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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1879
Page
2
The poem laments a young noble killed in battle, mourning France and heroism. It recalls St George, a crusader boy, and stark sacrifice as nations weep. The speaker, invoking Joaquin Miller, contrasts imperial glory with the grave, urging noble memory under a white tomb.
A practical guide stresses that every woman should ride for health and safety, detailing seat, dress, saddle, reins, and whip use. It covers mounting dismounting, canter, trot, leaping, and riding with confidence, emphasizing self-reliance and proper style.
A Seville traveler relates discovering an ancient Miserere manuscript in Caserta, meeting a monk who tells of a mountain Miserere heard by shepherds. A pilgrim musician seeks to compose the ultimate lament, witnesses a spectral midnight rite, and dies unable to finish the sacred work.
A Bangor Commercial feature describes a son of Colonel Fuller as a child prodigy who can instantly state the day of the week for any date in the last seventy five years. He recalls presidents, Bible facts, and hymn books from memory without aid, solving multiplication and arithmetic tasks after brief exposure. His mathematical and historical memory astonishes friends, and his continued mental growth promises a remarkable career.
Poem by Mrs. Goodale reflecting on summer heat and nature’s influence. A speaker seeks inner peace yet wrestles with longing and mortal desire as sunlight and breeze evoke vivid emotions and personal transformation. The piece centers on nature, growth, ambition, and the struggle between restraint and longing.
An article reviews how France paid Germany after 1870 71 and how funds were allocated. It details 6 204 000 000 francs received by Germany and how 91 745 543 pounds were set aside for imperial purposes with distributions to Pension funds fortifications railways Alsace Lorraine fortresses and other military and administrative needs across the empire.
An article describes the Solano rail ferry nearing completion in San Francisco. It surpasses prior vessels in length and beam with a 424 foot length, 18 foot 5 inch center height, and 116 foot width. It features two 60 inch bore engines, 30 foot diameter wheels, eight steel boilers, four Pratt trusses, double end design, four rudders, hydraulic steering, and space for forty eight freight cars or twenty four passenger coaches. The Solano will run between Martinez and Benicia shortening the Sacramento route to about 85 miles from 140 via Liverpool and 161 via San Pablo.
An old wartime joke recounts a Confederate militia colonel at a river attack on a federal gunboat. When sand banks were blown apart, he ordered Unbank and sedge but shells shifted to sedge and brush. He finally cried Unsedge and scramble, lightening the absurd barrage with blunt orders.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin denounces confectionery adulteration, detailing ter ra alba and cheap coloring with lead compounds arsenic and copper, glucose from starches, and dangerous dyes. It warns of childhood poisoning, cites a state health probe, and urges safer manufacture and consumer caution.
A poet laments missing summer in wooded hills and valleys and longs for forest shade and distant sea breezes. He envisions uplands, primrose light, and fields alive with birds and insect sounds, pledging to find solace where nature’s voices call. The piece is attributed to George Arnold.
An 1835 milestone marked 100 miles of galleries in Freyburg Saxony. Beginning in the twelfth century, mining tunnels reached great depth and scale. By 1834 production totaled 7,604,581 marca in silver, with costs rising as rock proved harder and water flows increased. The Ranschenberg shaft extends 29,009 metres and will reach 50,900 metres, surpassing any railway tunnel globally.
The London News reports Thee Bau of Burma in a brutal tale tied to a water festival prank. Princes, dancers, and terrified princesses ignite a palace scandal. executions follow as the king’s cruelty grows, including a ten year old boy’s death after pleading for mercy.
A Paris correspondent surveys Punch tribute poems to Sarah Bernhardt and the rival Croizette, praising her wit and conduct while detailing the fierce theater battles at the Comedie Francaise. It also covers the real Pinafore on the lake, Jenny Lind’s quiet home life, and Lecuyer’s L Assommoir figure Coupeau, a former plumber turned actor and theatre builder.
A boy named Jones died instantly at the Red Mill in Johns town Peop. after a hot rod end twisted and the wire severed him. Fellow worker John Devine witnessed the scene while Dalip Rowley felled the wire. The injury was catastrophic with severe mutilation and immediate death.
A 2 p m Boston passenger train at Old Cole station struck an Indian squaw who stepped in front of the train. She was knocked senseless and taken into the station, where restoratives revived her. She walked away toward the woods camp apparently unharmed.
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