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Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1882

Page

8

Stage Struck Damsels Fetch Fearful Tale Of Swindle

Connecticut girls lured by Mrs. A F Bowers into a dream of Broadway glory fall for a touring troupe scheme. They mail photos pay five dollars each, meet an actor agent, board and room costs, then travel to Boston only to be abandoned. The man, Raymond aka Cutter Worth Williams, is arrested in Melrose. court frees him, but condemns the scam as a mean swindle warning others.

W. T Europe Sso Mme. Neilson Alice F. Bowers Bowers Neilson Miss Watson Mrs. Bowers Connecticut Beyer P.s Boylston Place Landord Symond A. F. Bowers New Haven Joe Bowers Weldon McCausland Melrose Frias Raymond James Cutter Frank Worth Foster Williams Eagles Gallery Raymond YOUR Club 13 M. W. Whitney D. D G. A. Peltz D.D Hubbard Federal St Boston Wass J.E. Shepard & CO Cincinnati United States Cen Canada Kmpress

New York Lake Erie & Western Sells 1000 Mile Tickets

The New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad offers 1000 mile tickets at two cents per mile. Unlike standard long distance tickets, the 1000 mile ticket can be used by any member of the purchaser's family or firm, not tied to a single name.

New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company

Household Mileage Book Lets Family Share Travel Discounts

A paterfamilias may buy a mileage book for wife and daughter to use on shopping trips. Conductors detach coupons by number of users and distance. A firm may let its salesman travel on the firm’s book. The 1000-mile tickets are valid for one year from purchase. Expect uptake during watering-place season due to reduced rates.

Paterfamilias

Things Rich and Strange A Tramp Known the Wide World Over

A Hessian named Christian Frederick Schaefe, famed as the superlative tramp, died near Sydney Australia after a life of wanderings spanning Germany to New Zealand. He refused money, worked only when needed, and traveled some 150000 miles. He was honored by many, ill at the end, and buried decently in a lunatic asylum in his final days.

Sydney New South Wales Christian Frederick Schaefe Germany France Spain Africa Turkey May Greece England United States New Zealand Australia James H. Bond Walpole Boston New York New England Massachusetts General Hospital New England Medical Institute Remont Row Ap2 Ludwytt Mass

Trains Crash Near Rome Prompt Disbelief

Dr Raines recounts a sudden stop when two trains collided just beyond Rome. He describes diving under a seat, then witnessing two men leap to the empty seats and land in the next seats as if performing perfect somersaults as the engines struck.

Atlanta Constitution Dr. Raines Rome

Feuds and odd tales across distant papers

A San Francisco Call note recalls a barroom brawl born of mistaken identity. Grass Valley reports a local Celestial prophet in Dr Wau Kee who warned of a fire and foretold weather. A Columbus man attempted to adopt a girl, then tried to sell her. Butter in wells and a 30 year old bloomfield butter ball are mentioned. A Lansingburgh dispute over a fence ends with a compromise. Red dust coats a Chilean port after a hurricane night. A North Carolina hog eats tobacco plant worms. Locks of Napoleon and Louis Napoleon hair fetch high sums in London.

San Francisco Grass Valley Cal Wau Kee

Oddities and notices from city pages

A colorful clipping reports a man wearing his deceased sister's wisdom tooth as a preventive against toothache for 27 years. Other notes mention a Sandersville Jersey cow yielding rich milk, a Woodstock cider mill mishap with a sting from a yellow jacket, and weighed crowds at a Cincinnati exposition. Also: Chicago lumber dealers Hall & Odiones fail with assets around 200k and liabilities near 300k.

Augusta City Hall Chicago Messrs. Hall & Odiones Wade

Reducing Passenger Rates Across Regions Sparks Debate

November 6 report notes lower Pacific coast passenger rates due to Texas Legislature action setting rates at three cents per mile. In Monroe Michigan, September 25, 1875, W L Carter reports Hop Bitters cured kidney and bladder inflammation after four doctors failed, claiming magic-like results from the remedy.

Chicago Pacific Coast Texas

The Grist Mill Puzzle Pages in New Haven

A late 19th century style puzzle page from The Grist Mill edited by Comus invites communications to W H Todd East Somerville MA and features a series of word games including railcar verbals, acrostics, diamonds, cross words and numerical challenges with listed prize winners and a log of correct solutions sent to Jesse Overlocke.

Frank Lynn Oakland Cal Jeune May Trebor O. Possum Myrtle Globe James A. Smith Mrs May W A.J. K Hollis Boy Ace Mabel Geo. W. Warren I. P

Puzzlers' Directory and Word Hunt Update

The puzzle community learns a revised plan for a puzzlers' directory. In response to inquiries, officials announce another word hunt will be issued in two weeks, complying with hunter requests and expanding grist for readers.

Gayberd Kroox

World Chess Championship Match Fifth Game Drawn

Charles F Barker reports from Cambridgeport that the fifth game in the Bristol match between James Wyllie and Barker ended in a draw after White to move. The continuation details and solutions for related positions are listed, noting the ongoing $200 prize and position numbers 980 through 981.

James Wyllie Charles F. Barker Wyllie

Wyllie Barker Match Sees Tight Drawn Finish

The first day ends with Barker leading 1 0 and one draw. Wyllie struggles to win, but later fights back to tie the match 1 1 with 17 draws after a sequence of Glasgow Bristol and Glasgow games. Wyllie finally wins a late game to salvage a still undecided series.

Mr. Wyllie Barker Wyllie Glasgow Mr. Barker Bristol Barker Mr Wyllie Wytli Tree Bristol

Man Falls Into Boiling Oil Tank at Brockton Plant

Michael McDonald, 40, an employee of F. M. Shaw & Son in Brockton, fell into a tank of boiling water while closing a valve. He suffered severe scalds with flesh peeling away. Doctors say he has about an even chance of recovery and he leaves behind a wife and family in Ireland.

Brockton Michael McDonald F. M. Shaw & Son McDonald Ireland

Bearded Wonder Adam Kirpen of Chicago Seeks Photo Sale

Milwaukee Republican Sentinel notes German born Adam Kirpen, 66, six feet eleven, famed for a twelve foot beard grown over twenty two years. He once sold five foot beard to a Chicago museum for $75 and now travels with bearded legend, though poverty prompts a photo request. Also includes brief notices from Silver Creek and an ad for Rideout & Co. machines.

Adam Kirpen Chicago Milwaukee Republican-Sentinel Kirpen Esau Victor Emanuel America

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