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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1883
Page
4
The Boston Globe announces a new fourteen month subscription option for single subscribers and agents. Patrons expect to recruit more single subscribers in summer, with postmasters and agents earning their usual commissions. Subscribe for fourteen months or, if needed, until January 1884, for forty cents.
A lengthy wide ranging notice lists subscription terms for The Weekly Globe of Boston with postage options and rates, then moves through city demographics, industry notes on Haverhill Lynn and Maine queries, followed by political opinions on taxation and tariffs, and reports on violence in Georgia and Massachusetts, plus a brief on a surfacing ocean cycle device, ending with Cuba Spain US tensions and state legacy remarks.
The piece blames Spanish officials for seizing an American brig over missing consul certification and notes two other American barks were seized on unspecified grounds. It criticizes American consuls and Secretary of State Frel inguysen and laments Washington inaction, hoping for a more decisive secretary to placate Spanish demands.
The piece argues that total insolvent liabilities near 87 million are misleading. Shaw & Co. alone faced 3 million losses, with others echoing similar figures. The market’s overreach led to a trimming of power and a healthier, normalizing financial condition ahead. It notes Boston banks held little paper and New England banks dispersed risks widely, preventing crippling impact.
The Springfield Republican is accused of exploiting courtesies to obtain news. The piece argues that while criticizing public acts is legitimate, attacking the governor’s secretaries after free access to telegraph and mail services crosses a line. It deems such tactics indecent yet acknowledges independent journalism.
A Popular Science Monthly writer argues locusts are not pests but potential food, praising locust soup and grasshopper fricassee. He cites Arabs Moors and Piutes loving fried locusts, and a Digger eating anything, while warning against prejudice. The piece satirically mentions Dio Lewis and past health fads as it recounts locust swarms in Nevada and the Comstock era.
A humorous Nevada scene depicts locusts attacked by a canine or human hero, with Chief Winnemucca cited as a tariff figure. The piece mocks protectionism by imagining a tariff on edible insects while praising import of insects for consumption, arguing protection fails.
Boston faction led by John M. Forres and Henry Lee pushes nomination of ReprisOn with Col Charles R Copman presiding. Headquarters on Park Street near Beacon Street. Sept 19 rally to ratify silver leaders plan. Herald describes twin parlors overlooking the Common as consulting rooms and a rear parlor facing Granary cemetery touted as inner sanctum.
The piece critiques labor actions in laundry and tailor shops while shoemakers resist. It condemns Jay Gould and Western Union leaders, cites Gladstone, the London Times, and England’s bond wagers on secession. It surveys Arthur’s presidency, party tensions, and calls for a reformist Democratic alternative.
The verse portrays Governor Butler as a worldly man aware of hidden schemes and Christian oaths. It portrays Ben with a bulldog grip supporting the underdog, suggesting moral or political alignment with those facing adversity. The language signals social conflict and loyalty within a partisan frame.
A collage of brief items spans social quirks, politics, science, and local color. Jokes about secrets, a cholera fly warning, court fines, Sunday law protests, and a chase of curious tidbits from Chicago to Cincinnati. References to sports, weddings, and infrastructure nod to a busy newspaper page.
A North Mississippi farmer earned 116 dollars per acre from watermelons this season while a Cincinnati liquor tax shows 2000 dealers, 363 outlets selling wine and beer. Other items recount glances at West Point pranks, Fanny Elisler, a bag pipe Salvation Army stunt, Noah Webster romance, sparrow eradication by boys, a deaf old lady poker tale, John Burroughs on Spencer, and Edison weighing a switch to business with phonograph doubts.
A grocery man consoles a boy worried about his father's drinking after losses at the Chicago races. The boy explains his father bets on pointers, insists on sure things, and rails against adversity. He hints at a trick to test benzine effects while the scene hints at a prank’s humorous relief.
The Weekly Globe is offered at 40 to 50 cents from now until January 1884 to build a foothold before the Presidential Campaign. Subscribers and agents are urged to recruit twenty or thirty new readers per town, who will become permanent subscribers.
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