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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1883
Page
4
Two months almost gone. To prompt club creation, 14 months will be awarded to each subscriber when two or more orders join, directly or via a postmaster or agent. Single subscribers pay $1 for 12 months.
The notice states that every club receives The Globe for 14 months while a single subscriber gets 12 months. It outlines eligibility and distribution, emphasizing the value of group subscriptions and individual plans.
The notice states that any person unable to form a club may ask a friend to place an order, and each participant will receive The Globe for 14 months.
A subscription note states no single order covers more than 12 months and to secure 14 months at least two copies must be ordered for a year. The offer targets subscribers, postmasters, or agents arranging multiple copies of The Globe.
An advertising note urges clubs to secure free Globe sample copies distributed townwide. It claims the Globe is the best and cheapest weekly in the United States and promises one subscriber per copy. Rates: one copy $1 yearly, six copies 14 months for $5.
A confidential circular offers a liberal cash commission to anyone who acts as an agent. Free sample copies are sent upon application and to agents at any time. The notice promotes pushing The Globe to double its circulation.
The sender of a five member club will receive an extra copy free for fourteen months and the club papers will be entered for fourteen months. Clubs may mail to one address or to each subscriber. Mailing several copies in one package reduces loss risk in transit.
An advertisement urges farmers and land owners to subscribe to The Weekly Globe, highlighting agriculture sections and other features. The notice asks readers to send names for free sample copies to the Boston based publication.
The Weekly Globe offers one year nationwide free mail delivery for 100 dollars and six copies for 500. Subscriptions require postal orders or drafts, stamps accepted if not registered. Address all mail to THE WEEKLY GLOBE Boston Mass with full writer details and address changes.
A Canada dynamite scare prompts police attention after an explosive bottle fails to injure Ottawa officials. The piece notes Austria Germany and Italy may ally against France while criticizing England's handling of conspirators. It also discusses Gladstone Harcourt aiming to pressure America and highlights Peter Cooper’s tribute by workers.
The text portrays Charles Stuart Parnell facing pressure from rival leaders Rossa and Crowe as he must align with their radical dynamite agenda or risk alienation. It notes the peril of speech that rejects the chapel-bell programme and suggests parliamentary methods are ineffective against the push to extreme action in London.
A discussion of whether churches should continue offering financial aid to theological students. Professors Eliot Angell and Shedd are cited with differing views on whether aid harms independence or is needed to attract capable students. A Springfield Republican correspondent adds two ideas: shift funding to frontier regions and require donors to be identified to beneficiaries to encourage accountability.
An essay on global unrest trends linking Nihilists in Russia and revolts in France Spain and Italy to a rising English socialist movement. It argues Ireland’s governance fuels danger, cites recent arrests in London and Birmingham of suspected Fenian helpers, and notes Anglo-Irish tensions shape public fear.
A historical reflection argues that labeling all Irish actions as Fenian in America misreads crimes by dynamiters in Russia and London. It urges examining root causes of unrest rather than blanket accusations while noting Irish people are not dynamite advocates.
The President taps Indiana’s General Gresham for the postmaster general role, citing independence from party bosses. The selection, praised as sound by critics, follows Grant’s eye for capable officers and signals a hard stance on Frank Hatton.
An account of eleven months castaway life on an isolated island told by a captain and his crew. The narrative covers survival, ingenuity, discipline, and the rescue that ends their dreary vigil, urging readers to imagine the daily struggles and eventual relief.
A New York Tribune correspondent reports a significant Latter-Day Saints convention in Kirtland Ohio with delegates from worldwide branches. The Jubilee aims to resolve temple ownership, fund improvements, and bolster Mormon growth led by Plano and Western groups, including Joseph Smith Jr and Brigham Young adherents.
The passage questions whether O'Donovan Rossa can be punished under state or federal law for alleged dynamite conspiracies and whether letters seized from Rossa suggest plans to use explosives in Ireland. It notes Denis Deasy’s arrest in Liverpool and asks for lawyers’ opinions on potential statutes and guilt.
A Virginia Court of Appeals session yields a joke by Mr Justice Lacy that disrupts the bench and even injures Justice Richardson. The piece notes English satire and declares U.S. judges lead in wit while commenting on Samuel J. Randall and tariff reform controversy in Congress.
