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Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1889

Page

8

Use of Profanity Is Simply a Silly Habit

Howard's Letter argues profanity is a habit rather than an evil, then recounts a Broadway car scene with a quarrel between a man and woman and their child. The essay urges parents to curb vulgar speech, praise forbearance, and reflects on how tongue and heart shape conduct, ends with a cautionary moral.

Fourteenth Street Broadway Noah The Mrs. Stone Apostle Henry Ward Beecher Royal Temple of Justice Yale Chauncey M. Depew New York Press Club Chicago St. James

News in Brief: Behring seas and frauds dominate reports

A digest of 1880s dispatches notes the Vigilant sailing from Halifax to guard fishing grounds, Behring Sea tensions, and a treasury dispute over Hyatt’s $722 million. Also covered are rail, weather, labor, and court actions across the U.S. and Canada, with accidents, fires, frost damage, and political shifts amid a wide Atlantic and inland panorama.

Internal Revenue Cincinnati Whewea Dominion Vigilant Halifax Texas United States Huston Hyatt New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad New York Miller Oklahoma San Francisco St. Louis Ottawa Ont Behring Otto Branchdale Penn Society of Loyalists Canada Andrew Quinn Philadelps Philadelphia & Eading Railroad Gifford Republican County Committee Magee-Flinn Uny Pittsburg Mageeites Magee Quay Washington Behring Sea Allegheny County Electric Light Company Navy Department Yorktown Montreal Bank of Montreal Tracy Boston Hayti State Department Henry Sp@oht Philadelphia Pennsylvania Railroad Tioga Street Porooe Allen Line Long Point St. Lawrence River Cynthia Glasgow Quebec Bishop Irwin Yantio Rockwell Alexandria Fire Department Baltimore Leesburg Fredericksburg Richmond R. I. Daniel Lee Sylvester Luzerne N. Y Denmark Carlos Butterfield Butterfield Danish West Indies Wabash Ind Columbus

California's Russians and the San Francisco Church Fire

A Russian Orthodox bishop in San Francisco woke to smoke at 2 AM as flames gutted the church beneath his residence. Priests and scholars escaped amid a fearfully suspicious blaze tied to stolen finances, alleged planned murder, and possible records to expose criminals. investigators weigh sensational claims about the church's history.

Vladimer San Francisco Slavore

Frog Rides Turtle In Fountain At Mulberry Street

At a Mulberry street restaurant a large green turtle and a frog reside in the fountain tank. The frog cannot stay underwater and rides the turtle when the back surfaces. The frog mounts the turtle each time the shell returns to air and glides around the tank with an air of ownership. It is a tunny sight.

Hartford Courant Fountain Tank

Guy and Clingstone Stay With Gordon in 1889 Training

Cuy and Clingstone Cleveland May 25. W J Gordon still owns Guy and Clingstone and both are in training for 1889. Sale last week shows Gordon valued Guy at 340000 or more, with H A Stephens watching the sale. Gordon ill and may not live to see his plans. Guy beat Maud in 2 05 10, likely to enter Budd Dobles stable if terms agreed. Guy shown fast furlongs and near 14 seconds, 102 percent in halves, temper improved, seven ounce shoes, racing condition improving.

Cleveland W. J. Gordon Guy and Clingstone Guy Maud Clingstone Budd Doble Doble Mr. Gordon Sanders W. B. Fasig John Splan James Golden Mr. Bonner

Remarkable colt Guy of Campau draws strong bids and praise

The article details bids for a celebrated young trotting colt named Guy, valued at 29 500 by Campau and 2 000 via Dr. Stuart. At nine years old, he is praised as exceptionally fast though temperamental, with rivals like Clingstone nearing retirement. Other figures include J S Case and Crawford endorsing Guy, while Guy’s origin, sale history, and temper are outlined along with mention of The Demon, an older horse.

Campau Chicago Stuart Maud J. S. Case Crawford Guy Clingstone John Shepard Boston Arab Gordon

Clingstone Prospects Shown By Rysdyk Lineage

Clingstone, a son of Rysdyk, displays speed despite inbreeding concerns. Gordon shows affection for the gelding, with Budd Doble keeping him in view. Clingstone II, five, impressed last fall by turning quarters in 3 seconds, suggesting strong colts and future racing potential.

Rysdyk

Henry Sage's anticipated Cornell endowment gift amid McGraw-Fiske suit

Ithaca magnate Henry W. Sage, Cornell's largest benefactor, may endow the university further if the McGraw-Fiske suit loses, pledging 300000 for a new library endowment in addition to building costs. If the suit wins, his half million likely goes to university needs, boosting his total gifts to about 1 million in cash plus counsel.

