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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1888
Page
4
The Weekly Globe advertises Beautiful Water Colors sold with two picture sets and an illustrated book Sunshine for Little Children. An annual subscription to the Weekly Globe plus the two titles costs only $1.30 with postage free.
Back numbers of The Political History the only history of the kind will be sent free to all new subscribers who request them. Order early to be sure of receiving them. Address Basten Mais
Tar Dattr Grone offers one copy per month at 560 cents and per year at 86 00 with postage prepaid. Tar Buxpay Grosz by mail 2.00 per year. Tar Werker Grosz by mail 1.00 per year. Entered as second class matter at Boston Post Office.
A call urges voters to support a Democratic president and promotes circulating a fighting Democratic newspaper, the Boston Weekly Globe, as a reliable champion of the party.
A political admonition urges readers that success rests on individual work rather than what Democratic State Committee may do. The message emphasizes self-reliance and personal campaigning over reliance on party machinery.
A call to citizens to form local committees to distribute The Weekly Globe and persuade others to subscribe. The author argues that electing a Democratic president depends on changing Republican belief and urges active self-organization among Democrats nationwide.
The Weekly Globe urges forming a club and getting every reader to subscribe to boost readership and turn readers into new voters through regular reading and participation.
The article notes Alaska's transfer from Russia a century ago and the 1884 limited civil rights. It discusses a new Congress bill granting citizenship rights, a territorial government, and judicial and administrative machinery. It highlights Alaska's vast area, growing population, resources, fisheries, and development potential for the nation.
The piece argues the Republican nomination faces many hopefuls at Chicago with Brains absent leaving a leadership gap. It lists Johns Sherman Allison Harrison Gresham McKinney McKaytey and Incalts, noting flies and disqualifications hinder each, leaving no clear favorite for 1888 style leadership.
The passage observes public lands expanding under United States influence and predicts rapid American prosperity across new territories. It notes science shrinking distances and enabling settlers to establish homes, asserting Congress prepares for local self-government as the territory develops.
The piece argues against men abstaining from force toward women who wield a horsewhip. It cites New York and New Jersey cases where husbands, reporters, and bystanders were assaulted by women. It asserts a man has right to defend himself and rejects the notion of chivalric restraint when faced with unsexed aggression.
The piece critiques multiple GOP hopefuls from New York to Connecticut, calling out their flaws and metaphorically labeling them as flies. It cites Ingalls, Vanderbilts influence, Carey, Hiscock, Epaunps, Bourne, Hawey, and general weaknesses, arguing no candidate can avoid criticisms and air of weakness.
The Senate, long seen as slow, concluded a brisk session by approving 127 pension bills in about 90 minutes. While specific merits are unclear, the rapid action impressed observers with unusual legislative activity.
A collage of opinions and satirical quips from Yonkers to Springfield on leaders, wealth in church and politics. Notes on Jay Govin, clergymen, and a Unitarian jibe mix with social trends, crime headlines, and a waning war cloud.
The author surveys natural gas prospects in Indiana and discusses broader tech, science, and religion themes. He contrasts public curiosity with skepticism toward spiritualism, notes Captain Ericsson and solar engines, and praises a new Harlem river bridge in New York while reflecting on tariff, industry, silk, cotton, and American maritime progress.
The writer cites Philadelphia debt relief and a grand marble public building as context for stricter liquor laws. He links saloon proliferation to immigrant arrivals and warns that watered beer harms workers. He notes Western railroads and New York factory unrest, urging courts to enforce lasting prohibition rather than political tinkering.
Reuben Dessureau plans to exhume his son George Dessureau at spring thaw to verify claims that the late law student’s body petrified after death on New Year’s Day 1884. Eyewitness notes at burial describe preserved features with only minor changes.
A Louisville Courier Journal note describes young physicians using slates to impress patients. Observers recount doctors drawing imaginary calls on slates, some leaving entries at doors, while real calls lag behind, reflecting vanity and practice patterns.
A poem in 1894 style warns Lita of dangerous flirtations, likening her charm to witchcraft. The speaker invokes Cotton Mather era superstition and predicts a fate where she wears a veil and weds at the altar after ensnaring hearts with spells. The piece blends mock warning with romantic regret.
Insurance companies in Great Britain, after long term registration of beneficiaries, find abstainers live longer than those who drink in moderation. The records show a longevity advantage for total abstainers over moderate drinkers.
A parliamentary member cites statistics showing total abstainers live about six years longer than moderate drinkers and four years longer than heavy drinkers. Insurance societies in England now offer policies exclusively for total abstainers, with any alcohol use voiding coverage.
Washington Letter recalls Mr Cox describing two memorable House episodes. He quotes incidents with Calamity Weller and a mis-timed quarter minute, explaining the laughter, the gavel, and his own unintended humor while chairing during the Forty-eighth Congress.
A judge considers the case noting Parkinson once served the family for years as a reliable but aging man. His near sightedness and failing memory lead to a tragic accident involving Aunt Esther near the stepping stone at a fountain. The incident raises questions of duty and responsibility within the household.
A young woman in the Adirondacks braves darkness to retrieve a injured hunter from a dense forest near a remote summer retreat. She guides a boat to safety, then returns to care for him, earning praise as a model of bravery and resolve.
A column notes a Dutch cleaning woman as a lively, irresistible figure. It lists cloths, chamoi su, brooms, brushes, scrapers, and pastes as the implements she uses to vanquish dust in the cottage, praising her devotion and skill.
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