Authors Named for 1886 Weekly Globe Short Stories Feature
The 1886 Weekly Globe will publish stories by famed writers including Charles Egbert Craddock, Sarah Orne Jewett, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Louise Chandler Moulton, Octave Thanet, Joel Chandler Harris, Harriet Prescott Spofford, Maurice Thomson, Phillip Bourke Marston and many others. The plan aims to attract thousands of subscribers with premier magazine fiction at a low price.
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Weekly Globe
Atlantic Monthly
the Century
Harper's Magazine
Charles Egbert Craddock
J. T. Trowbridge
Sarah Orne Jewett
Brander Matthews
Elizabeth Stewart Phelps
Louise Chandler Moulton
Frank B. Stockton
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Octave Thanet
J C. Bunner
Sidney Luska
Thomas 4. Janiiee
Mel. Burton Harrison
E. P. Roe
Joel Chandler Harris
Harriet Prescott Spofford
J. Esten Cooke Edward Everett Bale
W. H. Bishop
A. A. Hayes
F. C. Baylor
Maurice Thomson
KE. H. Boyesen
Thomas W. Knox
Phillip Bourke Marston
DR. W. 4. Hammond
Agents Wanted Across United States Promised Cash Commission
In every town in the United States agents are sought to distribute sample copies and a poster. Free materials will be provided and a generous cash commission offered for successful sales.
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United States
The Globe Almost Free Magazine Offer
The Globe presents a page two list of magazines with wholesale pricing and retail profit given to subscribers. The Globe costs subscribers less than 50 cents a year on average, sometimes only 10 cents, based on retail prices for the magazines.
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GLOBE
THE
The Flying Fish Brig Incident And The Pickled Fish
A 21 year old captain of a New Bedford whaling vessel faced a revenue cutter that demanded the brig’s name. He replied The Flying Fish, then Pickled Fish, and when asked who is captain he answered Preserved Fish. The officer, unable to trick him, boarded and found the truth.
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New York
New Bedford
Spyeramant
Boots Sale Disputed Over Five Dollar Price
A Missouri store clerk and a customer clash over a five dollar price for boots. The customer questions the charge while the clerk asserts the amount, and the exchange ends with a terse line about payment and departure. The fragment mentions “Sam Frank James” and references boots and guitars in a terse, informal exchange.
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Missouri
Sam Frank James
Mr. James
Eyere
Ice on the pond as anglers reel in pickerel
A brisk morning on the frozen pond finds one courer and Zenan keeping watch. They set lines with bait and hopeful pot of fish, hoping for a good catch from dawn to dusk. The pair head home with a string of ten to eighty fish, paying two ragged minors ten times ten seducing shiners.
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Zenan
California Maverick at Calaveras County Crossing
An Eastern man pressed for land in Calaveras County. He encountered a boy at a railroad crossing who explained the line exists to run the cars, saying it “don’t go anywhere.” The exchange highlights unfamiliar misperceptions about railroads.
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California
Calaveras County
Incoherent biographical fragment on Ranke and Weltegeschichte
A garbled passage references Leopold von Ranke and his Weltegeschichte, noting the historian’s age and unfinished work. Vague lines mention Vilis cheering Jews, a conductor’s pension, a crowded scene, and two pretty girls, with numerous garbled words and unclear context.
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Toa Cerman
Norristown
Ilera
Leopold von Ranke
Vilis
The Globe appeals for renewals and new subscribers
The December 23 1885 issue urges renewals before January 1 1886 and asks subscribers to recruit new readers, promote sample copies, form clubs, and note commissions on sewing machine and premium ads. It cites the Singer model sewing machines and stresses distributing bundles by mail to boost circulation. It ends with a political reflection on industrial aristocracy and arbitration as a remedy.
