Weekly Globe offers 14 months for five dollars
The Weekly Globe markets a 14 month subscription for six copies at five dollars and promises 1886 issues featuring short stories by a roster of prominent authors including Charles Egerert Craddock Sarah Orne Jewett Brander Matthews Elizabeth Stewart Phelps Louise Chandler Moulton and more in a bid to attract thousands of subscribers.
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Charles Egerert Craddock
J. T. Trowbridge
Sarah Orne Jewett
Brander Matthews
Elizabeth Stewart Phelps
Louise Chandler Moulton
Frank BR. Stockton
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Octave Thanet
H. G. Bunner
Sidney Luska
Thomas A. Janvier
Mrs. Burton Harrison
E. P. Roe
Joel Chandler Harris
Harriet Prescott Spofford
J. Esten Cooke
Edward Everett Hale
W. H. Bishop
A. A. Hayes
F. G C
Agents Wanted in Every Town for Sample Copies Poster
Public notice calling for agents to distribute sample copies and posters nationwide. Describes free materials and generous cash commission for each town.
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United States
The Globe Magazine Offer for Weekly Globe Readers
The Globe presents a page two listing magazines offered to subscribers at wholesale prices with full retail profit given to subscribers. By calculating typical retail, The Globe costs about 50 cents a year on average, and in some cases only 10 cents.
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GLOBE
THE
Will You Send a Subscriber Clause Promoting Club Naming
A public notice urges readers to form subscriber clubs for The Globe. It encourages sharing a copy with friends, forming groups of five to obtain a free copy, or smaller groups if needed. It asks towns with a single reader to create a club as well.
Dar's No Use Mopin Ro Un
A dialect flavored verse warns readers against fretting over luck and trouble. It urges constant activity and contentment to outrun the devilish worry that stalks the discontented, comparing anxiety to a roaming lion. The piece leans into regional speech and playful rhythm.
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fLonieville Courier-Journal
Suspicious Wealth in a Rochester Post-Express Quick Strip
A brief comic panel from the Rochester Post Express shows two men in a light exchange. The First Dude jokes about forgotten money while the Second Dude offers a dime, highlighting humorous miserliness and casual street banter.
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Rochester Post-Express
Penniless Man Finds Bank Deposit Truth
In a tense exchange a penniless man learns Mechanics' Bank survived with $4000 on deposit. He asks if depositors will be paid in full, recalling his failed grocery business and worrying about losses to his creditors. The scene highlights fear and uncertainty amid financial distress.
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Wall Street
Bayard
Tar Girone weekly family paper promises growth in 1886
The Haston Weekly Globe urges readers to form clubs and recruit new subscribers to boost circulation for the 1886 Tar Girone weekly edition. It highlights broad coverage from Washington news to farmers and ladies, plus short stories by American authors.
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Tar Girone
United States
Washington News
The Globe Rises in Boston News Circulation
In November the Boston Globe’s reach grew with an average daily circulation of 84 400 for the Boston Dairy Grone and 91 910 for the Boston Sexpay Grose, surpassing the Sunday Herald. The Globe led Boston Sunday papers in circulation, while November saw 764 columns of advertising, a figure higher than any rival. Merchants value such reach, and the paper thanks readers for helping Globe attain its current position.
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Tur Grope
Boston
Tur
Boston Dairy Grone
The
GLOBE
New England
Cleveland Enters Presidency Under Calm Congress
Congress assembles under favorable conditions as the nation awaits President Cleveland’s forthcoming message. Despite Vice President Hendricks’ death, party balance and public patriotism promise steady policy on tariffs and monetary reform. The administration, with a Democratic majority in the House and a less solid Senate, anticipates smooth sailing and routine appointments.
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Congress
Hendricks
Senate
Cleveland
Beyron
Jackson
House
Mugwump
Democratic Leader’s Call for Honest Service in Congress
The speaker urges the Democratic House to unite behind a productive program. He predicts the coming session will be memorable for honest service to the country and prove the party capable of serious practical governance.
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Democratic House
Congress
Democratic Party
Republic
Congress Likely to Pass Presidential Succession Bill
The piece argues Congress will swiftly enact a presidential succession law placing cabinet officers in order of establishment, starting with the Secretary of State. It also urges fixing flaws in the current statute to ensure a continuous four year inauguration cycle regardless of presidential death or vacancy.
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Congress
Cheverant
Final British election results show Tory Par nellite edge
The article argues Liberal and Radical gains are insufficient to claim victory. It notes a near balance in seats, with 243 Tory Par nellite and 313 Liberal Radical seats, predicting a Tory Par nellite majority despite county gains for Liberals. It contends Gladstone was defeated, Salisbury weakened, and the overall result favors Parnellites and Tories in a reflected shift. It highlights new Labour and press representation and cites Ireland’s limited revolutionary impact.
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Great Britain
Ireland
Atlantic
New House of Corpmonm
Svee
Parnellites
Ae Eaansy
Wes Moos
House of Commons
Glapstone
Gladstone
Lord Salisbury
Parnely
Mr. Glapstone
Salisbury
Mr. Gladstone
England
Parney
Guapstone
Parnell
The New House of Commons Delusions and Realities
The piece assesses early British election expectations, noting no immediate political revolution despite 2,000,000 new voters. It contrasts Tory fears of village Jack Capri entering Parliament with radical hopes of aristocratic power waning, finding the professional proletaire mostly invisible in St Stephen’s Theatre era.
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United Kingdom
House of Commons
Jack Capri
Europe
St. Stephen’s Theatre
Editorial Points On Courage And Cosmophobia In News Bits
A blended editorial notes bravery and its limits through a case of a soldier named Grovar Krap who escaped Libbey Prison and died by his own hand. It critiques Washington rowdies, introduces a new medical term cosmophobia, and relays brief stabs at SALIsbury, mugwumps, and various papers. It also highlights political commentary on Senate leadership, public funds, and Bayard’s standing, with a closing nudge about The Globe and Herald.
