Weekly Groner advertised as family weekly novelty
The Boston Globe advertises the Weekly Groner as a versatile weekly featuring agricultural content a home journal a lady's magazine a story paper a boys and girls weekly and a live newspaper. Subscriptions may begin any time and clubs can form in summer winter or spring. Read the first column of this page.
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Dunn Brown and His Double by Oliver Optic starts April 25
A verbose notice discusses Dunn Brown and His Double by Oliver Optic launching April 25 and asks readers to canvass neighborhoods to gain new subscribers for Tue Guope. It also reviews multiple political debates, editor swindling cases, army retirement clauses, Mormon conference outcomes, and treaty interpretations related to Chinese immigration.
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Oliver Optic
Tue Grorr
Republican
Connecticut
Treaty Provision Questioned in Incomplete Bill Debate
A fragment notes doubt about a bill’s consistency with an external agreement and mentions two commissioners may interpret provisions differently, suggesting uncertainty in the treaty alignment and internal understanding.
Life Insurance as a Cooperative Tool for Social Security
The piece extols life insurance as a triumph of cooperation, detailing how pooled premiums create security for families, the role of mortality tables in fair pricing, and the Massachusetts report of six hundred thousand policies totaling about fifteen hundred million dollars. It cites Irish-American pressure on Congress to protect citizens abroad and urges robust government protection of expatriate rights.
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United States
Congress
James Russell Lowell
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Land League convention in Washington backs reform in Ireland
The Land League of America gains cautious support from Irish Americans after a Washington convention. General P. A. Collins leads as permanent president but declines the top post, remaining first vice-president. The assembly urges recalling the U S minister in London and pressing for a fair settlement of Ireland’s grievances, backed by over 10 million American citizens.
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Ireland
Washington
Best Friends of Ireland
United States
Land League of America
New England
P. A. Collins
Organization
League
England
Towell
Court of St. James
Friends of Ireland
Landlord in Ireland Illustrates Harsh Contract in Land Deals
A Dublin era column rails at the land act while recounting Lord Gormanston’s lease case. The tenant faced rent hikes and heavy charges, including county cess and penalties for crops and bricks, with no solicitor to aid him and no compensation for improvements.
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Ireland
Lord Gormanston
Difference in People and the Northfield Outrage
The piece contrasts Missouri and Minnesota through the Jesse James era, noting Missouri’s brutal bandit history and the Northfield raid where vigilant residents killed or captured most of the gang. It argues against Goldwin Smith’s view of Americans and defends jury trials and American resolve.
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Jesse James
Missouri
James Boys
Commonwealth
Minnesota
Northfield
State
Cole Younger
Stames
James Gang
Debate over government policy sparks strong critique
A hostile opinion piece denounces a public policy and its backers, calling the government unworthy and deriding intellectuals like Professor Goldwin Smith. The writer objects to the policy as insulting to the country and questions the mental fitness of its proponents.
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Goldwin Smith
Smith
Congress probes elections to clinch party power in the fall
The writer criticizes Congress for focusing on 1880 canvassing in South Carolina and Mississippi while urging scrutiny of other elections. They claim Reed's seat in Maine is fragile and that Anderson may have evidence overturning it. The piece argues that motives center on partisan gain rather than truth, aiming to oust Democrats and shore up the Republicans amid looming political upheaval.
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Tabernacle
Edmunds
Taylor
Congress
South Carolina
Mississippi
Reed
Maine
Anderson
Thomas
Indiana
New York
Ohio
New York Tribune
May Reid
Mentor
Brady
Dorsey
House
How to Succeed in Life A Civic Reflection and Notes
A reflective piece on success through effort, frugality, and practical knowledge. It cites public figures who rose from little schooling, endorses perseverance and honesty, and quotes a Christian Union series defining true success as tangible results that better humanity and the nation. It condemns frivolous “butterfly” success and warns against opportunistic political tickets.
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Ife
Christian Union
Controversy and satire amid late 19th century notes
A collage of brief opinions and jests from various sources on politics temperance and society. Church and public figures are sketched through quotes and caricatures, touching Robeson Chandler Mormon boycotts wages pensions and imperial remarks with satirical asides on media and leadership.
Boers and politicians clash in scattered editorials
A collection of satirical and political remarks notes the Boers fighting English troops from rocky cover, plus sharp jabs at Guiteau, Ireland, Speaker Keifer, Robeson, and party leaders. It recounts schoolyard whimsy about bones, a cashier, and a jealous ex-lover, then mocks Massachusetts independence and a Concord Monitor jab at New Hampshire’s views.
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Guiteau
Auburn
Stafford Northcote
England
Ireland
Keifer
Republic
Robeson
New York Sun
Lowell
Gallumpus
N. Y
Wasp
Boston
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Parker C. Chandler
Concord
N. H
Dragging Pains and Patent Medicine Claims
Dr. K V Pierce of Buffalo receives a letter from A J Huyck of Deposit praising the Favorite Prescription for female weaknesses with dragging pains that slowed illness after an initial bad reaction, noting two bottles cured his wife. The ad ends by claiming Brown's Iron Bitters relieves dyspepsia heartburn and indigestion.
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K. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
A. J. Huyck
Deposit
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