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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1889
Page
4
Weekly Globe offers more value for $1 a year
The Weekly Globe promises subscribers more content for one dollar annually, including seventeen complete novels, numerous stories, poems, and news. It invites readers to form a club with a club offer advertised on the page.
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Globe
Weekly Globe Subscription Notice Prompts Renewals
The notice urges subscribers to renew promptly, stating expired subscriptions will be discontinued. It encourages readers to invite neighbors to subscribe, and to request free samples and agents' rates for new subscriptions.
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GLOBE
Army life on stage and current plays draw critical notice
In a Boston review style, the piece discusses army life as dramatic material, citing Captain Kina and Mrs. Custrr works and analyzing "The Deserter" as nearly a drama. It praises Army life imagery, frontier cavalry, social divisions, and the potential for a successful army play in American theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Kina
America
Dorothy
Philanthropist William Suow lauded after death
William Suow, a Pennsylvania philanthropist who died recently, is praised for immense generosity. Executors reviewing Mr Shaw’s papers reveal many mortgages owed to him were small in amount and in arrears, yet he never exploited the destitute. His benevolence extended beyond mere fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Suow
Pennsylvania
Shaw
Mr.Shaw
Behring Sea Talks Open Door to Amicable Settlement
The speaker notes John Bull has proposed negotiations with the Washington government to settle the Behring sea dispute. He praises the move toward negotiation and arbitration as a vast improvement over forcing payments with threats. The piece warns against paying indemnities for prior seizures and urges a fair, future-focused settlement without drawing from the treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bull
Washington
Uncle Sam
England
United States
Behring Sea
Great Britain
John
Army life dramatized as frontier stage drama proposed
The Dramatic Mirror praises Booties Baby for mirroring military life from West Point to frontier posts and battlefield skirmishes, urging dramatists to study army life. It envisions scenes of moonlit rivers, sutlers, privates, and comrades, with officer private tensions and frontier rescues as dramatic material. It also critiques society’s view of marriage and argues for broader social support to women, urging practical steps to improve wartime marriage opportunities and economic stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frontier Fort
West
West Point
Rocky Canyon
Frontier Army
Legion
Proud Father on Change From Toys to Tennis Gear
In verse, a New York World writer laments how modern children trade simple play for uniforms and costly tennis outfits. He notes his many sons require red shoes belts and blazer coats as rackets loom large and old toys lose favor. He reflects that progress pushes games toward fashion and away from his own childhood joys.
Brushed Imperial Plate Display in Moscow Hall of Tsars
The article notes Tsar coronation era dining in a restored imperial hall built by Italian architects, with a buffet of imperial plate on grand days. It laments repeated rubbings by careless handlers, cites Burgundian captain Margaret’s 1641 remarks on vast gold and silver items, and records Willoughby’s account of a 200-person banquet served in gold vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Childs
Harper's Magazine
Margaret
Boris Godunov
Russia
Europe
Boris Federgus
Serpo
Germany
England
Poland
Henry Willoughby
A Typical Southerner Life Writings and Tributes
A portrait of John N. Edwards as editor of the Kansas City Times and Confederate veteran. The volume, compiled by his widow, gathers tributes and selections from Edwards writings, plus a final chapter recounting Shelby's expedition to Mexico. Proceeds benefit the widow. orders go to Wiley O. Cox, State Bank, Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John N. Edwards
Mas. Edwards
Kansas City Times
Missouri
Shelby
Mexico
Appomattox
Maj. Edwards
Wiley O. Cox
State Bank
Kansas City
Dickens manuscript sale linked to Our Mutual Friend dispute
Edmund Yates notes a tale about the manuscript of Our Mutual Friend. George W. Childs owns the manuscript but it was not a Dickens gift. Trollope and Dickens debated the Times review prior to the manuscript’s £350 sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Yates
New York Tribune
George W. Childs
Philadelphia
Dickens
Childs
Times
Dicken
the Athenium
Trollope
Remarkable order in downtown restaurant ends with silent exit
A man in a St. Louis restaurant ordered pork and beans hot with a bottle of yellow label. The waiter complied, the man ate contentedly, and his bill totaled 3 dollars and 90 cents, including 15 cents for the Boston luxury and 3 dollars 75 cents for champagne, which he paid quietly and left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
Boston
Caricaturist Bernhard Gillam’s early struggles and breakthrough
Bernhard Gillam, chief caricaturist of Judge, aged 82, once painted for a living but found little buyers. He smashed his works, became a wood engraver, and finally created caricatures that could make even a man with lockjaw laugh.
