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Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 28, 1888

Page

5

Not An Atom 18 Lost Books Shaped Thought Lecture

Rabbi Solomon Schindler spoke at Temple Adath Israel on how literature molds thinking. He argued that matter and mind transform without loss, comparing dew drops to ideas, and stressed the enduring power and history of the Bible in shaping human thought. He promised to discuss the Bible’s history in a future lecture.

Solomon Schindler Temple Adath Israel Leuamin Franklin France Jupiter Earth India Greece Gulliver Evry Alps

Thanksgiving Market Prices Spread Through Boston Goods

The piece lists diverse Thanksgiving groceries from Tucker & Roak, 16 Boylston Street, with prices across poultry, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seafood. Items include turkeys, pigeons, ducks, geese, cranberries, pineapples, diverse greens, and shellfish, reflecting a full holiday market catalog.

Cordemme Tucker & Roak Boylston Street Cerry South Shore L'Resu Mackerel Jravenstein Applietis Delaware Providence River California

A TRIFLING EXCEPTION From Texas Sistings

A humorous vignette records a wedding guest remarking on presents while a bank cashier notes most are solid except for an elderly gentleman’s check. The exchange captures light social theater of a wedding scene with a financial quip.

Fveicrews

The Quick or the Dead in Western Story Papers

Publisher of a Western story paper notes women hesitate to buy stories written by women and men refuse them. The editor recalls readers say female authors lack the same appeal regardless of subject.

Detroit

Debtor Fails to Get Footed in Puck Caption

An old magazine blurb notes a joke about a bill being footed and receipted, then shifts to a promotion for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The ad targets women suffering from sex-related weaknesses, promising a speedy restoration to health and urging readers to visit druggists.

Puck

Obnoxious Diet Sermon at Brooklyn Tabernacle

Rev T DeWitt Talmage preaches on Leviticus and the link between diet and morality at Brooklyn Tabernacle. He urges driving out symbols of gloom, gossip, and changeable faith while urging cheerful virtue and decisive religious action.

T. DeWitt Talmage Brooklyn Tabernacle

Old Fashioned Roses Poem by James Whitcomb Riley

A nostalgic poem describes humble old fashioned roses cherished for memory and comfort. The speaker contrasts simple garden blooms with opulent display, recalling a mother's loving words and the ease of happiness found in modest hollyhocks and roses.

Ice Needed in That Lemonade.

A countryman brings his girl to town for the circus. She attracts several young men, pleasing her escort who urges a change to a more aloof demeanor. He asks Mariar if it is time to get a little haughty.

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Gunboat poet of the rapids? A river grapher speaks

An Ocean grapher muses that if any boat can ride the rapids successfully, it would be the gunboat. The remark underscores confidence in a vessel's performance amid dangerous currents.

Ocean

Subscriptions urged for The Weekly Globe readers

A plea invites readers to secure new or renewing subscribers for The Weekly Globe Boston Massachusetts. Parents are encouraged to have their children ask neighbors to subscribe and earn a present.

Weekly Globe Boston Mass

Currents of Commerce in Boots and Shoes Trade Quiet Dry Goods Market

General activity in boots and shoes is described as quiet with no notable new features in dry goods. Jobbing sales focus on prints and dress goods, slight price concessions to clear year end stocks, strong overall tone, and hopeful sales outlook. Spring styles ordered, wool dress goods scarce, pollon for men’s wear dull, carpets up ten cents per yard, and blankets steady.

Boots and shoes trade remains strong with steady prices

The boot and shoe trade stayed robust after election excitement with active New England demand and large spring orders. Calf boots and calf shoes sell well, especially to the South and Texas, while buff goods lag. Brogans and plough shoes secure large contracts near last year’s prices as women’s grain goods and children’s school shoes see solid demand and early orders.

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MARKET QUOTATIONS FOR COTTON FLOUR AND GRAINS IN THREE MARKETS

New York Chicago and St Louis report mixed futures and cash prices. Cotton quotes vary with uplands at middling levels, flour receipts rise, wheat and corn show declines and steady demand, oats and barley mixed, and rail and shiptonnage transfer prices noted. Major grain movements include substantial receipts of corn and wheat with no sales reported in some markets.

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Boston Market Report Shows Steady Prices Across Dairy Goods

Boston reports steady prices in butter cheese and eggs with fair demand. Creamery and Western dairy items are quoted, with firmer cheese markets and ample grapes though slow trade. Apples and pears show steady to slow movement as shipments of barrels rise abroad.

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Market Prices for Groceries and Produce Report

A detailed price rundown shows dull demand for vegetables due to poor stock, with quotes for native and western produce, cabbage, squash, and sweet potatoes. Coffee and sugar markets are firm or dull, with ranges for refined sugars and various coffee origins. Fruits and nuts are in strong demand. lemons, figs, and dates are active, while oats and hay have steady prices. Fishing, Hops, and tobacco show stable to modest movement. wool receipts and market tone reflect typical midseason trading.

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Arrivals of Livestock at Brightor for Week Ending Friday

Weekly totals show Brightor receiving Western cattle 1495 Eastern cattle 235 Northern cattle 520 Total 2544. Western sheep and lambs 4400 Northern sheep and lambs 10517 Eastern sheep and lambs 448 Total 15105. Beef cattle price range 4.00 to unknown. Western cattle prices by quality extra 50 first 0.50 second 0.30 third 0.20. Hides and tallow prices listed for Brighton including lambskins calfskins and other byproducts. Prices vary by grade and type with country hides and wool skinner details.

Brightor Ea Brighton

Our Beautiful Women and the Power of Character

A notice shaped as a literary essay argues that beauty alone does not secure happiness or lasting influence. It asserts charm, tact, and inner character surpass mere looks, citing Charlotte Cushman and broader social observations on marriage, education, and personal virtues shaping true esteem.

Eve Marie Antoinette Art Juno Venus Minerva Seaven Tor Efort Charlotte Cushmin Lyons Claude Melnotte Lidien

Checkers price list for books and subscriptions

A fragmented 19th century catalog lists checkers books and guides with prices. Titles include Schaefer & Kellys works, Spayth, Barker, McCall, Gould, Strickland, and Jassie items with prices from 20 cents to $1.50. Subscriptions for the American Checker Review offered, plus diagram sets and primers.

Schaefer & Kelly Barker Artins Ker and Martins McCall Gould Anderson Bevellea K. D. Yates Sme Wylie Price Strickland

Saturday Evening Team and Match Week Captained by Grover Durgin

The Saturday evening match week was led by Messrs Grover Durgin with closely matched teams. Scores show Durgin 1 Grover 0 Drawn Busby 1 Wright 1 Bailey 1 La pout 1 Holmes 1 Puffer Totals 4 3. Mr Parrow retains the nation medal after a defeat Parrow 8 1 drawn 4. Watch for the Christmas number soon.

Grover Durgin Durgin Grover Busby Wright Bailey la Pout Holmes Puffer Mr. Parrow Pan Parrow

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