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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1882
Page
3
An editorial discusses women entering trades, praising supportive peers and condemning hostile rivals. It argues women should pursue fitting work, stresses mutual aid, and notes broader acceptance of women in business. It also surveys dress fit, color, and velvet fashion tips for fall.
The career of R S Ballard unfolds as a fraud spree across New York Providence and Boston. He married a landlady’s daughter in Newburg then forged checks totaling thousands on several banks, fled town, and left a trail of valises and false deposits. Authorities describe him as a 47 year old with a ruddy face gray hair and a strong north of Ireland dialect.
Deputy Sheriff O Brien presents Mary a 12 year old girl to Judge Field seeking habeas corpus for paternal custody. The child has lived with her aunt Jane Mc Laughlin at 6 East Street Place, mother in Northampton asylum. Father Robert Holden, aided by Robert Morris, argues for his right to raise the girl, who prefers to stay with her aunt. Hearing postponed to 2 pm Thursday.
London World notes P Davin cleared six feet two inches at the Irish athletic championship, within three quarters of an inch of his own record. It recalls J Brooks who jumped six feet two and a half inches, the closest any man has come. The piece muses on the near-impossibility of higher leaps and the limits of human jumping.
San Francisco dated September 18 reports Major L. J. McQuiddy, greenback nominee for governor, arrested by a U S marshal on charges linked to the Mussel Slough affair from two years prior. He posted bonds and was released.
A discussion of synchronous vibration in large mills and factories. Builders face vibration from external and internal sources, notably machinery speeds. Examples from North Adams Centredale Amesbury show buildings and dams vibrating, with power losses estimated at 10 to 20 percent and calls for one story mills to reduce strain and fabric breakage.
A Buffalo inventor has perfected a steam tricycle with a small one and a half horsepower engine, two main bicycle wheels, and a forward guiding wheel. The unit sits low with the boiler between the seat and front wheel, uses gasoline fuel, carries two gallons in a seat reservoir, and claims nine hours of run time at 15 to 20 mph. Current cost is about 200 dollars, with potential duplication for 150.
Croll in Climate and Time uses a paper strip and a towering gorge to illustrate vast time scales. He describes a one inch wide strip stretched eighty three feet four inches long to show a million years and asks readers to imagine a tiny stream carving a mile and a half deep gorge over nearly a million years.
Signors Bartagli and Papasogli report six week experiments electrolyzing distilled water with strong then weak batteries and carbon electrodes producing mellogen a solid dark shiny substance soluble in hot water and alkalies insoluble in acids or common solvents it tends to combine with oxygen forming benzo carbonic acids and its formula is C11 H2O4 the nature of electrolytes influences mellogen and mellogen derivatives formation.
At the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain meeting, speakers discussed measuring high altitude wind pace, gas engines for aerial voyages, wings as demonstrated by nature, and the role of the pectoral muscle in bird flight.
A Hub correspondent offers a method to imitate black ebony on woods such as cherry or mahogany. Soak the wood with a logwood and copper boiled solution, two ounces logwood and one and a half ounces copper to a quart of water, then dry and rewet with a vinegar and steel filings mix. After drying, sand smooth, fill holes with a dark filler, apply a quick varnish, and finish with pumice and linseed oil for a smooth, ebony-like surface.
A cheap process for producing hydrogen dioxide, a powerful oxidizing liquid with twice the oxygen of water, is announced. It is an oily bitter tasting liquid that does not stain textiles, making it a potential bleaching agent for widespread use. Bert and Reynard propose its use on wounds, citing advantages over carbolic acid and no poisonous risk or odor.
The article discusses sun driven heat transfer to Earth and cites French findings that one minute of solar heat could raise five and a half cubic miles of water by 1 degree Celsius. It compares this heat to work produced by a fixed amount of heat, highlighting early scientific inquiry into solar energy effects.
The text compares heat reaching Earth from the sun to steam engines, estimating that Earth’s heat sustains vital work like climate and life. It notes most heat is used locally on Earth while a smaller portion is radiated to space, with remaining heat replenishing the planet’s energy balance.
The article warns that rail expansion in heat spreads tracks and can create dangerous double wave formations when ends press together. It criticizes spikes as a cure and suggests using constant gauges and temperature-aware spacing as a practical remedy, hinting at reforms inventors might find valuable.
At the British Shorthand Society meeting Mr J G Petrie reviewed Report ing and Transcribing Machines. He detailed Danish Bartholomew Michela models and noted the Italian Senate uses the last, but analysis showed results largely from reporters revisers checking and speakers correcting proofs. He doubted any machine surpasses old notebook and pen, yet urged typewriter transcription for speed and legibility, easing a reporter’s drudgery.
An English astronomer notes that tidal forces lengthen days and push the moon outward. Looking back, he suggests the moon was once much closer, possibly causing a three hour day and rapid earth rotation. If oceans existed then, tides would be 216 times stronger than now.
