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Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 03, 1889

Page

4

Newsraver Co Subscription Notice From Boston

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Sample copies offer free weekly Globe for a year

The notice promotes free sample copies of The Weekly Globe mailed on request by postal card. It urges readers to share samples with friends and neighbors to form a club, promising one year of free delivery to the family.

Weekly Globe

The Samoan Disaster And Its Lessons

The Samoa storm confirms a grim disaster. The piece argues the incident should teach the United States and Germany to mend tensions, noting the loss of over a hundred sailors and the futility of war over a remote island. It urges restraint and shared grief to improve relations.

Samoa Germany United States Lord Bacox

Protection For Lobsters Law Passes Legislature

A new law approved by Governor Amzs bans catching selling or possessing with intent to sell any female lobster bearing eggs. Penalties include fines from 10 to 100 dollars or imprisonment from one to three months. An exception exists for accidentally taking a forbidden lobster from the water.

Amzs House of Correction

Lobster Law Aims At Scientific Study For Better Supply

The law allows six small estuaries to be set aside for scientific investigation into lobster habits propagation and distribution. Protecting mother lobsters is expected to improve supply within one or two years and stabilize prices.

Adams on railroad government and church talk in Boston

Charles Francis Adams argues in Scribner's for a representative railroad governance including employees in tribunals to curb strikes and align interests. The piece contrasts this with a Boston dining table debate over church alternatives, emphasizing music readings and silent worship over sermonizing.

Charles Francis Adams

Venus and Connecticut law spark humanity debate

An essay contrasts Connecticut vagrancy punishment with New Jersey hardship, arguing harsh laws turn honest workers into tramps. It condemns inhumanity, then pivots to a scientific reflection on life beyond Earth, asserting it is reasonable to suppose other worlds host life.

Connecticut New Jersey

Venus May Harbor Life Says Old Astronomer Theory

An old article argues Venus could support life despite heat differences. It notes Venus receives more solar heat than Earth and features high mountains that imply cooling at height. The piece compares gravity, atmosphere, and resemblance to Earth to claim Venus might be inhabited or at least not provably uninhabitable.

Venus Solar System Mars Earth

Jonn Bricut Remembered as Ireland’s Polarizing Champion

The death of Jonn Bricut marks the end of a remarkable political era in England. He is celebrated as a tireless advocate for democracy and Ireland, a fearless agitator who moved masses and challenged monarchy, with many crediting him as the century’s staunch defender of freedom despite later missteps on the Irish question.

Jonn Bricut England Grapstone Ireland Jos Bricot Jonn Briart Joan Bright

Remembering Joan Briton Brient, British reformer and ally

A tribute recalls Joan Briet's radical influence, from repealing the corn laws to advancing free trade and Irish reform. It highlights his leadership in English platforms and Parliament, his anti pro Southern stance during the Civil War, and calls for honoring his legacy while noting a late misstep.

Liberal Party Joan Briet Richard Conogen John Bricut England Joan Baiant Ronnit Peet Glapstoxin Conpen Ericot House of Commons Ireland Grapstone Journ Barcut Rochdale Mason Surprit Joan Brient BricHt

Disenchantment for Boomer Claimants in Oklahoma

The Oklahoma boomers longed for land to settle. Now in sight of action they may feel the gap between dream and reality. Instead of heavy farming, many stake streets and rename claims as New Chicago, living off corner lot rentals and sales.

Oklahoma New Chicago

Bells on the Cows Poem by Edward A. Oldham

A dialect poem evocatively depicts spring pastures and rural life. The speaker recalls bells on cattle as music of the countryside while animals and birds share the scene with spray of green fields, clover scent, and evening light.

Edward A. Oldham

It Would Have Been a Wiggly World

A Somerville Journal reflection ponders how humans would fumble with no material to work with and be forced to try shaping the world from nothing, suggesting the weight and humor of ambition across ages.

Somerville Journal

Correcting a 19th century invitation etiquette query

A reader seeks guidance on proper wording for a church dedication invitation, clothing and etiquette at weddings, and card–call conventions. The query covers You and family phrasing, morning services, signatures, signatures and authority, and appropriate phrasing for an invitation to a dedication with a stated time.

Williamsville Union Sunday School

Yankee Notions Miss Leafy Moore Inherits Gun Case

Miss Leafy Moore living in Bingham at 16 inherits a rifle and keeps up its reputation as a hunter. She shot a hawk using the uncle’s rifle, a weapon he carried over twenty years, a feat framed by her famous hunter grandfather Uncle Nate Moore.

Leafy Moore Skowhegan

Johnnie Moody Wins Pie Eating Belt After Fast Feat

Cape Wisabeth Sentinel reports B F Pike had claimed pie eating title at Cash's corner but Johnnie Moody stepped forward and ate 12 pies in 20 minutes to claim the championship belt. Moody now wears the belt as the top pie eater.

Cape Wisabeth Sentinel B. F. Pike Cash Johnnie Moody

The Man and His Birthday

Parker Tandy will celebrate his seventy seventh birthday at a Fast Semester in New Hampshire on April 4. The program includes a prayer service, music, and a discussion titled Which affords the most real happiness to human society participation or anticipation.

Concord Monitor Parker Tandy N. TH

The Lye Maker and the Horse in Bangor

J L Craig potash manufacturer keeps a horse 41 years old used in business for 19 years.

Bangor Commercial J. L. Craig

The Frog and the Ball of Butter

A town resident kept cream in a spring to stay cool. A frog fell in during the night, churned the cream, and surfaced on a bale of butter milk the next morning washing its feet. Also reported a man cutting off his right thumb in Antrim and another losing a left thumb at a sawmill on the 16th.

Middletown Irog Concord Aon C. FE

Ex-Mayor Doolittle Becomes Father After 22 Years

The former Meriden mayor Doolittle has become a father for the first time within a few days, marking 22 years of marriage. In Norwich Connecticut a horse swallowed a large ball of twine and needed two men to extract the cord inch by inch from its mouth.

Connecticut Paper Doolittle Meriden Norwich Conn

A Boy's Composition on the Wasp

A boy from Albany describes a wasp as a six legged tree dwelling bird with a stinger. He recalls stinging encounters, a mud pie remedy, and a spankings after tearing pants during wasp nest mischief. He notes honey myths and his father’s warnings about stings.

jAlbany Press Ike

Kind South Side Woman Gives Pills Instead of Food

A charitable Chicago woman, unable to find food for a beggar at her door, offers a small pasteboard box of pills instead. The episode ends with the hungry visitor leaving with the pills, highlighting mixed charity and impractical aid.

Chicago Herald

How to Make Marriage a Success by SCOVILLE

A concise guide urging mutual respect and daily-care in marriage. It emphasizes shared feelings, honest communication, frequent home life, courteous treatment, and joint effort to beautify the home. The advice encourages spouses to prioritize love, rest, and kindness over clubs and gossip.

Scoville

Phases of Real Manhood from New York Telegram

A list of virtues and vices framed as three-item ideals. It pairs admirable traits with what to love and hate, descrying reverence, delight, wish, esteem, likings, suspicions, avoidances, cultivation, contention, governance, and preparation for life’s cycles. The piece reflects period moral didacticism.

New York Telegram

Boston Cooking School Demonstration Teaches Veal and Rice Dishes

A March 27 Boston Cooking School demonstration led by Miss Maynard and Mrs. Dearborn showcased veal and rice dishes with tomato sauces and a rice mould. Recipes covered casserole of rice and meat, veal cutlets, brown gravy, salsify, and a rice steaming technique, with guidance on sauces and presentation.

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