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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1889
Page
8
A wide review of incidents and developments includes a Chicago court ruling on divorces, wage and labor matters, a Gettysburg monument dedication, fires and accidents across multiple states, storms, floods, strikes, and political moves affecting banks, railroads, telegraph lines, and municipal governance. Names, places, dates, and figures appear with broad geographic scope.
Walter Ivers an 11 year old Denver youth fell from the Pioneer building roof at Fifteenth and Larimer streets. He nearly snagged telegraph wires and knocked a horse over then landed in a buggy and was carried to a Gras store. He suffered broken thighs but endured without anesthesia and expects full recovery in six months. He calmly recounted the 27 and 10 seconds of his descent.
A fragmentary poem line recounts a shy woman turning away as a man professes deep enduring love and asks for a comforting embrace. The dialogue centers on affection and reluctance, with the speaker pleading his devotion in measured rhymes.
A greatly excited lady demands to see the daily paper editor, who is busy. She insists she will do all the talking herself, despite the editor being unavailable to anyone.
The New York World notes the city holds 125 men worth a million dollars or more, forty women each worth a million plus, and 124 firms with at least one partner valued at a million.
A reader letter claims a cure for consumption using a “timely use” remedy. The author, Siocum M C, offers to send details and a remedy on receipt of express money orders sent to a New York address, alleging thousands cured. The missive presents a bold promotional claim typical of 19th century fraud warnings.
A Kokomo couple welcomes conjoined twin girls connected at the hips and lower abdomen. The babies share a single umbilical cord but have independent heads and limbs. Weighing about 12 pounds total, they are two inches from crown to crown with bright blue eyes and normal limb development. Authorities report hopeful prognosis as thousands gather to view the extraordinary siblings.
A candid waiter explains why lobster is highly recommended, noting that leftovers may be saved for tomorrow’s dinner because the kitchen has kept lobster on hand for about a week.
A Lima Ohio cat watches a large bird nest high in a tree on pleasant nights. The odd scene rises in a Pittsburg Dispatch feature about urban wildlife behavior and local nature observations.
A dealer touts a nearly unbreakable glass lamp chimney made from fine lead glass. It costs more to manufacture and to buy but yields superior form and function. Macbeth & Co. of Pittsburgh sell the Pearl-top chimney and offer a primer.
A promotional appeal sells Sunshine for Little Children at fifty cents to mail a copy, two engravings, and three months of The Weekly Globe for $1.75. The publication funds Grant Memorial University and features lithographed water colors and a child portrait by Miss Waugh, praised as artful and charming.
A note from John G Whittier and Olver Wendell Holmes expresses thanks for a charming set of children's picture heads received with two numbers of Sunshine. The writer praises the depiction of childhood and says the gallery will brighten even a dark northern windowed room.
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