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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1888
Page
6
A firsthand account in Detroit Free Press recalls meeting Uncle Billy at Cullman where a seasoned Confederate vows to surrender after a long war. The tale centers on a staged surrender scene amid a Southern settlement and a mock battle with humor and reconciliation as the last rebel yields.
A Chicago commercial traveler woke in time for a 6 o clock train but rushed out in his shirt sleeves and heavy coat. At the gate he discovered he had no pants, only his undergarments, leaving him embarrassed and the details of the morning misadventure kept discreet. The gatekeeper received a silver dollar but the traveler asked his name be kept secret.
The text discusses that calm practical men tend to plain round legible handwriting with uniform letter sizes and upright lines. It contrasts this with fantastic minds who scribble wildly, suggesting handwriting reflects personality and temperament.
Writers found relief from prose by adding flourishes in letters. The text notes firm deliberate strokes in the pen, but warns that unsure writers press unevenly and scratchy hands reveal anxiety. Ambition leads to haste and sloppy finishing, with crossed t s and dotted i s often forgotten.
Dusenberry boasted of flawless memory as he shops for his wife and encounters a cascade of wrong items. The wife challenges every purchase from hazelnuts to satin, hairpins, and castor oil, exposing his faulty recall and leaving him humiliated.
A Munich dated notice from Baron Theodore von Holberg invites "a handsome young wife" aged 16 to 20 to marry him. The 70 year old but claims 25 by health seeks a cheerful partner to share travel and home life within 100 miles of Munich, promising wealth, castles, and exclusivity in a historical, satirical plea from 1540.
A fragment from The Philadelphia Record titled The Departure and The Return shows a bride and groom exchanging light hearted farewells. The dialogue includes warnings about a wheel, a heavy bouquet and playful banter as departure ends and return begins.
A playful note describes Judge Lubber-Hello ready for a yacht outing with all attire in place but missing the yacht itself. The jest centers on the missing vessel as the focal point of the scene.
Modern superstitions link ghostly apparitions to Odin and Frigga, with banshee and white lady lore across Ireland, Scotland, and Germany. The piece highlights the White Lady of the Hohenzollerns, her repeated appearances dating to 148 and later, culminating in Prussian royal deaths, and notes a decline as science grows.
Harper's essay describes caribou behavior on ice after snow melts, noting unpredictable mood shifts from wary to fearless with hunters. It details their ice play, pawing slush, licking ice, forming single-file marches, and sudden charges, ending as the herd darts off toward the woods.
Mr. T. B. Sims returns to the city with family when his seven year old daughter leaves their section and sleeps beside an elderly man from New Orleans. In darkness the child is mistaken for her father. After an alarm and search, the girl is found asleep beside the unaware stranger as agitation subsides.
A Chicago Mail letter describes traveling in Holland where boys and girls wear identical dark skirts and bodices. The guide demonstrates gender by cap style and a crown on the back of a girl's cap, noting children’s names reveal gender after age eight.
A farmer-like exchange has a young father blaming himself for his infant’s persistent crying. The physician suggests teething as a possible cause, while the father remains skeptical about any sharp objects or teeth appearing since birth.
A Philadelphia aunt recounts a scene in a parlor where her niece explains she was waiting with a young man. The aunt quips that young men are slippery and insists on having witnesses.
Mrs. Bowser and her husband clash over a new pet, a William goat. The goat rampages through the yard causing chaos and injuries, ending with Mr. Bowser fleeing the scene as the narrator laments the domestic budget and warns against further animal schemes.
The late Dean Burgon noted for his affection of children. He enjoyed dancing with youngsters and playing at school treats. On one visit he wore a rough rug and roared like a beast to a drawing room, frightening two visitors until explanations restored calm.
The Philadelphia Times notes that Southern-born women dominate several local money making trades. It remarks that the wealthiest dressmakers in the city are Southern women and that many successful writers and lodging house keepers from the South stand out.
The passage argues the Southern woman is not tailor-made and gains influence by presenting agreeable cooperation. She accepts male decisions while subtly guiding him through a belief that he initiates change, a dynamic claimed to seal her success.
Sibyl and Harry banter in a moonlit hammock on Sibyls lawn as she reads and resists his attempts to swing and sit closer. The scene shifts from flirtation to tension with playful furniture complaints and a fading evening mood before a sudden emotional reveal.
A compilation of anecdotes and poetry on kissing from ancient Eden to eighteenth century figures. It traces sacred salutes and royal intrigues, notes famous literary kisses from Shakespeare to Leigh Hunt, and recalls glove bargains won by a sleeping kiss.
A column describes a superstition where names written on slips are enclosed in dough balls and dropped into water. Balls float and crack to reveal a man woman pairing. Paired man and woman forecast a union, two men predict bachelors, two women predict spinsters, blank balls imply unsocial persons. Ink may blur names if used.
A New York repair shop anecdote describes time saving methods and improvised tools. It cites techniques for drilling glass with wax and fluoric acid and for shaping metal with homemade mixtures and tools, highlighting practical science learned on the job.
In a softly lit transfer of affection a man asks to kiss the woman good night and she consents. He folds her close and she speaks of confusion and doubt as a new romance unfolds. The narrative then moves away from the intimate moment.
A dramatic exchange unfolds as a man declares affection and bodily embrace. The woman asks for time to think, with lines of lingering emotion and a focus on intimate dialogue between two unnamed characters.
An irate buyer confronts a horse dealer claiming a horse promised for the track could not jog a mile in under 17 minutes. The dealer replies the horse was meant for a street year track, not racing, highlighting a miscommunication over training goals.
A Chicago Tribune figure recounts a Kentucky statesman about to sail for the first time. The exchange centers on ship construction and the insistence on having a watertight compartment despite cost.
In the Dover museum, England, a silver double-cased oval watch displays two movable dials. One shows month numerals with zodiac signs near the center, the fixed ring bears abbreviated month names, the other dial indicates hours. A revolving lower plate presents the days of the week, and another aperture reveals the day.
Two engraved plates show the moon and the month, one bears the inscription John Burgis fecit. The pieces move opposite to current watchmaking methods, and no date is provided for the month scene.
A reflective verse about love imposed by a social wall. The speaker notes fluctuating affection and a barrier that both isolates and tempts, with the threshold of paradise glimpsed beyond the wall and lovers near yet apart. The piece quotes Edith Sessions Tupper via New York World.
A witty verse from Wade Whipple weaves classical names like Argus Janne Miltiades and Thucydides into a playful critique. It questions why history omits scandalous or domestic anecdotes and imagines Mrs. Pericles hosting a pink tea for Bridget and Jane Aristotle, lampooning historical legends.
A poem contrasts Belle and Bess in a lyrical puzzle of affection. The speaker frets over choosing between two women, Belle and Bess, and imagines devotion shifting as circumstances change with each staying or leaving.
Lilian Badington in Courier-Journal sends a romantic verse about parting and love. The narrator pleads for guidance of the heart as a kiss seals a quiet, intimate moment under a still night sky.
In a playful chat with Gretchen on a piazza I read a poem about a Sister of Charity. The speaker mocks his flirtatious companion and compares her to a nun kissing the cross, arguing love and devotion blur lines between sacred and secular affection.
Poem fragment from Annie C. McQueen depicting hidden love as a smouldering fire. The speaker urges restraint to avoid exposing longing, contrasting silent restraint with the intensity of concealed passion and its eventual illumination.
A playful poem on a newborn’s charm from wrinkled face to tiny toes. It notes changes as the baby grows and muses that future potential could lead to great deeds or political success, depending on appetite and fate.
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