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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1879
Page
4
The notice urges readers to form a five-person yearly subscription club to renew the paper for one year. It suggests presenting a sample copy to neighbors to demonstrate value and qualify for an extra copy, reinforcing affordability and community support.
A reader asks if lack of leisure prevents forming a club and notes that a wife, son, or daughter can enlist neighbors to secure five subscribers for a one year paper. The item suggests assistance from family to support newspaper subscriptions.
A club may include old or new subscribers from the same town or different sections, and every name received will count as one toward the five needed to secure an extra copy.
The notice urges every reader or subscriber to begin at once to canvass for the Weekly Globe and induce a friend to subscribe so both may receive the paper for one year through concerted effort.
A broad appeal announces an active agent network across the United States offering a one year subscription for every five subscribers, with a cash commission option. Readers are invited to contact the issuer to learn the commission amount and participate in the program.
A formal note promises to send sample copies to potential subscribers and assist agents in every reasonable way. Each subscriber is guaranteed delivery of every paid issue and duplicate copies will be sent at no extra cost if an issue does not arrive. Payments under 15 cents are accepted and may be forwarded at the company’s risk.
The Boston Weekly Globe notes the army appropriation bill moves to the senate with little likelihood of delay. Debate in the upper chamber is anticipated to drag on, offering no relief for the public while the house prepares the legislative appropriation bill for a similar fate.
The Porter reinstatement debate highlights broad support for restoring General Fitz John Porter, with Republicans and Democrats praising justice while a few Stanton and Pope partisans push for presidential disapproval. Pay calculations show back pay could reach about $75,000 if reinstated, though legal action hinges on Congressional action. Blackburn of Kentucky defends Democrats as upholding free ballot rights, arguing partisan riders on appropriation bills are constitutional and not revolutionary.
A Memphis seed of the peanut trade leads to saloon life and a tangle of affairs. A young heiress leaves her uncle James Brizzolari for Angelo Marre, later jailed for burglary, who wins restoration of citizenship as Brizzolari also seeks it. The yellow fever era death left $200,000 to heirs, now a suit over the woman’s possession unfolds.
A public address urges steadfast resolve in a contest, denouncing critics as cravens while defending the right to appeal to the people. It reflects on poverty, civilization, and the role of government, urging charity and steadiness under political strain with references to the market, the hearth, and moral duty.
A hodgepodge of 19th century notes includes garrison tales from Ekowe, marching monarchs, bishops, and poets. It mentions Austria’s empress leaving Ireland, Anna Dickinson’s doctor restricting travel, a church cardinal appointment, and the fiftieth anniversary of Catholic emancipation.
Simple self measurement rules and sample material cards are available by mail for distant customers. Retail sales this season are expected to reach one to two thousand coats at prices from 3.75 to 15 dollars. The all wool diagonal overcoat at 8.75 is well made and unusually cheap, with worsted overcoats at six dollars also highly praised.
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