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Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1887

Page

7

Townsends Letter describes 19th century Washington society

Washington writer George Alfred Townsend recalls May fever and real estate boom as Washington City grows from a federal town to a social capital. He contrasts old Washington with new villas, lists prominent movers like Whitney and Hay, and reflects on race between East and West in shaping the capital.

Washington Whitney Wash- Aneton Rock Country Federal District Constantinople Constantine New York Duke of York Baltimore Romulus of Old Georgetown George Beallexandria Washzton Virginia Alexandria Dr. Thornton John ‘Taylor Mount Airy Thomas Law Warren Hastings John Hay White House Elverson Story Barber Abbotsford Balmoral Yulee Levi Florida District of Columbia Ohm Quincy Adams Little Washington Samuel Chase Obert Goodloe Harper Charles Carroll Robert E. Lee York South West Ohio Jools New England Dodges Peabodys Emorys Hoovers Bells Kendalls Vintons Grants Ordways Cassells Wilsons Willards Mays Hutchinsons Blaines Edmunds Merrill Vermont Anthony Sumner United States Robert Morris William Bingsdge Schuyler Jefferson Kington Andrew Jackson Stephen A. Douglas Chicago Ashington John Adams Braddock Mock Creek Old Frederick Pittsburg Rock Desk Conerogee Potomac Fort Cumberland Uressop Pennsylvania Fort Willis Creek Maryland Forty-eigth Conegages Winchester Antietam Dunbar Frederick Rock Creek Mason and Dixon Dramatic Fund Jim the Penman Basil Hall John Quincy Adams General Jackson Cincinnati ‘l Congress Europe England Way & Martin Lincoln Sngheh Russell Kate Chase Commodore Stuart Parnell George Alfred Townsend

MILLIONS FOR DEFENCE How We Should Protect Our Sea Coasts

A New York dated April 29 article reports Commander A. 8. Crowninshield on defending coasts from four war threats: blockades, landings, port seizures, and coastal bombardments. It argues for a strong navy, coast fortifications with heavy guns, torpedoes, floating batteries, mortars, and dynamite guns, plus a coast guard school and volunteer militia.

New York A. 8 Crowninshield St. Mary Isoston Harbor Chili Brazil Crawaninshield New York Navy Ward National Coast Guard Great Lakes Bancrupt Gurrards Boston Philadelphia Charleston Savanna Mobile New Orleans San Francisco J. M. Sbhopield Germany Canadian Senate Treasury AGENE William B. Allison Congress Seaboard Great Britain Canadian Pacific Halifax Vancouver United States France Spain Denmark Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Gulf Portland Galveston Krupp Paris Secretary of the Navy Bureau of Ordnance High Seas Joan J. Ingauls

Her Faith in Garrett A Pretty Story of the B and O Deal

A Baltimore girl stockholder with 400 B and O shares, cousin to President Garrett’s wife, travels from Paris to Baltimore to secure a sixty day option on her holdings amid the Sally deal. She sails to Havre, then to New York and Baltimore within days, meeting Garrett and arranging her affairs, proving swift business nerve. She returns to Paris with bonnets and pride, asking who says a woman needs a year to decide.

New York Baltimore American Baltimore & Ohio Baltimore Garrett Paris Sally Havre

A South Sea Baseball Tale From Lost Island Islander Than Life

The report narrates a river ice spectacle in Prostreet Hirr Maine where a man found amid ice and logs is rescued and jailed for drunkenness. An eccentric veteran, Langs, tells of meeting John J Jones who built a colony on a Pacific island to train natives as a baseball team. Jones explains cloning athletes across generations and umpire families, culminating in a bizarre baseball mythology on a remote isle.

Goat Island Jenks Langs Bangs Jude John J. Jones Terror Chingook China Boston Bime Limeby Pacific Ocean John J Connecticut United States Sean Darwin John Jr. Jones John 4 Rhode Island Jones Khime Pan Wille A. Boourr

Massachusetts Police Matron Bill Passes Legislature

The Massachusetts Legislature approved and the Governor signed the Police Matron Bill, establishing trained women matrons in city police stations to supervise arrested women. The movement grew from Boston groups, press support, and widespread petitions, with eleven states already employing matrons.

Massachusetts Commonwealth of Massachusetts Woman's Industrial and Educational Union Woman's Club Boston Commons Council Woman's Educational and Industrial Union of Caroline Leonard Indies Board of Aldermen Police Police Commission Marion Muliride National Woman’s Press Association Chicago Tremont Temple O'Brien J. K. Barney Richard H. Dana Josiah Quincy Quincy, Key E. EF. Hale Josiah Wainey House Senate Ames Boston Press Associated Press Commonwealth

Odd snippets and curiosities from daily life

A collage of quirky notes and anecdotes from US towns. Items include a Buffalo citizen called Catholic G Maginnis, a Burlington man with a turtle named Agrippa, a Fortland Me cashier Edward Gould over 80, and New York World letters from 61 women seeking marriages. Also items on stamps, marriages, funerals, pirates, and odd customs across states.

George W. Childs Buffalo G. Maginnis Burlington Agrippa Burlington Free Press Washington Street New Haven National Traders’ Bank of Fortland Edward Gould New York New York City Pont Feval Paris Richmond Bridgeport Doyle Sumterville Fla New Joseph Haug Reading Penn Germany Martin Schneider Fort Wayne, Inc Napoleon Waterloo Lir Henry Detwiller Aston Pennsylvania Bittsfield Newmarket Ulster Auburn Cal Modesto Michigan New Hampshire Batcheller Littleton N. U Rome Altoona Michael Verger Montgomery County Portsmouth R Robinson Creek Centre Warren County Albany Journal George Williams Elenezgr Green Steward Chicago Green Willams Arthur Capitol Atlanta Constitution Evangelical Church of Lews Pawi Deimonico’s Ste Mr. Sampson Bisply Capaci New York Sun John. Anson Bennettsville Mexico

Did Adam Smoke Conundrum Stir Hartford Post Debate

The Hartford Post weighs a riddle about Adam and Eve with a wry note on manners and scandal, hinting at whether Adam smoked and if Eve would object to the smoky curtain scene.

Hartford Post Adam

A Lunch-Sae for Horses

A witty complaint from The New York Times about noon horse feeding. The piece notes waste from current lunch-hour feed devices, observing drivers place barrels for rest, yet feed is scattered by the horses. It calls Goodman Bergh's society to offer a prize for an economical feeding invention.

New York Times Goodman Bergh

She Envied the Widows

A Louisville society gathering discusses wishes around a fire. One woman says she would choose to be a rich young widow with two children to escape social limits and gain independence, respect, and happiness, noting she would not marry and prefers a widow with children to be valued.

Louisville

How They Freeze Out Small Stockholders In A Company

A Wall Street dialogue explains the tactic of diluting minority investors by persistent dividends. One man imagines joining a fruit evaporator venture with $2000 in stock and questions how the majority can force him out. He then suggests arson as a drastic, hypothetical response to dividend pressure.

Wall Street

A Big Profit for Somebody

A Burdette piece discusses profits from a $150 book showing the stereotyper loses six cents per copy the publisher loses eighteen cents the author loses ten cents the printer loses his time and the reader loses his portion of the proceeds.

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