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Eric
Penn
Grovar Krap
Libbey
Shaler
New York
Political Gossip and Oddities Highlight 1880s Debates
A stream of satirical notes covers congressional succession talk, party politics, and impending elections. It notes Loni's bill favoring presidential succession, British disestablishment debates, Radical crowds, and mock titles for General Prenperaast. Other items cite New York hotel bills, Dover justice, and Ireland home rule, with quips on Hazen, mad dogs, and Gladstone versus Parnell.
Living on $276 a year and how to manage
A businessman advocates frugal living, detailing annual costs for clothes, laundry, and basics. He breaks down expenses from boots and stockings to underwear and outerwear, estimating total yearly clothing around 29.60 dollars plus washing and incidental costs. He claims a cheap yet decent life is possible at about 120 dollars yearly plus extras, totaling roughly 2276 for the year.
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GLOBE
Boston man swindled by fake Milwaukee land deed
A Boston summer tourist, returning from Wisconsin, is groomed by a rough stranger into accepting a signed deed to 100 acres on Milwaukee's lakefront in exchange for a $100 bill. The “gift” proves a put up job as the man realizes the deed is worthless and swindled him.
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Boston
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Lake Front
Names in Iceland and Norse naming traditions described
The piece explains Icelandic and Norse naming habits, noting lack of family surnames and the rule of identifying individuals by their father's name. It traces examples like Sigmundur and Ausgeirson generations, mentions daughters as dottirs, and observes how marriage alters naming, with occasional confusion for outsiders.
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Iceland
Pittsvarg
Jon
Olafur
Jon Sigurdsson Oafur Eytharsson
Sigmunder
Ausgeir Sigmundursson
Gisli Ausgeirsson
Thorstein Gislison
Ausgeir Gislisson
Ragnahilda P
A New Way of Advertising in Italy Tickets Fold Ads
A Demorest s Monthly note describes a novel Italian advertising method on North Italy railway tickets. Each ticket from Milan to Venice contains a folded advertising sheet with forty spaces offering information on Venetian hotels and shops. The price is fifteen francs per 10 000 tickets, and full occupancy would yield about £24 per 10 000 tickets.
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Demorest
Italy
North Italy
Milan
Venice
Robert's Theory of Resemblance
On a Northwestern train two fond parents rode with their children, a five year old girl and an eight year old boy. The boy left a chaotic trail of water, candy, and mischief before a messy exchange with his sister. The mother asked what the sister would look like if hair were pulled out. The response, recalling a joking rhyme, hinted at a playful but chaotic scene aboard the car.
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Robert
Chicago Herald
Bobby
Beecher on Love for Christ and how to love God
In Brooklyn the sermon by Henry Ward Beecher discusses Christ like love as the path to God. He argues two paths toward the Chinese question, stresses that keeping Christ's commandments leads to conscious love, and urges practical benevolence as the bearer of faith.
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Brooxtus
Henry Ward Beecher
Earth
China
Christ
Jupiter
Saturn
Brooklyn
Mr. Beecher
John
God
Jesus Christ
Hodge
Soncic
Goa
Paul
Two Ways to Solve Whist Problem 24 in The Globe
The Globe outlines two methods to finish the ten trick whist puzzle using the ace and king of trumps. It also reports Harvard College whist tournament standings with six pairs, North Attleboro club formation, and a reader letter praising theatre sight lines criticizing high headwear at Hollis Street Theatre.
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Harvard College
Bridge
Patten
Collins
Richards
Presbrey and
Sawin
Webster and Ellis
Allen
Holt
Brown and Tuttle
Preshrey
North Attleboro
Mass
Gentlemen's Whist Club
I. L. Burden
Frank C. Tisdale
Arthur C. Sylvester
Georges A. Hancock
Joslin
South End Athletic Club
Boston
The Smith Family in Everything
Wise mocks Fitz Hugh Smith but argues Smiths have long stood in public life. Virginia founders and governors named Smith, a signer of the Declaration, nine U.S. Senators, justices, and early cabinet members all bear the name. The piece notes English and Scottish Smiths and ends with a Democratic vote by the latest Smith encountered.
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Lynchburg Virginian
Wise
Fitz Hugh Smith
Smith
Lee
Virginia
Smiths
Senate
United States
E A Smith
Supreme Bench of
A Smith
Navy
Daity
England
Scotland
Adam Smith
Tilden Letter Urges Coast Defenses and Surplus Use
In a December 4 1886 letter from Groton Yonkers to Speaker Carlisle Mr Tilden argues for prompt ample appropriation to strengthen seacoast defenses rather than rush debt payments or cut revenue He warns that key ports including New York Boston Philadelphia and New Orleans face bombards and notes fortifications are now ineffective He favors modern steel fortifications and guns while preserving the Monroe doctrine and cautions against a defenseless coast amid European power scramble He mentions Randall and signs with respect to Mrs Carlisle and Mr Carlisle
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New York
Tilden
John G. Carlisle
Tam
Portland
Portsmouth
Boston
Newport
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Charleston
Savannah
New Orleans
Galveston
San Francisco
United States
New York City
Jersey City
Brooklyn
Pacific
Monroe
Madison
Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
Napoleon III
Mexico
Randall
Unmarried Women in Fargo Invite Limit Revealed
A quirky note claims Fargo, D.C. has only four unmarried women in a population of 12.00 percent. It suggests the shortage of eligible brides means invitations to operas and amusements are limited to seventeen nights weekly, humorously noting there aren’t that many nights in a week.
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Washington
Norristown Ierald
Fargo
D.C
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