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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1891
Page
6
A man and woman linger through a summer crisis as the holiday ends. He confesses love and fears her pity, while she reveals a deep, mutual passion and tests his resolve before parting at the cliff. Their tale hints at the fickleness and depth of summer flirtations.
An actor out of work recalls a cruel break up as his girlfriend returns all gifts from the past six months. He laments wasted money on presents and reveals the painful detail that includes fourteen pairs of tights. The Buffalo Express account notes his rueful chatter about luck and love.
A Madison Avenue optician surveys Spring Lake beach styles and warns summer girls to protect their eyes from revealing hats and gauze parasols. He asserts fashion forecasters overlook eye safety and mocks the crowd's lack of遮保.
The narrator witnesses a dervish ceremony at a Tekke in Scutari. A young priest, son of the high priest, leads a frenzied chant as twelve worshippers writhe and children are trampled for blessing. After the rite ends, the young priest smiles while the others collapse.
A St Louis Globe-Democrat note explains that magnetism in the human body affects watch accuracy. It cites a jeweller's claim that a wearer’s magnetism can cause a watch to run true when carried, and lose reliability when left aside, with each man showing different magnetism requiring distinct watches.
Arthur Green describes a simple method to create ghost images in photographs. Build a large black background, place a subject in white beside the center, expose for half a second to form a shadowy figure, then use a chair and table to stage a second exposure for two seconds. Develop as usual.
A New York Sun scene shows a mother at a stairhead reacting to a ten year old boy spelling a secret request in letters, reading the message aloud and prompting her to hand over coins for sarsaparilla. The paragraph contrasts impatience between older and younger siblings and their simple desires.
A lighthearted exchange depicts a West End boy asking his father if he washes his eyes every morning and how he emerges again, prompting a succinct parenting quip about routine. The brief vignette reflects domestic humor in a St. Louis Republic clipping.
A modest refined looking woman demanded a P D Q stamp from a stamp clerk at station J. The clerk, astonished, failed to reply at first. She repeated the request loudly, and he finally issued the stamp.
An Atlantic essay of Arkansas towns contrasts winter trainside scenes with springtime renewal. It notes ragged villages, cotton on platforms, church life, music amid poverty, and an earnest rural ethic. The piece observes social warmth, humor, and community bonds across small towns.
A stocky Yorkshire Briton recounts his first voyage in an American sleeping car. He visits Canada and America, misreads the car layout, encounters a sleeping berth above a woman, and endures astonished stares, laughter, and bemused porter guidance during the humorous mix up. The episode ends with shared laughter at the newcomer's expense and his own amusement.
A brief, dated note on body symmetry cites the right arm often being larger and the left foot typically bigger. It explains the habit of shifting weight to the left leg to avoid fatigue and maintain stance, observing common postures of activity and rest.
A reader notes discomfort from bees of the left and observes shoe design differences. In lace shoes the right foot gap is smaller, while button shoes require the left shoe to have buttons reset to fit the right.
Forest and Stream recounts a city man story of Ponto the mastiff kept to a dog churn. The dog initially balks at the task, feigns injury, then is harnessed and completes the duty, earning a final earned respect after pursuing a cat.
Galignani Messenger reports Dr. Neitzel's startling study on piano strength. He calculates finger pressures for pianissimo to fortissimo, estimates total weight for Chopin's Funeral March and Etude 12 Op.25, and notes chords require less pressure per note. A spectacle of numbers without air, he hints at Wagnerian works and flutists’ breath in years.
In a playful exchange from the New York Herald, George Bashful asks for the prettiest name for a girl and Miss Bessie suggests naming the day they wed. He replies with a promise to proceed next Tuesday, as she urges. The banter ends with relieved sighs and light humor.
A grandmother produced a child in court under habeas corpus and the judge ruled the father entitled to the child. In response the grandmother ripped off the dress and cried you can have the child but not her clothes. A lawyer noted the phrase would be habeas corpus non habeas vestimenta.