Henry W. Sage Ithaca Cornell University McGraw-Fiske J. Sage Sage Cornell Ezra Cornell University Corner

Horrific Atrocity Alleged at Chicago Asylum in Hill Testimony

Engineer George Hill testified on May 20 about brutal abuse at the Dunning asylum. Attendants Julian Lock and others allegedly beat him, broke bones, and neglected care while threatening fatal harm. He described witnessing a fellow inmate Levi beaten and dying that night, prompting medical review by Dr. Harold Moyer.

Lock Julian Mr. Hill Julan Hill Leyi Levi Harold Moyer

AuburnsAsylum Allegations of Brutal Treatment at Auburn

A report from Auburn New York claims the local insane asylum mirrors a Chicago facility in cruel practices. Ex-convict Sheedy recounted keepers kicking patients and torturing inmates, including a dwarf named Lester who died after brutal abuse in December 1486. Palmer allegedly was force-fed to stay alive, prompting questions about asylum doctors and warders.

Auburn N. Y Chicago Sheedy Albany Lester Kelly Palmer Middleton Asylum

Russia's Aim to Reclaim Vast Arid Lands in America

Denver reports J. Ranney, an imperial household attache, says the Uzar plans to learn American irrigation and machinery to aid his bid to reclaim about 1 000 000 acres of arid land near Persia. The interview notes the czar’s interest in irrigation tech and farming methods.

New York St. Finn Kessler Helena Montana William Kempker Dundee Ang Frank Hint Elgin Ill Garather Ties H. P. Smith Wellfleet Mass Mary Stubbs Pilphington Dbepatch Treasury Department van Ness Hotel Boston Martha Ferguson New York Supreme Court Mary Gebbard Wilson Newport Supreme Court North River Sugar Refining Company San Francisco Jesuit Marshal Island Saxe Addie CO Hasseltine Ebon Island Uite Pelvidere Kansas Thomas Ryan Mexico Harrison Kelly Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Macon Hrakeman Klotz Johns Hopkins Merchants & Miners’ ‘Transportation Company Locust Port Columbian Iron Works Wisconsin Brags United States South Carolina Synod Charleston Presbytery Baltimore Assembly Woodrow Charleston Columbus Barracks Captain Jack Arizona James D. Fish Auburn Prison Wall Street Lee Whitehead Eau Claire Wis Winnipeg Man Whitehead Chippewa Logging Company United States Supreme Court Mineral Division General Land Office Department of State Ottawa Behring Sea F. V. C. Clarke Virginia Beach Sioux Falls South Dakota Professor Webster Charles City Bradford Floyd Webster Cedar Valley Bishop C.M. Green Irwin Robertson Gus Thomas Bulkeley Connecticut J. Ranney Imperial House Russia Denver Cal America Persia Col Imperial Household of Uzar Ersia

Evictions Begin as Guthrie Rises in Martial Law

Soldiers were called Friday as Guthrie faced mass displacement after arbitration awarded a prime Guthrie lot to Driscoll of Chicago. Diemer of Kansas resisted eviction, mobs gathered, and Captain Cavanaugh dispersed them. Soldiers guarded streets. further ejectments were planned amid looming clashes.

Oklahoma Guthrie Board of Arbitration Driscoll Chicago Diemer Kansas Arbitration Board Cavanaugh

Talmage's fruitless trip to Baltimore

In Baltimore on May 25 Rev. T DeWitt Talmage arrived from New York believing he was to lecture on or about May 22. A miscommunication left his booking uncancelled and no lecture was announced at Ford's Opera House.

Baltimore T. DeWitt Talmage New York Sadler Brooklyn Lalmage Ford Opera House

Consumption Surely Cured Claim in Letter to Editor

A reader touts a positive remedy for consumption and claims thousands cured. I A Slocum offers free two bottles of his medicine to readers who mail express and P O addresses from 181 Pearl Street, New York.

P. O I. A. Slocum M. C Pearl Et New York

Globe Universal Assistant offered at low price

A short promotional notice touts The Globe Universal Assistant as a practical thrift and management handbook for all ages. It claims the book contains more usable information than any $5.00 volume and offers the cloth bound edition plus The Weekly Globe for one year, mailed free for $1.10 with ten cents prepaid mailing.

Globe Universal Assisant Globe Universal Assistant GLOBE

Gas vs Powdered Coal Demonstration in PirrsnurG Penn

In PirrsnurG Pennsylvania a public test will compare three furnaces using natural gas Swindell gas device and coal pulverized to a fine powder. The process by J C McAuley and Erastus Wiman promises cheap rapid pulverization and aims to show powdered coal can rival natural gas in efficiency and cost.

Pirrsnurg Penn J. C. McAuley Erastus Wiman

Panama Canal Smash Forces Mass Evacuation

From Panama on May 16 reports reach New York that the canal disaster triggers large-scale evacuation. Jamaican authorities have shipped 4000 people and issued tickets for 3000 more to depart by the soonest steamers, leaving depots crowded and shelters scarce. Consuls offer passage home. Peru's consul has sent 258 Peruvians back, with many others awaiting options to leave.

New York Panama Peru

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