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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1885
Page
4
The Globe offers four weeks for only twenty five cents to trial subscribers ending January 1886. Subscribing for one dollar grants fourteen months access, with this month chosen to avoid the fall rush.
The Globe seeks young men to canvass towns lacking a Globe agent or with only a few subscribers. New agents can solicit subscriptions while continuing their regular work. Posters and sample copies are available on request.
The item touts the Weekly Globe 1885 with Henry Ward Beecher and others, urges renewed subscriptions, and invites club formation. It surveys Vera Cruz yellow fever, English agriculture, Iowa wheat, Courtly marriage remarks, cholera in Marseilles, and obituaries, with diverse cultural and political notes. It mentions Willam Carlton, Courtney the rower, and Alaska tourism, plus a Grant effigy in Indiana and bishoply wartalk in Truro.
A conservative view argues the best defense for the church lies in bishops engaging in pastoral duties rather than defending their special privileges and princely salaries.
The Times reports an encouraging revival across New York City industries with higher loan rates, steady clothing demand, rising orders from the South, and a strong real estate outlook. It notes improved employment, fewer business failures, and shuttered factories reopening, signaling a sustained upswing and brighter days ahead.
From Pittsburg, Penn., reports say iron prices are rising and mills run extra shifts to meet orders. Suppliers of machinery and hardware feel the upturn as demand increases for building iron. The revival promises better profits, renewed mining, and employment for hundreds of thousands, ending Molly Maguire era lawlessness.
The dispatches describe a wide conspiracy among department clerks to hide Republican impropriety and keep old officeholders, aided by the civil service act. Post Office Department is cited as a hotbed of partisan shielding, with complaints pigeonholed and detectives’ reports buried. Calls arise to overhaul the departments, remove dishonest officials, and replace them with Democrats where needed, while preserving honest Democrats in office.
The Navy Department announces immediate work at all yards, a move critics say ends party attachment in yard operations. They argue previous cycles used hires to influence elections, with idle periods between campaigns, while under Secretary Whitney the trend shifts to shipbuilding and repairs rather than partisan staffing.
The speaker argues party members should take offices of trust since the party bears responsibility for actions. He notes yards should start this year under a proven leader, stressing that although may not be a pure business revival, it is still essential work to repair the navy damaged by Republican misrule and to pursue the right kind of business.
Statistics from cholera districts of Spain indicate inoculation yields far more recoveries than nonvaccinated cases. Vaccination with the Jenner smallpox method had early trials, and those inoculated for cholera recover in hours. With proper sanitary care, the disease may be less feared and its spread checked, suggesting hope that its scourge may be ending.
The essay argues for slower, strategic naval build up from Europe’s lessons. It notes Italy's large vessels, British, French, Russian and German giants, and questions armor value as armor becomes obsolete. It predicts unarmored, long range ships and swift cruisers as future priorities. It cites Woops Pasha on future tactics and warns U S policy should favor light, fast cruisers and heavy guns over massive armored ships.
The Baltimore Manufacturers' Record highlights a surge in Southern farming, noting record corn and cotton yields across Virginia to Texas. South Carolina expected to add 4 million bushels of corn and 800,000 extra bales of cotton, Georgia 40 million bushels of corn, with overall increases in corn and cotton production. The piece counters critics who claim lingering prejudices, arguing regional prosperity speaks for itself.
The ante bellum era depicted as full of fogies and fanatics now gives way to liberal enlightened life in the South. The vital forces are instinct with progress and promise further improvements across arts and society, staying abreast of world thought despite criticism.
The Ohio Democratic convention unanimously backed Governor Hoaply for another term noting broad support across miners manufacturers and agricultural districts. The choice is framed as a foregone conclusion with Warwick as lieutenant governor, signaling a likely Democratic victory despite the Western reserve Republican majority.
A report claims Discovering Gold in Eastern Oregon could yield ore as high as $2000 a ton. The author argues the West hosts numerous undiscovered gold leads along major mountain ranges and Oregon could rival California, Australia, and the Black Hills in supplying precious metal. If true, the state may rapidly grow.
Commissioners report on Central and South American relations warns the United States risks losing trade unless it quickly rebuilds business energy. Twenty years ago sails dominated routes to Para Buenos Ayres Montevideo Valparaiso Callao and other ports for goods and coffee hides guano. Since then steamers replace sailing ships as English Spanish and Italian fleets steal profitable commerce.
