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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1891
Page
4
A notice invites readers and subscribers alike to mail ten to twelve names of neighbors to The Weekly Globe in Boston Massachusetts, offering a free sample copy to each respondent. The request emphasizes broad neighborhood outreach and postal card submissions.
A newspaper column argues against panic over business inactivity during elections. It notes prior quadrennial booms and insists campaign rhetoric won't ruin the economy. The piece contends that voters are not fools and the nation’s strength will endure regardless of which party wins.
The piece argues economic policy should not fear presidential elections as ruinous to commerce. It asserts fears of financial collapse during elections are groundless and predicts 1892 will be an exception to prior dull presidential years for business.
The piece faults the Porter census for counting errors and notes 9,000,000 mortgages abstracted for filing while the mortgage statistics cost $1,000,000. It cites Sockless Jerry Simpson arguing that funding mortgage data gathering should instead be used to liquidate loans to reduce mortgage stock.
Readers are invited to compare Tor Weerxty Girone with other metropolitan weeklies as The Globe asserts it is the best family weekly in the United States. The issue includes Frances Hoppson Burnett’s Birdie, Justin Howanp on Cyrus W. Freip, a women department, youth department, farmers department, two short stories Strange Adventures of John Shadden and Cursed for Generations, illustrated, plus Octave TuHayet begins A Crooking Department and general plus political news.
The piece advises young men to select a partner with complementary risk tolerance and notes that opposites can form strong bonds through mutual trust. It stresses keeping business matters separate from personal life, maintaining clear copartnership terms, and resisting outside influence to preserve character and focus on business success.
Fragmentary quotation discusses personal tension between business and personal life with advice to keep politics sociology and religion out of business. The text mentions Emory J. Haynes and a line about how association with a certain person is unhealthy. It reads as a private aside rather than a news item.
The measures of the 52d Congress will shape the presidential race and readers will want close watch. Tor Werkuy Grose will publish weekly summaries of session points to date as indispensable for readers and friends. The President's message and department reports appear next week.
Massachusetts hosts more than 900 abandoned farms listed at the State Board of Agriculture. Western hill towns offer picturesque settings with low cash outlay, while Essex and Suffolk counties show especially sparse farm use. The board is urged to find new owners to prevent further ruin and fulfill city folk’s longing for rural living.
Readers are urged to examine notices offering Waltham and Elgin watches and silverware at prices cheaper than retail. The advertisements claim savings by cutting out middlemen and dealers.
A Charity Organization Society canvasses incomes of New York beggars. Fortunes reach from ten thousand to twenty thousand dollars, while daily earnings of ten to fifteen dollars are common. A suggestion calls for publicly funded shelters to curb fraudulent begging and expand relief for the truly needy.
The piece urges forming Democratic clubs in every town, especially New England, to mobilize voters for the upcoming presidential race. It notes readers can start with postal cards for samples and agent rates, stressing easy club formation beyond school hours and broad volunteer participation. It also mentions McKinley bill Supreme Court arguments criticizing bounties and special privileges.
A public discussion questions whether the phrase general welfare in the constitution provides broad shield for government power or invites overreach. Analysts emphasize need for precise limits to ensure accountability.
This notice urges renewing subscriptions this month to prevent names from being reset and avoid missing the first January issue. It warns that all year expiring renewals will be discontinued and emphasizes Tur Wrekty Ghone as indispensable to subscribers and their friends in 1893.
The Postmaster General proposes telegraph and telephone annexes to the postal system and even one cent letters and three cent telegraph messages. Yet a deficit looms as Congress must approve any big subsidies, and political friction colors reception of reforms. Wanamaker’s plans mix audacious proposals with practical improvements amid a wary fiscal climate.
The paper announces a new weekly department for farmers titled Co operative Farming. It aims to be a comprehensive family journal offering features readers would otherwise need multiple weeklies to obtain. The weekly issue of The Wrexig Globe promotes its low price and all in one reading content.
