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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1891
Page
2
After a month through the Mogollon mountains in An tona the party faced dire provisions and decided to return to the ranch. They were convinced the precious metals were too scarce in that locality to justify further prospecting.
The narrator narrates a perilous river escape with pack burros and a raft on the Rio Salinas. Indians open fire from cliffs as the raft nears land, one burro falls, and the party fights to reach safety while Arrajo steers toward a safer midstream passage.
A group fleeing Indians rides a racing river raft toward deadly rapids. Arrajo steadies the craft through jagged rocks as a split raft leaves Paul and the narrator clinging to timbers. With cliffs blocking landings, Arrajo snatches a lariat and prepares a desperate river rescue.
Young boys saved for Port and attempt to build a balloon using scraps and wire. A risky home project ends with a spectacular firework mishap that nearly scorches the haystack, but a guardian restrains punishment and supports their July Fourth effort. The tale blends adventure, resourcefulness, and family stakes in a frontier setting.
The 1801 1804 Tripoli campaign led by Connecticut Yankee William Eaton and Arabian ally Hamet Caramelli culminated in the siege of Derne. Despite mutinies and hardship, the American force captured the town with naval support, raising the U S flag over a Tripolitan fortress for the first time, before a peace settlement favored Eaton and his daring expedition.
Frank G. Carpenter reports on James K. Polk, recalling a letter to Andrew Jackson Donelson seeking vice presidential support, Polk's unexpected nomination, Jackson's reluctant backing, and Polk's decline after the Mexican War driven by anxiety and overwork.
A famed marksman at a Chicago gallery kept striking the bull’s-eye, defeating all challengers. He bets to hit the bull’s-eye five times in a row for a silk hat but balks when a steel disc is revealed as the true target, forfeiting the wager.
The Louise Home, founded by W. W. Corcoran near the Vice President’s residence, shelters 40 blue blooded ladies who lost fortunes in the war. Inmates live in hotellike comfort with private rooms, maid service, and weekly laundered clothes, while recalling antebellum days and Confederate symbols. Notables include Aunt Hartley Graham, Letitia Tyler Semple, and Margaret Loughborough, linking old Virginia aristocracy with national history.
An advertisement outlines subscription bundles to The Weekly Globe and a wide range of magazines. It lists prices, includes free postage, and states only one magazine can be sent to a single address. readers may request start issues and write to The Weekly Globe for combination pricing.
Sunday night in a Philadelphia hotel two guests a Ohio man and a South Dakota frontiersman confronted loud drunken youths in an adjoining room. The Ohio man, after summoning a porter without success, punched one assailant then head-butted the other, ending the disturbance with decisive blows.
A partial excerpt describes a man regaining breath and warning others if awakened he would attack them. He then sleeps until breakfast, with the scene ending abruptly. The text preserves tense danger and unresolved confrontation in a terse, spoken style.
In Cassell's Journal a girls class was quizzed on meanings of bearing false witness and beef tea. One pupil defined bearing false witness as when nobody did anything yet someone told of it. Another described making beef tea by buying beef extract and following directions. A third cited cayenne pepper and Jamaica ginger as warmth producers.
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