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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1880
Page
4
Testimonials from Massachusetts patients claim Indian Blood Syrup cures stomach disease loss of appetite rheumatism and bowel regulation. Doctors Crank Johason Clark Jonson and Clank Jamnson endorse the remedy noting beneficial results and high regard among several named residents including Jane Stafford Sarah A Johnson.
Letters from residents in Franklin County Mass praising Dr Clark Johnsons Indian Blood Syrup. Testimonies from H B Rowles Tolman and J D Barnes claim cures for general health and hip issues after trying other doctors. Date February 10 1879.
Susannah H Haskins of CooLEYVILLE Franklin County Massachusetts praises Clare Johnsons Ix Loop Syrup as one of the best medicines. She has used it for several years and would not be without it calling it her Family Regulator and recommending it to the public.
Mrs Harkiet Preston writes from Hadley Hampshire Co Mass praising Dr Clark Johnson for curing her digestive distress with Indian BLoop 8yrep. The brief note implies success and a testimonial tone without detailing treatment specifics.
Dr CLraRK Johnson cites unnamed parties and many others who have used Brora Boop Suvrur claiming great benefit. Names listed include Aaron Maynard Marie Lunn Mus H O5Goop Grace Smith Samuel Cole JoAn Mansrox Geo Kimball Mrs M M Cocpry and others Harrington.
Wholesale agents in Boston Massachusetts listing Weeks Potter of 360 Washington Street and Geo C Goodwin & Co. as firms connected with distribution and sales. The snippet specifies business addresses and companies but lacks context about products, dates, or scope of operations.
The issue announces the serialized story How to Get Rich the Last of the Old Year by Ashley Lawrence, set in Boston and Leadville. It notes the story begins in the December 22 issue and urges readers to renew or subscribe to Tuk Weekly Globe to receive every installment, warning it will not be republished.
Readers are invited to form a five-person club to renew or subscribe to Tut Wreksy Gione. Each club member pays $1 yearly, postage free, with six copies for $1. Five new subscribers receive one copy each and the initiator one free copy. Subscriptions paid in December extend to January 1882.
The Weekly Globe offers a one year subscription across the United States and Canada for $100 with postage paid. Subscriptions can be paid by postal order, registered letter, or draft from New York or Boston, or by postage stamps of 1, 2, or 3 cents. Address all correspondence to The Weekly Globe Boston MA. Include full name, post office, county and state. Report changes of address with former and current, and discontinue notices with town county and state. Lost copies duplicated free. stamps should not be registered. Sample copies are free.
Terms to agents are sent free on application. The Weekly Glone offers one year free to clubs of five plus $5. Individuals unable to form five may send fewer subscribers. Those seeking easy winter income are respectfully asked to send a postal with their address.
The page lists advertising charges—ordinary ads 30 cents per line and editorial notices 60 cents per nonpareil line, with 5 to 10 percent discounts for larger sums. It also notes the “Song of John Kelly” and discusses financial crises after Garfield's election, Panama canal talk, General Porter justice, Cuban exposition plans for February 1881, and Rev. Robert Collyer's talk on newspapers highlighting press influence and its balance with the Bible.
The article lauds the freedom and honesty of major newspapers and likens them to leaders of the people as Lincoln did. It notes possible congressional action to reissue fractional currency for small mail sums but advocates caution. A plan by Senator Carlisle Wood suggests postmasters receive stamped certificates in ten, twenty five, and fifty cent denominations to be sold and redeemed at sub-treasuries.
The article presents a translated report from the executive committee of the Russian Nihilists justifying the murder of a government spy. It notes the report was sent to revolutionary agitators worldwide and adds a tragic account of the spy attempting to betray Polish radicals in New York, underscoring the spy’s bleak fate.
A 60 million dollar capitalization for the Universal Company is reportedly subscribed with 8 million from U.S. capitalists. De Lesseps asserts all preliminaries are complete and operations will start, aiming to link Atlantic and Pacific ports. The piece weighs national interests, potential U.S. control, and shifting trade dynamics in a sprawling analysis.
The text notes that few favor risking action, while many seek to profit from the scheme and rely on luck for lasting gains. Count de Lesseps aims to build the canal despite international tensions, awaiting the contest for possession. It hopes Congress lifts the shipping embargo to let merchants benefit from its completion.
The sudden removal of John Kelly from New York City comptroller signals a turning point for Tammany Hall and the Democratic Party. While he reduced city debt by about $13 million in four years and was praised for his personal qualities, his leadership is blamed for demoralizing the party. His exit may prompt a reorganization of Tammany Hall and reduce longstanding factional animosities in New York politics.
The piece argues for establishing a tariff commission to expose flaws in the current system and press ahead with tariff reform during the current and next Congress. It notes the Ponca case prompting a five‑member commission for Indian Territory, with Crook, Bishop Clarkson, and Walter Allen named by Boston, and Schurz selecting the remaining two.
The Washington Post questions Mrs Christiancy alibi claims while Isaac faces cross examination. A Galveston violin anecdote amuses as crowd disperses with the fiddle. A Brooklyn man proposes a treasury ledged currency backed by bonds and gold. Census curiosities include an Arkansas native who never rode a locomotive yet is French, and a 12-year-old Alabama giant of 380 pounds. A Georgian centenarian, a 1776-born Missouri veteran, and Alexander of Russia’s $1.5 million bank credit for Christmas gifts appear. A Boston capitalist plans Kansas tree planting for shade. Anson McCook says the New York pension fund plan is near abandonment. Fernando Wood’s optimistic view closes the brief.
An Ohio man claims Stanley Matthews will soon be named to the Supreme Court and will accept. The piece argues against raising malt duty from 20 to 25 percent, noting most malt is produced domestically and higher duty would raise prices without raising revenue. It criticizes tariff tinkering that harms consumers.
A collage of humorous notices and quips from various papers. The items include jokes about Santa, Venus near the moon, a cat’s trials, a mock editorial line about waste baskets, and the traveling salesman’s disguise. Also shared are penny-raffle tales, stage anecdotes, and playful wordplay about fashion and weather.
A historical sketch outlines the Harvard Peabody Museum on Divinity Avenue near Memorial Hall in Cambridge. It details George Peabody’s gift of 150000 dollars in 1866 to establish an American archaeology and ethnology department, funding collection, professorship, and a fireproof building.
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