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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1882
Page
4
The Globe pledges twelve great stories and regular features in 1883 including a weekly agriculture page and a ladies department. Charles F. Barker, renowned checker champion, will contribute weekly. The paper aims to suit every family member.
Regular agents can deduct their regular commission and The Globe will be sent to each subscriber until January, 1884. Send for agents private terms and form a club.
Each Globe subscriber is urged to recruit five new subscribers to earn an extra free copy for personal use. If fewer than five are secured, the subscriber will receive three months' credit for each shortfall. One new subscriber per current subscriber could push circulation toward 100000, enabling more features and stories next year.
The notice advertises a magazine offer where subscribing to THE WEEKLY GLOBE or related weeklys costs fifty cents a year. It includes a list of publications available and notes agents may combine other titles with THE GLOBE but receive commissions only on THE GLOBE.
Instructions urge renewing subscribers to identify as old subscribers and provide expired dates to avoid delays. It suggests sending five other subscriptions to obtain a free copy or fewer with three months credit per renewal, and promises ten to twelve new stories next year.
The Weekly Globe offers one year subscriptions for 100 dollars, with 1x copies at 5 dollars. Subscriptions can be sent by postal order, registered letter, or draft from New York or Boston, with stamps accepted in 1 2 or 3 cent denominations. Address all correspondence to The Weekly Globe Boston Mass and include full name post office county and state.
Advertising rates are listed for ordinary and editorial notices with discounts. The column discusses ice supply expectations, Hudson river politics, and cigar tax debates, noting 50 to 60 thousand tobacco workers affected by potential tax cuts and timing uncertainties.
A confidential circular and sample copies will be sent free upon application. Samples are free to agents at any time. Push the Globe and double its circulation.
Despite initial hesitation she shows growing acknowledgment of the former serfs’ claims. The shift marks a turning point as social and legal pressures push toward concession and reform. Authorities and observers note cautious progress amid ongoing debate and resistance.
The Society of American Artists in New York and the Art Club of Boston urged Congress to exempt all works of art from duties. They argue tariffs hinder artistic development, force artists abroad, and deprive the nation of a cultivated artistic atmosphere, delaying American art progress.
A nautical fable recounts Bos’n Bill chasing three ships believed to hold prizes, but misjudgments lead to scuttled vessels and his disappearance. The piece shifts to 1880 U.S. paper production data and notes on gambling literature and national death totals for the year.
A simple club plan provides an extra copy free for joining. Send a club of five with $5 or a club of ten with $10 to receive an additional copy free. Sample copies are available at no charge.
The record cites 390,644 male deaths with 96,804 under one year and 165,880 under five. Among 365,874 female deaths with ages given, 78,372 were under one and 138,920 under five. Diphtheria caused 38,398 deaths, typhoid 22,905, malarial fever 20,261, and consumption 91,551.
In New York City public reaction defeats David Dudley Field's penal code and Sabbath vigilance efforts as police resist enforcing old Sunday laws. The piece also mocks English Salvation Army plans for India,Warning against violence toward Mohametans while noting magic and miracle performers in a clash of beliefs.
A collage of anecdotes and snippets from various papers recounts a weighty Vineland High School girl, oddities like eight o clock Sunday breakfasts in Philadelphia, and humorous mishearings of a minister’s heaven quote. The notes cite political caustic wit about civil service tenure and a New York World critique of Republican honesty.
A New Story December 26th introduces a serial at once with a note on Hays and Garfield. The column surveys Adelaide Neilson’s youth in England, future Venus transits, and market data from Utica to Belgium, plus media quips and political opinions of the era.
In a Supreme Court hearing begun Thursday and continued Friday a case about a $10000 life insurance policy insuring Nathaniel G. Fuller with his wife as beneficiaries arose after the Arabia vanished near Calcutta. The dispute asks whether the policy should go to the wife’s heirs or to Fuller’s heirs, depending on which spouse died first. Arguments hinge on who survived longer or whether both died together. The decision was reserved.
A gray horse brings a newly married couple to a Lewiston hotel for a wedding day meal. They dine on doughnuts and squash pie, sharing a green box as they celebrate. The groom jokes the meal costs were small, while the landlord enjoys the couple’s happiness more than the coin.
The notice urges forming a large club and securing five subscribers if possible. If fewer than five are secured, subscribers receive a three month extension. Options include retaining the agents' cash commission or paying $1 per year. The deal lists 6 copies for 85.00.
A plan for a grand Eden Musee Grevin style museum to rise on West Twenty third to Twenty fourth streets in Manhattan is outlined. Projectors include Edward H. Stokes and John W. Mackay though denial and lease statements emerge. The wax works garden will feature moving figures, a tropical winter garden, and displays of French fashions and European porcelain.
