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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1882
Page
4
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The Boston Weekly Globe advertises one year subscriptions across the United States and Canada for 100 dollars, six copies for 500, with payment by postal order, registered letter, or draft. Stamps of one to three cents are accepted. letters should include full writer details and address changes or discontinuations specify town, county, and state. Damaged or lost copies are duplicated free.
Ordinary advertising costs 30 cents per line with about eight words per line. Editorial notices priced at 50 cents per nonpareil line. Discounts offered include six percent on one hundred dollars and ten percent on two hundred dollars.
A Kansas Republican State Convention nominated a colored man for auditor, drawing debate on race and party loyalty. The piece also notes broader politics, Delawarian offices, and ongoing shifts in national and regional politics.
A fragment argues that those in power would avoid surrendering control and would resist any move toward complete national order, suggesting continued instability despite potential actions by authorities.
The author argues copper should be free of duty to aid American industry, citing Hamiltons principle and practical testimony from New York and Newark manufacturers. He questions the copper taxs effect on miners and manufacturers, notes low revenue from the duty, and urges the commission to free copper to boost American production and trade with Chile.
Rumors culminate as a slate of reform candidates appears in Maine. The plan challenges the Blaine machine, urging honest governance and an end to extravagance and corruption. Supporters face social ostracism and political risk as they back a purer political atmosphere.
The latest dispatches from Egypt challenge the war office narrative of a swift victory at Mahatta. Wolseley’s forces, delayed by bad roads and strong Egyptian artillery, fought hard under desert conditions with heat and scarce water causing prostrations and deaths. The English army appears strained, spread thin, and unable to predict the enemy’s main strength, while Arabi’s approach seeks to draw them into the desert and wear them down. August brings urban rush and rural retreat as country folk seek city pleasures, returning home with vivid impressions of Boston and its sights. The New York Sun urges a platform of strict public honesty and simplified government.
The excerpt warns that a retreating army harried by Bedouin horsemen in the desert faces slim chances of escape. It stresses that even a swift Arab victory would ignite Egypt and Arabia with widespread excitement and fanaticism, casting doubt on any rapid subjugation of rebel forces.
Kellogg, who won his Senate seat through dubious means, fears life beyond the Capitol shadow. He believes no other field offers as much profit as lobbying. His term nears expiration by time limits, and retirement seems unlikely.
The piece attacks Republican figures including Kellogg and Darrall over patronage and alleged irregular methods. It warns that Louisiana's lone Republican district may shift after March 4 1883 while criticizing Keifer Robeson Dorsey and Harrington. It claims money supplants principle as the party seeks votes amid desertions.
A long column surveys diverse items from ministers kissing during services to Egypt politics, palace intrigues, celebrity gossips, and party maneuvering. It notes Blaine’s fundraising edge in Maine, England's Suez stance, railroad issues, and civic oddities, weaving reflections on public life and governance.
Editor declines to insert an advertisement last year, then praises Hop Bittere as promotive of temperance, noting personal benefit for himself and his wife and expressing pleasure in making it known. Source appears from Home Sentinel.
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