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Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1879

Page

6

End of the Story in Boston Letters and Rest at Labs

Abigail Perkins writes of Griggs and family woes while a prison tale unfolds. A clergyman, unjustly sentenced, nears death but gains release through Jennie’s search and Alice Wilton’s discovery. Farmer Chase forgives, and Alice joins the couple as they face a hopeful future with a steady home.

Labs Littie Alice Wiltop Clerryman Lie Jennie Chase Jennie Chase Alice Wilton Frank la Grange Brim Alice Europe Ram Aioad Harry Clark PND

Notorious Gambler Watts Passes After Long River Life

Old John Watts a famed gambler dies in a Philadelphia room after a life on steamboats along the Mississippi. He traveled fiercely, valued fair play, and survived many shootouts and scars from his violent river era. Watts died at seventy four claiming to be the first white child born west of the Mississippi.

Jane Sasha John Barker Deptha Liza Dielvina John Watts Tenta Street Philadelphia New Jersey Watts Mount Moriah Lower Mississippi Bistel Bowie-Kuife Orneons St. Louis Louisville Memphis Vicksburg Cairo Bell's Regent Street Worals Hhis Waitts Dack Bleimray Jennie P. Clark Lynn Old Colony Dorchester W. K. Jones Watch Ann North) Street Gailty Parker Manchester N. H John Heathwood Colorado la Veta John Goa San Francisco Chinawan Lellee

The Ancient Art of Boxing and Modern Prizefighting Examined

A historical survey traces boxing from ancient Olympic ritual to modern prizefighting. It covers Greek and Roman practices, early rules, gloves by Broughton, and notable bouts in England and America, noting shifts toward fair play and the sport’s evolving public vision. A vivid fiction excerpt then dramatizes a pugilistic duel between Kenelm Chillingly and Tom Bowles, illustrating skill versus brute force and crowd reaction.

Lycurgus Ipiritus Europe Asia Africa Delpul Lven Greece Olympia Theseus Dem Jason Hercules Pollux Kroughton London England Prince of Wales Broughton Great Britain Jackson Lord Byron Shaw Life Oxford Cambridge Nicholas Russia Czarowitch United States Yankee Sullivan John Morrissey California Tom Hyer Morrissey John Heenan New York State Geenan Tom Sayers Sayers Lord Palmerston Hyer Heevuan America Kennelm Chillingly Tom Lowles Bulwer Kenelm Chillingly Louis Bcholar Continent Keneim Keneim Bae Atrates Bay-Deid Tom Bowles Bowles Worthy Kenelin Ater Miss Jessie Mr. Bowles Jessie Vuro Kevelm Kevem Kenelm Hhis Mr. Towles Aristophanes Bule Som Tom Sttill Kevelin Beverner

Seventeen Year Old Murderess in Russian Tragedy

A French remark on national civilization frames a historic case from Kharod province. A betrothed young woman forced to marry a wealthy, aged, intemperate farmer killed him by drowning his face in water after intoxicating him. A detective traced her long deception ending in a Siberian sentence for the seventeen year old.

Russia New York Kharod Gawe Siberia

Siamese ape cashier in Siam merchants’ commerce

A Siamese ape is described as a highly valued cashier among Siam merchants during busy hours. The creature tests base and good coin by biting each coin, then passes genuine money to its master or marks counterfeit coins with a grimace, a method praised in commercial circles for its perceived infallibility.

Siam

Among the Hills at Fabyan Crawford Twin Mountain Hotels

June 27 report from New Hampshire notes Barrons take over Fabyans Waite Mt region hotels with about fifty staff. Crawford Notch adds dining hall, attic rooms, and a shed. road from Crawford Notch impassable until NH legislature funds repairs. Mount Washington Railway operations, weather blasts, and summit signals described. Glen House updates and Mount Washington views praised as season opens.

Fanyan Waite Mount Tains N. H Barrons Crawford the Notch Crawford Notch New Hampshire Mt. Pleasant House Fabyans Twin Mountain House Fabyan Bethlehem Trofile Hout Franconia Range Mount Washington Jacob's Ladder Jacob’s Ladder Sue

Unsolved Murders Then and Now in New England

A long, period voice surveys unsolved murder cases across New England and Boston from the 1860s to the 1870s. It recalls Bussey Woods, the Joyce children, Catherine Leehan, Charles Lane, Abijah Ellis, and other haunting unsolved crimes, noting rewards, arrests, and theories while highlighting public excitement and investigative limits.

Hull New York Bowery

A Queer Love Story From Port Jervis Union

A Port Jervis couple fell in love, but classed as unequal in belief. The woman, raised pious, rejected atheism after years of doubt. They separated, both later changed, he joined a church, she embraced liberal views. He refused to remain with an unbeliever, ending the relationship.

Port Jervis Port Jervis Union Saugerties Kingston Freeman Fied Bia Inamorata Reformed Church

Fragments of humorous vignettes from old Detroit press

A collage of short, sensational items including a witty office letter scam, a rude suitor tale, an Orthodox Chinaman joke, rotten egg episode at Saugerties, a dizzy patron seeking nails, a courtroom mishap about wrong tubs, and assorted quips from Detroit and Cincinnati.

Irish Language Comes From Italian Manuscripts

An Italian source yields the revival of Celtic language with Old Irish versions in Milan’s Ambrosian library and St. Gall’s library in Switzerland. Professor Ascoli’s edition of “Old Irish Grosses” is published and touted as the oldest specimen of the high language spoken by the ancient elite.

Ambrosian Milan St. Gail Switzerland Ascoli Zengs Sokes

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