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Tax Grose
Singer
Werexty Globe
Boston
Mass
Danger Ahead and the Socialist Question
In critical review of Mr Lyman Annott’s November Century piece on socialism, the author argues immigration and labor organizing pose no inherent danger to the republic. He contends better wages and fair treatment protect peace and property, while warning against attributing unrest to immigrants alone. The piece links socialist fervor to oppression and class struggle, urging fair employer relations to avert radical outcomes.
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Lyman Annott
Mr. Appert
Republic
T. Epwix Brown
Providence
Assort
America
Abbott
Brown
Germany
Ronnrr Koeuier
Will the Physician Heal Himself and Spoils Reform
A legislative note questions a South Carolina bill that bans senators and representatives from recommending or soliciting government appointments while allowing information requests in writing. The piece debates potential patronage risks, arguing the measure could empower a few favored lawmakers and resemble a spoils oligarchy, contrasting reform with political strategy and wealth influence.
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Hampton
South Carolina
Smith
Brown
Ireland
Gladstone
Pret
Salisbury
England
Wealth and the law of service in modern society
The piece argues that wealth and savings drive civilization and industry, warning that envy and absolute distribution harm progress. It contends the divine law of accumulation guides ambition toward the common good, and that even the ultra rich would face limits on personal excess, with Vanderbilts example illustrating restrained spending relative to wealth.
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Justus Scawab
Such-an-One
Vanderbilt
Salisbury's Chance to Open Home Rule Doors
In editorial view Salisbury stands best placed to advance self government for Ireland. A Gladstone Parnell alliance would split Liberals and stall reform, risking a renewed cycle of agitation. Salisbury could push a home rule measure with Lords support, unlocking parliamentary progress.
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Gladstone
Parnell
House of Commons
Sainsbury
Ireland
Grapstone
Commons
Salisbury
House of Lords
Wextington
DistAich
Sensational news and the editor's moral dilemma
A newspaper editor ponders the value of sensational reporting versus edifying content. He reads items about a estranged husband, a drunken row, and acts of kindness, weighing whether sensational tales or editorial sermons can more effectively promote virtue and humanity.
Sensational news as moral sermon warns readers
A column recounts that sensational items are paired with religious or moral lectures, delivering a clear warning in every piece. The writer, C. M. Hammond, argues such reporting uses sermons to imprint meaning and discourage sensationalism through persistent moral framing.
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Joan Jones
Demosthenes
C. M. Hammond
Editorial Points on Politics and Public Figures
A compact survey of political appointments, sensational Colorado mine boasts, and cross country notes. It questions patronage choices, mentions Brazow and the New York pension office, reports on Maurice Grau and other figures, and reflects on Irish affairs and Maine politics with a satirical tone.
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Brazow
New York
The Bee Hive Money Moral From Busy Bees
An advisory note from H C Dodge urging thrift over wasteful habits such as cigars alcohol and gambling. It warns that neglecting savings harms health and safety and costs twenty thousand dollars over twenty years with interest. It urges penny saving for forty years of ease in old age.
Why Didn't He Get a Sausage
A Philadelphia Call guest visits a cheap restaurant and jokes with the puzzled proprietor about an entomologist, a rare bug in the pie, and a fly in coffee. The banter turns on mispronunciations and mistaken offers, ending with a sly remark about chromos and preferring a small dog.
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Philadelphia
America
Old Pennybunker Weds A Young Bride
In iTexas Siftings a fragment notes that old Pennybunker has married again, a right young girl far younger than he. Bystanders remark his late wife died six months ago and many doubted his steadiness, yet the union occurred as predicted.
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iTexas
Pennybunker
aetYou
What He Said After the Election
Pittsburg Chronicle reports Professor Huxley defines a primrose as a rollitioral dicotyledonous oxygen while Lord Standoh Churchill claims this idea explains his Birmingham defeat and offers a provocative post election remark.
