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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1885
Page
7
Skip per Lombard and crew face a fierce cyclone while racing toward home aboard the Sea Witch. Jack Bond endures near disaster, Dick Earle confronts ruin and renewed resolve, and the battered ship fights for survival amid monstrous seas and dwindling stores.
Chapter XXIX details the Sea Witch journey home from the equator where calm endured for three days under a scorching sun. A southeast gale then carried the vessel swiftly toward its intended haven, with a deliberate northwest by west course chosen to skirt the Gabamas and reach the Gulf Stream.
Skipper Lombard prepares Sea Witch for a cyclone feared as the storm king's roar. As the raft launches, Jack Bond and Dick Earle face exposure, hunger, and peril. In a vision of his mother, Jack clings to a makeshift raft, then swims toward a drifting schooner. He finally grips a life line aboard the Bon Sprite as dawn breaks on a new peril.
Jack and Bullet endure a wrecked Sea Sprite after a gale off Cape Verde as they search for a missing dory and life-boat. The log reveals abandonment under threat and a daring trek east toward Antigua while plotting a perilous two week to month long survival and payoff.
In Salt Lake District Court Bishop Hiram B Clauson pleaded guilty to unlawful cohabitation and received six months in prison plus a $300 fine the maximum. Assistant architect T O Angell also pleaded guilty and paid a $150 fine while pledging to obey the law by discarding one wife. Assistant S W Sears followed Angell and faced related proceedings.
A church news item accuses the Jormons of breaking promises to abandon surplus wives and obey the law, provoking sharp criticism from Rarer and fueling a public dispute about morality and legality.
General Sherman denounces Halstead and McCullough as lying spies who fed sensational reports while staying home. He says army men could not purge the riff raff from press ranks and that good reporters were enlisted, leaving editors with unreliable sources. McCullough retorts that Sherman’s charges are lies and a vicious, ignorant tirade.
A Seattle convention with delegates from Tacoma and others urged removal of Chinese laborers. Resolutions demand immediate discharge of Chinese workers, mass meetings to enforce departure by November 1 1885, and future actions to eradicate the "Chinese evil" with no liability for resulting violence. Chinese laborers are being replaced by white workers in local mines and mills, with four carloads sent to Portland.
A large crowd celebrated Daniel Simpson of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company on his ninety fifth birthday at his home 920 East Fourth Street. The day featured visitors, bouquets, a serenade by the First Regiment drum corps, a Dahlgren Post procession, and a studio portrait by Broadway photographer T. K. Burnham.
The Light Guard and U V A units paused at Uncle Dan's then marched to Gray's Hall where 200 or more assembled to enjoy a hearty meal. Honors were given by Colonel Henry Walker and others as the drum corps played and songs filled the evening before dispersal.
Boston druggists and nationwide retailers are stirred by a Rutherford Mayne circular in Washington promising illicit tax refunds totaling at least 500000. Attorneys offer to prosecute at no cost to druggists, with one third of recovered funds as fee if successful, while details remain concealed and outcome uncertain.
News from Raveian North Carolina reports four Black individuals Jerry Finch his wife Lee Tyson and John Pattishall lynched one mile from Pittsboro in Chatham county after being taken from jail. The killings connect to earlier Finch and Gunter family murders. Richmond detectives pursued the case as coroner verdicts sparked public fear and acceptance of guilt assumptions.
A San Francisco Chronicle item recalls a child asking how milk is produced in the country. A mother’s humorous reply suggests cows are held by the tail and milk runs from them, reflecting a folksy joke about farm life.
A collage of quirky notes on old Virginia theatres values Victoria fortunes prohibition opium in Georgia and odd anecdotes from Memphis Cincinnati London and beyond including a wife threatening her heart a jailers water strike and curious newspaper bits about walnuts peanuts and prank prayers.
Those who want Holland bulbs to bloom early in winter should plant promptly. Roman hyacinth can bloom by December. plant as soon as received. Use shallow boxes or six inch pots, five bulbs per pot, then plunge in ground under hot bed frame with four inches of soil. Keep warm and light, bring in near 50F, and staggered warmth yields continuous flowering through spring. Narcissus, especially paper white, daffodils, and various hyacinths are valued for winter display. Tulips, lilies, and lily of the valley can be forced in winter with proper hotbed setup and heating.
The article explains window forcing of hardy plants in winter, noting that Deutzia gracilis and astilbe japonica are popular for early blooms. It describes potting in December or January, careful watering, ample light, and returning pots to the cellar after flowering, with roots later planted outdoors to recover.
Thirteen years after planting a dozen overgrown roses near a brick walk, decline set in as shoots slimmed and blooms waned. They were transplanted last fall with roots sprawling five to six feet, many broken. After trimming, replanting, and deep watering, the roses recovered. This season buds appeared, manure removed, soil loosened, and weeds kept down, letting the plants bloom again.
This note advises moving winter bloomers indoors away from flames, staking chrysanthemums, lifting dahlia roots before frost, labelling bulbs in baskets to store from rats, and growing parsley in a sunny window or drying it for later use. October is ideal for tulip and hyacinth beds, with hyacinths flowering best when kept cool then moved to warmth for winter bloom.
A. F. Searles donated a basket of Snowflake potatoes to the editor, noting they were grown on newly broken up ground. The gesture is described as a generous streak of benevolence with thanks extended to Mr. Searles.
Frank Siddalls known as the soap man spends over 200000 annually on newspaper advertising and recently paid 50000 for a pair of horses. The mural on a whitewashed barn dominates the scene like a circus poster.
A fragment from the Chicago Ledger notes the farmer as the most independent man in the world when his wife is away. The line frames rural autonomy with a humorous domestic contrast.
A historic ad line traces Castoria through stages of childhood from sickness to motherhood, highlighting reliance on the Castoria product as comfort and remedy for infants and children. The slogan emphasizes brand continuity from birth to grandchildren.
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