A composite of humorous anecdotes and social observations. Items include Mrs. Davis at Aiken fearing damp mist, a judge’s quip about a summer vest, real estate sales near Brooklyn and Newport, a humorous Irishman in New York transit, pneumonia mortality in May, Dr. Hall on walking before breakfast, Jenny Lind turning 60, an ironic fortune tale, John Brown meeting a duchess, Serjeant Ballantine on interviewers, and notes on women supporting themselves and Harvard rules in colonial times.
A collage of light anecdotes and social quips from Rev Collyer to theater lore, noting oddities in markets, fashion, law, and public life. It riffs on ostrich farmers, funeral etiquette, two wives texts, and the endless trivia of daily America.
A large deer eludes a hunt along Fort Piano’s western brow attracting crowds of spectators. A black hound chases the buck down rocky terrain, then the pair plunge through gardens and walls toward the Potomac where the deer escapes into timber near Queen's Point.
Andrew Dawson tried to move a flock of about 700 sheep across Rock creek using wagons as a temporary channel. An ice wall four feet high and a flood swept toward the herd, engulfing the island and killing roughly 500 sheep. Dawson and his son escaped.
The Virginia Enterprise notes a curious local claim about Reno women whose legs are said to be short from living on the flat Truckee Meadows. A Reno scientist links the trait to a dead level landscape and predicts generation changes, including disappearing feet in five generations.
An Esquimaux eyewitness from Repulse Bay describes a white bear stalking a walrus on sea ice in Fox's channel. The bear stood on a ridge of ice and hurled ice blocks at the walrus, then leaped down. the Eskimos speared the bear and saved the walrus.
A Kentucky distiller is arrested for selling whiskey without an official stamp. Unstamped barrels seized at the depot. a barrel bearing a fresh stamp is rolled out and bitten by a billy goat. Proceedings paused. two months needed for duplicate stamps. owner sends warehouse receipt with a note that the goat ate the stamp.
A London paper describes a stout man with a dignified bearing who enters a restaurant and pauses before a small group. He reveals a two foot beard, stores the lower part inside his waistcoat, and receives comments in silence before thanking observers with a tip from his hat.
Smith Clark explains a Holland battle site at Britton's mill-dam now owned by Peter Rapp. He notes his grandfather used skulls from the field to build a worm fence with five skulls at corners and four on the ground forming a square, the fifth atop to support the rail.
William Taylor of Rock Creek Wyoming discovers a vast natural soap deposit he claims is smooth firm and emollient with unique dirt defeating properties. He predicts the product will out-cleanse the famous soap praised by Josh Billings as spotless in three days and may keep humanity clean indefinitely.
In Missouri near Glasgow George Rose entangled an otter in a dip-net. The otter drowned after being held underwater. it measured ten feet from tip to tip. Rose sold the pelt for $10.
A South Georgia alligator was captured, its jaws bolted shut with iron, released, and after four years was recaptured. It remained alive and had grown larger despite the restraint.
Three sporting gentlemen from Charlotte armed with shotguns and pistols visited a crow roost near Baxton H. Moore’s residence one mile from the city outskirts. They reported a thousand or more birds bending pines with crows estimated by one informant to be in the millions. They continued firing until exhausted, leaving countless birds on the ground. A following group of about twenty five sportsmen returned the next night to shoot again.
In the Pottsdam Courier a humorous piece argues against a supposed scientific theory that wild anthers cannot climb trees. It notes Pierpont shooters have long proven otherwise by taking shots from tree tops, as the animals spring up like house cats and grip trunks to finish the ascent.
A Detroit Post and Tribune item reports a squirrel entered Mrs. William Gada's Bridgewater Washtenaw home via the chimney and pipe to the parlor stove, scattering ashes and nibbling clothing and bedding before hiding in a closet as a fire burned in the stove.
Mrs. Wm D Ryckman of St Catharines Ontario reports using R V Pierce remedies for three months and feeling dramatically improved. She says she was skeletal and unable to walk, but now feels renewed energy and can do things she could not before.
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