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Boston Weekly Globe
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1883
Page
4
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Names of Farmers Weekly Globe solicits non subscribers
Under the editorship of Mr A H Ward the Poston Weekly Globe will soon take high rank among leading agricultural weeklies. If subscribers send names of farmers who are not subscribers, free sample copies will be sent to them on a postal card addressed to THE WEEKLY GLOBE.
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A. H W. Ward
Globpe
Civil War Adventure Serial to Start May 8 in The Globe
The Globe will publish a Civil War tale beginning May 8 describing New England life and South adventures. The serial follows a march from a New England farm to Southern battlefields in a picturesque, stirring manner. It urges agents to order samples and form clubs, with a fourteen month offer ending June 1.
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New England
South
GLOBE
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United States
Canadas
New York
Boston
Werbkly Globe
Mass
Egypt
Bey
Ohio
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
Toledo
Cincinnati
Post Office Department
Tom
Chicago
Georgia
House
Senate
Washington
Arkansas
Spider
Continent
Europe
Henry P. McDaniel
Batavia St
New York Tribune
Chatham Street
Providence
London Docks
Ingrates and indictments in late 19th century notices
A patchwork of editorial notices and brief items covers political ingratitude toward Eliza Pinkston, Gloucester fish volumes, frost damage to corn in Wisconsin and Minnesota, and rotting kernels. It notes a San Francisco weekly bilingual American and Chinese Commercial News, Jay Gould’s impact on markets, and general commentary on public figures. The Beachamp murder trial in Denton Maryland is teased with a deceit claim about a letter imitating a brother’s hand.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
San Francisco
Kim Wing & Co
Beachamp
Denton
Diary lore and royal scandals spark talk of John Brown notes
The passage discusses a rumored diary by John Brown not yet published. It contrasts Greville memoirs’ scandals with diary usefulness for posterity, noting English diarists reveal private court mysteries and that American diary writing has been less common. It ends by imagining Wendell Phillips’ diary contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brown
Greville
Wendell Phillips
Political Minds Stir Over Four Decades of Ideas
A fragment discusses political men of the last forty years and the eerie effect their thoughts have on great leaders. The line suggests that merely contemplating such matters can make influential figures uneasy or curious about their own standing.
Philadelphia convention unites Irish American aims in platform
The Philadelphia convention forged a unified platform aligning with Irish national self government and labor and industrial goals. It pledges Irish American support for self-government, while stressing labor and manufacturing interests and opposing England’s emigration policy. The gathering fused a hundred groups into one cohesive effort.
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Philadelphia
Parnell
Ireland
National League
Dublin
America
Irish League
United States
England
Fourth of Mr E Thompson and the Kentucky senator
The killing of Walter H Davis by Congressman Philip B Thompson Jr is recounted with strong critique of Thompson. Davis, a friend, was killed after Thompson learned of his wife’s intoxication and alleged visit to Davis. The article questions motives, notes Thompson’s bail, and laments the lack of reporting on Davis and the victim's family. Thompson has previously shot three others, all said to be self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Davis
Philip B. Thompson, Jr
South
Thompson
Kentucky
Congress
St. Clair House
Mr. Davis
Harrodsburg
Davis
Dynamite Devotion Shocks Tremont Temple Audience
A flamboyant speaker, Professor Mezzroff, declares a passion for dynamite that locates him as either a freak of happiness or a symbol of a possible future race. The discourse riffs on evolution, etiquette, and civilization while probing why some insist on carrying nitro as a daily essential.
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Tremont Temple
Mezzroff
Professor Mezzroff
Oscar
New York
The dynamite fascination of Professor Mezzroff
An extended critique describes dynamite as a dangerous obsession that warps judgment and imagination. It references Professor Mezzroff and O'Donovan Rossa, suggesting the explosive lure drives risky schemes and could lead to self destruction or dramatic political statements.
