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Newspaper

Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1889

Page

8

Howards Letter on Autopsy Law and Catalepsy Case

New York May 18 A publicized case of improper autopsy on Irving Bishop raises alarm over premature burial and legal safeguards. The writer argues for strict adherence to twelve hour death rules and ante mortem consent while condemning sensational medical practices and urging reform to protect the vulnerable.

New York Tom Jones Irving Bishop

Yes we meet with all sorts of people here

A New York Sun piece recounts a smoking car scene where a railroad conductor and a habitual kicker trade quips. The pair bet on kicks and cigars as the train travels toward K. Each exchange reveals lean humor about human nature aboard the coach. The drummer bets on kicks, and the conductor notes the kicker’s breakfast of comments and pranks.

New York Sun Lis Warnbopp Ker Drmmer Tibet

Maine apple growers suffer crop losses in year in brief

The news in brief reports Maine apple growers losing money on last year’s crops, plus various other items including factory cuts in New York, railroad plans from Matamoras to Bagdad, and a Newark bank of incidents ranging from fires to political shifts.

Maine Colioes N.Y Matamoras Mex Bagdad Rio Grande Trenton N. J Supreme Lodge Haights of Honor Pittsburg Penn Episcopal Council of Diocese of Virginia Huntineburg Dubois County Ind National Uire Works McKeeswort Charleston Washington Territory Tracy Senate New York Assembly Grand Trunk Dorval Naval Board of Design Thomas Charles Fasoldi Albany N. Y Washington Bell Telephone Company Topeka Kan English Capital D. M. Lyon & Son Franz Kastner Newark New York State Assembly Vedder Governor Hill Army Manufacturing Company Philadelphia Carnegie Homestead Bucksport Clinton Samuel Hirsch Jewish Reform Keneseth l Israel Chicago Pierre Dak Sioux Reservation Oklahoma Times Kehley Kun Pottsville Enn William C. Mansell Hoboken N.J Montreal Cronin Glasgow Hibernian Brotherhood Peerless Gloucester Schultze Delaware Jefferson Washington, D. C Sarah E. Allen Legislative Committee West Virginia Committee On Irrigation Louis Palmer Rockdale Tex Ixland Avenue Tunnel Milwaukee Wis North Baltimore Ohio Washington Irving Levy Ne York Miereader Heywood M. Paul Philadelpha Edgewater Park Delaware River Richard Boeckh Tenr Villard Rutland F. R. Hollister Providence E. H. Pratt New York City John Allen New York San Francisco Australia Globe Beatsis W.T Ammons William Wagner Chadwin Wagner

Stores end home trial of goods after returns

Retailers in the city halted home trial shopping after customers kept items then rejected them. A fashionable lady ordered twenty four fairy lamps to try at home and hosted a dinner three days later with a firm member among guests. Lamps were used delightfully, then returned with a note she did not like them.

Drowning of Carpenter Elbridge Barton in Springfield Flume

Elbridge Barton a 67 year old carpenter and former city schoolhouse agent was drowned this forenoon in the Springfield Waste Company flume when a coffer dam burst. He had no family.

Springbei Elbridge Barton Springfield

Little Lord Fauntleroy Scene From Munesey’s Weekly

The dialogue shows Family news with a school closing for a funeral. Willie the convalescent proclaims readiness to go out while fearing a relapse after the funeral.

Lord Fauntleroy Munesey Wille Willie

Spaghetti Maccheroni and the Masterpiece Tale

A humorous Harpers piece recalls Spaghetti Maccheroni, a Tuscan artist who paints a beloved portrait. Roderick Maloney buys the work, then uses it to pivot his social standing, while the tale blends satire with references to newspapers and culture. A separate Albany Journal anecdote claims snoring can be stopped by a low whistle, illustrated by a merchant and his office boy.

Spaghetti Maccheroni Mentone Chicago St. Louis Liberty Pine Cedar Street Roderick Maloney Maccheroni Albbany Journal Aples

Baptism Date Question Sparks Doubtful Record

In a brief church scene a minister checks a baptism record, unsure of the correct date. A mother corrects him, noting the date as the fifth with two deaths among those discussed, while another clerical question arises about the 23rd.

Tomaha World

Sunday Paper Sparks Curious Exchange in Lawrence

In Lawrence, a quip sparks curiosity as a resident notes the paper in hand is a Sunday edition, while a neighbor jokes about yesterday's Globe. The light exchange highlights weekday and weekend newspaper expectations.

Globe Lawrence American Eeler Squealer

Positive remedy for the disease advertised by T A Slocum

A letter to the editor from T A Slocum, M A, of 181 Pearl Street New York, claims a positive cure for consumption using his remedy PRE. He offers to mail details and the remedy to readers who provide an express and P O address.

T. A. Slocum M. A Pearl Ot New York

The Globe Universal Assistant Offer

A concise practical handbook priced at $1.10 aims to aid thrift and management for youth and workers in farming, workshop, counting room, and home. It promises more practical information than any $5.00 volume and includes The Globe Universal Assistant bound in cloth plus The Weekly Globe for one year with postage prepaid.

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Marriage rates among college graduates by system and region

The article compares marriage rates among 605 women from Smith Vassar and Wellesley with 245 women from 11 coeducational colleges. Separate girls colleges show lower rates, while coeducational and Western colleges exhibit higher marriage tendencies. Notable figures include Smith 12.4 percent, Wellesley 18.7 percent, Boston University Institute of Technology Weslayan near 44.9 percent, Vassar 32.2 percent, and Oberlin age effects cited.

Overland Monthly Smith, Vassar Wellesley Smith and Wellesley Massachusetts New England Boston University Institute of Technology Wesleyan Vassar Cornell Syracuse Oberlin Conlege New York Coleges West

The Workings of a Great Mind

In Charlevoix Michigan clothes-pin socials are the latest fad a Western invention here described as a ride on a rail for a prominent citizen. The piece reflects a humorous take from Lawrence American dated May 16.

Lawrence American Charlevoix Mich

Moon Influence On Tied Wins Hearts In Omaha

A quirky Omaha World piece quotes a high school girl on how the moon affects ties and urges readers to consider risk for success. It notes a poem line about Doubt and effort and promotes the American Mfg. House as a paying business option with a New York lock-box address.

Omaha Mfg House New York

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