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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1888
Page
5
Rev. Talmage preaches at the Tabernacle on Isaiah 33 23 urging that the able and disabled alike can win the prey. He cites the blind and orphans rising from hardship to serve God, and urges all to use their talents for gospel work even without wealth or eloquence. The sermon ends with a plea to stay at duty as life ends.
The piece surveys labor actions and union activity including bakery wagon drivers in New York, Plymouth cigarmakers forming a cooperative shop, woodcarvers strike settled in Portchester, and German and French craft unions. It notes rising union influence, convention plans in Detroit, and finances of the Clearmakers International Union with detailed membership and benefit figures.
Advice favors planting small trees two to three feet high for quicker recovery and vigorous growth. Avoid heavy soil balls that damage roots, preserve feeding roots, and keep roots moist with cloth or mud. Transplant in dry weather with careful handling, coating roots to prevent drying and improve survivability.
Instructions describe rooting, positioning, and soil filling for tree planting. Two men cooperate to spread roots, refine the soil, and compact it. Stakes are used for tall trees and irrigation is discouraged as it washes soil from roots.
A Gentleman's Magazine essay discusses Dr. Percy F. Frankland’s experiments on microbes in air. He argues elevated beds reduce exposure to falling germs, noting that mold and bacteria behave differently in air. The article critiques Oriental sleeping practices and suggests still air rooms favor microbial descent, with carbonic acid dynamics also considered.
The Coreans are the shyest nation, little known to strangers until recently. Observers describe strict female seclusion with green mantles and limited eye exposure, and men’s modesty with hot weather attire and bamboo garments. Dutch and Italian accounts illustrate their reserve and etiquette.
The week’s list highlights medium and easy pieces from Olver Ditson & Co including Come to Me for soprano or tenor in D, Love's Old Sweet Song in A flat, Row Me Over the Tide, and Father O Hear Us. Also featured are See the Light is fading, Lady of the Sea Fantasie transcription, My Lady's Bower, The Little Fisher Maiaen, Ave Maria in F, One Sweetly Solemn Thought, Holy Holy Lord God Almighty, No Evil Shall Befall Thee, Lena by Harvard Glee Club, Dream Faces arranged for guitar, Glen March four hands, and The Folio monthly.
A man from Sumpter Georgia, seeking rye, drank turpentine by mistake from a bottle he found in a closet. He endured severe pain until a doctor could assist. The excerpt then advertises Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for female ailments and nervous disorders.
Bradstreet notes that overall commerce shows only moderate activity. Dry goods movement is uneven with light jobbing, while boots and shoes remain the most active sector under contract at low prices. Leather selling better. lumber movement small. merchant iron in fair demand.
The boot and shoe market shows strong activity yet uneven orders across regions. Heavy contracts loom, fall shipments predicted, and rubber over shoes shift demand to the Northwest. Calf boots and brogans remain active while women's goods lag. rubber boots quiet but fall contracts closed. Prices firm with delivery mostly for July.
Dry goods showed a quiet week with steady demand for seasonable fabrics from jobbers and retailers. Warm weather is seen reviving activity, with strong sales in heavy goods, print cloths, satines and wide shirtings, while woollen and clothing lines lag. First-hand stocks are low, exports remain busy, and orders from the Middle and Western States support continued trade.
The iron and coal markets show a sluggish trend with pig iron prices cut by 2 per ton by Thomas Iron Company to meet Western and Southern competition. Dealers await developments as Southern furnaces may follow, freight barriers hamper Virginia producers, and demand remains weak though foreign pig iron holds steady. Bar iron remains in fair demand and hardware trade improves, while coal trading is cautious with limited stock and expectations of further declines.
In leading markets quot. New York May 26 cotton steady with bids listed across grades. flour receipts and exports tallied while active sales included Minnesota extra and various bbls. Wheat receipts and exports noted. overall market shows quiet or steady tendencies across staples with prices attached to specific lot numbers.
The Boston market lists butter and cheese prices with fluctuating demand. Butter shows rising supplies but uncertain prices across Northern, Western, and other dairy grades. Cheese remains less active, with new stock arriving and old stock closing out at lower quotations.
The week’s cotton receipts show 2825 bales domestic and 1604 bales foreign, totaling 4429 bales. Compared with 1887, domestic receipts are down while foreign intake and overall totals vary, with 5121 bales domestic last week and 1244 bales foreign for the corresponding week.
Arrivals of live cattle at Watertown and Brighton for the week ending May 26 show Western cattle 1058 head, Eastern 119, Northern 334, total 1058. Sheep and lambs total 7396, swine 21 979, horses 697. Beef cattle prices per hundredweight dressed range from 4.00 to 7.25 pounds. Also lists prices for hides, tallow, shins and calfskin notes.
A humorous Harper's Weekly caption depicts a boy hunter scolding a fisherman about trout. The dialogue quips about catching fish and the brook not jumping out of the water, reflecting old timey dialect and rural fishing banter.
Poem urging courage through hardship, titled Edith Sessions Tupper, with lines about brave hearts and enduring struggle, in a New York Mail context. The verse calls for steadfast nerve and hope for a promised land despite battles and fate.
The essay argues education builds ability to see feel and think with accuracy as key to writing. Reading widely and thinking are essential. the best schooling is a newspaper office. Emphasizes simplicity clarity single ideas and avoiding wit for genuine truth. Belief and conviction underpin enduring writing and success.
Seabmenications announces checker and chess rooms open from 10 am to 10 pm at 767 Washington Street Eston New England. Postpaid prices for works include Schaefer and Rolly Paisley 25 cents Single Corner 5 cents Ayrshire Lassie part I 25 cents Alma 1 26 payth America Draught layer 1 83 Game of Draughts 1.60 Draughts for beginners 75 cents Weets Elements of girds 50 cents Barker American Checker Player 1.25 and match games Barker Martina 2 cents blank diagrams 30 cents per 100.
Boston readers receive checker problem notes and game solutions from May 30 1888. It lists positions 1304 1365 1367 with moves and notes by G D Bugbee and Sphinx, noting black and white pieces and a white to play win.
The column details James Wyllie’s 46 game visit to Palmers with 40 wins and 3 draws, and James Ross of Bushby Park with 104 games yielding 86 wins 8 draws. It cites Ne Stewart of Edinburgh’s death, Stewart’s clash with Andrew Anderson, and praise from J MacFarlane. It mentions potential matches Barker versus Smith, and ongoing chatter about the American Checker scene and publication supports.
The Washington Critic questions how a congressman edits bracketed insertions in speeches. It asks whether passages marked with brackets such as laughter applause or combined reactions are revised after delivery and seeks input on the practice.
The Wackly Globe issues a confidential circular offering favorable terms for the presidential campaign. Free sample copies available on application. The notice urges postmasters agents and others to begin distributing the Weekly Globes widely to influence voters.
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