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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1887
Page
8
A compact study outlines how swearing and cigarette use affect behavior and mood. It notes patterns in men’s drinking at specific hours and places, suggesting social and psychological triggers behind recurring habits.
New York, June 25. A vivid essay asserts habit rules memory appetite and action. It argues habit governs sneezing in hay fever and the worker's health, drinking patterns, lottery folly, and even clock winding and water pumps. It concludes with a call to cultivate disciplined mental and moral habits.
William Park and family escaped injury when Charles Sage, an insane man released from Flatbush asylum, attacked their home with a butcher knife. Park barred the door, assisted his wife and child to safety, and neighbors plus officers captured Sage who was committed to Hackensack jail.
Racinr Wisconsin June 26 reports say a former alderman and notable citizen issued 40 invitations to a death anniversary celebration for his wife who died last spring. The event allegedly included fireworks valued at about $50. A county official was appointed to review his mental state.
An old East India missionary supplied a physician with a vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis and throat and lung afflictions. The doctor, convinced by thousands of cures, offers free samples and directions by mail to requesters. Address W A Noyes 149 Main Rochester New York.
Brooklyn tabernacle sermon urges Christians to hunt souls with the gospel arrows. Rev T De Witt Talmage calls for personal consecration, bold outreach, and practical effort against social evils like intemperance, urging ministers and laypeople to camp out for souls and bring them into the church fold.
A reader recounts Idem’s inquiry about the Star of Bethlehem believed to appear every 815 years. It is said to rise in Cassiopeia’s Chair in August, brighter than any planet, with solar and lunar eclipses nearby, fading after about a year and not seen again until 2202. Astrologists cite planetary positions for potential events, urging individual exploration.
Boston marked the fiftieth anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession with a grand Westminster Abbey service, royal family salutes, and toasts to The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Outside, brief clashes ended as crowds dispersed after a late-night police intervention and a quiet dawn.
British societies in Boston win use of Faneuil Hall for a Queen Victoria banquet despite protests. Aldermen split on revoking permission, protests turn to mass gathering, police cordon keeps order as the dinner unfolds with speeches and a poem recited by Edith K. Perry.
A fragment from the Somerville Journal notes a man who aimed to craft a new swear word to rival old expressions but failed to deliver, illustrating a long-standing wish for a sharper linguistic substitute.
The Newport crowd filled the opera house for a royal jubilee celebration by the English residents. Rev. F. F. Emerson led prayers, F. G. Harris gave an address of welcome, Lotus Glee Club sang, and Mayor Powel joined Julia Ward Howe and George Makepeace Towle of Boston in speeches. A poem by Mrs. Howe closed the program.
In Toronto and Ottawa on June 21 Anglican and Jewish congregations held jubilee services with large crowds and royal attention. Bishop Sweatman preached in St James Cathedral as Westminster Abbey music echoed. Governor General Lansdowne hosted a reception. St Peters burg noted Queen Victoria’s jubilee with praise from Journal de St Peters burg. Gibraltar celebrated with a cathedral service and decorated streets and ships in dock.
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