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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1891
Page
8
A sprawling critique of deceit across society from diplomacy to journalism and law. The author argues honesty is rare, urges open wives and husbands about finances, condemns professional duplicity, and urges temperance and hope as remedies for personal and national trouble.
In Plymouth with 1641 grants for John Jenny to work salt on Clark’s Island and 1642 town support for five salt makers, New England’s earliest salt operations emerge. The piece traces evaporative and solar methods, fuel use, and regional growth from 17th century beginnings to 1837, naming Barnstable, Chatham, Eastham, Provincetown and others with bushel outputs.
In a Detroit Free Press excerpt a stern father questions a hopeful suitor about riches. The young man defends himself with wit claiming he earns his own way, while the elderly man notes he is a sea captain. The brief exchange highlights pride, practicality, and suitor approval in a domestic scene.
Vienna dispatches report an attempted assassination of Emperor Francis Joseph at Rosenthal near Reichenberg using nitro glycerine bombs placed in a tunnel. The bombs failed to time with the imperial train, causing only masonry damage. A subsequent reception in Vienna featured celebrations and loyalty displays. Gladstone's speech drew loud applause amid Irish policy debate.
The National Liberal Federation met in Town Hall with Rt. Hon. Sir George Trevelyan proposing a resolution against registration laws and for shorter Parliament terms. Delegates backed calls for local governing powers, allotments, and widens the push to reform the House of Lords, with Mr Gladstone defending Ireland policy amid calls for local government and land reform.
London reports summarize reactions to Mr. Gladstone’s Newcastle speech. The Times accuses him of abdication and caucus influence, while The Standard questions his direction of opinion and reliance on wire pullers. Other items note temperance fears, anti counterfeit concerns, and plans for rail and colonial affairs.
Terrible fires have burned for over a week in Eldorado county covering more than 40 square miles. Greenwood Creek country and areas to the west of Garden valley suffered widespread destruction including Pilot Hill where several outskirts homes burned. Burner Hill was left with only a hotel and scattered buildings as farmers become homeless and penniless.
The Chinaman Chong Sam who entered from Canada was ordered deported to China after President rejected a pardon and urged habeas corpus may be sought. Instructions were sent to Port Huron to send him to San Francisco for custody. Also reported are the funeral services for Maj. William McKee Dunn in Washington with interment at Oak Hill.
William Jacoby of Muhlenberg township Bucks county has crafted an eight day clock in a walnut case by George H Felix. A railway track surrounds the dial as a tiny locomotive of rolled gold plate silver and nickel runs every five minutes. The engine weighs one and a quarter pounds and is named Gem with a headlight bell and locomotive features. The delicate mechanism requires a magnifying glass and oil cups the size of a hair.
Edward E Webster captained by McLean arrives in San Francisco after a seven month voyage. Sailors recount a raid off Cooper Island with Hamilton Lewis crew, killings of seals, and harsh treatment by Russian authorities and during the homeward voyage. Webster brings back 1300 skins and confirms rumors about others.
A bell in Saylesville Rhode Island, dated 1263 and bearing maker Peter Seeest of Amsterdam, is traced from English convent use to the Guerriere and Constitution naval engagement. Hull refused Dacres’ sword, the bell rang out aboard Old Ironsides after the battle, later lost, sold, and finally found in its current quarters.
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