Orchardists and fruit raisers say this is an off year for apples and expect to harvest a little over half the usual crop. Our facts and figures man notes that pomologists claim an off year every season, with last year winning praise. Despite predictions, many good apples remain at reasonable prices and hard cider pours at 10 cents a quart.
The article notes English indecision as Russia and Afghanistan clash at the boundary, with Lord Sauispury seeking a parliamentary majority over war fears. It critiques Britain’s pursuit of empire, citing French imports in 1883 and Bank of England specie growth, warning money earned by suffering in India and Egypt may fail to secure national success.
The text suggests a strategy to return stolen wealth to farm workers suffering on the farms. It notes Brazilian complaints about lumber contractors unable to operate due to high labor costs, with workers demanding up to $1 a day. It cites Mayaguez Porto Rico mortgage rates at 2 percent monthly or 24 percent yearly as a contrast.
A mosaic of remarks and anecdotes from a Denver paper noting Helen Hunt Jackson’s earnings, European foolishness and curiosities, a planned Athens 1887 exhibition, rabble and servitude quips, and international views on Grant. It touches royalty, crime, weather, and public life with witty asides and dated references.
A mosaic of remarks on postwar America includes Col Fred Grant recalling his ill father receiving 5000 letters from ex Confederates, stray quips about coffee, a Dalton Ga. incident where Negroes were beaten and expelled, Tom Ochiltree boastings, and Saratoga lawyers debating The Law's Delay. The Mobile Register notes southern optimism, while Prince Henry Battenberg is described as a capable printer with a memed Berlin past. Philadelphia Press source.
A group of six tourists entering a natural gas cave near Harpinanore Kentucky were killed when a massive explosion ripped the cave. Names and ages include Jol C. Alexander 22 Burksville Kentucky J L Reed 44 Orleans Indiana Thomas Looney 27 Jefferson County Ky R O Willis 36 Grayson County Ky Mrs T Heyser Grayson County Ky Miss Ollie Allison Muhlenberg County Ky. Rescue efforts are hampered by gas and debris with no lights available as workers seek to reach the victims.
A fire aboard the Colorado off Plum Beach, Long Island, spread rapidly to Susquehanna Congress South Carolina Iowa Lotta Grant and Fairplay. All burned and sank within three hours with only charred wreckage remaining as villagers watched from shore. Stannard says losses exceed 100000 dollars, with schooner losses around 25000. efforts planned to raise the hulls.
E X Leighton of Boston and James Lerson of Allston announced a gravity battery that reportedly produces a steady current with no local action, no zinc sulphate draw, and crystals remaining clean until use. Internal resistance stands at 261-100 and EMF at 98, with a three month dead closed circuit test. Indorsed by H S Poole of Newton and Boston Electric Time Company officials as superior to prior batteries.
A young boy of about eight stands before Judge Barrett in the Supreme Court. He announces the plaintiff’s case and that a notice had been filed about a settlement. The defendant’s lawyer, towering at six feet four, objects, and spectators and lawyers howl with laughter as the judge tries to remain grave and adjourns to his private room.
A Rehoboth Sunday Herald note reprints an Arkansas paper claiming a girl who can haul a coal air can to the store and back unblushing is from the advance pearce, with the assertion that such stock will fuel the energy to conquer Arkansas for true civilization.
A Burlington Free Press item notes a saying about women shading their eyes with their hands to hide sun exposure and suggests observers cannot tell from the palm whether a woman has watched children or enjoyed the summer.
New York is criticized for poor metropolitan comforts for moderate means with long delays and dirty cabs. The author contrasts Boston Philadelphia and the West, details cab fares and horse quality, and mocks Broadway railway delays. He credits Charles P. Shaw for cable surface road reform and laments costly telegraph schools and local politics.
Lawyer Warres Alldo seeks Daniel A Vaughan who left St Marys Kansas Sept 15 to visit sister Mrs Fitzpatrick in East Dedham. Brother Timothy joined to Topeka. Loss of trace since. He carried about 20 dollars and a paper stating his heart disease and Boston health visit. Believed dead on route. insured Metropolitan Life. 41 years old, 6 feet 8 inches, dark complexion, smooth face, left thumb amputated. Disappearance deemed mysterious.
After a national conference for the protection of young girls held at St James Hall London a public meeting there drew about 1000 people Speeches urged the formation of vigilance societies to enforce existing laws against immoral tactics and to seek further legislation as needed.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a plan about white lead manufacture hooked to profit. The speaker claims prior investment of $20,085 ten years ago and asserts there is money in the venture. The exchange implies a promotional or speculative business discussion from a historical clipping.
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