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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1884
Page
4
The Weekly Globe will support President Cleveland and Democrat principles while offering new features in 1885. It promises twelve original novels, a Ladies Department, an Agricultural Page at half price, and extensive telegraph and telephone news facilities. Read The Weekly Globe during 1885. Address-
During 1885 this feature which has made The Lobe an authority in the past will be greatly strengthened. Several experienced cultivators will contribute weekly papers on topics of general interest and value, and no effort will be spared to make The Globe necessary to every farmer. Letters from readers with questions to be answered or giving the results of experience in cultivation are respectfully solicited.
The Globe reveals a forthcoming serial novel with American characters and settings. It will publish in the next issue and run through three installments, then be followed by a detective story in subsequent issues.
The Weekly GlobeBoston Mass offers US and Canada delivery for one year free of postage at $1, six issues for $5. Subscriptions by postal order registered letter or draft on New York or Boston. Stamps accepted in 1 2 or 3 cent denominations. Send letters to The Weekly Globe Boston Mass with full writer details.
A fragmentary column discusses Liberty Enlightening the World pedestal ideas and humorous rebukes to political figures. It notes Beechers impact on Plymouth Church and Henry Ward Beecher, Andrew H. Ward leaving the Globe agricultural section, and a controversy over Secretary McCulloch's circular on rag imports. The New York World is praised for steady progress under current management.
An incomplete passage lauds steady, faithful effort to inform the public, noting that diligent work in exposing what people want has achieved its deserved reward.
The Globe closes its 1884 issue with reflections on the dead sick and poor and hopes for a blessed year. It invokes faith hope charity and calls for redress of inequality as bells ring out the old and in the new. It also notes sensational medical claims about cocaine use in eye surgeries and a whimsical musing on casting new livers.
The Louisiana Webster parish spans 483,480 acres with 96,000 cleared, 390,000 timbered, and minerals totaling 475,000 acres including iron, coal, salt, and other resources. The piece argues that the South offers rich immigration and investment prospects, predicting a shift of capital from the Northwest to its semi-tropical lands.
A 1846 essay lauds ether as the dawn of painless surgery, noting Morton’s first etherization at Massachusetts General Hospital and comparing the milestone to Boston’s historic feats. It predicts further advances including a new anaesthetic, cocaine hydrochlorate, to render a limb numb while the rest of the body remains active.
A Port Byron farmer struck oil while digging a well, yielding castor oil instead of kerosene. Neighbors praise the sample, sparking a local boom talk and plans for a stock venture to promote castor oil and molasses, aided by a Cuba trade treaty. Meanwhile sugar refiners in Boston discuss the Cuban reciprocity treaty, with mixed opinions on competition and potential benefits from freer sugar trade.
The London Times urges judging the Nicaragua treaty in America while defending global trade freedom. The piece questions England's goal to control world waterways and suggests the United States will prevent European powers from holding the canal’s key. It argues U.S. aims are legitimate and not hypocritical.
A spokesman for the Bostonny Sugar Refining Company argued against universal free trade in sugar and other industries. He urged protectionist measures until all sectors reach freedom of trade, citing benefits of cheaper labor and broader economic gains for workers.
A Brooklyn physician, Dr. George H. Atkinson, was pricked by a patient’s infectious wound last August. Though the wound healed, by late November he suffered severe neurological symptoms spreading from the hand to the brain in under four months. Six doctors failed to halt the decay, a rare case with one similar mention in medical literature.
The Transcript replies that complete state returns show Butler 131 721 and St John 131 151 while earlier totals differed. The piece criticizes figure juggling by the Journal and notes the shift in West Virginia and Michigan votes, then shifts to unrelated anecdotes on earthquakes and adulterated candy costs and social customs.
The text notes a time of year when people settle debts and review stock, suggesting the upcoming week is set aside for prayer. It frames the period as coinciding with financial chores and a shift toward spiritual reflection.
A column of assorted anecdotes notes Vanderbilt’s declining health and money troubles as his sons disappoint him, contrasting with ordinary clerks who might still enjoy Christmas. The piece weaves through jokes about travelers, politics, wrongdoings, and social curiosities across cities and eras.
Brooklyn report on Beecher addressing a large audience on poverty trust and faith guiding moral life. He urges courage in hardship, warns against envy of wealth, and calls for unity amid church tensions, detailing stance on pew rents and future leadership while praising charity and responsibility.
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