Boston Globe Pocket Calendar February 1891
Calendar page from the Boston Globe issue listing moon phases and dates for February 1891. Includes subscription rates and mailing details for the Globe Weekly and Sunday Globe. Indicates the publication is entered as second class matter at Boston Post Office.
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Tae Daily Grope
Tae Werkly
The
Girone Newsworm Co
Washington Street
Post Offee
Boston
Mass
Redfern sketches for hedges and belles in New York style
In New York on January 31 readers learn Redfern sketches show dresses designed for society women. Sketches feature a moss-green bengaline house dress with dark velvet trim and pale green embroidery, and a walnut brown robe with brown and gold braids, seal plush mantle, and a walnut brown velvet bonnet with crossed tassel pins.
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New Yon
Redfern
Subscribing Offer Lets Three Subscribers Earn Free Year
Under this offer you need to secure three subscribers at one dollar each who will receive THE GLOBE for one year, entitling you to a free copy for the same duration.
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GLOBE
The Cash Commission of The Globe Largest Paid by a Dollar Weekly
The Cash Commission of The Globe claims top billing as the largest weekly payment by a dollar, marking its prominence in the periodical’s pay structure and drawing attention to its distribution scale.
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THE
GLOBE
Names for sample copies from The Weekly Globe
Readers urged to mail lists of 10 to 12 neighborhood names to The Weekly Globe Boston Mass for free sample copies.
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Weekly Globe
Boston
Mass
First moment of joy that glows with wholeness
A reflective quotation by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney extols the instantaneous glory of a moment, describing it as complete delight untested by detail or weariness, untouched by the need to measure or verify each joy.
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A. D. T. Whitney
The Warekly Gloss Promotes Subscribership Benefits
The Warekly Gloss boasts its model features and urges readers to extend circulation for a family journal. It notes easy subscriber recruitment in spare moments and suggests children may earn pocket money by selling subscriptions, highlighting a large cash commission for Tez Weekty Grippe.
Pro-British copyright bill faces readers' strong opposition
The public widely resists the proposed copyright bill. Authors and publishers push for it, but readers fear losing cheap editions that have spurred universal education. The mass of people view restricting accessible literature as a public misfortune and expect opposition to the measure.
Give the Children a Chance Playgrounds for City Youth
In New York a Society for Parks and Playgrounds for Children aims to open unused fenced lots as playgrounds to keep kids from street life and channel energy into athletic activity. Some owners resisted, but a recent opening drew large child crowds and a street procession. Many property owners supported the idea, and the plan is urged for other big cities.
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New York
Silver Demonetization and Its Global Effects
The piece argues the 1878 act failed to end silver use, then claims Britain and other powers manipulate silver to depress prices, hurt US exports, and shift money supply. It cites increased paper money, potential effects on gold, and a conspiracy by European bondholders. It also contains biographical notes on Gilbert Merrill and George Allen Peck, detailing their lifelong habits and longevity.
True Education and the Case for Manual Training High School
The article argues that true education extends beyond books and should prepare good citizens by teaching practical skills. It praises manual training schools as a sign civilization grows wiser, contends college study focuses on irrelevant knowledge, and urges students to pursue forward looking paths rather than the dead past.
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Mnind
Georora Allen Peck
Free coinage and silver versus gold standard stance
The speaker critiques Crerxusent's claim of a halting standard and details the US currency mix totaling about 1.5 billion, with 600 million in gold and 380 million in silver. He argues the nation is between gold and silver standards, that silver alone cannot drive out gold, and that free coinage would raise silver prices while lowering gold, harming equity. He cites gold imports since 1878 and argues England pushes a gold standard to shield its own mining interests while importing wheat and cotton with non gold payments.
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England
Longevity Hints From Bancroft Life Strategy
A reflective piece on aging and success citing historian Bancroft as a model. It contrasts inherited vigor with disciplined effort, noting Bancroft’s early field choice, financial security, and steady diligence that yielded lasting fame. The essay muses on fate versus temperament in longevity and career.
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Old Friends and Small Town Comforts Recalled in Verse
The speaker recalls old friends and simple pleasures of home and community. A traveler returns from town with a fiddle request and a desire to relive winter nights by the fire, inviting neighbors to share music and a meal as times grow harder.
Political Giants Meet at Manhattan Club Dinner
Ex-President Grover Cleveland and Gov. Hill shared a cordial exchange at Senator William L. Brown’s Manhattan Club dinner. Cleveland praised Hill and reflected on his own governor’s term, while Hill honored Cleveland and expressed hope to emulate his public service. The meeting, unexpected and widely discussed, ended with a long, friendly conversation.
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Grover Cleveland
Gov. Hill
William L. Brown
Manhattan Club
Brown
United States
Frederick Coudert
Coudert
Senator Brown
Mr. Coudert
Cleveland
Mr. Condert
Jou. Hill
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Democratic Party
Union
Commonwealth
David B. Hall
Serial story by popular author begins February issue
A new story nearly ready by a popular author will start in the February 17 issue. Readers who have not renewed should renew now to begin with the first installment. New subscribers should order immediately. Agents are asked to state on a postal card how many free Feb. 17 samples they can distribute.
