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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1889
Page
4
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An analysis notes Montana’s recent local elections swing toward Democrats, challenging prior Republican optimism about statehood. It recalls Democratic success in five prior delegate elections and a Democratic territorial legislature, suggesting Montana may elect two senators and three electoral votes for the party in future races.
The remark notes that keeping Montana outside the broader bloc would have benefited Republicans, suggesting strategic political shifts and implications for party alignment.
Henry Appleton reports from London that English women already vote in school boards and municipal elections and may gain full suffrage in two to three years. He notes figures on London County Council, including Miss E. J. C. Connex and Lady Sanpuvrst, and mentions two pending Parliament bills on voting rights. He contrasts England’s progress with America’s, citing Rhode Island’s adoption of Australian ballot and expanding suffrage as a sign of ongoing democratic reform.
A Massachusetts note highlights April as a notable holidays month with three dates: April 22 for a special election holiday, Arbor Day on the 27th, and a centennial inauguration on the 30th. Arbor Day is praised as the prettiest holiday fostering family ties and social fraternity, with trees planted in honor of loved ones standing as living monuments to family joy and renewal.
The article surveys Rhode Island as the smallest state, noting its feudal charter and primogeniture, the 1842 Dorr reform, and the long struggle to end birth as a voting qualification. It contrasts state size with its industrial era baronial politics, noting manufacturing power and persistent factional divides.
The New York World published a letter from Thomas Stevens about Africa's slave trade and German usurpation. It accuses European duplicity used to justify land grabs and commerce with rum, gunpowder, and muskets. The piece hints at a hidden game and thanks Stevens for shedding light.
The New York Herald argues the Samoa disaster shows the navy needs better materiel to use its personnel effectively. The piece contends the real lesson is not failed gear but two nations quarreling over a small dispute and sour grapes.
The poem in a faux dramatic voice recounts a humorous scene with a president figure on a regal divan as the speaker notes overheard lines. A cook named Sam and a powerful boss appear in a chaotic, ribald verse as the narrator contemplates the absurdity and power dynamics.
A nearly twenty year old man with a living mother and deceased father asks if he can marry without his mother’s written assent at the city clerk he wonders if illness or disability of the mother justifies bypassing the requirement. The case cites law points and seeks guidance on consent procedures.
The guidance notes that selling a patent medicine under another’s patent without expiry can expose liability. If you create your own medicine by combining ingredients from a patent medicine you may face civil suits. There is no automatic arrest for these actions, but legal action is possible if patent rights are infringed.
The reply notes that incorporation allows many people to combine capital for a single enterprise without a large unwieldy partnership. It mentions the state filings as a cost but emphasizes the ease of raising capital, limited liability, and centralized management as primary advantages. It also touches on a pension inquiry about Confederate veterans and cites the clerk of the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., as a potential source for pension records.
A reader asks whether a drain running beneath their yard from a neighbor’s house has a legal right to remain. They worry about removal, blockage risks, and the effect of a 20 year presence. The answer notes the drain could be a nuisance or encumbrance and requires title examination to confirm legal status.
Merritt at the art gallery praises Rubens artistry while Cora agrees and notes a legend that he could alter a laughing face to a sad one by a single stroke. Little Johnnie retorts that his school teacher can do the same.
A historical reflection on the growth of Sunday newspapers in New York and Boston, noting the five cent Sunday price move, the expansion of pages, and the shift to reading and advertising pages. The piece discusses war-driven demand, the role of cable despatches, and how major papers like the World and Herald shaped modern Sunday journalism, with critiques of duplication and syndication.
The Oregon Alpine Club receives a playful honorary member request from Edgar W. Nye, penned as Britt Nye, detailing Mount Hood ambitions and mountain lore. He jokes about alpenstock detours, club objects, and hopes to join as honorary then active member while praising Portland as a visitor’s radiator.
Mrs Frank Kenney of Portsmouth New Hampshire long suffered stomach trouble. She insisted a living creature resided in her stomach and after treatment by Dr F N Frost a small light colored snake twelve and a half inches long was removed. She recovered quickly and planned to return home.
A host proclaims a surprise for guests as a pheasant from the duke of Worcestershire’s preserves is brought out. Mr Tiddley’s son jokes about happiness and his dog Fido not being shy in sharing the moment.
Aunt Penelope with testamentary powers muses that the baby might resemble her. Edith, surprised, hopes the child will not take after Aunt Penelope’s appearance, fearing such beauty could be a snare.
A fragment notes that, next to awaiting a verdict, maintaining a sleeping baby is among the most soul torturing labors in the day. The line points to parental stress and fatigue in a Milwaukee Journal context.
An Atchison Globe snippet suggests tension over religious influence in labor unions, noting that you cannot constrain a man to attend a prayer meeting as you can to other union activities. The fragment hints at broader debate about faith and union discipline without detailing participants or outcomes.
Long list of European and British events including a wrecked mail fleet due to heavy gales, alleged czar assassination rumor, prison sentences and detentions in Ireland, warrants for Boulanger Rochefort and Dillon, Paris, and new Romanian cabinet. Also notes on Samoa conference stance, Irish viceroy tenure, New South Wales rabbit virus test results, and a Portsmouth artillery company reunion.
The German warship Olga, stranded in Samoa during the hurricane, has arrived in Sydney for repairs. She brought from Apia the commander, two officers, and 80 crew of the Adler wrecked in the same storm. The Rockton will sail to Samoa to pick up wreck crews and transport them to San Francisco. Some ships suffered severe damage and many bodies have been recovered and buried. One hundred German sailors remain at Apia to guard German interests.
A Kansas couple eloped on April 10 in a Pullman coach of a Santa Fe westbound train. Lorenzo Hickman age 25 from Sedgewick county and Emma Hickman age 22 of Vigo county wed as the train pulled away just three minutes after the Wabash arrival.
An adletter claims a positive remedy cures consumption and promises two free bottles to readers who send an express and P O address. The letter is signed by Slocum in New York and invites further correspondence.
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