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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1887
Page
8
In a July New York piece, Joseph Warns parents to guard daughters against unsuitable suitors. He laments male decline among youths, recounts three vivid cases of ruined marriages, domestic distress, and financial ruin, urging vigilance to protect girls’ futures and the home.
A flood of short items notes heat prostration in New York City, a large estate, and various world events. Notables include the death of a famous engraver, marriage and divorce shifts, crime arrests, political moves, scientific advances, fires, wrecks, and a wide array of global and domestic happenings from June 1887 era briefs.
Thomas L. Keif, a Kansas City general agent for New England Life, vanished in January 1886 after allegedly pilfering between 80 000 and 50 000 from company funds. Superintendent Thompson discovered the misappropriation and Keif reportedly admitted guilt in a letter to his wife, who then fled with their four children to Philadelphia while Keif was believed to be in Canada.
A premature explosion of giant powder blasting rock near the Catawba river in Lancaster district, Cotrolina, DC, results in the instant death of one white man and eight Negro laborers. The victims are mangled in a horrible manner.
An elderly doctor, retired from practice, claims to hold a simple plant-based cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and all throat and lung ailments plus a radical cure for nervous debility. He says he tested the remedy in thousands of cases and now will mail the recipe free in German Danish or English with instructions to prepare and use, from Rochester New York.
Enoch Mabpiyahdinave also known as Enoch Cloud Appearing, a Sioux who helped massacre settlers in 1862, returns from British possessions after 26 years. An educated man, he speaks English, wrote Dakota dictionary work, and observes dramatic changes in his people now building frame houses, sending children to schools, and holding town meetings with a churchgoing community. Local churches respond with charity on his homecoming, contrasting with his former life.
Washington July 6 The Mint director’s circular tightens control on sale of pattern pieces and impressions from experimental dies. It declares it unlawful to traffic in United States patterns or copies not of authorized weight and fineness, with only specific pattern denominations allowed for circulation.
The text outlines that dies and the resulting coins or impressions must be destroyed at year end. Experimental soft metal impressions from a die prepared by the United States mint must be destroyed once their purpose is fulfilled. Provisions approved by the secretary have been in force since May 14.
The sloop Mystery capsized off Canarsie Jamaica Bay killing many German families from Brooklyn and Long Island City. A single black man earned praise for rescuing passengers as 27 drownings were reported with 13 rescued.
The Fairfield Journal recounts a Skowhegan fire brigade club meeting in 1837 where a three member committee sought honest residents. They named Trial the Boardman, Dr. James Bowen and Chibby Atwood as the only honest men, arguing honesty meant spotting faults in owned livestock and horses. Bijah Bolton reflects on a perceived change since 1888 and the difficulty of finding honest men in town.
Three items from Maine papers highlight clever dogs. In Brunswick a setter named Flash owned by Dr. C. A. Packard waits at dinner and retrieves the lady’s knitting work and ball when asked, then rests at her feet. In Foxcroft a Newfoundland braves jeering cars to deliver eggs, finally placing the basket aside before continuing to the owner. A Frenchman brings a Newfoundland with a two wheeled cart across 150 miles from Canada, while claiming speed to outrun horses.
A San Francisco Chronicle piece reflects on loneliness and virtue among old bachelors and old maids. The author praises maiden aunts and contrasts selfish, unwed men with devoted sisters, suggesting enduring admiration for unmarried women and questioning male aging.
A scrambled text fragment mentions a man described as good looking and attractive, with reference to his sister and a wife. It suggests preference for a plain maiden over a dubious option, reflecting confusing social expectations.
The Knights of Labor issued Official Circular No 13 announcing the constitution and regulations for National Trade Assemblies, effective July 11 1887. Local assemblies are urged to study the new rules, copies to be issued in order of receipt, with English editions issued due to upcoming Minneapolis assembly and probable amendments.
In Peru Indiana James Christian a German 40 years old choked and beat his teenage daughter after she refused to give him money. He shot at a doctor who came to help, then pretended to die. This morning railroad workers seized Christian and hanged him from a tree outside the jail.
The ad promotes inexpensive water colors and etchings as refined wall art for modern parlors. They resemble water colors, are cheaper than oils, and aimed to cultivate taste nationwide while expanding subscriber reach.
Nation wide offer to give away a limited number of German Electro Galvanic Suspensory Belts free in each U S county for 60 days. Priced at $5, claims to cure Nervous Debility Varicocele Emissions Impotency. $500 reward if belt fails to generate electric current. Address ELECTRIC BELT AGENCY P O Box 178 Brooklyn NY.
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