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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1880
Page
6
Mrs Abigail Perkins-Doak writes recalling her late husband Archibald Doak and his father the Rev Archibald Doak while she travels abroad as the sole surviving wife of Archibald Perkins.
A narrator recalls pressuring a deacon to fund a theater outing, spinning moral tales to justify the trip, and paying for tickets after a quarrel over a street vendor’s bills. The tale mixes satire, religion, and social theatrics as the couple face windfalls and public scrutiny.
In London theatres the deacon and his wife faced curial fuss over fares and bonnet rules. A bar room reveal shocked him, leading to spirirts purchases and a quest for dignity. Back home the couple lamented costs and temptations while the deacon vows to share the tale with future generations.
A Courier Journal correspondent reports a fall of water beetles in the county between 1 and 2 PM. The dark brown insects with yellow-edged wings clustered on Main Street northward, survived most impacts, and were saved by residents. The bugs, described as Raesculius water beetles in larval and pupal states, clustered and stirred public interest as the circuit court opened. Judge Riddell reportedly traveled to Mount Sterling and brought back a specimen.
New York tavern tale recounts Mr Geoghegan journey from Ireland to Knock chapel in Mayo to witness the miraculous apparition and cement cures. He cites aching lumbago relief after visiting the shrine and receiving cement and wood from the church. he names several other claimed healings and notes a pilgrim hotel and donation box.
Noah Brady known as Lew Brady, 107, lives in Sparta near Sing Sing. A former slave born in Maryland, he recalls General Washington and died in 1799 with Brady claiming to have been 26 then. He escaped slavery in Maryland, traveled to New York and Pennsylvania, later becoming a longtime oyster dealer in Sing Sing. He married at 55 to a mulatto woman from Elizabethport. they live with a cat, a dog, a garden, and a few fruit trees, aging gracefully.
Mrs James Flamingback debates Hancock club politics while ironing at 11 p m. He returns from the club and she delivers a sharp rebuke on political spending, gender roles, and the impact on family life urging to save money and resist political campaigning. The dialogue critiques club culture and its reach into domestic life.
London Truth recalls violinist Ole Bull who has died. The article recounts a Mississippi riverboat incident where two troublemakers teased him. he restrained them by grabbing their heads, lifting them overboard, and throwing them back on deck, after which he was left alone.
A city gentleman reports his long serving domestic helper Evangeling, who had been with the family for around eight to nine years, handed in her resignation after a daytime disagreement with a coworker. The head of the household discussed the matter with his wife, but the domestic association declined to permit the resignation.
A stern father confronts his daughter Evangeline about leaving home for college. He orders her to return to work and forbids further talk on departure, leaving the young woman dazed and convinced she must remain a fixture in the household despite her wishes.
In Newburg, the Old Town cemetery near First Presbyterian has seen cleanup by the Newburg Cemetery Association led by Hiram A. Jones and Charles Downing with James T. Pryer and helpers. They cut 42 trees and plan more, uncovering two marble stones, a headstone, and a marble foot-stone wedged within a willow. The stones, initials PN and M L, were removed and reset, while the marble foot-stone split in the tree remained partly in the stump.
A deaf widow, Mrs Fitzallister, overhears Romeo Myrtleton and Juliet plotting to marry without her. After a vented confrontation and a dramatic scene, the lovers are driven apart when Juliet’s mother reveals her hearing via an audiphone and casts them out. Romeo departs, vowing revenge on the audiphone’s inventor.
A humorous appraisal of William H. Vanderbilt income from 51 million dollars in four percent government bonds. It equates $5,000 daily, $208,250 per hour, and 347 per minute, arguing he could not spend or allocate his money even by accounting seconds. It imagines whimsical feats from driving a world-wide nickel path to funding a moon road, donating twenty cents to every American, and other vast possibilities, ending with his income purchasing ten first-class funerals on death.
An English woman named Allen is tried in Paris for obtaining goods under false pretences. Claiming duchess status, she rented apartments, hired luxury carriages, and racked up 21,000 francs in debts on credit while defrauding tradespeople and hotelkeepers. Court proceedings reveal bold Rascality and credulity toward a high title.
The court rejected the accused’s claims of noble connections in Scotland and Ireland. Evidence including a Boulogne marriage to a Hamilton son was debunked by an English bootmaker. Police supplied a photo and documented years of imprisonment for forgery, leading to a five year sentence plus five years police supervision.
A historical account details devastating hurricane impacts on Florida including boats carried away, ships wrecked, and coastal devastation. It describes wind and rain intensities, the sea surging over barriers, and specific vessel losses such as the Ladona near Canaveral on August 28, 1871, with broader patterns of annual storms and widespread damage.
Rev J F Malo a missionary for twenty years among western Indians describes Sioux life religion and customs. He notes the tribe numbers about 40 000 with villages around 8 000, polytheistic beliefs including nature spirits, calumet ceremony to Great Spirit, lake offerings, and high regard for rods. War medicine and sun dances dominate. The great sun dance lasts three days with self scarification and rope suspension to seek favor, ending with a claim a future chiefs status.
A comic piece mixes a tale of a mischievous mosquito with a brutal end, a moral warning about women, a punchline on youth, and a satirical frame from a Detroit scene about finding common ground. It blends verse and prose with humorous riffs and local color.
An invitation to a September stay in the woods of Ille et Vilaine highlights a revival of Bloomerism among slender guests. A gray tweed sans bulky luggage is suggested, with a specialized “péntimen” suit adapted to a sylph form, created by a Vitry tailor's wife, aiming for practicality in woods and moors.
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