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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1883
Page
4
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Christmas Changes in New England Life and Law
The piece contrasts historic Puritan restraint with modern New England Christmas celebrations, noting broader happiness and charitable inclusion in Boston from Vendome to charity homes. It then shifts to political commentary on inalienable rights, questioning property as a right and critiquing Senator Blair and Senator Brarm on law, property, and prohibition within government.
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New England
Little Wanderer
Boston
Santa Claus
Puck
Senator Bla
Blair
Brarm
Morrison
Senator Blair on inalienable rights and prohibition debate
The piece critiques Senator Blair as a politician lacking social science insight. It argues his view favors paternal government and legal remedies for social ills, endorsing prohibition as the cure. It notes his belief in law’s force and his misgivings about public opinion across social classes.
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Blair
Labor Committee
Morrison
Barr
Blark
Senator Blark
North American Review
Senator Blaik
Blam
Manual Training in the Public Schools Debate
James Barker of Highlands argues against expanding manual training in public schools claiming it would thrust trade skills upon students of both sexes at public cost. He warns it would erode parental duties and home training while conceding limited value in teaching trades. December 21.
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Ehila
James Barker
the Highlands
Boy Seeks Work but Family Advises School
A 12 year old asks how to obtain work against his father's view that schooling should come first. The editor notes a strong education is valuable and suggests the boy should pursue schooling, while acknowledging some youths find jobs themselves. An 11 year old in South Boston also seeks to help his widowed mother by earning money.
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Picayune
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Dr. Killings
Baltimore
Billy Wilcox
Billy
Flosse
London College of Chemistry
Nora
Muldoon
Mum
New World
New World” Is What Mrs. Cornwallis West
New York
Cain
Kokomo
Ind
Washington
Penn
Brooklyn Eagle
Rochester Union
Amero
Vanderbilt
San Francisco
Harper's
Annam
China
Philadelphia
Paris
Arthur
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Enquirer
Republicanandidates
St. Louis
Mr. Beecher
Early
Gabe
Chicago Herald
Blaine
Vicksburg
Mississippi Valley
Michigan
Detroit
Boy's self-reliance as he hunts work after snow day
A student narrator recalls a boy who began delivering evening papers on Wednesday while continuing school. He earned a quarter cleaning sidewalks during a snowstorm and declared self-help, telling his sister she could ask him for a cent. The incident illustrates boys seeking work themselves and succeeding.
Feller Citizen Chandler Opens Washington Lecture Scene
Murray Arnold recalls a singular Washington event where Honorable Chandler introduced him with fanfare. Secretary Bill, uneasy with fellow citizens framing, backed a chaotic panel of critics led by Everett Hale and others. The audience bolted as DovGlass staged a rising vote, leaving Arnold smiling at Cabinet-mediated chaos.
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America
Murrayw Arnold
Brt Chandler
Washington
Bill
Carlisle
Bry
England
United States
Navy
EpwaArp
Everett Hale
Dr. Lorine
Williamm
Walter Phelps
Arnold
Fred DovGnass
Mr. Arnold
Dovglass
Disagreeable subjects and a juror’s nonappearance
A column railed at Republican reforms and doorkeeping candor while calling out hypocrisy in firing a Senate chaplain. It mocks the Institute of Heredity and its pre natal theories, argues individual choice will shape marriage, and notes Jay GovLp’s contempt for the jury in Greenburg as the judge remained silent.
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Senate
Advertiser
Republican
Tarry Welshman
Tarry
Institute of Heredity
Jay GovLp
Greenburg
Mr. GouLp
The Flower of Christmas Poem by Clara P. Ross
A poetic meditation on Christmas, describing a flowering bud blessed by divine foreshadowing. The speaker links the Christ Child’s birth to a hidden flower that opens in the starry midnight, symbolizing love and revelation with seasonal imagery.
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Clara P. Ross
Various 19th Century Notes and Nonsense Snippets
A collage of brief items from Washington correspondents and newspapers. Jests about politicians becoming lobbyists, clever quips on society, business follies, and stray anecdotes from New York to Michigan. Short witticisms, social observations, and curious curiosities fill the page with light, pointed satire.
Joaquin Millers Letter on Walls and Hearts of Nations
Special correspondence argues against national walls and fortifications, urging focus on beauty and virtue. Recounts Sparta as a beacon and calls globalization of defense unnecessary. Mentions Lord Lorne, Senator Miller, and the river and harbor bill as examples of misplaced spending.
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Sunday Globe
New York
Thebes
Sparta
White Sea
Republic
Lord Lorne
Quebec
Duke of Wellington
Canada
Dominion
Sam
Senator Miller
California
Letter From P. T. Barnum on White Elephant Plan
This item recalls a 19th century talk about a syndicate spending about a quarter of a million dollars to bring a white elephant to America. Barnum’s letter from England is reproduced to explain why the ambitious enterprise failed, with context from Greeley and Tribune references.
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P. T. Barnum
Barnum
Greeley
Horace Greeley
America
New York
Herald
Showan
Fifty Thousand Dollar Ball and a Hungry City
The passage laments a grand ball in New York, arguing wealth and excess threaten the republic. Citing Gibbon and old Judeo Christian tithes, it calls for rich men to pay a tithe to public welfare to balance power and wealth. It warns of repeated confiscations when religion and wealth are used to oppress the poor.
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New York
Gibbon
Republic
Catholic Church
Spain
Baron Tennyson in Search of Dignity and Charity
A critic rails against bestowing noble titles on Alfred Tennyson and denounces a New York Anti Charity Society that urges withholding alms. The essay laments title inflation and argues true nobility comes from goodness, not rank, while condemning heartless charity movements.
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Baron Tennyson
New York
Anti- Charity Society
Battle Scene and Family Bonds in a Civil War Poem
The speaker reflects on wartime hardship and shared sacrifice, contrasting bread and shelter with ruin and hunger. He recalls Shiloh, a brother fallen at his side, and honors a Northern soldier’s bravery, while invoking personal loss, gratitude, and hope for survivors. Joaquín Miller embodies resilience and reverence amid conflict.
A Stranger in Arkansas Read Topic P
A rural interview scene unfolds with a gun named Sal and a wary stranger seeking direction. A father and son, Dick and Lize, discuss warnings about Sal and potential trouble as a wildcat distiller flees officials. The dialogue captures rustic humor and fear of the constabulary in a small Arkansas setting.
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Arkansas
Gil
Salashy
Pan
Christmas in New England A Poetic Winter Vision
A New England family in a village embodies Christmas as a poetical season. The snowy landscape, winter solstice rituals, frost etched windows, and icicles frame a scene of dreamlike beauty. Inside, a crackling fire echoes warmth, color, and merriment, highlighting family feasting and joyful hearts.
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New England
America
Alps
Palestine
Uncertain About His Times In City Hall Park Conversation
Two men discuss adjusting watches at noon in City Hall park. One asks if the other set his watch back three minutes and fifty eight and a half seconds. The reply admits uncertainty about the timing and whether Simpson's was consulted.
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New York Sun
City Hall
Sum Down
Thirty seven Kinds of Pie at Ludlow church festival
The Ludlow church festival menu lists thirty seven pie varieties including chicken pork beefsteak mince mock mince oyster strawberry currant plum peach cranberry pumpkin squash onion boiled cider sweet potato carrot lemon raisin orange cream coconut apple custard apple blueberry blackberry dried apple pony beef corn starch cracker Washington cherry butternut custard and fried prune. Mother Swans Worm Syrup claims fever pap teationsates worms constipation taste ess 5c.
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St. Albans
Washington
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