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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1891
Page
4
The Weekly Globe seeks distributors to place sample issues in households across the United States. A liberal cash commission is offered for every sample copy distributed and for securing new subscribers. Send for sample copies and agent details.
The notice invites readers to mail ten to twelve names of neighbors for a free sample issue. It directs sending names on a postal card to The Weekly Globe in Boston Massachusetts.
The Philadelphia Farm Journal is described as the leading agricultural monthly offering practical information for farmers. It notes a regular price of 60 cents and a 10 cent combination price with The Weekly Globe. It directs readers to address The Weekly Globe in Boston Mass for more information.
The piece outlines committee assignments for Williams on Coinage and O Neill on Appropriations, with Hoar on Manufactures and remarks about other members. It discusses Republican minority treatment, Democratic aims for retrenchment, honest government, and tariff reform. It then shifts to Massachusetts agriculture, abandoned farms, and a bid for capital to redeem rural lands, noting large immigrant arrivals and potential New England investment opportunities. It advocates using foreign-born and other unemployed workers to revive farms in Vermont and New Hampshire, predicting urban-to-rural migration and favorable mortgage conditions in New England.
The 1891 prosperity for farmers is tallied with higher cereal values and exports. Wheat output reaches a record high and meats rise in value, aiding a favorable balance for farmers. Exports surpass 1889 and 1890 figures, while tariff arguments are mocked as protectionist praise.
The paper announces a new weekly department Co operative Farming in The Weekly Globe. It promotes a comprehensive family journal with varied features and asserts readers can obtain what would require multiple weeklies in one low priced issue.
The new congress updates show six fresh faces on Ways and Means led by Sprincer, with Moses T. Stevens of Massachusetts joining the panel and backed by a free wool stance. Henry Bacon gains the chair of Banking and Currency as a new member, while John F. Andrew is named chairman of Reform in the Civil Service, reflecting a notable shift in the administration’s appointments.
A writer trots through New York savings banks to show how compound interest rewards long term deposits. With 107,440 depositors and 47 million dollars on hand, the laboring class proves itself a major capitalist through patient saving. A Dutchess county father earned over two thousand from a hundred dollar start after 21 years, while a Bowery woman saw five dollars grow to two hundred over 25 years. The piece argues that steady self-denial and undisturbed funds turn saving into a square winning game.
The article argues that invention, especially cheap electric motors, is a stronger force for decentralizing industry than social theories. It cites Dr. Albrecht's observations that electric power enables many small shops to operate separately, countering centralization and expanding domestic manufacture across regions.
System A. Coax Taylor, English factory inspector, predicts a major shift in trade and industry with electric motors distributing power to workers homes and isolated communities. He argues this expands production without extending the sweating system, potentially reviving idle rural districts and dissolving wage dependence as independent producers rise. Invention could solve social issues before theory, he says.
Next week The Globe Selling Purchasing and Exchange Agency will publish its prospectus. Benefits are limited to subscribers who can sell buy or exchange items with the agency. Renewing subscriptions or encouraging others to subscribe will save a subscriber the annual cost of the Weekly Globe.
The issue offers three illustrated Christmas tales by Beninger, Woods, and Sullivan, plus Octave Thanet on cookery with receipts. Marie Jaureau covers opera cloaks and fashionable garments, while Redfern’s home decoration and latest fashions pieces interest mothers and housekeepers. The women’s department grows in 1892 along with political essays by Cleveland Russell Springer and Warp on wood ashes. Subscribe now for 1892.
Reports from the Boston board of health show rising influenza cases with notable fatalities. The disease now has three forms nervous pulmonary and gastric, each with distinct symptoms. Early vigorous treatment and quinine remain essential as clinicians confront a more understood foe.
New coal tar product anti-kammia, used in five grain doses alone or with quinine or sales, shows remarkable efficacy in relieving pain and reducing fever. Advice stresses avoiding drafts chills wet feet worry and overwork and maintaining health through exercise diet and proper clothing amid La Grippe concerns. Mary Firieto Freeman.
The piece calls for widespread club formation to promote Democratic principles and partisan activity. Tue Weekly Giope aims to establish large clubs in every town with subscribers and even in towns without them, especially in New England, to mobilize supporters before the presidential election. It promotes easy club setup, urges parent involvement, and offers free samples and agent rates with a generous cash commission.
The 1892 contest between Harrison and Blaine remains unsettled with critics noting Harrison’s consistency yet dissatisfaction with party logic. Blaine reappears with revised image, wearing a lion’s skin as observers call the battle a witty, pretty quarrel across party lines.
The past year’s advertised premiums remain available at the listed rates. Review your files for a choice premium. A free one year copy of Toe Guone is possible by sending four subscribers and four dollars.
New York World notes six refineries producing 25 million pounds of beet sugar and argues protection costs taxpayers 500000 for bounty while reciprocity brings foreign sugar. Mentions Antarctic plans, Hudson river bridge groundbreaking, grange and middleman dynamics, and shifts at Ellis Island with new postals replacing old cards.
A letter advocates a simple home remedy for the grippe using water, sugar, and spirits of nitre. Other items discuss China’s history and a long explanation of calendar reforms from ancient to modern times mentioning Jews Egyptians Syrians Macedonians Greeks Julius Caesar Pope Gregory XIII and the adoption of the Gregorian calendar with leap year rules and avoidance of drift in 1582.
CuriosiTY SEEKER asks if a wife dying while living apart can leave property to others and allow her husband to take all income and possessions, potentially displacing named heirs. The guidance states that a wife cannot deprive her husband of more than half her personal property by will.
A short promotional column invites readers to secure a copy of THE Gloss with a one year free subscription by sending four subscribers and four dollars. The offer emphasizes quick action and value for new readers.
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