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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1882
Page
4
The Globe announces a bold 1883 program featuring at least twelve great stories, a weekly agriculture page, a weekly ladies department, and regular columns by Charles F. Barker, famed world checker champion. The paper positions itself as the family friendly publication for all readers.
The regular agents of Tor Weekly Globe may deduct their regular commission and the Globe will be sent to each subscriber until January 1884. Agents are urged to send for private terms and to form a club.
The Globe requests each current subscriber form a five person club to receive an additional free copy. If fewer than five are secured, three months’ credit is offered for each shortfall. A single new subscriber from every current reader could push circulation toward 100000, enabling more features and new stories next year.
The notice promotes subscribing to Tar Weekly Globe with most clubbed magazines costing fifty cents a year. It lists publications offered with The Globe and notes agents can combine other titles but receive regular commission only on The Globe.
Instructions urge old subscribers to state expiry date when renewing to avoid delays. Readers are advised to send five additional subscriptions to secure a free copy or fewer than five with a claim of three months’ credit for each. The note promises ten or twelve new stories next year.
The Weekly Globe offers one year subscriptions to the United States and Canada free of postage for £100, six copies for £500. Subscriptions by postal order registered letter or draft on New York or Boston are preferred, stamps of one two or three cents accepted. Address all correspondence to The Weekly Globe Boston Mass with full name post office county and state. Changes of address and discontinuations must include former and present details. Lost copies are duplicated free of charge. Do not mail register stamps. Address exchanges to Lock Drawer 5220 Boston Mass. Sample copies are free.
The article lists expected post changes including Secretary Hunt near January 1 at the Court of St James, Hartranft in the War Department, and Brewster on the Supreme Bench. It also notes no provision yet for Robeson and Hubbell.
The Springfield Republican questions Brewster's fitness for the Supreme Court replacing Bradley. Bradley had agreed with fellow judges that the legal tender act was lawful. Since then he weighed in on Tilden and Hayes, and is depicted as a reminder of Grantism and the disputed presidential outcome.
Rev Howard Crosby and several New York clergy, ignoring experience and common sense, call for a mass meeting to demand rigid enforcement of Sunday laws. The public rejects fanatic Sabbath vigilance, and critics warn such gatherings harm the cause.
Jay Gould argues panics come from overtrading and illegitimate ventures, calling panics a necessary evil with some positive effects as people adopt frugality and study economy. He warns that true economy could prevent panics, but says some will always chase wild speculation and only prudent, legitimate business can sustain long term prosperity.
The New York Herald notes perils surrounding rulers in Europe. Abdul Hamid and Sultanate security fears, Victoria’s guard dispatch, Alexander II’s warned visit, Gambetta’s pistol at hand, Milan of Servia hiding after an assassination attempt, and Margaret of Italy plagued by threats. Only the young fireman and bull remains carefree.
A liberal cash commission is offered to anyone who acts as an agent. A confidential circular and sample copies are sent free upon application. Samples are free to agents at any time.
King Alfonso of Spain, aware his reign will be short, makes the most of his time as king. He weighs choices and acts to solidify his legacy during the remainder of his rule.
A stout critique argues the GOP has no future as journals repent and the party’s past is used to justify reform. It mocks pledges broken, centralization, and tariff fights, likening the party to a solecism doomed to abolition amid public disillusionment by 1884.
A club promotion invites individuals to form clubs of five or ten by sending a small fee. Five members pay $5 for one extra copy. ten members pay $10 for an additional copy. Sample copies are free and any person may form a club by sharing a sample with neighbors and friends.
A Cambridge correspondent argues against re electing Senator Hoar. He questions his record on river and harbor funds civil service reform and loyalty to Republican ideals. The piece cites Massachusetts voters and historic cross party votes to suggest a seat may better serve the state.
The article reviews Colquhoun’s late expedition to Yunnan, noting its south north contrast in fertility and population, with aboriginal tribes like Lolo Pai and Miao. It highlights opium cultivation, limited trade, and minimal mining development despite rich mineral resources and poor communications.
The tea called Puezh comes from a district in the Shan states near I-bang five days south of Yunnan. It travels from Ssu-mao to Pekin and northern provinces by caravan to the Yangtse and river to Shanghai, costly to ship to Europe or Russia. Plague and civil war have reduced Yunnan's population from 15 million to under 4 million, signaling slow but steady gains in knowledge about John Chinaman's life at home.
The Globe notes the United Press Association as a large network with agents in major cities including London and Paris. It reports a new news service with direct telegraph wires, cheaper specials, and growing newspaper adoption aiming to serve about 200 papers soon.
