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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1892
Page
2
A mother begs her son Ted to fetch medicine for his ailing father as he hikes along a moonlit forest road. He endures dangers and evasive wolves and bears, races the stage, and battles fear to reach the town and return with the life-saving remedy before the bear hunter turns on him.
Tad Lincoln persuades his father Abraham Lincoln to back a soldier theater in camp. Jamie and Tad stage Hamlet inspired scenes with Tad as Hamlet and Jamie as the ghost, drawing President Lincoln, Seward, and Stanton to front-row seats as the crowd swells and the tent overflows.
In late summer at Lake Molaka Canada three Lindsay boys join guides for sport. Arthur, lacking gear, traps mink and competes for a prize light fowling piece. A moose attack leads Arthur to fight with a knife, win, and earn the prize gun for the next autumn's hunts.
A boy named Arthur, alone in a small boat, pursues a large moose in a narrow lake. The boat sinks after the moose knocks it, and Arthur clings to the animal’s neck, using its antlers to stay afloat. With dwindling strength, he spots a log beneath the surface and plans a desperate escape as they near shore.
In 1863 Tad Lincoln, called Tadpole by his father, visits the Soldiers Home near the Corcoran farm. Jamie, later wealthy in Philadelphia, recalls Tad drilling Company D and staging Hamlet while President Lincoln and the household faced summer bustle and camped troops nearby.
James Vance recalls a tall quiet man who challenged a Crystal Palace saloon safe. Ernest Haquette boasted of its security, but the stranger opened it in 23 minutes with no tools, taking $500 and leaving Haquette stunned.
A sweep of interviews from Washington reveals varied Democratic leaning toward Cleveland or Hill across states. Delegations in Arkansas Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New York and beyond express preferences, with Western candidates like Boies Dickinson or Hill gaining traction where silver is contentious.
Mr James Rankin of South Boston poulturer tells the Massachusetts Ploughman Farmers Society that many chicks die from being roasted in brooder heat. He explains heat from crowded birds plus improper temperature control causes losses and argues for careful feeding and proper brooder setup.
Bangor Daily News reports guide Joe Francis recounts moose calling season experiences near Eagle Lake. He recalls guiding a party when young college hunters mistook the art, using a soothing Moosey Moosey to mimic animal calls, and describes hearing a strange noise suggesting a lost hunter nearby.
An itinerant Englishman narrates a playful but perplexing version of Excelsior in Pigeon English. He recounts travel, Chinese dialect twists, and a comic, cautionary tale of a young man encountering danger, ending with a vivid image of light, ice, and a large dog watching the fate unfold.
A concise lay explanation of generating electricity by a dynamo likening it to lines of magnetic force from a horseshoe magnet. It describes magnetism, armature motion through magnetic field, and the two main parts a dynamo uses: magnet and revolving armature with insulated copper windings.
The Paris jail scheme used a hair and book leaf cipher to signal an approaching rescue attempt. Prison authorities traced 26 lines on a leaf and 26 hairs to spell a slang message predicting the plan. After precautions were taken, the conspirators were thwarted and punished.
The article traces Washingtons birthday celebrations from 1782 in Richmond and Talbot Court House to elaborate events in Cambridge and New York. It notes shifts to February 22 after 1798, rising public esteem, and initial national observance in 1800 sparked by Congress and led by Philadelphia Freemasons along with city troops and societies.
A Chicago Tribune passage recalls a woman provoked by a passerby whom she once loved. He briefly hailed her but did not stop, prompting her to demand the return of a photograph once given in girlish folly. His witty reply notes the child’s attachment to the image and hints at a marital life unchanged by the street slight.
A monarch’s son under scrutiny for poor progress prompts varied opinions from tutor, governess, countess, and school principal. Remarks blame distraction by street play, indolence, nervous strain, or need for seaside bracing, while a private teacher and family members weigh in on discipline.
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