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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1883
Page
4
Agents Offered Liberal Cash Commission Circulars Available
The notice offers regular liberal cash commissions to agents. On request, applicants receive a poster an agents circular and sample copies free.
Campaign to renew subscriptions before 1884 expires
Between now and January 1, 1884, many renewals will be due and most will be renewed. Subscribers are urged to check their dates and renew promptly to keep their names on the mailing list. Renew at once to avoid missing copies and form a club for the new campaign offer.
Postage Change Refuses Three-Cent Stamps for Subscriptions
The Weekly Globe will not accept three-cent stamps under the new postage law. Subscriptions must be paid with two-cent stamps, while one and two-cent stamps continue to be accepted as before.
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GLOBE
How to remit and subscribe to the Weekly Globe
Subscription and address instructions for the Weekly Globe outline payment options United States Canada postage stamps and postal orders. Requests include full sender details changes of address and discontinuations with town county and state. Mail handling and free duplication of copies are noted along with contact details in Boston Massachusetts.
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United States
Canadas
New York
Boston
Mass
Advertisers Urge Readers to Mention Boston Newspaper
A plea to readers asks to mention seeing ads in THE BOSTON Wreeuivy cLonr when responding. The note prompts acknowledgment of source while placing value on advertised offers.
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Boston
Exchange offer for weekly newspapers during campaign
The Weekly Globe will be sent free until January 1885 to newspapers publishing for three successive weeks the provided prospectus. The note addresses requests from weekly newspapers to be placed on The Weekly Guions exchange list during the presidential campaign.
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GLOBE
Weekly Globe Promotes Democratic President and Family News
The Globe offers an eight page weekly edition with SG columns urging readers to subscribe. It invites sample copies and promotes a $1.00 price during the presidential campaign while offering special club rates for newspapers.
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GLOBE
Weekly
Boston
Maas
Free sample copies offered for distribution
The notice invites distributing free sample copies to neighbors and offers free copies mailed to each address if names of likely subscribers are provided. It also suggests sending a list of names if the distributor cannot hand them out personally.
New Story Begins December 18 In Globe Campaign
A new tale launches December 18 offering originality and power unmatched by prior Globe fiction. From now through March 4, 1885, sixteen original novels will be published at $1 each. readers are urged to form clubs and note the campaign.
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Tan Globe
The Semi Centennial Of A Society Previewed
The passage compares the society’s earlier brave struggle with its half century milestone and suggests remarkable possibilities for the next fifty years. It notes recent history makes future change not to be scoffed at and implies optimism for continued progress.
Secretary of the Interior critiques Indian policy and civilization clash
In a critical report the secretary argues for policy shifts toward Indians, praising some ideas while labeling others odd. He contends civilization harms the Indian yet backs removal of savagery, questions land titles and surplus value, and urges civil service reform on a broad scale.
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Secretary of the Interior
Mr. Taller
Carlisle nomination praised by Democrats in speakership push
The Democratic caucus displays courage and wisdom by nominating Mr. Carlisle for speaker. He aims to reform revenue and reduce excess taxation, opposes wild tariff schemes, and vows a fair tariff debate. With Carlisle guiding the House the country should see business stable and clear party course. The Herald endorses the nomination and predicts a path to the presidency if Carlisle’s revenue ideas are sustained.
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Herald
Carlisle
The Cow of the Future in Dakota Experiments
A Dakota farmer feeds a cow hops malt and corn until she yields beer not milk. The piece imagines cows as distilleries and bars with milk punch gin fizz and bourbon options, suggesting endless drinkable dairy if extended, joking about tax and moonshine and linking to the song about milk from a cow.
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Missouri
Apostrophe Puzzle At Civil Service Exam
Civil service examiners faced a punctuation quandary over a question on possessives in a sentence about the commissioner of customs report. Arguments among Eaton, Lyman, and others ended with Richard Grant White ruling that the apostrophe goes after the s in customs' report, a stance later challenged by a noted grammarian.
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Commissioner of Customs
Eaton
Lyman
Commissioner of Custom
Board of Examiners
Rrchard Grant White
Warre
Butler Questions Blaine Tax Plan and Revenue Split
Governor Butler attacks Mr Blaine's scheme to tax Virginia and Connecticut to pay others debts and asks how Massachusetts would react to taxing its own cotton woollen and leather industries for others. He argues internal revenue tax unconstitutional as a direct tax on producers and favors abolishing whiskey and tobacco taxes with states collecting own taxes.
