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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1885
Page
4
Globe Agent Recruitment Notice for Towns and Subscriptions
In every town without a Globe agent we seek a capable young man to canvass locally and represent The Weekly Globe. Where only two or three subscribers exist, we want a new agent to boost the club. Agents may solicit subscriptions alongside their regular work. Free posters and sample copies available upon request.
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GLOBE
THE
Making a Man of Himself by Oliver Optic
A brief item notes Oliver Optic’s new story Making a Man of Himself for readers to subscribe. It adds a dusting of era commentary on public life, New York Tribune humor, and Boston’s growing business scene alongside mentions of Barntholpt statue contributions and visits by notable figures like Senator Evarts and the new English minister.
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Oliver Optic
New York Tribune
Washington
The Democratic Situation in Cleveland's Administration
The Democratic situation praises President Cleveland for a clean, honest adminis tration and a cautious pace of change. It notes party patience, endorses Postmaster Pearson in New York, and criticizes mugwump influences while affirming Democratic unity and merit-based appointments. The Globe argues for a true Democratic administration with fair examination of fitness and no factional reward.
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Cleveland
Democratic Party
Pearson
New York
Biarye
Blxrys
Brarx
Prarson
Bayard
Washington
GLOBE
Fitself
Mugwumps and Independents in a Republican stance
The text argues that Independent voters will vocally oppose most government actions, urging a Democratic tilt to keep Independents satisfied. It characterizes mugwumps as well-meaning yet perpetual critics, who demand steady opposition and frequent scolding to maintain their identity.
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Democratic Party
Fenian Invasion Rumor Stirs Maine and New Brunswick
A Maine paper reports mysterious strangers arriving in Aroostook and New Brunswick with no clear purpose amid Fenian invasion rumours aimed at Canada via Maine. The piece mocks blanket suspicion of strangers and argues for reasonable caution and civic tolerance rather than panicky accusations.
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Aroostook
St. John
Massachusetts
Penobscot
Canada
New Brunswick
Maine
Halifax
Brez
England
Britain
E Mahdi
Nova Scotia
Boston
Scollay Square
Palmer Tramps Reduced by Granite Workhouse Method
In Palmer Massachusetts officials faced tramp problems and devised a harsh remedy. They set tramps to pulverizing granite at the poorhouse, rewarding work with biscuits after blisters. The plan wiped out the tramp presence, leaving washings hanging and turkeys roosting unseen.
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Palmer
Hampden County
Springfield
Short sermons urged to boost churchgoing in Globe letter
A reader named PEWHOLDER endorses clergy to try brief sermons to pull in worshippers. He argues sermons under thirty minutes keep attention better, cites a trial in a neighboring state where twenty minutes captivated listeners and deacons, then notes impatience grows after that.
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the Globe
The
GLOBE
Twenty-Five Minutes Too Long Minister Calls Probed
A columnist quips about a preacher who wrapped up after twenty five minutes as congregants grew restless. The piece jokes that longer sermons tire listeners and suggests ministers trial shorter talks to leave audiences eager for more intellectual sustenance.
Newfoundland fisheries and cross Atlantic negotiations
The piece argues Newfoundland is mainly coastline with fishing value, especially cod, impacting both Newfoundland and New England communities. It notes England now handles fisheries negotiations via Sir Amprose Shba, a shift from prior treaties, and warns of potential US demands and the need for careful diplomacy rather than in-person bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
New England
England
Sir Amprose Shba
Freedom With Liability in Free Pass Debate
An essay argues railroads should bear liability for injuries when passengers ride on free passes. It cites a New York Court of Common Pleas decision granting damages for a free pass holder seated in a drawing room car who paid for the seat. The piece contends free passes imply all services, from coffee to cigars, should be free to avoid shifting responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
New York
Anrico
Lawton
Mr. Chandler
Boston
Grant
Erie
Arkansas Literary Society
Spain
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Middlebury
Cleveland
Slade
Phelps
Edward Phelps
William Slade
General Grant
Audubon County
Sentinel
Navy Yard
Boston Transcript
Portland
Forest City
Belva Lockwood
Chicago
Hanlan
Beach
America
London
C. H
Schenectady
Waterbury
New England
Haverhill
United States
Russia
England
Scarcity of Lumber Hits New England and Provinces
Lumbermen in Maine and the British Provinces warn of a looming timber shortage by autumn due to limited stock, poor winter cuts, and difficult drives. New England winter cuts fell by about 300 million feet, with large raft supplies on Penobscot Kennebec and St Croix rivers. quality and quantity have declined in the Provinces as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
New England
Penobscot
Kennebec
St. Croix
Union
Lumber Prices Signal Slow Building Season Ahead
The article notes potential delays from heavy rains and river log drives, with dealers bidding high for logs yarded near rivers. It highlights lumber as essential to finishing houses, predicts higher timber and building material costs, and suggests fewer new houses will be built this year unless business activity rises.
