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Newspaper

Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1888

Page

8

Howard’s Letter on Fallen Greatness and Thanksgiving

A Boston Globe essay contrasts the rise and fall of a brilliant New York writer and a once‑powerful journalist now reduced to poverty and neglect. The piece questions personal responsibility, the permanence of institutions, and whether gratitude should extend to individuals facing decline.

Washington in the Calm After the 1888 Election Shock

In a reflective Washington scene, observers assess a silent capital as Harrison nears inauguration. Dems face uncertain futures and many layoff risks while Republicans count their gains and plan adaptions after Cleveland’s administration.

Navigation through the Welland Canal closes Saturday

The brief item notes the Welland Canal was closed on a Saturday. It also lists numerous political, industrial, and crime items from the era, including election results in Nevada and Colorado, a flood of mining and railroad news, a large river and harbor bill, and various incidents across the United States.

Not a Good Bluff or Loss in Minnesota Poker

Minnesota merchant T F Fisher boot and shoe dealer. An attachment forced closure and he made an assignment to C H Davidson and disappeared. Originating from Michigan last April he bought heavily from dealers in Milwaukee Chicago Rochester and Boston area. Claims exceed $20 000 owed to an Eastern firm. Arrested for obtaining goods under false pretenses by order of Hough Ford Rochester. Bond forfeited and he testified at a Wednesday preliminary examination that he lost money and stock gambling in St Paul.

Welland Canal Nevada Harrison Cleveland Fisk Armour South Omaha Neb Ohio Aps Washington Aqueduct Council Bluffs Mexico Samuel Minnes Grand Army Newark Secretary of the Treasury Lus National Progressive Union of Miners and Jacksonville Fla Agai Trunk Line Fink New York City House Midland Newcastle Ovl Knights of Labor The Federation of Miners Hronek Chicago Grinnell Gary Benfield Federal Grand Jury Indianapolis W.W. Ducley Republican National Executive Committee Washington John Weise Burnet Hill Middletown N. Y Constantinople University of Pennsylvania Colorado Prohibition Nesquehoning Mauch Chunk Philp Stevens Wil House Committee On the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Alaska Richardson South Carolina Detroit Mich Lake Shore & Michigan Southern George Branson American Knitting Mills Philadelphia Henrietta L. Snell W. B. Tascott Cortland N.Y Senate Finance Committee Republican National Committee Taylor Tennessee H. Clay Evans Petitoners Diehl Buffalo Dish Awa W. Quinn Abbie L. Wiggin Chelsea Mass Boston & Maine Bethleheim Iron Company Bingen Penn Ethel M. Davis Ross Laguna New York Hatteras Bin Quiptal Montreal Engineers’ Office War Department New England Massachusetts M. J. Meyer & Co Cincinnati Thomas S. Warren Norfolk North Charles Lefebvre George Hacker Klohn P. Bruce Bruce Tred Dominion Halifax Cable Island Thomas Thompson DeWitt Memorial Church John Hal R. F. Cutting St. George Church E. 8 Higgins & Co United States Congressman Morrow California Victoria Paterson N. J Garrett Mountain Koontz Indiana Navesink Highlands New Jersey Scotland Abbie G. Stubbs Senate Plumb Charleston W. Va Alderson Fleming West Virginia Burlington Geneva Ill Bowles Bauereisen Kansas City McCrary Merriton Ont Michiel Sherry James Williams Allan Welland Great Western Railway A. P. Morse Hayti C.A. van Bekkelen Port Au Prince Department of State Haytian Legation New Orleans Mnt Treasury H. C. Fisher Southern Express Company William Lightfoot Peer Finlay R. Dobell Quebec Blanc Sabon Straits of Belle Isle Ieland Faitrom Mingon Blanc Sablon Gulf and Coast Nof Boston Treasury Department Monlay Phil Daly Fourth Avenue Grand Hotel Nu Mber Pans Bldgett Manufacturers’ National Bank of Chicago William H Adams Muskegon Mid Hackley & Hume Mls Wyoming County Booge Packing House Sioux City Thomas Coleman Coleman A. B. Buck Arlington Hotel James Brown Potter Atwood Calumet & Hecla Aco Perdition Republican Executive Committee John d. O’brien Ocal O Brien County Democracy Tammany O’brien Bureau of Elections el Paso Tex William ¥. Dressman Jefferson Davis Dreissman Davis Congress Dreisman Minnesota Austin Minn T. F. Fisher C. H. Davidson Michigan Milwaukee Rochester Hough & Ford St. Paul

