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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1890
Page
4
Readers are urged to send lists of 10 or 12 names for sample copies. The paper offers free samples to each recipient and requests names to be written on a postal card addressed to The Weekly Globe in Boston Massachusetts.
The Poston Weekly Globe lists subscription prices for December 1890 with options by mail. One copy per month costs 50 cents, yearly prepaid rates vary by plan, and the paper is mailed from Boston Mass. The ad includes a biblical quote and notes second class mailing.
Sir Moret Mackenzie argues that finding a bacillus for every disease would end illnesses but warns against blaming microbes for all ailments. He notes prizes and bounties as incentives and suggests global government hunts to exterminate bacilli as extinct as mastodons.
A Harvard College president’s critique of overstudy in the Massachusetts school system draws wide response. The piece argues teachers face impossible demands and public opinion shapes schooling, noting limited weekly hours and the myth of fatal intellectual overload. It cites Tech criticisms and warns the fear of overstudy is a popular but unfounded theory. The article ends with a call to vote on a $100,000 state appropriation.
Exmu B. Haves defends the Institute of Technology as a strict training school demanding mental and physical pace. He argues the diplomas are passports to skilled employment and warns fashionable educators to keep their hands off the institution, which he says stands apart in the state for real preparation.
Tur Gione offers a $300 prize to readers who most accurately predict the final chapter of a new serial, starting next Tuesday in the Guia and continuing weekly. The story "Saved by Death: or The Strange Fate of Austin Craige" by Scott Campbell will reveal all motives and events as it unfolds, inviting readers to submit their conclusions.
The Irish party faces deep rifts with little chance of quick settlement. A general election could decide the leadership by rewarding Parnell or anti-Parnell factions, potentially sidelining Parnell if the anti-Parnellite majority prevails. Reconciliation remains possible on a friendly basis, but months of discord risk postponing home rule.
In historic times humor and the jester shaped culture as kings balanced art, faith, and war. The essay urges businessmen to pay debts promptly, arguing slow payment harms small capital and can ruin firms, urging circulation of holiday money to sustain national prosperity.
The piece surveys how temperament shapes humor in the lives of Grim Avper and GrimMAaupr, notes Tom Hoop and Mark Twain’s contrasts between appearance and wit, and contrasts John G. Saxe’s somber later years with Sumraser’s cheer amid illness. It ends praising humorists as an honest, essential workforce led by Rogert G. Frron.
The poem contrasts silks and jewels with cheap calico and hidden sorrows of women chasing fashion. It lauds cheerful lasses enduring life’s burdens while warning that beauty and wealth mask inner pain. A stray note on the tariff committee in the French Chamber of Deputies hints at trade policy changes.
Readers ask about fair work hours and pay for compositors in Boston. A 10 hour day for 6000 cubic stamp-by-step typesetting, 16 to 18 dollars weekly for 59 hours, and a 4 to 1 male to female workforce are cited. Also includes medical home remedies and catarrh notes from correspondents.
A reader suggests mixing one pint raw linseed oil with one half gill spirits turpentine and applying nightly for a week and then weekly or biweekly to keep hands soft all winter. Wipe off excess and avoid washing for an hour after application.
A man asks if he can exhume his wife from a friend’s grave when the friend refuses. It suggests the board of health must issue a permit first, after which exhumation might be allowed, pending proper authorization. The wording reflects cautious legal steps over burial rights and health regulations.
A long-term resident asks how to become a citizen after five years and one month in the country. The person says one year in Illinois and the rest in the current town and seeks steps to naturalize, including eligibility, forms, and processes.
A hires B's vehicle and damages it. A repairs it then C paints it and bills A, who absconds. C seeks payment or vehicle retention. B might face liability for the debt. C may hold the vehicle until paid. Separately, a wife with furniture bought on instalments asks if husband can claim the items. the answer given is that he has no claim during the wife’s life.
The holder may attach wages and arrest the maker if there is nonpayment after due date. If the note was given for rent upon vacating premises, the creditor can pursue wage attachment and possible arrest to enforce the debt and prevent departure from the state.
In Jamaica a rental agreement has A as an engraver who rents from B and pays rent by work for three years. After A sells out and leaves a balance of rent due in work, is A bound to pay the remaining rent in cash despite having performed all possible work to secure repayment? The contract may be construed against A.
A sells his factory to B without a trade or goodwill agreement. Can A resume the same business using his original firm name and can he advertise that he has moved his business to a new location. The discussion centers on rights to continue a business under a former name and permissibility of public notices in Jamaica. The analysis considers trade name use, potential confusion, and locality rules.
A asks how to protect in a sale of six cows when ownership is in buyer's name only after full payment and notes payable to the seller exist. Buyer paid only two. three cows were disposed of. Seller wonders if taking notes settles the sale and considers replevin if title remains with seller until payment.
French professor returns from lesson and expresses shock at the poor English of his American pupils. He exclaims that the Yankee children with their terrible accents drive him to madness.
Boston December reports a stronger butter market with heavier receipts and improved demand across most grades at steady prices. New York and Vermont extra dairy, Western creamery, and various regional quotes appear, while cheese demand remains slow. bean and produce prices show modest declines, with mixed fluctuations across groceries and cereals.
Week ending Thursday November 27 1890 lists livestock arrivals at Brighton and Watertown including carats of wool and sheep counts, swine totals, horses and cattle by region, with Northern and Eastern cattle priced around four cents per weight. Figures show Western cattle, Northern and Eastern sheep and lambs, and assorted hides and tallow figures in a concise market roundup.
The piece profiles O'Brien Moore of the St. Louis Republic, a known Washington reporter who, though Irish by birth and Texan by pride, favors his Texan identity. He recounts a past pistol threat from Congressman Crane of Texas, notes a potential clash avoided, and humorously recalls fighting Kentuckians who backed their own.
The article praises high quality leather work from Offenbach and Berlin Germany. Edward Posen & Co. is cited as a leading producer with world renowned photograph albums. Boston agents Winkley Dresser & Co. offer a wide range of styles at moderate prices, boosting sales this season.
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