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North Pole
Pacific Ocean
Professor Mezzroff
England
Europe
Dynamite Dazzie
Mezzroff
Rossa
What the Southern Colored Brother Needs
The Slater fund plans to spend 20,000 for education of the Southern colored race. General Martin argues moral and religious training is the race’s greatest need, noting poor postwar conditions and weak church instruction. Support from others is essential for success and future bequests are hoped for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slater Fund
South
Martin
Mississippi
Vanderbilts Win Again With Skeleton Chandelier
The Vanderbilt clan scores another social victory as Tiffany artisans fashion a colossal skeleton chandelier from horse vertebrae and iridescent glass. Described as luminous with Alaska diamonds, it will illuminate the main hall of their New York mansion, signaling a prestige edge over rivals the Astors.
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Astor
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilts
New York
Astors
St. Augustine
Fla
Tiffany's
Vanderbilt Mansion
Alaska
Butter Panic Hits Vermont Dealers Amid Price Crash
A panic grips Vermont butter markets as old butter priced at ten cents a pound floods the market. Boston and Vermont hold thousands of pounds bought at thirty three cents last year, with farmers in northern Vermont and New York badly hurt. Losses may reach 500000 to 750000 dollars. Vermont maple sugar also falters, costing about a million. Western emigration rises as Maine residents move to the West, while a New York trial pools gossip about a jilting suit.
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Vermont
Boston
New York
Far West
Senator Vance
Gilhooley
George
Bill Nye
Maine
St. Paul's Church
East Saginaw
Mich
Prince of Wales
Rolle
John
James
Peter
London
Newfoundland
Labrador
Valencia
Ireland
British Isles
Tippling
Frederick Douglass
England
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Newman
Washington
Treasury
France
The
Philadelphia News
Jay Gould
Neal Dow
New York Sun
Dow
John Brown
Dangerous Ground in Courtship Debates
An editorial reflects on the peril of judging whether a breakup was a gain or loss in a broken engagement. It argues many do not regret the initial shock and urge moving on to new courtships, noting the referee faces an untested problem ahead.
Notes and extracts on customs and curiosities across nations
A collage of anecdotes and observations ranging from Polish Jewish customs to drunken lore, naval carriages, imperial finances, and immigrants. It catalogues quips by politicians, writers, and clergy, along with oddities about gambling, dining, and English travel, closing with a trivia note about a man who collected cigar ends.
Monumental Misunderstanding On Main Street Construction
A Salt Lake Tribune tale describes a brick building site where a double-eyed, banged-haired woman confronts a boss with eggs and butter. Miscommunication leads to a mock head strike order, and the boss realizes he spoke to the workers amid a prank by the elderly woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake Tribune
Main Street
Extraordinary giant clam captured in Andaman Islands
Colonel Berkeley returns from the Andaman Islands with a colossal clam shell weighing 282 pounds and spanning 5 feet by 8 feet 6 inches with an 8 foot depth. The fish required sixteen men to haul ashore after driving poles and pulleys. The shell is pure white inside with a blue mouth, a potential record holder for England.
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Bristow
Mercury and Post
Berkeley
Andaman Islands
England
Rats Feeding on Live Snakes in Odd Feats
A writer recalls rats feeding on live snakes, including cobras and rattlesnakes, noting repeated examples. The rat seizes a limp serpent as a meat-like target and feeds despite minor protests, even devouring a snake’s head in minutes in front of observers.
Singing Fishes in the Ohio River Manifold Tale
William C. Howells recalls a Cleveland Leader readers’ note about singing white perch in the Ohio River near Wheeling in 1887. He quotes a ferryman, Ebenezer Clark, describing the fish’s harplike song heard on warm low water and connects the tale to Chambers Journal.
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Ohio Rivers
Cleveland
Ohio
Chambers
Musical Fishes
India
Martin's Ferry
Wheeling
West Va
Ebenezer Clark
Elizabeth Zane
William C. Howells
United States
Toronto
Fifty Eagles Sighted in Dakota County Timber
Nick Maher ex sheriff of Dakota county and R L Ward reported seeing a flock of about fifty bald eagles along the island road near Covington in Colonel Orr's timber at Brushy bend. Six remained around a tree including a bird resembling Old Abe, with plumage ranging from gray to white heads. They concluded the sighting as bald eagles gathered on a return from Jackson. The piece notes the bald eagle as a national symbol and discusses its scavenging habits.
