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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1883
Page
4
On application, agents are invited to join a program under which a regular liberal cash commission will be paid. The notice promises a poster, agents circular, and sample copies sent free upon request.
The Weekly Globe will accept two cent stamps for subscription payments under the new postage law. existing one and two cent stamps continue to be received as before.
The Weekly Globe offers US and Canada delivery for one year at $100 and six copies for $50. Subscriptions may be sent by postal order, registered letter or draft. stamps of one, two or three cents are accepted. Address mail to The Weekly Globe Boston. include full writer name, post office, county and state. Change of address or discontinuation requires both old and new details. Lost copies duplicated free. stamps not registered. Exchange papers go to Lock Drawer 5220 Boston. beeaple copies are free.
Mrs C W Denison urges families in the neighborhood to visit friends and neighbors to solicit subscriptions and distribute sample copies of TuB Globe. The message promotes broadening readership through direct outreach and personal demonstrations of the paper.
Justice Murray warns of policemen’s wealth while wives shield their clubs from rags. The New York World notes sectional Senate tendencies and a lone Southern appointment. A long-standing bill, a Michigan math lesson, Salvation Army vanity, forest product values, and church humor intersect with Richelieu Robinson’s push for information on British honors and naval actions amid spy chatter.
A reader argues against over production as the cause of hard times and calls for recognizing under consumption due to unequal distribution. The piece links monopoly, tariffs, and political policy to labor woes, then previews Carlisle Morrison Hewitt era implications for the Democratic party under Republican critique.
A Minnesota woman admires a wealthy man and helps steer a New Hampshire girl to Minneapolis. The stranger receives funds to travel and a possible marriage result, provoking warnings to Western bachelors about unfairly selecting Northern brides. The piece mocks the practice and urges accepting Providence and available women rather than cherry-picking samples.
A Republican caucus debate over chaplaincy reveals a push to replace the Democratic incumbent with Rev E H Hunkey of Washington's Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church. Critics warn against turning religious office into a political prize amid reform talk and partisan accusations.
A remark argues there is no reason to oust the parson beyond his Democratic affiliation. The piece claims the parson must leave so a Republican can take the position and be paid for promoting the party to divine mercy, accusing reformers of spoilsman motives.
The Times praises America as a rising nation with growing moral and intellectual strength. It notes vast material resources, anticipated internal development after settlement, and a promising future in literature art and drama influenced by European contact. It foresees an intelligent, vibrant American cultural ascent ahead.
Perry Belmont introduces two bills to remove customs duties on works of art, urging early consideration. The tariff bill of the last Congress raised art duties to 30 percent ad valorem, drawing opposition from artists dealers and buyers who favor making such works free. Belmont presses for passage of the art tariff repeal.
A despatch notes the death of ex Senator Christiancy's wife, a victim of the chloral habit. The piece laments the habit's prevalence among the educated and artistic, contrasts it with alcohol, and comments on the need for willpower to break free. It also reports Canada Pacific railway workers striking over wage reductions in retrenchment policy.
Over 3000 men have quit work halting rail traffic. It will be days before business can resume, even if the company receives East help. Critics deride a pay-scale retrenchment policy that cuts wages for workers but leaves high salaries and dividends untouched.
A Washington correspondent quotes Senator Hoar as a lawyer who loses $10,000 to $20,000 yearly for his country. The Cincinnati Gazette praises Beecher’s dramatic glow and tears. Chicago gas meters show wide variances. Congress Record reform is urged. Anecdotes span a Kentucky church fine, a railroad accident, Bath minister’s surprising fee, and a Louisville baby on a streetcar. Various pithy notes from cities across the region, from Philadelphia to Chicago.
A Dead Shot may be taken at liver and bilious disorders with Dr. R. V. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets. Mild yet certain in operation and there is none of the reaction consequent upon taking severe and drastic cathartics. By druggists.
In New York a veteran observer notes the Abbey Mapleson opera feud easing as patrons mingle in the Met, Gerster and Gardini in love, Abbey and Mapleson amid shifting loyalties. He recalls social factions, addresses family quarrels, and hints at next season plans and mutual ground between rival factions. The piece also touches on Martin Tupper and American travel fever, plus comic reminiscences of theater circles.
A provincial paper notes the ancient Chinese flying money first issued in 2697 B C and later bank notes under government control. It describes features like bank name date value signatures and counterfeiting penalties. Notes were blue ink on mulberry paper and extolled thrift and industry.
A Lowell Times item notes a minor one sided disagreement between the compositor and editors over Phidias nationality and the proof reader’s preference. The paper maintains the sculptor was not German and hints at a pun or misprint underlying the exchange.
A public notice invites readers to form a club to promote The Globe as an unequalled family newspaper. It urges sharing a sample copy with neighbors and friends and calling attention to the long-time offer to secure many subscribers.
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