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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1885
Page
7
The Cavendish Lawn Club story follows Professor Saxagon the shy scholar who falls for Nellie Bren ton as golf and tennis gossip swirl around a mistaken black bean ballot. Nellie quarrels, Toddles meddles, and a resolved mis understanding brings a tender moment before romance blooms anew.
A Boston street scene shows a man with a workshop of broken china, glass, and porcelain. He explains cementing, drilling cracks, and inserting rivets to restore vases, pitchers, and cut glass, noting winter business from affluent parties and balls and claiming high value for repaired items.
A Philadelphia Press quip on editors suggests the word editor derives from to eat, then mocks it by claiming it should mean to drink. The piece notes how history is often misquoted as current fact and warns against broad, ignorant generalizations about professions.
An 1884 Globe report surveys affordable home designs in Carpentry and Building. It details Benedict of Winsted plans for an $800 house with a hemlock frame and modest finishes, noting actual market costs rise in practice. A second prize Schweinfurth design for $1494.45 claims similar economy with concrete cellars and lean provisions.
The display reproduces Pullman plans from Harper’s Magazine used to illustrate Richard T. Ely’s Pullman A Social Study. Pullman lies in Hyde Park ten miles from Chicago, with land owned by a car company affiliate and public buildings designed by architect S. Be man. A minor correction was made to the second story plan.
The article describes bids and revisions by builder 8. D. Garey for a Newton house at 2850, with items including furnace, fire escape, plumbing, and possible bath. It reflects on Pullman style housing, thrift, orderly streets, and economical, well‑designed dwellings for workers with rents around one third of Chicago rates.
A Boston area relic near Medford on the Mystic river bank is the Cradock house, a brick 18 inch thick port that has stood for 261 years. Built by Matthew Cradock, it predates Winthrop and Dudley homes and witnessed the colony’s early shipbuilding boom. The author chronicles its sturdy brickwork, iron fittings, and preserved interiors while noting weathering and a few modern restorations.
A readers letter argues why government spends to chase counterfeiters and warns public against imitations of Warner's Safe Cure. It recites a New York man’s alleged cure, the rise of fake copies, and urging vigilance in preferring authentic remedies over fraudulent substitutes. The piece condemns purveyors of counterfeit copies and promises harm to consumers and manufacturers alike.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a conversation about fish stories and editorial responses. Appears as a humorous or satirical snippet from American Angler with garbled dialogue mentioning a caller and an editor. Limited coherent details prevent a fuller summary.
A tired veteran posing as a French beggar in Madison Square asks passersby for alms while recounting a past as a Magenta and Solferino veteran. He confesses he is not French or a veteran, but a regimental cook who learned to beg to earn money, aiming to exploit vanity for tips from strangers.
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