Lowell mill raises wages to honor verbal understanding
A Lowell mill voluntarily increases workers wages, honoring a prior understanding. The move contrasts with previous unreliable corporate promises and aims to harmonize labor and management by sharing prosperity during good times and potential cuts in downturns, reinforcing mutual confidence and reciprocal obligations. The article notes improved labor relations and a broader boost to business revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Mills
Lowell Company
Turkey
Chicago libel ruling tests malice in newspaper reports
A Chicago court ruling in a libel suit against the Chicago Tribune affirms that publication of indictment details gained with court consent is not libelous absent malice. The jury awarded J Arleton Wilson $250 for injuries, and the paper paid costs, signaling a landmark precedent for future cases.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
J. Arpleton Wilson
Tribune
Wilson
The New Treasurer Appoints C N Jompan to U S Treasury
The readers are urged to become familiar with the signature of C N Jompan the newly appointed treasurer of the United States who succeeds A U Wyman.
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C. N. Jompan
The
United States
A. U. Wyman
Mary’s Farewell Triumph Graces London Stage
Eleven recalls marked Mary’s farewell performance while Miss Anderson earns cordial reception in London. International dramatics scene shows pleasant sentiment with Mr Irvine praised at home. New York inspectors linked to tenement crash face trial as Gotham justice tightens oversight.
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Our Mary
London
New York
Gotham Justice
Time France Gift to America Barthold Statue Arrival
The Barthold statue will arrive ready for installation and must be pedestal mounted. Citizens urged to donate funds, with New York and Boston contributions noted. urged per voter help to complete the pedestal. The piece highlights concerns about open cars versus closed cars and winter weather affecting transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
America
Barthold
New York
Boston
Bronze Wellington statue in Hyde Park braces itself for danger
In wartime England, a corroded bronze statue of Wellington in Hyde Park was braced from the inside to prevent collapse. The sight prompts superstition that omens war’s outcome, a local croaker framing the risk as a negative omen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
England
Achilles
Hyde Park
Britain
Wellington
National convention to lift industries in Atlanta May 19
A national commercial convention will meet in Atlanta on May 19 to give trades and manufacturing establishments a new impetus. Business leaders behind the project express confidence in its success and aim to unite businessmen from across the country for practical action.
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Atlanta
New York Republicans Rally for Civil Service Reform Backlash
The New York Republicans who led cries for civil service reform in Washington are furious after census enumerators in New York must face civil service exams, removing the Republican secretary of state’s power to appoint Republican strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Empire State
Notes of the Week amuse and provoke readers
A collage of aphorisms and anecdotes from the era, praising a charitable carnival, lampooning religious and political figures, and skirting current events with humorous vignettes. It recalls social mores, travel, conspiracies, and public figures, highlighting a satirical view of society and politics.
Random 19th Century Press Snippets Clash and Satire
A mosaic of satirical remarks and brief notices cites the random musings of politics, poetry, and society. Topics include Senator Edmunds at a Kentucky sale, New Jersey deeds and humor, Nassau and Hartford Times riffs, a Baltimore theatre launch, and gossipy speculation on Whitthorne and Porter, all framed as lighthearted, clipped commentary from a bustling era newspaper page.
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New York
Edmunds
Kentucky
Vermont
New Jersey
United States
Jersey City
Prince of Walles
Witch Tennyson
Gladstone
Lamar
Nazareth
Garland
Hartford Times
Hudson County
Baltimore
Esau
Eye
Washington
Whitthorne
Porter
Enchanted Arden case unfolds in Prorta Illinois
In Prorta Illinois a German American hotel owner Louis Schwender's wife vanished three years ago after a domestic dispute. She later boarded ships through England and the Epistonaes ending in Victoria British Columbia. Now she returns as a governess to a sea captain's children and plans to visit Metamora before resuming duties in Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeesarday
St. Tis
San Francisco
Victoria
B. C
Metamora
A Female Rip Van Winkle Arrives at Old Orchard Beach
A middle aged woman who had never ridden a train before boards Conductor Cousens' train in Saco and, after twenty eight years with the York Corporation, experiences a series of astonishments at Maine's famed summer resort. She mistakes cottages for a new world and admires the Atlantic Ocean, heading toward Bridgton, her native town.