A tall stranger in a Clinton street shooting gallery performed a tested illusion by blocking a gun’s muzzle with his thumb to show air resistance. He loaded, fired, and then revealed the bullet had been cushioned by air, walking away as spectators processed the trick. The event highlighted the physics of air resistance to skeptical bystanders.
Sheriff Charlie Roger of Grand county narrowly escaped death while hunting in Egeria Park. After tracking a grizzly that had cached deer remains, he fired at the bear twice. The animal knocked him down during a final attack, but his brother Harry shot the bear in the brain, saving Charlie's life.
A pretty school maam near Newburyport becomes the target of three suitors. Suitor No 1 escorts her home but is outmaneuvered when No 2, a widower, intervenes. No 3 arrives in a buggy and wins the prize, taking the lady away.
A fragment depicts life in Paris with strange scenes enacted nightly in popular quarters, suggesting that the most civilized people of the universe have suddenly become something unthinkable.
An advertising blurb extols the Globe weekly as the best and cheapest monthly in the United States. It urges clubs to secure free samples and distribute them townwide, claiming a guaranteed subscriber with each copy. Subscriptions offered at $1 per year or 6 copies for $5.
The passage describes a lawless climate worse than the Ku Klux Klan, with foot passengers being hurled from windows, robbed by brigands, and pinned by thieves who plunder pockets. Even in aristocratic areas, late outings risk assault as police struggle to curb the roaming criminal networks.
A vintage guide extols quinces as premier fruit for sweetmeats, noting plentiful supply and reasonable prices while peaches and plums are scarce. It traces quince fame to Candia and Columella, cites quince wine in England, and offers prices, barrel buying tips, and a family recipe for preserving quines with sugar and brandy tops.
Vincenzo Fondacaro arrived in New York after a voyage begun in Montevideo in a self-built three-ton boat. He tested using small bags of olive oil to create a drifting barrier that keeps waves from breaking, allowing the craft to ride out gales. He described the method, hardships, a royal welcome in Italy, and remarks on potential government and insurance interest.
A suburban village near New York held a harvest festival with fashionable ladies in attendance. The church displays featured white clematis and pyracoulhes berries, two sheaves of corn by the entrance, windows bright with corn, scarlet and blue flowers and white marguerites. Pulpit and altar were decorated with corn, wheat, grapes, and laurel wreaths.
The St James Gazette notes Parisians seek premiere tickets and clubs aid. The Gaulois plans to give subscribers a limited number of free premiere tickets by lottery. Similar subscriber drives exist in other countries, including an Ohio Journal report of rich heiresses pledging to marry only subscribers of a year.
Two aged brothers born March 27 1792 in Plumstead Bucks County Penn still live together at the same residence never rode a railroad or heard telegraph. They remained bachelors never separated for a day and visited Philadelphia once in an ordinary wagon. Also an ad for WELLs Rough on Corns 5c Complete permanent care for corns warts bunions.
In many towns only one subscriber to the Globe exists. If that subscriber forms a club, all papers may be mailed together in one package, reducing loss in transit. Encourage neighbors to join. cost is $1 per year or 6 copies for $5, The Weekly Globe, Boston, Mass.
The French historian Louis Blanc, known for his revolutionary history and political economy writings, died in Cannes after a life shaped by exile, journalism, and political activism. Born in Madrid on October 28, 1813, he rose in Paris and London, edited Le Bons Sens and La Reforme, wrote L Histoire de la Revolution Francaise, and returned to Paris during the 1870s siege. He served as deputy for Cartier des Ecoles and aligned with the Left, famed for his vigorous intellect and plain, shaved clerical look.
A young man visited the city registrar at City Hall seeking a marriage license. He initially guessed his partner’s age as 52, then returned claiming she was 60 after checking the full name. The clerk issued the license after the required details were provided, and the man left pleased.
An orange grower from Florida says the state’s orange cultivation has become a vast industry driving prosperity. Favorable weather this year boosted yields, with fruit large, clean, and well formed. Since Florida oranges reached New York, the wholesale trade and investments have surged, and lemon cultivation attracts growing attention, with capital now six times higher than a decade ago.
A Georgia circus night tale tells of two spectators who each buy a song book with a gold piece they think is a silver dime. The vendor keeps the piece, then returns a 250 dollar coin plus small change to the second buyer, prompting a realization of the error and a curious mix up. The Oneida Community reports active poultry canning, aiming for twenty five to thirty tons this season, with turkeys, chickens, geese and ducks processed.
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