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Butler
Mr. Blaine
Virginia
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Connecticut
BuTier
United States
Death of Warren Handel Coopworth East Boston Clergyman
The community mourns Warren Handel Coopworth of East Boston, a devoted citizen and clergyman who served in peacetime and war. His funeral drew all classes as veterans and civilians paid homage to a life of continual service and Christian service. The article urges others to honor his memory and carry on his work.
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Warren Handel Coopworth
East Boston
Franklin
United States
GLOBE
Little Abe
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Company FE
Second
United States Infantry
Steel
Abe
Company E
de Abe
Uncle Sam
O'Donnell Got Death for Carey’s Murder in England
The English court has sentenced O Donnell to death for murdering James Carey. The jury’s verdict, while unexpected to some, reflects strong British reckoning with Carey who is branded a diabolical figure. The editorial notes ending the chain of vengeance, with Carey removed and O Donnell sentenced.
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Advertiser
O'Donnell
James Carey
England
Carey
Wis
Phenix Park
General Grant
Mr. Fisk
Sidney Green
Green
Ferdinand Ward
Ward
Grant
Grant & Ward
Jesse Grant
Jesse
The Young Man's Mistake
A North Carolina youth falls for a farmer's daughter and agrees to a year of farm labor in exchange for marriage and a double barrel shotgun. After the year, the daughter refuses the match, plans to wed another, and the swindled suitor seeks $6000 and an injunction, lamenting poor courting choices.
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North Carolina
Weather Prophet Foresees Mild December And Delays Snow
The New York Sun notes Dr Vor predicts a mild December with scattered cold snaps and periodic rain through the month. He forecasts a late January snow event, floods in western New York, dense fogs, and rain on several early- and mid-December dates. The piece also mentions Evacuation Day observations near William A. Vand erbilt’s Fifth Avenue home, with soldiers mocking his lack of display.
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New Jersey
The
New York Sun
Dr Vor
New York State
Pennsylvania
Vanderbilt’s Window Exit Sparks Flag Question
The line carried the taunt “One, two, three. VANDERBILT, where is your flag?” causing Mr Vanderbilt’s face to show astonishment as he left the window, reflecting sentiments about the republic and its founders.
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Vanderbilt
Mr. Vanderbilt
The
Republic
Amusing clippings from a bustling late 19th century page
A collage of humorous notes from Philadelphia to St Louis includes rival tooth pullers, a marriage refusal in Anderson, a joke bout dough, Dr Mary Walker antics in England, odd weather quips, a pawn about a dog in Savannah, purse strings in Augusta, a New York restaurant menu, and assorted local curiosities. It also notes a Massachusetts court recognizing woman as a person and local political chatter around Governor Butler, with wit on crime, sport, and daily life.
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Philadelphia
Anderson
8. C
Jones
St. Louis Post
Arthur
Nevada
Salt Lake City
Oll City
United States
Washington
Mary Walker
London
England
Mary
Danbury
Savanah
Oshkosh
Himmel
St. Louis
Sergeant Mason
New York
Augusta
South
Newport
Uriah Case
Canton
Conn
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Fred Fisk
Canastata
N. Y
East Haddam
Wiseacres
Congressman Weller
Iowa
Congress
Weller
Mark Woodworth
Dubuque
Cleveland
Chicago
Joliet
Pennsylvania
Oswego Times
Fannie B. Ward
Saltillo
Mexico
Butler
Massachusetts
Mr. Beecher
New York Graphic
New England Saving Habits Shape a Millionaire's Path
In New York December 1 a bank president James D. Fish recounts early life from Mystic Connecticut to New York City in 1841. He describes how saving built vast wealth, notes New England’s growth through restrained spending, and recalls launching a grocery shipping business, owning Booths Theatre, and investing in Casino bonds. He reflects on banking evolution from 1861 to the 1880s and the shift to stock-based wealth.
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New York
James D. Fish
Mystic
Brooklyn
Connecticut
South Street
East River
Mobile
New Orleans
New England
Chicago
New Opand
Booth
Erie Railroad
Bond
Jacob Little
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
How John C. Freemont Cut His Wife
In ca 1838 the government ordered a detailed survey of Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Fremont, tapped by Nicollet and urged by Senator Benton, fell in with Jessie Benton, then 15, and wed at 16 after fleeing Washington. Benton later forgave them. Jessie became Fremont’s wife and the pair sparked a storied frontier life.
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John C. Freemont
Missisippi
Missouri
Nicollet
Fremont
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Dakota
Washington
Benton
Rocky Mountain
Jessie Benton
Premont
Des Moines
Fremon
Jessie
Viruluia
McDowell
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