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Sioux City Journal
Nick Maher
Dakota County
R. L. Ward
Jackson
Covington
Colonel Orr
Brushy Bend
Mr. Ward
Abe
Mgr. Ward
Tere
A Wisconsin Snake Story from Rome Sentinel
Henry Fish of Lee Centre recounts Andrew Harter finding a rattlesnake den on a Lone Rock farm. A ten by ten foot pen collected seventy nine snakes, 18 inches to 4.5 feet, into a barrel. four largest released on Decoration Day, still alive in November. By spring the fate of the snakes was unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Rome Sentinel
Henry Fish
Lee Centre
Lone Rock
Wis
Andrew Harter
Mr. Fish
Rattlesnake with Two Legs Reported in Clarksville
Clarksville Judge Tong relays a tale told by a trusted witness about James P. Miller who says he killed a remarkable rattlesnake on March 16 while traveling from Deer Valley to Sweetwater. Miller claims the snake had two legs near the tail, each about six inches long with six toes.
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Sacramento Bee
Clarksville
Tong
James P. Miller
Deer Valley
Sweetwater
Miller
Pin in a Jonesboro Oak Revealed After Felling
In Macon Rural area F A Cox of South Macon brought a long buried red oak pin found inside a massive Jonesboro tree. A two inch oak pin driven in by a pioneer years ago remained visible for roughly a century as the tree grew over it. The oak, over three feet in diameter, was felled by T L Cox and the pin appeared while firewood was being split.
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Macon
F. A. Cox
Jonesboro
T. L. Cox
Lightning Slag in Oak After Lightning Strike
Auburn Ky resident J A Peake shared a curious chemical deposit found at a red oak root after a recent lightning strike. The substance is cobalt colored, tastes strongly of gun powder, and appears fused by intense heat. No chemical name yet. is it lightning slag or electric ore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
J. A. Peake
Auburn
Spring rain brings abundant crop prospects across plains
From a San Francisco letter in the Baltimore Sun, a prolonged spring rain after a drought has distributed rain evenly, boosting agricultural production. Grangers estimate the storm coverage at about 80 million dollars in value, marking a dramatic shift from earlier forebodings to bright outlooks as the rain began in late March and persisted into April.
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San Francisco
Baltimore Sun
The Roomiest Trousers in America
Louisville Courier Journal reports a single pair of extremely large pants made to order for W. M. Lee of Corinth Kentucky. The garment measures fifty eight inches at the waist sixty four inches at the seat thirty four inches at the leg and inside leg length of thirty two inches. Lee weighs 415 pounds and the tailor says no prior work in twenty years matched their size.
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America
Louisville Courier-Journal
W. M. Lee
Corinth
Owen County
Kentucky
Lee
Monster Octopus Attracts City Crowds In San Francisco
A monster octopus displayed in front of 214 Second Street drew steady crowds as a knot of men studied the sea curiosity. The body measures 2 feet with eight-inch width, eight tentacles, the longest about 8 feet 6 inches, and a light pink flesh color, noted as the largest specimen seen on this coast.
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San Francisco
No. 214
Second Street
Calf Born With Skull Cap and Tassel Gains Attention
A cow owned by Mrs. Catherine Steinhardt of Suspension Bridge bears a calf with a remarkable skull cap shaped formation on its head, paired with a tassel. The cap is attached at the front and loose elsewhere, fluttering like a flap. Bids reach from $225 by Mr. Davis of De Falls to $400 from Barnum.
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Bufffalo Express
Catherine Steinhardt
Suspension Bridge
Davis
de Falls
Barnum
Eagle shot in Lapland bears 1792 catchers note
A large eagle killed on April 16 at Nakkoo Lapland wore a brass chain with a tin box containing a slip in Danish. It read caught in 1792 by W and C Anderson Boeted in Falster Denmark. The clipping mentions pest control claims and an animal roviron product.
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Frankfurter Zeitung
Nakkoo
Lapland
W. and
C. Andereson
Boeted
Falster
Denmark
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