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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1891
Page
8
A dated New York essay attacks whiskey and tobacco as societal plagues. It paints vivid scenes of intoxicated and disabled individuals dragged to the station by police, laments public smoking in transit and eateries, and urges restraint, urging smokers to confine themselves to private spaces and to use one brand if they must drink.
A local notice invites town residents to form a club by taking advantage of the Weekly Globe's new private circular rate. Readers are urged to request the new circular and free sample copies directly from the Weekly Globe.
A writer in literature published a novel titled What Will Be of My Son. The following week he received a postal card warning that if the son resembles the book he will end on the gallows.
A breezy Harpers Bazaar item uses Irish speech to joke about a blue silk dress at a party. Bridget explains the host preferred the hostess wear the dress herself, sparking light social commentary on fashion and etiquette.
A humorous exchange describes a tall man about six feet two inches. a remark leads to dusting ornaments on the ceiling during a playful moment. The dialogue captures a light domestic interaction with a nod to height and a whimsical task.
British detachments occupy Signi on Mitylene with bluejackets marines and field pieces. The move aims to fortify the harbor and use the island as a coaling station for the Mediterranean fleet. Officials in London declined to confirm the report, while continental markets reacted with excitement. A Trades Union Congress sessions highlights an eight hour law debate with divisions among miners and labor factions.
Diplomatic and financial circles in Paris are unsettled by a despatch claiming Sigri has been seized by Britain. Rumors persist that Britain plans to occupy Tenedos at the Hellespont entrance, with Mitylene offering a strategic control point over the waters.
London and Hong Kong dispatches report British protests over China's handling of riots. Li Hung Chang defends reply, while England and other powers prepare possible action. Reports cite telegraph bans, magistrate degradation, executions, and looming pressure on Hunan trade. Violence against missionaries and telegraph worker clashes spark regional fears.
At the sessions in Newcastle England president Thomas Burt M P congratulated the congress on its size the large female representation and urged equal pay for women for equal work while supporting their demands. He predicted fewer strikes as unions grow stronger and warned against state ownership of labor. He urged self help to improve wealth distribution.
Sept 12 Loypoy British politics move toward a general election with Gladstones set to speak at Doncaster on Monday. Hicks Beach will address Tunbridge Wells on Wednesday. Morley and Harcourt will headline on the 21st at Pambrides and Ashton-under-Lyne. Gladstone and Lord Belsbury also slated for major meetings. Chamberlain tours Wales in October and Lord Spencer to speak locally. Public anger rises over Mormon missionaries in Britain and Scandinavia, with 200 active in the region and disclosures about their methods triggering a new wave of scrutiny.
A San Salvador earthquake caused widespread destruction and loss of life across the republic. Cities such as Analquito Comasagua Cojutepque Santa Tecla San Pedro Masualuez suffered severe damage while the capital reported collapsed walls and panicked crowds. Estimates of casualties remained uncertain though two deaths were confirmed locally.
The Jewish Colonization Association is registered under the companies act with £2,000,000 capital and eight signatories led by Baron Hirsel. It aims to move European and Asian Jews to new colonies in the Americas and elsewhere, funding public works, synagogues, and welfare while possibly becoming a trading corporation. The Times notes it as a colossal but risky plan, skeptical about large scale emigration.
New York dispatches report the Junta meeting deciding to use elections to restore tranquillity designating October 18 as election day. Voters will choose senators deputies municipal officers and presidential electors. The new president will be installed on Col. Stephan who led 26 cavalrymen.
The garbled text suggests a person claimed to have gone to a location called Argonne and to have been captured and brought to a city. It also mentions Wood and a group aroused by the event and implies summary punishment. The exact names, dates, and outcomes are not clear due to the damaged source.
The County Council will erect a memorial tablet on the Barbican pier to mark the Mayflower departure and place an obelisk in Plymouth fields to honor the historic 17th century battle between Roundheads and Cavaliers. A Baltic dispatch notes eleven war store shipments through the Dardanelles this year and suggests Russia seeks Constantinople as a strategic aim.
Eleven war store shipments pass the Dardanelles this year while foreign vessels are chartered to carry munitions. Russian diplomacy in Constantinople advances aims at Constantinople. A Glasgow railroad blast kills five workers. Riots in Ichang, China, and Belknap fleet moves to China. A Marseille circus panic injures 23. Taormina collides with Thessalia off Attica. 66 aboard lost. Pluckley Ashford outbreak linked to diseased rags. Balmaceda decree opens Chile banks. economy improves. Paris Brest bicycle race winner ill. Russian general Alikhanoff arrested in Kabul. Kanzler wreck clears passengers and mails. Bolckow steel works idle. workers laid off. Mrs. ONeill pardoned. Kenia navigates Tana. Crampel case: murder confirmed. fate uncertain. Diphtheria in Tambov. famine breeding. Star of India missing with 20 aboard.
A Cassell's Magazine excerpt notes humorous name pairings found in the Somerset House births and deaths registry. It cites odd juxtapositions like Foot Bath and River Jordan and recounts several exaggerated full names and the social amusement they provoke among clerks and the public.
In a stately manor, Sir Geoffrey overhears Lady Alice and Capt. Halifax plotting. Jealousy, a planned Egypt voyage, and a switch of names lead to renewed affection. Alice reveals a new wifehood, while Geoffrey vows not to depart. Daisy the mare inspires their reconciliation.
Boston England draws American visitors with its grand tower and historic church life. The piece notes the city’s skyline, the rope of towers along the river, and the restoration of John Cotton’s Southwest chapel by American Bostonians. It mentions a new dock cost and a sea channel, backed by the Great Northern railway, lifting trade trends yet not restoring medieval prominence.
In a light exchange at a social venue, Cadley explains his business visit while Mawkins jokes about his bachelor pace. Cadley reveals he is engaged to two girls simultaneously and prefers mailing addresses to keep up his pace in town.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company subjects cast iron wheels to a severe test. For every fifty wheels, one is selected by the railway inspector at shops or the wheel maker and placed flange down on a 1700-pound anvil block atop rubble masonry two feet deep with three narrow supports. The wheel is struck centrally on the rim to test endurance.
In a quality test a hub weighing 140 pounds drops from 12 feet onto a wheel. If the wheel breaks into two or more pieces after eight blows, all 50 wheels are rejected. If it survives eight blows without breaking, the 60 wheels are accepted. A test wheel supplied by the men is added to the 50 percent ordered.
An observer praises Kaffirland women noting their cleanliness and orderly huts. He lauds their beauty with dark glossy hair, large eyes, white teeth, and beads and tusks in attire, comparing them to Cleopatra and promising a captivating appeal to suitors.
A compositor’s errors altered a headline and an ad in a historical paper. "Gambetter" became "I am better" and "A bridge carried away by a drive of hogs" misrendered as "A bridge carried away by a drove of hogs." An ad for "The Christian's Dream, No Cross, No Crown" appeared as "The Christian's Dream, No Cows, No Cream."
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