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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1883
Page
3
A veteran observer describes Gettysburg as the war’s turning point and chronicles the three days of combat, movements around Seminary Ridge, the deaths of Reynolds and others, and the positioning of regiments, batteries, and monuments as memorial tablets are planned along the roads and fields.
The narrative recalls the collapse of Confederate resistance at Gettysburg as Union forces press the retreat. Akin to a verdict, the Army of the Potomac realizes the decisive battle has been fought and victory looms nearer. Amid reverence, Massachusetts regiments are honored along a new battlefield avenue.
From St Paul to Spokane two tramps rode brake beams at high speed on the Northern Pacific line. One, 20 year old Tom Dallam, lost balance near Cocolalla and fell, suffering severe injuries including amputation of both legs. His brother Frank Dallam, Spokane Review editor, took him to Spokane Falls for care. Surgeons fear further death. Dallam may lose both legs.
Mrs Margaretta Re, a Philadelphia patient, describes extensive rheumatic disease from 1870 to 1880, with arm paralysis and stomach failure. After April 1881 breathing Compound Oxygen, she reports gradual recovery inclining to lift her arm, regain shoulder motion, and improved digestion, leading to near full recovery by 1882. The doctors claim cures in consumption and other chronic ailments and offer a tract on Compound Oxygen.
The tramp king Sandy Moore, famed as a borderline figure who once led the Tramp Brotherhood, arrived yesterday and is staying at a cheap lodging near the Baltimore and Ohio depot. He claims to have served under four flags and traveled across the nation, with money enough to find lodging and discuss politics with his Celtic landlord, who predicts Friday’s Democratic nomination.
A Baltimore hosiery dealer notes sizes eight to ten with Baltimore women averaging eight to eight and a half while Boston and Chicago run nine to nine and a half and New York eight and a half to nine. He claims Baltimore women have the smallest feet in the country. A curiosity column notes such regional differences in stocking sizes and fashion.
JOAQUIN MILLER writes from Philadelphia praising its vast brick streets and marble doorsteps, noting 156,000 dwellings and 600 churches. He critiques the city’s ugliness and cobblestone streets while admiring a grand City Hall and extensive public schools. He urges widening streets, planting trees, and preserving beauty, contrasting art with commerce and praising local artists in a cautious, observant tone.
The narrator extols a grand park with autumnal woods and winding waters near Philadelphia. He contrasts city bricks with green banks and notes places linked to Washington and Independence Hall. He recalls factory wealth, City Hall ambitions, and praises George W. Childs for philanthropy and enterprise.
Curiosities show links between sound and color with blind individuals often perceiving colors from tones. An ophthalmologist in Nantes notes sharp notes yield brighter colors while flat notes appear darker. Instruments like the saxophone color yellow, the carinet red, and piano blue, with voices giving delicate hues.
A description notes the pheneidoscope reflecting on a canvas screen with bluish gray tones. An intoned voice through a tube linked to the Alm reveals black spots that fade, replaced by green and pink hues. The tone repeats a figure but color varies between blue and yellow each time.
An interview with a New York Nihilist, once jailed with Net ehatelf, describes his belief in a blood letter and explains how a message could be sent to his comrades. He notes Net ehatelf’s deteriorating state, and recalls the Czar’s spy and the Petro Pavlovsky fortress prison conditions.
A writer recalls a debate on women with a purpose, arguing earnestness makes them unprepossessing. The narrator sides with a friend who says such women lack charm, preferring polite pretense over blunt honesty, and questions if earnestness truly dulls warmth.
A young Canadian girl refused receipt and payment for a photograph taken in Ottawa claiming it not a correct likeness. The photographer, angered, altered the image with a moustache and cigar and displayed it in his window. She sued for damages but the case was settled with a smaller payment.
A clergyman pacifies a crying child with the line she is not lost but gone before. The advertisement promotes Dr. Vieree's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, claiming ease of use for a range of ailments and no disturbance to daily life. Bottled by druggists.
To meet reader demand the Boston Daily GraspE now prints small notices at ten cents for three lines on either daily or Sunday editions. The rate applies to ads about board or lodging, lost and found, hiring or renting a tenement, agents or partners, and buying or selling horses or carriages.
A fragment titled The Weekly Globe Club List shows assorted pricing lines for items, including regular price and discounts. The readable portions indicate small numbers such as 82.00 and 1.50, with repeated garbled text suggesting a catalog layout. No clear entities beyond generic item codes.
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