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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1888
Page
6
In a comic Detroit Free Press piece Mr Bowser agrees to help Mrs Bowser clean the house. The plan spirals into chaos as ladders, torn curtains, and a chaotic carpet removal push him past breaking point, ending with his vow to never return and his wife insisting on staying. The burlesque chaos draws neighbors, lost teeth, and a dramatic collapse of temper.
A rosy twenty year old in Kansas City earns a living by aiding women with gray hairs. She visits periodically to remove silver threads, comb hair, and apply glycerine and rose remedies. The work is not especially disagreeable and pays well.
A New York jeweler recalls a surprising order for a plain broad dull gold thumb ring. The client wore it on her left thumb and the maker notes the oddity and fashion interest of such a piece in contemporary jewelry.
An Englishman in a Berlin hotel insists on a late night bath. Guests, staff, and managers clash over the plan as a rusting cast iron tub is dragged to a room. Water is hauled from the basement in pails while curious hotel workers observe the unconventional bath.
A colorful regional folk tale recounts Colonel Charles C. Jones Jr describing Buh Alligatur feeding on a fiddler then clashing with Buh Mash-Hen. The tale explains claws, a painful bite, and the uneasy balance between the two creatures as their interactions shape local lore and kinship.
A lion stalks a goat by a large rock. The goat continues chewing and resists. The lion demands answers as the goat asserts rock hands and warns the lion to back off. The forest remains tense as the confrontation ends with the goat claiming to bury the rock and survive.
The Louisville Commercial mocks Amelia Rives for her story The Quick of the Dead, noting characters that pant, while recalling an old maid’s tale of Gotham and Dorcas. The excerpt centers on a sofa scene and a lover’s confession that “my heart pants.”
Arban, a famed French musician, trains a Russian orchestra with six trombones. While rehearsing, the players mistake the note do for Here, prompting Arban to stop them. The head musician explains they cannot reach do without stretching their arms, which chills them in the cold.
The piece says learning stenography varies by purpose. For court reporting it may take two to three years to master exact transcription. For simply reporting political speeches or writing from memory, about six weeks of study with breaks can suffice.
Analysis of translation blunders in 19th century foreign editions. Examples include Voltaire in Shakespeare, Chatelain's Hamlet, and misrendered titles and phrases. The piece notes widespread absurdities, cites French, Italian, and German translators, and discusses consequences for periodicals and publishers.
A Newark wife surprises her husband George Jenkins with a self painted oil portrait. They misidentify elements as cows, horses, a stump, a haystack and a dog, then a cow, a log, a white dress figure, and a fence. The husband and wife argue playfully as he mistakes the scene for animals and landscape while she insists it is art.
A New York Sun piece recounts a scale maker showing a tiny device that weighs a single hair or an autograph. The tester proves a 39 milligram paper weighs six milligrams, comparing names like Jay Gould. The device appeals to money brokers and autograph collectors, with a possible pamphlet on autograph weights.
Mrs Dusenbury and Mr Dusenbury discuss strange customs abroad. The paper claims Moroccan women gossip and have their lips rubbed with cayenne pepper. They plan to attend a sewing circle while joking about the pepper ritual.
The visitor admires a comely woman now a lunatic, once a great society belle. The superintendent notes her disease is monomania and treats it as hopeless though not dangerous. Her mania is to marry for love, a boundless passion praised no longer by society.
A wife promises a treat of strawberries at dinner, while the husband balks, citing April extravagance and a hearty lunch. He mentions having spring lamb with mint sauce, dampening the wife’s plans and the appetite for berries.
A German court fined a telephone patron 60 marks and jailed him 12 days for libellous remarks aimed at a central office official after a wait for a call. The ruling is noted for American telephonic readers as a warning about misusing a scientific convenience.
A Somerville Journal note questions a tale that Demosthenes permanently cured his stammer by stepping on a wee night to the cellar stairs by the furnace in the dark. The account suggests only temporary relief.
In a Chicago Herald piece retold by Ed Mott, the Old Settler recalls winter coastin on a snow crust with two bears and a cave escape. He describes tracking a big bear, a cave fire, and finally a wild ride down a 500 foot ledge to a pond, ending with a thunderous plunge and a boast about his marksmanship.
A satirical weekly column mocks Col Jim Johnson amid threats of a rival paper, recalls Major Pete Scott’s brass wedding anniversary, and lampoons Judge Knapp’s death and a taunting Tara stone critic. The piece preserves racy local tone with vivid names and colorful events from the era.
A humorous domestic scene unfolds as a wife flatters her husband in wartime letters and chatter. The exchange centers on slippers muffins and affection, with playful hints about extravagance and a worn yet loving dynamic between George and his wife.
Prose on horoscope portraits of girls born in each month. January praises prudence and temper. February lauds affection and motherhood. March praises chatter and quarrel tendency. April notes intelligence and petulance. May calls beauty and happiness likely. June marks impetuous marriage and frivolity. July praises looks but sulky temper. August sees amiability and wealth seeking. September portrays discretion and amiability. October highlights prettiness and coquettishness. November describes liberal kindness with wild disposition. December notes proportional figure fondness for novelty and extravagance.
A Charlotte avenue woman recalls an Intelligence Office visit where a redhaired clerk sized up her husband and questioned dinner courses and by the hour arrangements. She leaves noting her husband is too stylish to hire and will not pursue the matter further.
Comic exchange from Epoch chapter notes a bachelor visiting Brown’s home. The guest comments on Brown’s cheerful wife and home life, then sighs at the romance, while another man teases about flirting and jealousy. Short dialogue captures domestic irony.
In a Chicago Tribune local column scene a managing editor questions a new reporter about using the word whilst. The editor and reporter discuss language choice, and a memorandum notes the reporter may work in the janitorial department for a whilst.
In a light exchange, Mr Darringer is asked to carve the chicken before uttering a mischievous line. He replies with a calm, “Certainly, my love,” prompting the humorous request to hurry the carving. The dialogue showcases playful propriety and wry domestic humor.
A survey of rainbow lore describes beliefs from Germany Hungary and Greece that the arc brings wealth health or doom. Many cultures assign fate to its touch or sight, with weather signs predicting rain or fair days, wind and harvest outcomes, and even sex changes in myth.
The piece describes Cuban hotel life with two meals daily, a late morning liberal breakfast and a ceremonious dinner in the afternoon. It notes oranges with coffee, courses served in Havana style, and the contrast with American hotel practices, including the question of tea or coffee at seating.
The text discusses low nature's plan and eating like lower animals. It mentions Cubans not filling gomachs with fluids during meals. After breakfast, coffee or tea is served and cups are filled, though the writing is garbled and unclear.
A collection of verse fragments contrasts joyful singing with deep pain and longing. It includes Edith M. Thomas's The Shadow-Self, T. B. Aldrich's Independent note on aging, and Elizabeth Bisland's meditation on sorrow, plus rhymed dialogue about rank and romance with a beggar maid and a minstrel.
The speaker contemplates a imagined expression of love from a beloved on a wonder day. If the beloved spoke or showed signs of affection, the vision elevates life and casts present effort as dull beside the dream then the speaker consoles the anxious heart that the dream remains theirs.
A lyrical collection blends May violets with scenes of Jack and Lucy wandering through woods while brambles tug at boots and a Horist's shop becomes a sought landmark. Amelie and May Harper appear in dreamlike verses about longing and unspoken questions in courtship imagery.
A speaker admires a woman as mother wife and goddess in a lyrical meditation. He juxtaposes her calm, charity, and beauty with intimate tenderness and longing. The poem blends devotion to a noble lady with visions of a sick child and distant ideal love.
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