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Pittsburg
Huxley
Lord
H Churchill
Birmingham
Substantive Question Asks Teacher About Grammar
A jagged OCR fragment shows a school scene with a teacher and a student debating the meaning of a substantive. The text references a Pokey son of a leader and a cone misprint, suggesting a dusty classroom dialogue about language and grammar.
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Jack
Beecher on righteousness not religion in Boston sermon
In Brookly n December 20 Beecher argues that true religion is righteousness not the word religion. He contrasts varied orthodoxies in Boston and urges a hunger and thirst after rectitude guiding life in business family and public conduct. He warns against superficial feel good religion and partisan zeal.
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Beecher
Boston
New Andover
Jesus Christ
Christ
Attic
Death of Charles Foster Noted Spiritualist Media
Charles Foster, a famed spiritualist medium known for early manifestations as a schoolboy and later dramatic seances, died aged 62. Born in Salem’s Turner Street to Joshua and Mary Foster, he drew attention in youth with raps and moving furniture, was mentored as a mesmeric subject, and influenced writers like Lord Lytton. His career included European visits, patronage by Brigham Young and others, and a publicized message to a daughter from a deceased father involving land and money settlements. His death followed brain illness linked to personal losses and fortune.
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Charles Foster
Salem
Turner Street
Joshua L
Mary Foster
Phillips School
N.osborn
Lynde Block
Foster
Europe
Lord Lytton
Knebworth
Margrave
Epes Sargent
Charles de Long
California
Grand Hotel
Ida
DeLong
Thomas Madden
Madden
Vineyard
de Long
Mr. Madden
Occidental Hotel
Melbourne
Australia
George Bartlett
New York
Mr. Foster
Eva Bassett
Boston
United States
Cuba
Otis Lord
Thomas Gould Appleton
Mr. Mountford
Harry Edwards
Salt Lake City
Brigham Young
Thomas Hazard
Jim Fisk
Victoria Woodhull
Carpenter
Joe Howard
Stephen Fisk
Mary
Christmas party props and toy distribution ideas
A guide of playful Christmas ideas for churches and Sunday schools. It describes a dramatic shoe stage with Santa, a magic well, a Chinese shop, and a Snow Queen cave, all for distributing gifts. The piece emphasizes engaging children through simple staging, costumes, and interactive “delivery” roles.
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Santa Claus
Journalistic Salaries in Major Papers Cited
Rochester Democrat notes Washington correspondent Charles Nordhoff of the New York Herald earns 12000 dollars annually. General Boynton of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette is paid nearly as much. Frank Carpenter of the Cleveland Leader is described as munificently paid, while Mr. Crawford of the New York World earns a little over 5000 dollars yearly.
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Rochester
Charles Nordhoff
Washington
New York Herald
General Boynton
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Frank Carpenter
Carp
Clevelan Leader
Mr. Crawford
New York World
A Wicked Man from Chicago
A Pomerville Journal item notes bold burglars broke into a Boston man's chamber and woke him to ask his pants size, remarking they were from out of town. The report plays on local colors and uses humorous misnaming though it preserves the event as a curious intrusion.
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Pomerville Journal
Boston
Friday wedding superstition sparks last chance quip
In a Louisville Courier Journal item a minister jokes about marrying on a Friday to ease superstition as a lady responds that she would wed on a Friday if it were her last chance, illustrating playful social banter.
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Louisville
Intimate Friends of the Bride Tid Bits
The reporter notes the wedding mood as the bride shines in her dress while family members discuss bridesmaids groomsmen ushers and the omission of the ser gyman. Reverend Samuel Baxter is confirmed to perform the ceremony and mourners are described as all friends of the couple.
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Eske
Beatrice
Sergyman
Samuel Baxter
Telegraph Op Warns Wire Is Down In Question
A telegraph operator notes a wire fault while discussing a phrase from a Chicago girl who errs in tempering things. The snippet mentions Mr Hoan and a warning, with citations from Louisville and Lowell papers reflecting light anecdotal chatter.
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