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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1881
Page
4
Promote trial copies of The Weekly Globe at 25 cents for sixteen issues from now to January 1. Encourages neighbors to test merit, compare with other weeklies, and form clubs for yearly subscriptions. Emphasizes value, postage free through January 1, and potential to gain lasting subscribers.
TO CLUB AGENTS. No commission is allowed on this offer which is made at a reduced age so subscribers and friends may introduce it to others. The usual commission will be allowed on subscriptions for one year.
The Boston Globe recounts editorials on President Garfield's shooting and the political reaction. It notes calls for protection by a ceremonial royal style guard, debates over military policing, and reflections on republican practice and leadership after the attack.
The text discusses whether Fyrimann Hartmann should be extradited from the United States to Russia, weighing comity of nations, and noting the State Department stance. It cites Secretary Hitt and broader issues of illegal political offenses, urging neutral treatment and the legal limits of extradition agreements amid revolutionary contexts.
The article surveys land reform and peasant rights in Ireland, contrasts it with global labor issues, and discusses immigration, antisemitism, and American urban attitudes. It references trials, governance, public notices, temperance campaigns, and the role of government in regulating land and labor, alongside critiques of immigrant stereotypes and political corruption.
A fragmented narrative recalls Wall Street fortunes of Vanderbilt and other financiers, rail and coal production figures, and social figures linked to politics and scandal. It touches on census-style population notes, agricultural yields, and a Washington scandal involving Captain Howgate, with oblique references to deaths, marriages, and public notices amid a sprawling 19th century miscellany.
A terse note announces a new subscriber offer for an atheist column. It promises access to unique content and explains copies will be mailed to each subscribing address, targeting nutscribars and encouraging uptake.
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