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Bernhard Gillam
Judge
Sunday school teacher Johnny part of the East did the Wise Men
Johnny from Harvard led a Christmas lesson as part of an East side Sunday school program. The activity featured the Wise Men and highlighted teaching by the local instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Johnny
East
Harvard
What National Flower Where Are a People's Vote Now
A 1890 national flower poll sparked by a Mayflower versus Golden-rod choice, organized with Louis Prang & Co. readers vote via a 26 cent card. Notables including clergy, writers, public figures and politicians weigh in, with votes split between mayflower and golden-rod. voters urged to decide by year end and await results sent after January 1, 1890.
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York and
Lancaster
England
Italy
Ciy Mountains
Louis Prang & Co
Boston
New England
Brooke Herford
Joseph Cook
Phillips Brooks
Morgan Dix
Howard Crosby
Lyman Abbott
Minot J. Savage
Cardinal Gibbons
Felix Adler
Edward Everett Hale
Belya Lockwood
Harriet Beecher Stone
Elizabeth Phelps Ward
Lillian Whiting
Julia Ward Howe
Phebe Hanaford
Margaret Bottume
Order of the King's Daughters
Lucy Stone
Francis E. Willard
Grace Greenwood
John
John G. Whittier
James Parton
James Redpath
L. Godkin
John Boyles’ Reilly
John Fiske
Frank Lee Benedict
J. T. Trowbridge
Horace Gray
Fred Douglass
Noah Davis
Chauncy M. Depew
Theodore Roosevelt
A. W. Greely
T. W. Powderly
Rusk
Joseph R. Hawley
Wanamaker
Redfield Proctor
Interior
John W
Tracy
Ean Kincaid
Pick of Creation a San Francisco Report
A humorous portrait of a man chasing a fickle, stylish woman, praising her ever changing fashion as a desirable household piece. He endures judgment and expense, calls her extravagant, heartless, and fickle, yet persists to win her affection and place in his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Wood fuel scheme by Starke farmer ends badly
A Starke colored farmer tired of hauling wood set vicious cars in his yard to force passersby to provide firewood. Dogs ran onto the road attacking pedestrians while the owner collected “earnings” at night. The cars are now poisoned and the man sits under a Jerusalem oak lamenting the situation.
Eggs in every French dressing style praised by the Duke of Bedford’s chef
The London Telegraph notes French cuisine claims 600 egg dressings, while English households still rely on plain boiled eggs for breakfast. Egg dishes like eggs and bacon, curried eggs, and eggs filled with anchovies gain fame, yet France favors cafe au lait and bread for breakfast, leaving English tables consuming more boiled eggs and eggs for desserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlondon
Duke of Bedford
la Ourquoigonne
la Philipsbourg
la Coigny
England
France
Frugal diners spar over a steak fate in banter
In a terse exchange Eli complains the steak is awful, Joe questions why it is eaten, and Eli admits the meat is kept to avoid hash, revealing a sly cost cutting motive in a terse kitchen moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epoeh
Eli
Joe
Free Sample Copies Offer from The Weekly Globe
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Weekly Globe
Boston, Mass
Weekly
GLOBE
Boston
Mass
Keeping a Horse Costs From Two Fifty a Week Upwards
A veteran voice breaks down the true expense of keeping a horse, detailing bare living costs at $2.50 a week plus shoeing, plus optional higher bills for boarding and private stables. The piece compares $4 weekly basics to $10 weekly club care, and notes the full yearly burden can reach $700 or more. It emphasizes that careful budgeting reveals horsemanship remains a luxury rather than a necessity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Woodard
Global coal fields span vast areas beyond United States
A foreign exchange cites extensive undrained coal regions worldwide including Netherlands Sweden Denmark Germany Bohemia Servia Hanover Russia Formosa and many others. It notes large coal beds across Asia Europe Africa and Oceania with potential totals in tens of thousands of square miles, implying U S dependence may be overstated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
Bohemia
Servia
Hanover
Russia
Formosa
Peking
Austria
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Persia
India
China
Japan
Falkland Islands
Popecnis
Peru
Chili
United States of
Columbia
Mexico
Vancouver
Island
New South Wales
Queensland
Victoria
West Australia
New Zealand
Tasmania
New Caledonia
Natal
Alaska
neMie
North America
Soap Mine Discovered Near San Diego County
A discovery in San Diego reveals a soap mine near the city with thousands of tons of fine natural soap. Local families tested the crude material with highly satisfactory results and samples shown in San Francisco indicate little extra treatment is needed for market readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
San Diego
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