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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1883
Page
4
To secure a club, send for free sample copies and distribute them townwide. The Globe speaks for itself and will secure a subscriber each time. The best and cheapest weekly in the United States. Compare it with other weeklies. One copy per year is $1, six copies for 14 months $5.
The notice urges forming a large club. if five subscribers can’t be secured, collect as many as possible. Each missing subscriber costs a three month extension, or keep the agents’ cash commission. A single copy is $1 per year, six copies are 14 months for $5.
A confidential circular and sample copies are available free upon application. Samples are free to agents at any time. The program promotes Push The Globe and aims to double its circulation.
A club offer describes that joining with five members and five dollars earns an extra copy free. Forms can be made by showing a sample to neighbors and friends. A club of ten with ten dollars grants three extra copies free. Sample copies are free.
A promotion offers fourteen months of an extra copy to every club of five subscribers. The club papers may be mailed to one address or to each member. Bundling several copies in one package reduces mail loss compared to sending individually.
Poston Weekly Globe previews Ocean to Ocean a story of real foundation by M Quan author of Civil War sketches. The piece praises Quan as a novelist with vivid coloring and graphic recital and urges readers to form a club and tell neighbors.
The Weekly Globe promotes Mr Ernest A Young author of Donald Dyke the Detective serials to finish a new novel linked to Ocean to Ocean. It combines country and city life with mystery to engage readers and encourages forming clubs now.
A brief notice explains checking the date opposite the name to see when the subscription expires. It urges renewing and asks readers to invite five friends to subscribe or secure a free copy by encouraging others to subscribe.
The page explains new liberal terms for clubs, giving every club of five or more and the club-raiser a 14 month subscription to The Globe. Readers are urged to form large clubs by offering this unusual inducement to friends.
The Weekly Globe offers one year free of postage across the United States and Canada, with six copies for 500. Subscriptions should use postal orders or drafts on New York or Boston, stamps accepted in one two or three cent denominations. Address correspondence to Tax Weekly Globe Boston Mass with full writer details.
An itemized notice outlines ordinary advertising priced at 30 cents per line with about eight words per line and editorial notices at 50 cents per nonpareil line. It also lists bulk discounts of five percent on one hundred dollars and ten percent on two hundred dollars.
A report notes bids for burglar proof vaults while railing at Congress for a plan to tax American innovation. It urges protection for reformatory inmates and Indian rights, opposes foreign books on the tariff bill, and argues for continued American literature and national character amid imported influences.
Two US figures, Robert D. Layton grand secretary of the Knights of Labor and Frank K. Foster secretary, express firm views on the hardships faced by the American laborer, noting that the road is far from easy.
The Federation delegates warned before the Senate on education and labor that labor conditions across the United States are harsh. They cited Pennsylvania coal mines and New England workers as examples, arguing tariff policies heavily influence wages and conditions, inviting scrutiny from Senator Hawley over prior tariff criticisms.
The piece denounces ten or eleven Dublin arrests for conspiracy to murder Cavendish and Burke, alleging a Crown backed trap. It recalls the daylight park killings, the large rewards, and widespread fear of informers, while claiming sham prosecutions and secret police influence. It warns that Lord Spencer aims to justify the crimes act and that Irish public opinion will rebel as England’s Ireland policy continues to fail.
American enterprise opens Mexico to commerce as railroads revive the republic and prospectors hunt vast mineral treasures. Old Spanish era mines in Sonora and northern Mexico yielded fortunes, with records showing multi million dollar sums from Sabia district before 1748.
Successors, the Mexicans, never had the energy to reopen it. Abandoned workings scatter across northern Mexico, now occasionally rediscovered by American crews from old records. Railroads will boost exploration, and in coming years capable prospectors may report much wealth beneath neglected sites.
The piece urges inventors to endure envy and opposition, noting great names like Morse Fulton Edison and Bell as benefactors. It cites a patent setback that later proved successful and argues that bold persistence leads to recognition and reward, whilewarns against discouragement.
A South Carolina slavery factionalism row is debated with sharp remarks about the South’s postwar stance. The writer dismisses assasory claims of renewed treason, condemns motive and arrogance, and urges readers to move beyond sectional taunts while noting the North’s misgivings on the past and present.
