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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1888
Page
3
A narrator recounts his visit to Lady Postlethwaite, who explains her half million bequest plan and the will’s fragile safeguards. After a series of comic yet perilous twists, a forged or mislaid codicil, a mysterious son, and a scheming Colonel, the true will is revealed, exposing a fraud and leaving the fortune unclaimed.
A witty verse panel mocks Belva Lockwood riding a bicycle through busy streets. It contrasts male scrutiny with admiration as a giggling crowd and graybeards react to a woman on wheels, noting both scorn and charm in equal measure.
A Paris Letter notes a Mohican rivalry between city and suburban laundresses over linen handling. It cites 63,158 women and 10,663 men employed in 300 laundries, floating river laundries, and suburban facilities, with taxes and octroi disputes shaping the contest.
A London and Paris fashion era profile notes how tailors shape men’s images, comparing New York, London, and Berlin trades. It cites the British penchant for perfected cuts, German and English tailoring strengths, and the gambler’s look some wear in clubs. The piece lampoons dealer vanity and contrasts continental dress norms with American habits and English frock coats.
A humorous portrait from the Journal of Bayeatton extols a daughter praised for education, languages, mathematics, sciences, theology, and knowledge of wars. The speaker admires her beauty, charm, and intellect, joking that marrying her is possible only if she did not know so much.
A well known clergyman recalls a wedding where the groom, anxious to learn the service by heart, mistakenly borrowed a baptismal prayer-book. As they walked to Mendelssohn’s wedding march, the couple and audience heard humorous misreadings and the officiant’s admonitions as the mistaken responses echoed in the aisle.
A Southern real estate reporter from a St. Louis paper learns of a massive city property deal involving John Scott and a large syndicate. He borrows money to buy an option on a half million property, sees a 600000 offer, expects 60000 profit, but his partner refuses to sell and the offer collapses, leaving him worse off.
On Thursday morning the Yale elm trees displayed green posters urging the class of 1892 to respect older students and share the campus. A white cotton banner with the numbers 1918 and 20 in blue hung from a tall derrick, then was removed triggering a trophy scramble.
Texxa Siftings presents a humorous exchange between Jones and Smith about home dinner. The joke centers on autumn leaves being "ripe" as a metaphor for a wife in the woods.
A fragmented local item from Chicago depicts a visitor praising a library while a retired butcher brags about calf leather from slain cattle, revealing a dated exchange on binding quality and leather sourcing.
Calais Times notes muskrats burrow deeper than usual and bark on symbolic trees shows unusual thickness. Indians report prognostics of a long and cold winter with other signs mentioned.
A Milford fire startled residents as beer barrels and liquor bottles were carefully carried out while chairs and stoves from other furniture were tossed aside. Firefighters evacuated the scene, preventing greater damage as smoke spread through the area.
Mrs Ewing discusses pies and pastry at the School of Domestic Economy praising linen pies as wholesome when well made. The lesson covers crusts and puff paste techniques with detailed steps for 2 minute crust, puff paste folds, butter inclusion, chilling, and oven timing.
Lewiston Journal recounts Dr. Dunning a Congregational publishing house manager and adept storyteller. The piece recalls his playful clash with a traveling drummer over Sunday rest, Moody style church humor, Hale’s long walks and a farmhouse rebuke of a traveler’s hunger.
A fragment from Town Topics narrates a young man alone with grand dreams of winning a merchant heiress. He laments his low status and lack of means to court her, dismisses audacious schemes, and resolves to hurry to dinner despite imagined barriers.
A maiden asks a sage what is the rarest thing. The sage says love pure is the rarest. She then asks what seems most common, and the sage replies that fair hopes are often blighted.
Salem youths imitate cowboy skills with homemade lassos on city streets and at a parade. Mothers report clotheslines and ropes used for practice as strangers get targeted. One incident ends with an Indigenous warrior losing headgear to the boys and reacting in surprise.
London letters report that the Halfpenny Post Company has secured a concession from the postmaster general to enter competition with the public department. The scheme would issue halfpenny stamped envelopes on note paper attached, effectively a closed letter at the price of a postal card. An actuary estimates national savings of over 435,000 pounds, while advertisers and private vendors push the idea amid mixed reaction.
A rumor from New York Sun notes Lord Tennyson has a new volume ready and awaits publication in America, where supporters push for a receptional copyright law while critics doubt its timing and feasibility.
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