New Parlor Game Explains Electoral College and Presidency

The article promotes a table showing how votes from states like New York and Nevada affect a U S presidential outcome. It introduces the Game of Forves or the Race for the Presidency, a novelty toy that teaches electoral process and state vote distribution, available at toy stores or by mail for $1.26 from the Leominster firm.

Harrison New York Cleveland New Jersey Indiana Whch Benjamin Greer Nevada Republic Forves Toy Company Leominster

New England Farmers Open Winter Meeting in Ploughman Hall

The New England Agricultural Society started its winter season with weekly meetings led by Colonel Daniel Needham, Benjamin P. Ware, and O. B. Hadwen at Ploughman Hall Worcester. A resolution on George Noyes’s death was read and adopted, remarks on Massachusetts farming followed, and Hadwen delivered a talk on pasture lands and soil fertility with farming prescriptions including bone meal, ashes, plaster, and crop rotation.

New England Agriculural Society Ploughman Hall Milk Street Benjamin P. Ware Daniel Needham O. B. Hadwen Worcester George Noyes George B. Loring Bb. ’. Ware Oring Massachusetts UO. B. Hadwen Worceter Commonwealth Nichols

First Prize Sheep Exhibit Draws Crowd in Chicago

Forty-one heavy sheep including Leicestershires Cotswolds and Shropshires, first prize winners from a Chicago fat show, were shown on South Market Street in front of the Chamber of Commerce. N. E. Hollis calls them the finest live sheep in the country, averaging about 221 pounds with pedigrees.

Chicago Chamber of Commerce South Market Street N. E. Hollis

Selection of Humble Library Novels and Authors

A catalog lists numerous serialized novels and works for a reader’s library, naming titles such as Gulliver's Travels and Ivan the Serf along with authors including Manton Harlan Rogent Louis Stevenson and Mrs Henry Wood. It promotes a range of fiction and instructional volumes with issue numbers and brief descriptions.

America Europe Prague Bijah Beanpole Beat Society Gulliver Lemuel Gulliver Matwa H. Riven Haccann Wall Flowers Manton Harlan Honario Alogi, JR Ivan the Serf Srt. Vakis Coos, Jr Hes Otis Liemr Hovss Stan Iy . T. CaLper John Nicholson Rozkar Louis Dievenson Hinses Ten Hare Ty Ren Pen Theaters Miss McLoon Jene Maer Cercit Har Mra. Awnxig Bipwamps Charnes Krave Henry Woop Framchard H. Riper HacGarp Dirk Inheritance Ray Duncin Hay Sister Kate Dora Thorne Augusta Granada M. T. CaLver Sennst Buchanan Thornyecroft Grange Betty Winwoop Muth Blerrick William H. Businean the Red Cross M. T. Caldor Fox Bride Sea The Wilkie Collins Tell Brandom P. Hamilton Myers

Weekly Globe subscription offer with book bundle deal

The notice advertises a one year subscription to the Weekly Globe of Boston Massachusetts with bundled book offers. It lists options including one year plus twenty books for 1.35, forty books for 1.50, and free books for subscribers, with an appeal to new or old subscribers and group rates.

Wrekly Globe GLOBE Boston Maas Business Sapiens Agents’ Journal Bromfie Street Wytf Myll

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