A Chicago Daily Tribune fragment tells of a wayward young man, ill and jailed in Tombstone, Arizona for stealing a hind quarter of beef. While in isolation he writes a plea to his father asking for money, revealing his weakened health and confinement.
A street vendor offers a paper for two cents, insisting the reader count the letters themselves. The exchange features a newsboy and a gentleman who declines, citing an inability to read the paper.
In Paradise Park New York a pugilist turned writer Patsey Doody inspires talk of joining the Authors Club while living in a Catskill style retreat. A midnight scene shows him composing as a mint julep and Terra del Fuego cigar frame a dramatic flow of inspiration.
A historical feature explains flirtation signals via hand gestures and positions. It details greetings, desires, refusals, engagement hints, single status, and love messages interpreted through the open hand, fingers, and gestures, including telegraphic poses and conversation cues.
A girl in a lace gown and tiny Paris hat saved a railway trip from collapse after missing umbrellas and a declined cab. She discreetly hides her hat under her wrap, swaps headwear with her escort, and disembarks hatless to cheers as the train pulls away.
A Broadway hotel clerk notes free lunch practices by patrons who also drink heavily. Some men live largely on free meals and cheap drinks, using lunches to cut thirst and save money for alcohol. Many spreads are salty, scrappy, and often spoiled, with hard drinkers spending twice what they save on food.
Three Chicago Herald staffers played al leged billiards in Palmer House. Fellow workers watched and grilled the game amid rusting cues and weak shots. An onlooker suggested hiring someone to read copy on their game due to bad English.
In a fictional exchange Bessie questions why Poe would not let Charlie read a diary. Jessie explains the constraint is that Charlie’s name only appears after he proposed and was accepted, delaying how his name is integrated across the back pages.
In a tense exchange on the Front Platform, the conductor blames the driver Mulvey for mismanaging fare records while insisting he has rung up a fare each time the car stopped. Mulvey retorts he is no bookkeeper and resents the accusation.
In a brisk exchange Jalfe seeks to wear the engagement ring at the next hop and is assured it will be delivered on time. She confirms the request and the promise of punctuality.
In a humorous domestic scene, Mr Bowser fights with his wife over shirts buttons collars and a buggy morning routine. He wakes slowly endures broken suspenders missing shoes and chaotic housekeeping as Mrs Bowser tries to manage his wardrobe with a mix of patience and sarcasm. The piece lampoons marital routines and the quirks of old New York households with vivid humor.
A New York Commercial Advertiser item profiles a rich young man who sends and receives over a dozen love letters daily to and from his butler. Once lively and bright, scarlet fever in childhood left him in fragile health, yet he now spends his days composing and replying to vast stacks of letters, a habit seen as whimsical yet extravagant.
A humorous scene set in an uptown house unfolds as a newly arrived Hibernian works as a parlor maid. A gentleman asks for Mrs S and is told the mistress is away, while Miss S is said to be in the tub cleaning herself, prompting a witty, rustic reply.
A Kansas City Times vignette follows a woman troubled by dirty patent leather shoes. She pauses repeatedly to inspect her footwear and, in a pivotal moment, executes a desperate gesture as one shoe rises out of sight, signaling a turning point in the scene.
A Buffalo News verse contrasts the gushing summer girl with the coming autumn girl. It describes the summer beauty’s playful energy, racquet in hand, striped loose garment, and bright appearance, then notes September winds will mark the end of summer’s rule as autumn takes over.
Poem fragment asks what tomorrow holds while awaiting isolation from beloved. The speaker longs for a brief, vivid distich or even a single word to summon return. The tone blends yearning and enchantment, seeking a single imperative to break separation.
A verse praising the Cape Cod girl contrasts her beauty with inner charm. It extols a modest grace, sympathetic tears, and quick kindness over mere physical traits, celebrating her character and compassion.
Maud Andrews in Puck dramatizes a jealous speaker who detests a prudent widow at the Springs. The speaker resents the widow’s charm and influence over men, praising a stern, sorrow-tested woman while denouncing the rival’s social sway and advice to lovers.
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