Open-Window Fiend and Pension Queries From Civil War Widow
Readers raise questions on copyright for leagues, eligibility of a soldier’s widow for a pension after his death, and railcar window disputes. A correspondent suggests a wind and paper device to curb a noisy hog in the car, noting practical use in steering the window shut.
Theft Recovered Dog Case Complicates Back-Claim
A transferred two dogs to B in exchange for one dog. After possessing the dogs briefly, A learned one was stolen and the rightful owner reclaimed it. A seeks return of the two dogs or compensation from B, but the law typically bars recovery of the misappropriated asset and may limit A to seeking damages from B only if proof of misrepresentation or fault exists.
Questionable support, divorce, and wage attachments in 19th century inquiry
A reader asks if separation grants freedom to remarry without divorce and whether court action affects her husband’s duty after five years. A manufacturing debtor who quit business and works as a laborer wonders if creditors may collect via trustee and how much wages can be attached, plus if a poll tax from last year is collectible after moving to Boston last August.
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J. G
How Oliver Optic Writes a Story in 40 Years
Oliver Optic outlines his method for crafting tales in Ladies' Home Journal. He catalogs character names, uses a plot-book to track each role and actions, drafts skeleton backstories, and schedules chapter progress to fit daily writing sessions. He writes four to five hours in the forenoon, composing three chapters totaling about 5400 words.
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Oliver Optic
Ladies’ Home Journal
The Delinquent Husband Divorce Query
A reader asks if she can obtain a divorce from a nonsupporting husband after three years apart and no support during the last year. The answer states divorce must be through the courts with an attorney, and notes she has a good cause if leaving due to non support.
Violin and Vocal Selections From Oliver Ditson Co Review
Oliver Ditson Company offers Intermezzo from Naila of Delibes for violin and piano at 60 cents, Nonantum March by D W Lothrop at 40 cents, Mazurka Fantastique by S E Goldstein at 75 cents, and Echoes of the Ball by Rubinstein at 60 cents. Also listed are Beauty's Eyes for mezzo-soprano or baritone 50 cents, True Hearts 50 cents, Just a Little 35 cents, and Israfel 50 cents for soprano or tenor with varied voice parts.
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True Hearts
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Israfel
Oliver King
A Lost Friend Cape Cod Poem Reflects Strain of Estrangement
A reflective verse laments losing a close friend, comparing the bond to ships sailing together until an adverse gale drives them apart. The speaker questions fate, choice, and freedom as winter days grow darker and the friendship dissolves.
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World’s most valuable egg mystery from extinct birds
The Washington Star notes the rare great auk egg sold for 1500 dollars as the world’s most valuable. It compares it with the giant Madagascar ostrich egg and the giant moa egg of New Zealand, both huge and historically significant, with natives using ostrich eggshells as water vessels and the moa egg once found during well digging.
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Moa
New Zealand
Saved by Death serial wraps up prize contest reveal
About 12 000 answers poured in for Scott Campbell's Saved by Death in The Globe. The missing final chapter will be published in The Weekly Globe next week with the three prizes to be awarded to the theories closest to the father's explanation. Over 4000 answers arrived on the last day, averaging nearly three per minute for 24 hours.
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Scott Campbell
GLOBE
Austin Craige
Premium Mammoth Cyclopedia Offer to Weekly Globe Readers
Special to the Readers of the Weekly Globe announces a liberal premium: The Mammoth Cyclopedia in four volumes plus one year of The Weekly Globe for $1.50 with prepaid postage. Alternatively a free Cyclopedia postpaid for a club of three yearly subscribers. The Cyclopedia boasts 9170 pages and 690 illustrations.
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Goose Begins to Say Popular Superstitions of Candlemas Day
A compact recount of Candlemas origins and customs from Roman times to English church practice. It explains February 2 as Candlemas, the shift from Februa to Christian observances, and candle burning as symbol and ritual. It notes Mary and Jesus devotion, links to weather lore, and mentions Hardy verses and domestic practices in New England.
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Februa
Rome
Sergius I
Cryste
Here
Simeon
Sergius 1
New England
Herrick
Cooking class lesson on chafing dish dishes and venison
Large morning turnout as Mrs Dearborn assisted by Miss Farmer demonstrates chafing dish and brazier techniques for chicken hollandaise devilled bones veni son steak lobster oysters and Welsh rarebit. Recipes cover butter onion cornstarch lemon juice celery pepper and eggs with detailed steps and kitchen tips.
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Palace car porter guide shows English lord mystery
In a New York Weekly piece a humorous guide contrasts a palace car porter with a traveling English lord. The guide hints at comfort in travel while the porter jokes about attention, but the narrator urges distance to avoid spoiling the lord’s impression.
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Palace
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