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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1890
Page
4
A promotional note offers The Weekly Globe at ten cents for two months. It invites readers to join and form subscription clubs, with each subscriber contributing ten cents to support a steady weekly family magazine for all ages.
An old time advertisement urges agents to recruit subscribers by offering ten cent trials for two months of The Weekly Globe. It promotes test issues to win renewals, asks agents to form large clubs, and promises higher renewals in the fall with special agent rates.
The Weekly Globe invites readers to help spread the paper by sending 10 or 12 names of neighbors. A sample copy will be mailed free to each respondent, with names written on a postal card addressed to The Weekly Globe Boston Mass.
Boston era 1890 notes Welcome veterans reception with a Union and Confederate veteran unity tone. It comments on civil war memory, grand army leaders, and the mixed reception of parade honors. It also discusses theatrical trends, musical comedies, and the rise of modern stage entertainment amid logistics and finances. The piece surveys public taste shifts and the need for quality casts in Gilbert and Sullivan style productions.
A chaotic, OCR damaged passage recalls a disruptive scene around coinage in gold and silver, with fringe commentary touching on events, figures, and local politics. It references a Deer Warden, war talk, and public sentiment about taxation and governance in a historically tense period.
Col Vessey delivers a tribute in Freeburg praising wartime heroism and civic virtue. The article highlights Gen Grant’s leadership and the speaker’s call to honor soldiers, with references to loyalty, patriotism, and public remembrance.
Fragmentary reminiscence recounts valor and death in a Massachusetts era battle near Chares and Marbiehead. It notes Americans defending the flag abroad and the brutal costs of conflict, with mentions of a funeral, a church, and a jury foreman reflecting on the events and casualties.
Reader note indicates the Philadelphia Farm Journal named in association with The Weekly Globe and the Weekly Otel Andrews. The source fragment references Boston origin and multiple periodicals, suggesting a notice of cross-publications or syndicated exchanges between The Weekly Globe and farm journal titles, with unclear specifics.
The Fanciers' Review offers the weekly Clobe for one dollar and ten cents to any address. Subscriptions are delivered by mail, promising timely notes on poultry fanciers and related hobby topics.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a large wealth dispute or fortune involving followers of a fate related doctrine. The garbled lines mention treasuries and rock stocks, with unclear references to fate, vow, and beneficiaries.
The Boston Weekly Globe invites girls and boys under 18 to submit stories of 100 to 1000 words before November 1, 1890 for four cash prizes of 20, 10, 6, and 1 dollars. Submissions become the paper's property after receipt and may be printed. A six month subscription costs 60 cents and includes eligibility.
A directive instructs writers to use only one side of sheets, keep prose plain, and mail stories to the Story Editor of THE BOSTON WEEKLY GLOBE at Nos. 236-244 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. USA.
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