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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1881
Page
3
A romantic lyric where a speaker vows devotion to a destined love. He imagines meeting his queen, praising her beauty and virtue, and pledges unwavering homage regardless of her birth or mood. The poem expresses steadfast, idealized devotion and spiritual companionship.
Detective Varnoe exposes a layered plot by Frederick and Joel Koelble to dress a street girl as a boy and palm him off as the abducted Henry Koelble. A Newark woman Mary Black confirms the ruse, Joel is jailed, Henry returns to Mrs. Koelble, and Fred is charged.
A speaker muses on wealth and hedonistic aims, preferring a simple loving life over luxury. He imagines riches cannot buy a true loving heart, and vows he would choose a peasant with love over millions if love remains. The piece honors emotional wealth over wealth’s glitter.
A Syracuse Herald item tells of a dog dropped from the Niagara bridge that survived and now lives at Taylors Point. Every day food is lowered in a paper bag from the river bank, watched by many. Clerk Clifford Kalbfleisch proposes a rescue trial using a spring bag with meat to lift the animal.
A foreign journal reports a man near Solothurn, believed frozen to death, delivered to a cantonal hospital for dissection. On the dissecting table the corpse was revived by infusion of life however, and he recovered to his usual health.
A British consul in Japan details the division of labor in Osaka and Kyoto for jolaing fan production. Bamboo ribs are crafted at homes, a designer assigns patterns and colors, and finishing work occurs in Osaka and Kioto. Fans are assembled, dried, and lacquered with care, though native paper yields differ from old imports.
Readable notes from The Grist Mill include numerous word puzzles such as crosswords, enigma, rotags, and rebus with multiple No. numbers and locations like Brooklyn New York and Boston Mass. Winners and solver names are listed along with prize details for the weekly Grist Mill.
A San Francisco Democratic politician Captain A J Fritz, noted Union Gatling battery captain, was found dead in his Ridley Street residence last Thursday evening. He reportedly hanged himself using a chain loop fashioned from gun carriage parts, wearing colored tights and trunks, after lying in bed all day. The grisly scene suggests a deliberate self-inflicted suicide in a private crisis.
A Lima correspondent warns that future histories will read like romance as events of the conflict abound. He cites the Huascar episode with Captain Manuel Thompson and a dramatic shelling near Arica, noting brave exploits by Peru and others that drew mixed enemy approval. A casual aside mentions cow water and a fever patient remedy.
Health guidance on summer eating warns against excessive heavy foods and urges lighter meals centered on meat in moderation, fish, salads, and vegetables. It covers breakfast ideas, fruit desserts, and note on gout and dyspepsia with practical remedies and cod liver oil usage enhancements.
A long, embellished letter from Edward Z Ward describes a secret Russian expedition outfitted near Moscow, with seventy three men and a vast aerostatic machine. The narrative claims a six day air voyage over 400 leagues toward Islamabad Cush and future return to the United States to reveal the tale.
A lyrical piece extols springtime as robins, buds, and blossoms emerge in a sunlit bower. Vivid images of hyacinths, dew, and scented meadows evoke May’s warmth, with apples ripening and flowers blooming to a silver moon. Independent.
How and where globes are made in Troy detail a long standing craft started in 1852. Globe production begins with a Boston base, then mounted in Troy with maps printed on paper sections. It describes three months to complete a globe from ball to frame and stresses alignment, balance, and the ideal orientation with America on top. Sizes range from three to thirty inches.
In diameter and ranging from 2 to 225 in price, the portable oroba devices are offered in forty styles. Demand rises with shipments from this city last year up by 50 percent over the year before.
A curios crowd notes quince seed as a beauty aid fueling a rising import trade from Russia. Despite rising prices, many girls still seek the glue like curls for the forehead and hairline while others resort to gum tragacanth or soap. The piece also reports a libel suit from a defeated candidate against the Kansas City Times seeking damages of $4000 for alleged editorial attacks.
A grainy 19th century column warns of planetary conjunctions shifting the sun, predicting a cooler winter yet hotter summer and higher mortality. It touts Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Care with a physician's testimonial of dramatic kidney and health improvement, urging vigilance against disease.
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