publication week. The note cites staffing woes and a disruptive episode when two local troublemakers interfered with the office while preparing content. The piece frames the paper as self run and financially modest, pledging future delivery.
A fragmentary piece reads like a dramatic cartoonish vandal tale where hyenas nearly disrupt a business plan. The narrator satirically recounts altercations with two strangers from Illinois and hints at advertising schemes and a sudden, chaotic shift depicted by a following map.
In a four minute clash the center of the gang attacked leaving participants battered and bloodied. The narrator recalls fatigue vision and teeth injuries while an hour later Colonel Holyer arrives to renew a subscription and stabilize the scene. A map purportedly shows the rebellion's end.
A stark editorial tirade promises a revolution in local media with bold claims. It lauds a hero and urges readers to subscribe and spread the paper. The upcoming issue is billed as red hot and hammerlike, aiming to boost town growth by distributing 10 000 extra copies eastward.
Omaha Bee report details Admus H Louis held by Officer Vanous after begging and resisting at 1214 South Fourteenth Street. Louis, claiming German Italian heritage, showed bizarre wealth of items from five pants to numerous badges and trinkets. He says noble blood and past wealth, now homeless beggar.
In a terse Lincoln Journal account a tense exchange features Broomly describing an assault by an unnamed brute from Chumley who knocked him down and stomped him. He replies with silent contempt, refusing to escalate the confrontation.
A Dakota settler recalls youth fights and teachers, mixed with comic memories of school, hen-house rivalries, and editor clashes. The narration contrasts old vigor with modern ambitions, featuring vivid dialect and frontier anecdotes.
A fugitive named Dan refuses to come in for a warrant reading. The deputy, armed at the fence, persuades with humor about a coon hunt and jailhouse spectacle. Dan finally agrees to come along as the deputy promises to transport him.
A collection of witty, clipped letters to a society column lampooning etiquette. Contributors named Ethel Miss L De V O B Miranda McMeekin Fr F F Mand 8 Weary Housewife Mabel M offer satirical quips on etiquette, theater refreshments, hair dye, and silly social foibles with playful rebukes and mock guidance.
In Boston tales supplied by A. W. Bellaw in Puck and Boise City scenes, a Boston man parries a wind of questions about Sullivan and Harvard, with the set piece of a lively saloon exchange. The rest gathers a parade of childlike maxims, moral quips, and tiny truths from New Bedford to East Boston, each credited to local readers.
Bent county farmers, out of coal, observe a cunning scheme recap. A tramp on a coal train paid a brakeman to be carried, then he released coal along the track for miles. A wagon followed, loading two loads of Cannon City coal before the tramp alighted.
A brief Yonkers Gazette piece presents a humorous exchange about a young girl who claims to be a somnambulist. The dialogue suggests she may fall asleep and sit on Harry, with her mother expressing surprise while the girl defends the mishap as the fault of her somnambulism.
Two citizens recount hearing an Opera Saturday night in St Paul with one man claiming to hear it three times. The exchange includes remarks about a woman seated behind them and a commander present.
Freddie’s mother spent much time away from home and his brothers described her anger at his birth. Freddie replied that he doubts her being online when he was born, as reported in Otter River on December 28.
The Philadelphia Times urges readers to rise early to witness the heavens in their greatest glory with Venus appearing first in radiance in the eastern sky, promising an impressive celestial display.
A historical account describes Venus shining white like moonlight in a dark room, with Jupiter Mars and Saturn nearby within a 90 degree radius. Jupiter nears Venus in bright rosy display, while a red star and Regulus mark a path to Saturn in a northwest arc across the sky.
Fragment of verse about a man rescuing a lace fragment from a ruined scene. He recalls a lover who betrayed him by marrying another, while his own vow to not wed contradicts his enduring attachment to the lace. The speaker refers to Hamburg edging as the trivial bit that remains.
Poetic fragments note love sorrow and fleeting joy with lines from Helen Gray Cone Longfellow and Charles Henry Lueders. The text contrasts love’s brief season with life’s longer ache while weaving memories of kisses, music, and goodbye through diverse verses.
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