The piece argues that looming hunger in Mayo Sligo and Galway mirrors 1847 and 1849, spurring Gladstone to authorize relief and loan support. It condemns landlords for evictions and rents, claims evicted tenants face stark hardship, and cites T M Healy on growing brutality while the government aids landlords.
The text urges forming a large club by securing subscribers. It offers three months extension per subscriber short of five, or retaining agents’ cash commissions. It states pricing of $1 per year and six copies for $5, presenting a condensed incentive for increasing membership.
The writer argues Gladstone’s land policy masks deep Irish poverty caused by landlordism. He condemns temporary relief measures as ineffective plasteres, insisting only abolition of the system and giving peasants access to the soil can restore enduring prosperity and curb recurring famines.
A critique blasts a coast survey professor for reckless heat explanations on the Comstock lode and cites the Virginia Chronicle on feldspar heat. The piece notes Moody and Rev Reed invoking scripture for market ethics and reports a congressional plan offering duty drawbacks to U S built ships begun after a new act.
The Brookline preacher admires Moses seven year terms Sabbath rest and debt relief while noting agra rian rules and poor relief. He also critiques tariff commission as a sham, claims it preserves monopolies, and cites November elections as forcing regulation talks. New York governor-elect says he will focus on state governance over national politics.
The veteran critic Max denounces Robe son as a wily old demagogue and says Hiscock of New York is tired of propping up the Republican party. He expects the duty will soon pass to another.
To secure a club send for free sample copies distributed townwide. The Globe promises it will secure a subscriber with each copy. It claims to be the best and cheapest weekly in the United States at $1 per year for six copies.
A sprawling digest of social quips and curiosities from national columns. It cites Washington politics and public figures wives, cabals of lobbyists, theatrical remarks by Sara Bernhardt, and odds and ends about crime, superstition, and science. The piece threads through Reform era foibles, city governance, and public morals with wit and satire.
The Globe and Century Magazine reports that The Century Company increased their wholesale price, causing subscribers to face a higher annual cost of 455 dollars instead of the prior rate.
In many towns there is only one Globe subscriber. If that subscriber forms a club, papers go in one package, reducing loss in transit. Show your copy to neighbors and join. Only 1 per year, 6 copies for 5. Mail to the Weekly Globe, Boston, Mass.
In Chesterfield county Virginia a hunter found two large bucks fighting near Brander's bridge. One eight points and one ten points locked antlers for days, the ten point buck killed by the other with a prong near eye and ear. The surviving buck was emaciated and shot.
A North Billerica man bought land near Lake Hickpochee to satisfy curiosity about a palmetto log wedged in a water oak twenty feet up. During a flood he spent days perched in the tree with water at his feet, hallooing for help until neighbors rescued him by boat. The land agent hopes to profit if the flood subsides.
A 1605 marriage between Rudolph Count of Sulz, a Catholic, and Agatha Countess of Hanau, a Protestant, surfaced in a German trial. The groom swore to respect her religion and signed a deed pledging to let her remain in her faith. He declared he would not tempt her to change and quipped about Bible counts and heaven.
A Polish worker Michael Stahhouser at Reading Iron Works was atop a pile of iron skelps when he slipped and grabbed a live electric lamp wire. Severe shocks pierced him as beads of sweat formed and his mouth dried. Companions released him after he burned his hands.
J Dawson Journal describes a fierce blaze at W Turner’s store where flames leaped high before the fire engine arrived. The structure collapsed as the roof tore away, leaving the scene a roaring furnace and a total loss estimated at 150 dollars.
Eureka Sentinel reports a four inch high blue buttercup like flower blooming among loose rocks on the Phenix mine 550 foot level. A miner notes four tiny stems unite under the bloom as blades push through crevices, promising more companions soon. Meanwhile Charles J. Flowers a Seaford farmer once robust has gone nude in a woods chase for love and now may be removed to Kirkbride's asylum in Philadelphia due to mental decline.
Cosmos Eckenrode of the Blue Mountains encountered a rattlesnake while hunting on Monday. He paused in a clearing and the snake wedged itself in the gun barrel, then he fired the loaded weapon to dislodge and mortally injure the reptile.
In Elmira yesterday, a disturbance among the aquarium fish collection at the Elmira Water Company office led to a rock breaking a window and water flooding the floor. Clerks quickly captured the fishes in vessels, preventing losses from the 800 gallons of water that spilled.
Isaac Boit of near Coldwater Michigan bought a keg of powder that was caked and thought spoiled. While whittling a chunk to inspect the interior, a particle fell onto a coal and the piece exploded burning his face neck and hands and setting his clothes on fire prompting a snow roll to extinguish the flames.
A New York Tribune item reports a French shoemaker creating a peculiar sign in Waverley lace arena. A furious lion tearing a boot wordplay and a cryptic insertion by Phipont are noted, with references to decisis pae.
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