In New York a vigorous effort to reopen the TripEN will case is described while Mr. TILDEN’s aim to found a great library is noted as clearly intended. The piece also comments on Blaine’s political position and a quirk in law impacting the era’s big figures.
A reader passage discusses Paddy Haggerty’s leather breeches in a humorous Irish ballad excerpt, asks whether Brooklyn Bridge is masonry-supported or suspended, and notes coffee may cure sick headache. Other Qs cover neighbor encroachment, American naturalization, and legal shooting in self defense.
The piece presents questions about checks against deposits and fees for accommodation, a widow asking about her grandchild’s claim to an uncle’s estate, a finding of money in a store with ownership by unclaimed funds, property tax duties on livestock moved between towns, and a name change for a young girl with long use of an adopted name.
West Indies beliefs are described as extreme superstitions. Cuban lore warns against viewing dead bodies due to healing fears, while corpse-soil and candle light are tied to death omens. Other signs include ritual items and animal omens affecting fortune, with various island practices cited from Barbados to St. Vincent.
A reader notes nighttime coverage is essential for certain tasks while recounting a two year loss of voice in a pet bird now improved after three weeks of treatment. The message includes miscellaneous questions about notes, insurance, property, and a postal question on cancelled stamps despite missing context.
The article examines buccaneer life and privateering during wartime, detailing famous captains like Kidd Avery Davis and Blackbeard Edward Thatch. It outlines pirate governance, table of shares, voting, punishments, and the bold, often brutal, discipline aboard ships.
The Mirror and Farmer of Manchester and The Boston Globe weekly together offer a one year subscription for 1 50 with free postage. Tax Weekly Goss costs 50 cents more than the Mirror and Farmer price. Address Tom Weexty Gions Boston Mass.
Commissioner E. M. McPherson reports Western farmers taking up mortgages as land values lag. He notes only substantially operated mortgage companies survive, with irrigation improving Kansas prospects. He cites Wichita land collapse from $1000 to about $50 per acre and warns Eastern loans should target central city land to preserve value. Clergy investors also figure among Massachusetts lenders.
Chambers' Journal recounts ancient royal fleets led by Ptolemy Philopater with a nuptial yacht the Thalamegon and an immense rival vessel said to house 4000 oarsmen and 8000 soldiers plus ornate temples and carvings. Sesostris is claimed to own a 400 foot silver and gold cruiser, a tale likened to Baron Munchausen.
Miss Coralie Tavingston Gardiner daughter of Mr and Mrs J Lyon Gardiner of Gardiner’s Island is praised by the World as a lovely and talented New York woman. She has inscribed four colonial governors on her Colonial Dames gold bars and traces ancestry to Bayren Van Wyck John Townsend and Lyon Gardiner among others. Adele Griswold Gardiner, younger sister, will be presented at a tea at 674 Madison Ave Thursday 6 to 7 pm. Helen Rosalie Remsen, a cousin of Bessie Webb married yesterday, assists.
A reader asks if they must pay for 15 tubs of butter in 30 days before receiving at the depot. A correspondent notes payment timing depends on the original agreement and delivery terms, warning that delivery conditions alter obligations. The exchange then shifts to an unrelated household tip about keeping a bird cage covered at night.
A comic exchange notes Mrs P praising a husband’s labor while Mrs C questions his earnings. The punchline: his latest task was counting how many times a clock ticked in a year, illustrating a humorous take on labor and value.
The Cal Syrup of Figs Company asserts all claims not consistent with its high character are avoided. It states the product acts gently on kidneys liver and bowels cleansing the system effectively but is not a cure all and does not promise every bottle will substantiate.
Caroline Livingston Gardiner, daughter of Mr and Mrs Phoenix Kemsen, of Lakewood, leads a group of debutantes this season. Other young women assisting include Edith Clarkson Kitty Beekman and Kitty Drexal in the county social season.
An unclear OCR fragment advertises magazine subscriptions with pricing and terms but is garbled. The readable portion mentions a two dollar amount and multiple copies, suggesting a bulk or multi-copy offer without full details.
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