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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1881
Page
4
The notice urges renewing now and subscribing to Now is the Time 10. It offers a club of five subscribers an extra copy free for fourteen months and urges forming clubs to mail papers to one address or individual addresses. It notes reduced mail loss risk when multiple copies travel together.
Single Subscriptions $1 PER YEAR. Will be forwarded free to all applicants, or, When names of neighbors are furnished, a copy will be mailed to each address. Now is the time to form clubs and avail yourself of the fourteen months' offer. If you can not form a club, you can send at least one new subscriber. By showing a sample copy to your neighbors you can easily secure the number requisite to have a copy for your self free.
In Boston Globe science and notes, readers receive rheumatism guidance emphasizing mild stimulants warm foods and avoiding damp conditions plus bedclothes. Dr I L Hayes shares Arctic expedition memories claiming ice belts and navigable seas though obstructed by pack. Beecher lectures criticise protective tariffs as immoral and urge free trade arguments against monopolies and bounty seeking ships.
The passage argues against protective tariffs, claiming they yield high rents and food costs, do not raise real wages, and hinder industry. It notes that protection benefits 500,000 workers at the expense of millions and foresees a rise of free trade, predicting its dominance regardless of Congress.
The note invites readers to form clubs, request samples, or show their copy to neighbors. It urges subscription by all and mentions that everyone will subscribe.
Reports from Vienna recount a devastating fire at the Ring Theatre. Nearly 500 dead and 1136 missing. Carelessness blamed for failures to lower the iron curtain and keep exits open. The disaster prompts calls for safer theater practices and parallels with prior tragedies in Brooklyn and Boston.
The message is a vigorous state paper praising Garfield's memory and foreign relations progress, urging control of the Panama Canal per 1846 Colombia compact, seeking changes to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and noting efforts toward China treaty implementation, opium trade suppression, and new international rule proposals. It projects a strong financial surplus and calls for tax relief by abolishing most internal revenue taxes while preserving tobacco and liquor taxes and a stamp tax on specific items.
A newspaper pondered the rise of cranks and the sanity of Guiteau amid public calls for hanging. It cited testimonies of the trial, feared vigilante judgments, and recounted a Fall River murder case. It also noted Tombs inmate Sindram calling hanging played out and comments from the New York Tribune and Sun on political timing and strength in Congress.
The notice invites forming a five member club and offers a cash commission for providing one to four names or a three month subscription extension for each name at one dollar each. It frames the deal as a simple recruitment offer with monetary incentives.
The text notes the Democrats' superiority in debate and parliamentary experience with Robeson and Kas son positioned to lead on the floor. It questions their matchup against Ran dall Knott or other rivals and suggests a quick assessment will follow.
The Globe announces a free fourteen month subscription to any person who arranges five subscribers and sends five dollars. Each new subscriber receives the paper for fourteen months at no cost.
A sprawling assortment of opinions comments on an accused murderer's sanity while defending a son on death row, plus global woes from overproduction to sensational trials. It cites Conkling, Arthur, Guiteau, and various international cases, weaving political, economic, and social tensions with sharp, period voice.
The page surveys diverse topics including assassination sanity debates, legislative prospects on pensions, and satire about Christmas taxes. It comments on Guiteau, Speaker Keifer, anticolonial sentiment, and rail expansion, while noting fashion shifts and moralizing observations. It references President Arthur, canal politics, and Canadian migration to Manitoba.
A mishmash of quotations and quips from newspapers and readers. It notes witty remarks about a possible North Pole discoverer, a crank shaft etymology, and sharp jests about public figures. It includes jests on Guiteau, a graveyard epitaph, a sheep theft mistrial, and a 82 year old poet who seldom submits to papers.
A Detroit Free Press overview recalls Castle Thunder in Richmond, a Confederate detention site for deserters and captured Union attaches. It highlights prisoner life, press interactions, notable inmates like Henry Dyer and James Hancock, and anecdotes of escape attempts and odd recoveries during 1864 65 era, including a staged escape and subsequent re arrestement.
An old advertisement urges safety at home while promoting Rough on Rats pest killer. It claims the product clears rats and mice and prices it at 15 cents. The wording reflects vintage consumer notices and early mosquito-season caution.
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