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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1884
Page
4
The April 1 1884 Boston Weekly Globe previews the second page feature How to Grow Crops Profitably focusing on rye oats and barley with clear practical guidance for farmers. It promises next week a similar exhaustive treatment of beets turnips carrots and parsnips.
A new instalment titled The Silver Queer promises ongoing adventures in New York and Colorado. Readers are urged to subscribe to receive each installment and form a club to share in the weekly chapters. The Globe touts the serial as worthy of the yearly subscription price.
A political briefing urges turnout and subscription growth as campaign activity intensifies. Organizers from key clubs emphasize civic participation and media engagement to maximize influence before the August window.
The notice urges canvassing for Globe subscriptions and lists mailing rules for agents and readers. It notes samples, prompts immediate action, and details how to remit to The Weekly Globe Boston. It also critiques maritime safety gear and praises inspector efforts against life preserver frauds.
Districts instruct officials to reject delusive life preservers and expect steamboat companies to spend about $40,000 on sound cork jackets before summer operations begin. Complaints may arise, but inspectors remain unmoved.
A dramatic account argues that Friday night violence in Cincinnati mirrored a volcano erupting in a city. It blames elected officials and lawyers for lax law enforcement, notes Music Hall protests, and warns that rioters are drawn to such demonstrations. It also critiques navy policy and naval procurement, arguing secrecy and political influence shaped by contractors endangered national defense.
A California reverend cites a two to one female majority in churches schools and cultural venues as evidence that women rise and men sink. He argues this ratio could shape the hereafter and even steer men toward virtue, while not considering how many women might fall into vice.
The President presses Congress to fund new cruisers without delay arguing the Navy needs modern ships. Critics say the current designs are faulty and urge testing the ships under construction before ordering more. They note past funding created an aging fleet and question naval architecture under the Chandler era.
Despatches from England report a deliberate plan by English authorities to ship 270 Irish paupers to the United States, an act described as an international insult. The piece condemns the move and notes the 1882 immigration act requiring return of unable to care for themselves passengers at vessel owners' expense, while denouncing the moral wrong of pauperizing a nation.
London dispatches report Prince Leopold died from overexertion and fatigue after dancing for hours despite doctors orders. The piece reflects on royal duty, monarchy as ceremony, and the late prince’s intellect and brief public role, contrasting royal restraint with lively private pursuit.
The article praises the promise of long distance speech via telephone, arguing it will transform business and society like the telegraph once did. It notes Boston to New York service as proof and predicts near universal adoption, while contrasting with political race bias and flawed claims by senators.
A Norfolk political speech accuses Ma Honf and allied Republican Black leaders in Virginia of inciting racial strife. The text claims a Black speaker urged both dynamite and ballots to advance the cause, and questions what John Sherman would respond.
The Democratic caucus backs revenue reform and urges quick passage of the Morrison bill in the House to settle tariff policy. Business leaders seek clarity on duties, fearing continued uncertainty and stalled trade as partisan gridlock persists.
In a Sharon speech Morse argues sugar tariffs harm workers, citing 800000 tons yearly consumption and 50 million in tax transfers, while postmasters and civil service reform spark GOP tensions. It notes Newfoundland regulations provoking retaliatory duties and pressures on Canada Fishermen, plus Maine judge Appleton against a prohibition clause. Rhode Island eyes property voters on ballots. Sargent declines Russian post and seeks U.S. return.
The statement argues that BisMARCK cannot lead the United States and should be allowed to retire after expressing that wish. It also proposes that the German mission could be left vacant for a period.
A compilation of political quips dental fashion moralizing and social satire from the Philadelphia Call and various papers. Items include a new political position on street corner posture a New Jersey temperance trend fashionable teeth comic exchanges about married life and reflections on politicians clergy and industry figures with multiple brief vignettes and dialogues.
George Alfred Townsend critiques the fixation on wealth in journalism and politics, argues education lacks manual training, and links financial distortions to the 1880 presidential race. He discusses Union Pacific and New York Central stock declines, railroad expansion, speculative culture, and the influence of wealth on legislation and opinion. He predicts Payne of Ohio or Morrison as Democratic nominee and Blaine's potential rise for Republicans, while naming New York delegates and key figures.
A Treasury official explains that small treasury notes have ceased being issued due to exhausted appropriations and reissuance of existing notes. Banks report difficulty in providing change, predicting increased silver circulation and a shift toward a silver-based economy as gold and foreign balances constrain demand.
The Traveller reports the second of five heavy experimental cast iron guns for the U S Ordnance Department was cast yesterday at South Boston Iron Works. The 33 foot long piece weighs 86 000 pounds with an eight inch core using Rodman cooling. Final dimensions include a ten inch breech loading rifle twenty five feet long and twenty eight tons weight. Powder charge about 150 200 pounds, projectile 200 pounds, range five to six miles. Witnessed by army officers Colonel Theodore Yates Major Parker Captain Lyte and a delegation from the Institute of Technology.
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