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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1891
Page
2
An adventure story recounts a long journey from Ohio toward the Pacific. The author describes hardship, endurance, and discovery during the vast walk, detailing landscapes, encounters, and personal resolve across the continental trek.
The narrator travels into Colorado and Denver from First View, hunting antelope with improvised gear, dodging rattlers, snakes, and a skunk, and surviving harsh plains life. He recounts encounters with coyotes, a rattlesnake, and a hard journey to reach Kit Carson, then Denver, ending with a shift to a storied tale of Mithra and secret treasure.
George scales a perilous 400 foot cliff on Cormorant Island to obtain cormorant eggs with two hand-gaffs. A stormy night, hunger, and a loyal raven name Jack drive a daring rescue plan. George descends, is hauled across by rope, and reunites with his friends and his bird ally.
A rugged narrator recalls crawling to shoot a wary herd of antelope under harsh desert conditions and describes rattlesnake fangs, venom sacs, and a hunting triumph. The scene shifts to a fantasy tale about Goucha Nichin, final priest of Zoroaster, in a Persian grotto with a white panther and a beautiful granddaughter Leila, awaiting a grave family secret.
George Black and cousin Ned Bradshaw accompany Frank on a Labrador coast excursion. George, aided by his trained raven, scales a perilous 400 foot cliff to reach a guano isle teeming with 6000 birds. After reaching the summit he declares I can never go back, signaling for help while the party watches in awe and fear.
Dr Julius Meissner argues linen rags were used for paper as early as eighth to ninth centuries B C based on El Fayoum samples in Vienna's Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer. He says paper making from rags is Eastern in origin, not German or Italian. Of 600 oriental samples none were raw cotton paper and many showed modern paper-like features. He-Do you know I'm fond of old melodies She-Yes and-er Goodby my lover goodbye.
A brief humorous exchange shows Ethel and Jack on a sailing scene with chatter about a sloop and the captain paying a visit ashore for his pay. The dialogue hints at nautical humor and period tone.
A New York Journal piece recounts a Tiffany expert diagnosing a long necklace of pearls as dead due to lack of air and moisture. He advises wearing them outdoors or placing them near an open window to restore luster, noting pearl sickness dates to ancient times and explaining pearl formation and porosity.
A Guatemalan coffee planter Signor Gregorio Revuelto and family tour Chicago, describing moonlit nights in Costa Cuca where senoritas read in hammocks between midnight and 1 am. He notes bright moons, night trips, and nocturnal pleasures as the norm amid tropical heat.
A Houston street mother from a third story window calls her daughter on the sidewalk to visit Mrs. Johnson about her ill son. She warns to beware bragging about pulse rates and to mention her Jimmy’s higher measles record to counter any bluff.
A fragmentary dialogue shows Aunt Carrie prompting Kittie about the solemn words of the preacher at a wedding. The readable lines hint at ceremonial recollection and social customs of the event.
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