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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1891
Page
6
A Chicago financier George Maxwell, tied to private home telephone lines, is targeted by burglar Thomas Jefferson Odell. The crook extorts $10,000 via a staged call, revealing the ruse and the couple’s confusion before detectives conclude recovery is unlikely. The tale ends with a grim moral about greed and crime.
Col Theodore Gash a Clay county Democrat and former legislator jokes as he loses a whist game to Senator Anderson and observes a Cass county peer, Senator Bybee. Frustrated, he declares he will marry, claiming only matrimony remains to him in Arkansan card games.
A pumpkin in a cornfield grew arrogant and began boasting of its grandeur, prompting amused whispers from nearby ears of corn and farmhands as the tale unfolds in lighthearted rural humor.
Col L A Leonard recalls a humorous fiasco at the Grand Union Hotel in New York. Ice water misdelivery to wrong rooms, misnumbered doors, and a mistaken commitment to supply cascade into a night of mistaken targets and a wild bride and groom next door. The tale ends with a dramatic knock at 4 a.m. and a lucky escape from danger.
A Brooklyn benedict buys two tiny plaster busts from a pedlar on Nassau Street to decorate his home. He hides them from his wife, and soon their first child is born with the same dimples. The wife adores the dimples, and the man jokes it was best they were not a boy.
A historical sketch of Robert Houdin, famed 19th century conjurer, detailing royal Parisian illusions before Louis Philippe, a recovered handkerchief box from an orange tree, and staged demonstrations in Algiers. It recounts feats of levitation, misdirection, and sworded pistol acts, with reactions of audiences and references to Cagliostro, Marabou rivals, and observers like Seward.
A peasant seeks wisdom from a famed sage about an enemy who disturbs his peace. Through a string of questions the sage reveals the peasant’s own harmless actions that could have harmed others. The discouraged peasant is sent away with the moral to try deceitful manipulation once, which the tale condemns.
A Detroit Free Press account notes a St. Louis man survived an electric shock described as 3000 volts, highlighting the hardiness of residents of St. Louis who persist in life and benefits despite perilous incidents.
Kate Field's Washington recounts Gladys Van Cordilant, sixteen, with starry eyes and vanity, pursuing Hillary Harcourt the leading man. She buys his 22 photos, orders silver toilet case initials stamped, and forgives or destroys gifts and letters as she clings to the actor she adores amid melodrama and social bravado.
A Chicago Herald piece recalls a southern Illinois groom who registries at Richelieu and rents rooms for his wife and himself. After a year the same man returns, now planning a divorce, calling his wife the meanest person he ever met, while a clerk reflects on how the tale altered his own view of marriage.
The San Francisco Examiner recounts Mabel Thompson once called The Bandit Queen who led a 30 member outlaw cohort in Australia. Wealthy, beautiful, and ruthless she ruled with absolute will, forcing oaths, loyalty, and harsh trials on her men before marrying Wharton J. Anderson in Sydney. They then traveled to America, arriving in San Francisco after a long tour.
A rural legislator, absent during a heated vote, is tracked to a farm. Found at work in a field, he humorously proclaims he is “killing potato bugs,” likening himself to Cincinnatus as deputies fetch him to vote.
A humorous exchange features Cumso claiming humor dominates the world and overcoming gravity while Fangle questions his claim. Life discusses jilting and vanity through witty banter about love and self-obsession.
The New York World reports Mme Bernhardt credits a simple eau sedative bath with reviving tired actors. Her regimen uses spirits of ammonia and camphor with sea salt and alcohol to refresh skin and joints, enabling short rest during exhausting rehearsals. The article notes Schleiermacher once saved money after illness by sending a generous gift to his physician.
A clergyman pays a physician with four louis d or for services. The physician returns the coins with a sharp note gnashing at the idea of a general medicine tax. The clergyman then writes a brief reply expressing gratitude for the four louis d or received, while referencing the physician’s remark about payment.
From Julien de Turique, a tale set in a French village where Father Touret forgives a widow Annette and shelters her. Her secret love for Pierre Boulet grows as he watches, driven by a loyal yet grieving heart. When Touret dies, Annette faces a difficult future with Boulet.
The Drama Mirror calls mass critics meeting to protest clichés in plays. It cites lines such as You will learn to love me and How changed the village seems, urging removal of stilted phrases and melodramatic exchanges from contemporary stage dialogue.
The piece explains responsible ministries and compares a president to a constitutional monarch in Europe. An amusing Louis XVIII tale shows ministers reporting on affairs, the king asking to walk, and the ministers later “taking a walk” as Parliament is dissolved.
A comic exchange unfolds at a clan destine meeting as Fitztop teases a girl about her father being a pirate. The old sea captain pressures departure from the hilltop mansion using a pedal ex tremity, prompting a reflective reply.
A Munsey's Weekly cartoon caption portrays a tearful wife threatening to drown herself if rain delays her, and a brutal husband nonchalantly encouraging her to proceed once the rain stops, highlighting domestic discord in a humorously grim exchange.
A playful exchange where a youth questions his uncle’s origin and the elder replies he has always lived in Philadelphia. The youth jokes ma said he came from the ark, prompting a lighthearted regional punchline.
A man recounts buying slow drying varnish for his wife and the chaos that followed as she varnished almost everything in the house. He endures sticky furniture, a damaged baby carriage, and a ruined dining room scene while debating the wisdom of more varnish. The tale ends with lingering stickiness and plans to avoid future purchases.
An old lawyer describes a harsh licensing exam where the committee questions familiarity with games of chance. The senior member presses about draw poker and other cards, and the candidate admits not knowing cards due to church membership, yet still receives a license after a lengthy pause. The anecdote hints at tough, perplexing exam dialogue.
In a debate among physicians about what a human can swallow and still live a tale from Youth's Companion recalls Dr Longbow recounting a case. A man reportedly swallowed a dangerous load during work and endured a frightening episode of hiccups and ingestion without immediate fatal harm.
Excerpted verse pieces show romantic prefatory lines describing Janet and Frances Wynne in a Brooklyn Eagle context. A March to July lyric reflection contrasts a sunlit love with changing seasons, ending with a playful rustic scene of Barbara by the wicket in the lane and a budding romance between swain and bride.
A collage of verse pieces and emotive lines captures summer heat and longing. Edith Elmer contemplates travel and attire for a sultry day, while a hammock scene invites rest as a poet imagines a cool breeze. A separate poem voices longing for a darling amid domestic quiet and emotional distance.
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