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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1885
Page
6
Bill Nye notes a famous encounter where he influenced General Sherman to pass molasses during a public event. S. Keller reflects on Nye’s accomplishments and his impact on science communication and public life.
Bil Nye recalls meetings with great men and a wartime encounter with General Sherman. He recounts a comic dining room scene on the Union Pacific line and describes a garret attempt to lift stove pipe, ending in a disastrous tumble. The piece blends personal reminiscence with humorous anecdote from Nye’s life.
A rambling reminiscence blends a stovepipe repair tale with reflections on old school books traded for new. The piece recalls domestic chaos, a mother-in-law’s stubborn support, and a garret cluttered with piping while detailing how aged readers become pulp for newspapers and spark early romances among teens.
A Brooklyn Eagle anecdote recounts a Florida coast casting trip where a giant octopus seized the editor’s boat. The editor remained calm, jotting notes while crew fainted, eventually the creature sank with five arms trailing, and the writer mused about Veritas, Constant Reader, and city politics.
A New Mexico judge, Heacock, dressed in a fashionable suit visited a private Albuquerque Highlands home. A four year old girl at the door reported a man present, causing the mother to call out and the judge to quickly depart, racing away from the scene across the railroad.
Murray in Washington recalls the post surrender trek of Confederate veterans after Appomattox, recounting Lee's surrender, paroles, and a perilous James River ferry crossing where a loaded boat capsized, horses and gear lost, yet no one drowned. The narrator notes brazen bandits, mercy to no one, and moments of grim resolve amid chaos.
A wounded farmer recounts a brief encounter where a young woman tended his left arm sling with a cooling lotion after a minor scratch from a fight at Sailor's Creek. The account blends gratitude with a memory of Civil War era conflict.
Louis Carez, a 16 year old French boy in London, invented ginger beer after testing a ginger powder mixture in a glass. Bartering with a druggist, he gained two guineas and grew to produce and sell thousands of bottles daily. By 1815 he sold his stake, invested in silk in Paris, rising to leading trade positions and becoming renowned in the French silk industry.
Brooklyn Magazine recounts Josephine's extravagant attire habit funded by a 600000 franc yearly stipend. She changed linen thrice daily and wore new stockings, with 300 to 400 shawls and constant new costumes for every event. Bonaparte was angered while she wept and promised prudence, yet continued her lavish spending until death, clothed in pale rose satin and ribbons.
A Douglas street jeweller describes Omaha garters priced from 5 to 50 dollars with rare pieces at 25 150 and even 1000 dollars. He showcases two black silk bands noting diamond set clasps and diamond-studded centers as the factors driving high value. A Dodge street resident reportedly owns a 1000 dollar pair.
A Chicago youth with a gambling incline finds himself with ten dollars. After paying a landlady, he contemplates gambling again, but devises a plan to mail the money to himself in an envelope with a penny stamp to arrive the next day, hoping to curb the urge.
It notes only three printers' errors have appeared in all English editions of the Revised Bible and describes them as obvious. It adds that anyone who reports a printer's error in an Oxford Bible to the controller of the press, not previously known, will receive a guinea.
An extensive Washington Letter profiles American heiresses and widows wielding vast fortunes from $1,000,000 to $40,000,000. It highlights Hettie Green as a leading financier wife, Catharine Wolfe as the country’s richest single woman, and lists prominent fortunes in New York Philadelphia Washington and beyond, noting their business acumen, lifestyles, and personal habits.
A historical column argues a proposed tax on single men in several Eastern states. It weighs two sides, noting money for governments and social stigma, then satirically explores bachelors’ pleasures and miseries. The piece condemns lonely old age and hints at reform or public shaming.
A Chicago Ledger piece argues that a boy's first breeches shape moral fate. It critiques mothers using improvised patterns, praises store-made garments, and warns that ill fitting pants influence future behavior, politics, and virtue.
In a humorous Youth's Companion piece a man boasts his memory for a long shopping list. Mrs S urges writing it down, he trusts his recall to gather items such as thread, calico, buttons, ribbon, peaches, lemons, and other sundries, claiming his memory never failed.
A New York Mail and Express piece describes Professor Thomas, the long‑time tattooing figure on South Street, attracting sailors and women who seek permanent ink. It notes over 1000 women tattooed, with designs including religious symbols, patriotic emblems, and names for identity, with prices from 50 cents to 3 dollars and up to six weeks of work for full back pieces.
A Syracuse Standard item reports a bride and groom arriving in the city and registering at the Vanderbilt House. The groom, wandering the office, uncovered a trunk and angrily thrust aside a hidden item, revealing a pair of worn baby shoes in a dark corner while the bride was shown to their rooms.
An eminent Southern visitor who had never seen beyond New York recently toured New England. He called the trip a miraculous revelation in both industry and society, noting finances with figures of 390 and 227 dollars as part of his observations.
A collage of verse fragments and light sketches from an old newspaper page including an acrostic poem praising beauty and multiple humorous and sentimental pieces. It presents quips, dances of memory, and brief fiction snippets set in a late 19th or early 20th style with names like CW and Paul Pastner and references to New York Journal and Detroit Free Press.
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