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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1891
Page
2
C F Lummis recounts a difficult trek through snow toward Santa Fe from Golden New Mexico. He recalls encounters with the outlaw Marino Lehre and the dangers of the high desert winter, including a sudden blizzard that traps the pair and tests their survival.
Exhausted, Aristomene Gargaridi accompanies Maurice as they explore a cavern. They find a hidden spring and a soaked box of matches, leaving them desperate with dwindling light after fourteen galleries. they plan to wait for death or rescue.
In a tense passage from a late 19th century adventure, Maurice and Leila revive a fallen companion as they confront Goucha Nichin and the gueber guardians. Leila reveals a hidden map to Mithra’s temple and a secret that binds their fates, while Catherine and Maurice face moral peril and hidden kinship with Feranghi and Armerian lineage.
Bob Brown and Jimmy Simpson, 15 and 11, save $60 to buy three acres along the Okalaloo river Mississippi. They clear land, build a cabin, and after months sell 100 cards to a steamboat earning 350 dollars. A Mississippi flood lifts a white house with green blinds toward them, delivering a mother and child to safety.
A flooding river carries a family’s white house with green blinds downstream. Bob braves the current and ties the house to the shore as the water surges, finally landing the house at a knoll where a new cotton plantation prospers beyond the tangled trees.
At the hot springs of Mexico, a traveler describes the unique resort atmosphere unlike American health spas. He notes a windowless ground floor hotel room opening onto a lush garden and recalls staying in Jeypore, Hindoostan, with a personal servant in front of his door.
The piece describes Aguas Calientes with about 40 000 residents, most houses single story with flat roofs and thick stone walls painted in blues pinks and yellows. It notes crowded sidewalks, colorful doors, public baths, and a district of small capital firms selling modest stock at high markups, reflecting a bustling yet understated interior Mexican town.
A vivid field note describes Aztec market life in Aguas Calientes with stalls around two hollow squares full of butchers bakers and pedlars. It portrays prices for potatoes eggs and pulque, vivid clothing of Mexicans, hats from Paris, and the bustling daily routine of vendors shoppers and artisans.
Frank G. Carpenter reflects on bathing customs seen in a river scene with an Indian man and wife, noting no impropriety by locals while contrasting Western views. He compares Japanese modesty to Western norms and cites the old French saying about those who think ill of others.
The article traces vanilla from its Mexican origins to its introduction in Europe by the Spaniards around 1605, naming Clusius and Morgan as key figures. It details early culinary and medicinal use, then describes cultivation methods in Bourbon, Java, Mauritius, and Central America, including cultivation techniques, insect pollination, and artificial ripening processes.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt depicts two women decoding a fiancé’s letters filled with printer’s marks. They discover the suitor, a newspaper man, uses typographic symbols and crossed-out words in a playful but revealing script. The tale blends romance with newsroom shorthand.
The St Louis Republic recounts how Argand’s lamp was intensified by a broken oil flask left on a table. A careless move near the flame yielded a brilliant white light, leading to the glass lamp chimney innovation. The piece notes many famed inventions arose from chance, including vulcanization and calico printing.
An elderly man recalls hauling army wagons in Civil War campaigns and criticizes the persistent use of a fifth wheel. He notes earlier Revolutionary War practices and cites General Washington, arguing no wagon was ever lost due to a wheel in his own four-year service. The piece reflects on military logistics and outdated equipment choices.
A historical exchange shows Col. Bob Ingersoll citing authorities for mandamus before the Massachusetts Supreme Court. Judge Flaid humorously asks if he means Moses of biblical times, highlighting a witty clash over legal authority and satire.
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