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Rip van Winkle
Biddeford
Cousens
Saco Station
Dutchman
Hudson
Catskill Mountains
York Corporation
Jon Posten
Old Orchard Beach
Maine
Atlantic Ocean
England
Bridgton
Dream Fulfilled in Maine Court Tale
The Home Farm notes a Norridgewock two boy dream that years later came true. One became Bowdoin graduate and minister, the other a Maine Supreme Court justice and a Methodist elder. Both were born in Norridgewock and met the prophecy when Danforth rose to Maine Supreme Court and Allen served as a presiding elder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Press
Home Farm
Norridgewock
Court House
Bowdoin College
Supreme Court of Maine
Charles Danforth
Inge
J. Charles Allen
Maine
Methodist Church
Second Altogether Too Big. Webster Eagle. The average man before marriage
The item surveys the shift in male perception and behavior regarding marriage, contrasting expectations before and after wedlock with concise observations attributed to the Webster Eagle. It frames the traditional view of the average man in both states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster Eagle
Doubtless His Jacket Was Dusted at Cork Wedding
A New York Sun note from Cork recalls a breakfast toast at a wedding where the bride’s youngest brother, freshly out of a jacket, urged guests to stand. He then humorously asked to stay on their feet a moment while he discovers who sat on his new hat.
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New York Sun
Cork
Holiness Convention Draws in Athens Leader Fails to Convert Attendee
In Athens an audience at a Holiness convention drew a moment of levity when Rev. Miller Willis challenged a hardened sinner about needing a new heart. The reply came quick and sharp, the man quipping that he did not need a heart but a new liver instead. The event, recruited from the Southern Methodist church, showcases ongoing revival efforts through the Globe-Democrat report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Globe-Democrat
Southern Methodist Church
Miller Willis
Emma Nevada’s San Francisco Kiss Tour Draws Flak
Peck’s Sun notes Emma Nevada, famed Sierra singer, kissed 300 girls before departing San Francisco and laments it tired her. The gag ends with a quip that a cheap young man might have helped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Nevada
The
Sierras
San Francisco
Chloride of Lime Beats Sentiment in City War on Cholera
Detroit Free Press cautions readers not to rely on slogans like Save My Lambs. It urges cleaning yards, disinfecting vaults and sewers as cholera remains a serious threat, dismissing mottoes as ineffective against the disease.
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Detroit Free Press
Served 'em Right in Providence Telegram Card
A brief dialogue from the Providence Telegram features an exchange between Gosling and his wife. The man notes French provocation while the woman remarks that the Chinese did not fortify sufficiently.
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Providence Telegram
Old Gosling
Mrs. Gosling
God in Us and With Us Sermon by Beecher in Brooklyn
In raw weather, Beecher's Brooklyn audience greets a sermon on Matthew and Luke focusing on interior righteousness over ritual. He contrasts Phariseeism with true character and urges living by God in us, setting higher motives than public display and urging parents to raise children toward divine influence and moral excellence.
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Brookly
Mr. Beecher
Matthew
Luke
Kingdom of Heaven
Particuar
God
Jesus Christ
Christ
Claimants for a Fortune in Long-Running Heiress Tale
New Haven April 20. A Bridgeport ad recalled 1848 rescue by Universal Pierson of a West Indian boy drowned off Bridgeport. Pierson later died in Hartford leaving a widow and two daughters. His heirs claim a $20 000 fortune now valued far higher. Other witnesses recall a second rescue by Bouton. The sisters Pierson seek evidence while others remember the event and the possible executor in New York City.
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New Haven
Bridgeport
Richardson
New York City
East
Hartford
J. R. Giddings
Baldwin Pierson
Harral & Calhoun
Pierson
West Indies
Universal
Parsons
East Bridgeport
George C. Bouton
Captain Lacey
Edmun Fitzgibbons
Colonel Fitzgibbons
Bouton
Charles Hawley
Stratford
Pine Street
Cuba
California
Ralph L Folles
Naugatuck
Folles
Yankee Lad in Chicago Shows Boys Start Business Early
A chatter about Chicago youngsters, including a boy nicknamed Tommy Ke and a character named Tedger, discussing earning money through small trades. The dialogue shows children calculating coin value and dreaming of a dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tommy Ke
A Regular Boston Girl in City of Mexico Two Republics
A report portrays Miss Rani Mabel, a 20 year old orphan born in India, living in Sonora. She allegedly speaks twelve languages and excels in astronomy, history, and mathematics while now pursuing medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
City of
Mexico
Sonora
Rani Mabel
India
A Disreputable Dog on Stage with a Coachman’s Call
A fragmentary scene shows a coachman calling a dog named Claret and Miss de Vere reacting to the dog’s behavior with wine references. The text captures a muddled exchange and incomplete dialogue indicating a literary or theatrical context from a Chicago Rambler era setting.
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Chicago
Coachman
James
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Providence
South America
Middlesex
Mrs. Arden
Plymouth Church
Ford
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