A survey of scientific notes covers smoke stain removal on ivory, a weed in Florida, rope and hemp strap strength, permanganate efficacy against snake venom, smoke-consumption experiments, a fish-cleaning machine, electricity in fur processing, Sirius star motion, Lord's Prayer engraving on coins, instantaneous photography quirks, Captain Bing photography method, wheel spokes motion, railway shake effects, lead poisoning history in Derbyshire, and dietary tips that reduced exposure risk.
In Batavia New York on September 18 a tall granite shaft with a statue honoring Captain William Morgan was unveiled in Batavia cemetery. The monument, funded by about 2000 contributors across the United States and Canada, marks Morgan who disappeared in 1826 after vowing to expose Freemason secrets. The inscription accuses the Masons of abducting and murdering him in 1826 and notes support from Canada and twenty six states.
A Tecumseh Nebraska woman credits Compound Oxygen from Drs Starkey and Palen with saving her life and calming insomnia and distress. She reports sleeping well, improving voice in her daughter, and plans to continue treatment at Girard Street Philadelphia offices.
Chief Engineer George W. Melville and fellow Jeannette Arctic survivors arrive in New York aboard the Cunard steamer Parthia. Melville declines to discuss the wrecked vessel while recounting the voyage, family reunions, and official welcomes with officers and officials offering honors.
At a Burlington Vermont banquet the Green Mountain Encampment honored the Naumkeag Encampment of Salem with Captain M D Herring of Waco Texas recounting a Red River battle memory. He spoke of a Massachusetts Captain Henfield capturing his force, then caring for him, and of shared respect across enemy lines.
A prewar Georgia planter Robert Stafford built a mansion near Groton Conn. He wed a creole former slave, raised six children, and sent his family north. Daughters enjoyed elite New England society, education, and marriages to notable men. most later found varied fates, including a Paris wedding to Count Cybulski. Hobert Brallord remained loyal to the Union.
Time the troops of General Joe Hawley, Seventh Connecticut Regiment, were quartered on his plantation. He summered in the North 1867 to 1878 and left a will dividing 400000 among daughters while millions went to distant relatives. The vast Groton mansion sits isolated, visitors wonder who owns it, and a creole slave's daughter has not returned to see it for years.
Dr Hall urges breakfast before outdoor work in fever prone regions. A morning meal increases work capacity and life span compared with skipping breakfast. He links illness from nocturnal miasmatic air to sunrise and emphasizes fire warming rooms to reduce disease. He reports early breakfast plus a brisk fire could diminish fevers and ague by a thousandfold, noting the inconvenience of year round fires.
From an English cook book, the article extols vegetables for body chemistry and diet. It notes asparagus diuretic value and use at Aix-les-Bains, sorrel cooling, and carrots soothing jaundice in Savoy. It warns overripe or misprepared vegetables like poorly cooked turnips and lettuce with digestion issues, urging better cooking to avoid waste.
A Hall's Journal of Health excerpt argues brain energy and recovery occur in sleep, warning that reduced sleep destroys health and wealth. It prescribes strict bedtimes and waking moments for all under one’s care, claiming nature reveals each person’s sleep needs when rules are followed.
M Toussaint warned of serious danger from eating nearly raw meat. He showed that if meat is unsound disease germs pass to people. Consumption is common in animals slaughtered for food and uncooked meat can cause infection even from slight illness. A raw lung juice inoculated animals. partial cooking did not prevent death. Thorough cooking at 160 degrees is advised.
A physician asserts musk as the sole effective remedy for whooping cough, while noting that diseases from alcohol may be hereditary for generations. He warns that continued consumption could drive a family to extinction, a remark attributed to Darwin.
The Red Elephant Mountain near Georgetown Colorado hosts a growing network of fissure veins with high grade ore from 150 to 4000 ounces per ton. A miner found the Bowlder Nest four years ago after penetrating deep through dirt. Several mines have formed nearby with strong investor interest and year round work.
Letters from Chinese students who returned home show little progress after a year. They complain their time was wasted and describe varied studies under English teachers and missionaries, with some pursuing uncompleted plans near Canton and others lingering in uncertain work.
Malaria is described as a debilitating illness tied to surroundings, with symptoms ranging from lassitude and loss of appetite to high fever and severe weakness. The ad claims Brown's Iron Bitters cures malaria and various ailments, enriches blood, strengthens nerves and digestion, and sells for $1 per bottle through reputable dealers.
A Salt Lake City man visiting Boston details his drastic weight loss from 270 to 190 pounds over two years by a strict regimen. He ate beefsteak and bread, drank little water, and weighed himself daily, noting waist shrank from 58 to 40 inches and collar from 24 to 18. He smoked 15 to 20 cigars daily and plans to regain some weight before returning east.
In Newport on September 10 1882 Rev C W Wendt attacked fox hunting calling it a reckless sport that harms animals and endangers lives. He urged a Christian duty to oppose such brutal pastime while praising American athletic sports and urging virtues over English feudal remnants.
The Spencer water works project, long discussed and delayed for three years, is now moving forward and is expected to be in service before snow. Spencer, growing rapidly, was cited as a thriving town with a large population increase in the latest census.
A brief note claims Brown's remedy permanently restores worn-out functions after use, presenting a health claim for renewed energy and vitality. No corroborating details or source data provided.
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