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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1888
Page
6
In wartime Georgia slave Character Milum serves two master millers and guards a hidden fortune. After Shiloh, a Yankees’ raid ends in Character’s execution defending the money. His funeral the next month becomes a local moral tale echoed for generations.
Bevelled glass door will hold opera glasses for patrons. A slot at the top drops a 10 cent piece to open the door and reveal the glass. Glasses will be scarlet with the theatre name in sunken letters and designed with fine lenses. If 25 percent are stolen and half of the rest used nightly, the company hopes to declare a handsome dividend.
A boy named Mickey climbs down a 40 foot blue stone wall on Ponckhockie as a crowd gathers. His father Finn risks danger below to grab him, saving him headfirst from a fatal fall. The crowd cheers and the goats are led home as the tale ends with Mickey nursing a skinned nose.
An elderly man from Coon Rapids Iowa, Hiram Mears, returns home after a Chicago visit where locals joke about a supposed debt to O Grady. Amid street scenes and a theater outing, Mears confronts a youth shouting O Grady debts, then quarrels with his nephew and encounters Officer Slattery as confusion over the alleged sum escalates.
A Chicago confectioner notes rising demand for chewing gum and reports the habit spreading to both women and men. He claims gum chewers are regular men who find it cleaner than tobacco chewing, with the trend surprising many observers.
An experimental automatic opera glass box will be tested in New York as the Manhattan Opera Glass Company, with $100,000 capital, plans to place a four inch square box on every met ste chair in the theatre.
In a late night scene a quartet of officers in the so called Coppers Club meet on a street corner near 2 am. The tale features banter about rest during shifts, a rooftop versus cellar squint eyed man, a burglary anecdote, and a riverfront incident with a bay tree horse and a woman who ends in the water before a sergeant arrives and the meeting adjourns.
A white horse trudges down a street in a dejected mood, avoiding eye contact as a dun mule questions the scene. The horse laments being chased and declares that either he or the red headed girl will have to stop living to end the constant pursuit.
In a tense street scene a bootblack faces a demanding customer, the judge-like figure berating his worker with a racial taunt. The bootblack explains he dislikes altering shoes so drastically as to degrade the wearer’s complexion.
A Milwaukee elocutionist discusses how many students lack punctuation and vocal variety, recounting cases from stage dreamers to a shy country clerk who surprised with a flawless recitation. The tale highlights how talent and courage vary among learners and how reading ability shapes future elocution success.
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt, George Ferguson faces Laura Kajones after kissing her. Laura refuses the privilege and dismisses him as a stranger, declaring their relationship over and asking him to stand from her lap. He accepts the breakup, vowing to face a sorrowful life without her.
A dialogue depicts an old lady scolding a boy for not playing with others. The boy explains he muffed a fly in left field and the captain benched him, while the boy vows to wait until the game ends to confront the captain.
In a brief strip of dialogue Jack asks Gus for a dollar. Gus replies he has only a couple of dollars left, and Jack notes his own luck while mentioning he thought of striking Gus for two.
A Courier Journal essay surveys fashionable women in New York who cling to superstitions and occult practices. It cites Empress Josephine, Queen Elizabeth, and other famed figures, notes jewelry talismans, cards, opals, and a stubborn belief in protection or doom. It sketches how education and sophistication coexist with beliefs in telepathy, clairvoyance, and fate, with vivid anecdotes of socialites and fortune tellers.
The excerpt argues that secret presentiments and occult phenomena are not mere fantasies but have a firm basis, passing to us with force through even the highest and best types of race, suggesting belief in miraculous influences beyond ordinary dreams.
Detroit Free Press humorously critiques urban behavior through a sequence of lessons. The dialogue lampoons ward politics, boycotts, streetcar etiquette, and furnace economics, presenting wry sketches of public life with satirical exchanges and vivid character types.
The scene centers on a lively group debating the Maggie and Will Manning. Shoes gloves and tan hands spark chatter as they debate yesterday's sights and the mystery of who sailed the Maggie while planning a lunch with Yale boys. The mood quickens into a rush to the pier.
In a comic tale a husband berates his wife over missing shirt buttons and holes in socks. He accuses her of spending and misplacing his clothes while a receipt for lumber links to a mysterious wardrobe rummaging, ending with a mock charity over a five dollar discrepancy.
The Arkansas paper editor thanks the Gallusville cornet band for a serenade that startled him yet saved his life. He notes the music startled him from a nightmare of a sheriff with horns and hoofs at his door, yet calls the serenade the sweetest sound he has heard.
A garbled historic scene shows Talleyrand arranging table etiquette by rank while offering beef. It lists Monsieur le duc, Onsieur le prince, Monsieur le marquis, Monsieur Je comte, Monsieur le baron, each asking for or offering beef as a humorous social test.
A New York Sup Miss Spinster complains about a canary bird asking to buy a male singer. The bird fancier confirms only males sing, prompting her indignation and calling it an outrage in a brief comic dialogue characteristic of the period.
A brief exchange in the New York Sun captures a playful scene where a minister questions Bobby about school lessons. Bobby answers with the idea that the world is round and turns, likening it to a globe set in the parlor, reflecting a child’s whimsical grasp of learning.
A correspondent reports a huge spider killed in a house, clinging to a door curtain and emitting a grating sound when alarmed. It measures about 2 inches long and half an inch wide, with eight strong legs, coarse day-brown hair, and fangs nearly a half inch long. It appears formidable next to common large spiders, able to tackle large prey.
Signor Liberati recounts a tale of a cornet he took from the Conn factory in Elkhart Indiana while browsing repair parts. He recalls tying a dozen instruments and selecting an E flat that matched his lip and style, asking for the owner’s name and naming a village band leader. He concedes he may not have stolen the instrument.
A garbled monologue recounts a personal quarrel involving repayment and an instrument. The speaker claims repayment via three bets on an oval, then references an instrument and a mistaken loss. The speaker asserts responsibility for reputation tied to discovering a cornet and hints at ongoing tension and misunderstanding between the parties.
A miscellany of poems and verse snippets runs through this page. It includes dramatic fragments, Whitman praise, playful romantic anecdotes, and rural reminiscences touching memory and autumn scenes. The selection blends literature and light humor with old newspaper voice.
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