A critique of Wiggins the weather prophet faulted for overconfident forecasts. The piece notes his misread of events, compares him to unreliable predictions, and cites New York Sun statistics on the 1880-81 cotton crop. It discusses rising U S cotton receipts and world stocks, highlighting uncertainty among statisticians about future output.
A lengthy critique questions a Republican stance on humane prison policy, mocking the idea of punitive methods as a cure for crime. The piece honors William E. Dodge for philanthropic work, notes tariff debates prompted by the Gazette, and remarks on rent hikes by Astor properties as well as deaths of notable figures including actor Thorne and Hon. Marshall Jewell.
A Brooklyn era collage of opinions notes a congressional push to reconcile capital and labor by increasing employer payroll figures. It cites wage contrasts, prison reformers, Yonkers bank run fallout, prohibition debates, Senate fevers, and the cost of the navy, threading through political figures, incidents, and foreign commentary.
A collection of satirical jabs, editorials, and anecdotes from a late nineteenth century paper. It lampoons political patronage, figures like Mazzini and Denis Kearney, debates on tariffs, and social norms, with humorous parables and local color.
Is it possible that Mr Godfrey is up and at work and cured by a simple remedy. He is entirely cured with Hop Bitters and only ten. His doctors gave him up, but he says he will prove Hop Bitters’ power. A caller vows to get some for his poor George, convinced hops aid recovery. Office notice invites readers to call or write for details at 19 Winter Street.
A Swede captured a lynx and a wildcat on the Little Molasses river in Bay county after a trap mishap. The lynx aided the wildcat, injuring the hunter, who wrestled the animals to prevent further harm and delivered both to Captain Charles Eaton for care before passing them to H. P. Gardner and finally Mr. Chandler.
A servant girl, found by P C Knox at his Montgomery avenue residence, created a riot of confusion with gas jets burning and furniture overturned while doors and windows remained secured from inside. The tale attributes the events to a somnambulist incident, and no valuables were missing or disturbed despite the upheaval. Hod Bey a Circassian veteran claims 120 years, 106 years of service, born 1762, serving since 1777 in the Ottoman army under eight sultans. His age is uncertain but his long career and suitor Sultan Abdul Hamid are noted, with doubts about the exact age.
A Baltimore Sun clip describes a red snapper preserved in a clear ice block, produced in New Orleans by co manufacturing firms. The display to attract diners uses a skeletal preserved fish in an ice block alongside bottles and flowers, creating eye catching signs for restaurants.
A British captain aboard the Parthenia reports from Easter Island in the South Pacific. Located at 27 10 S, 109 30 W, the island covers about thirty miles around and hosts around 2000 inhabitants. Water scarcity and volcanic terrain shape a simple life similar to Pitcairn residents, yet the islanders are described as prosperous and happy.
A Mason county man in Loulaville reports the Hickey family weights from father 480 pounds to youngest son 177 pounds showing an average of 277 pounds. He notes two Hickey sisters at 310 and 270 pounds and says all family members are living and that his information is reliable.
Reports from Mexico describe the discovery near La Paz of the world's largest pearl. The light colored oval gem measures about one inch long and three quarters of an inch thick with surprising lustre. The oyster could not close its shell, and its tenant was too large to be removed. The owner would not sell for less than $50,000.
A Berlin news paper ad by a medical student in dire need of funds offers to secure the loan by guaranteeing the lender against his creditor's daughter or by taking an undertaking to do so after his final examination. The New York Tribune reports the extraordinary security proposed.
In Lustin on East Pecan Street Mrs. Leane drank water when a spider leaped from a dipper and bit her upper lip. She fainted within minutes, remained in danger overnight, while the incident sparks Darwinian links in a Griffin Georgia paper.
An Hartwell Sun note describes an elderly woman preparing for burial with a complete outfit and belongings. She owns a black silk dress underclothes a cap gloves a cake of scented soap a wash rag and towel and a very long candle kept since the war to light watchers at her lying in state.
A Butte Inter-Mountain report notes a prominent citizen drew water from a hydrant and spilled a small amount into which he put one foot. Before another step he froze to the ground, forcing him to leave his boot in the road and hop into his house on one leg.
Harry Ballance spotted an uncommon twenty-seven inch snake in his Han cock's mill yard. Bob Buck brought the creature to the Reidsville Enterprise on Monday, drawing significant local interest.
Mrs Dora Cail of Rock Cut in this county poured a cup of coffee six weeks ago. Her three year old son Arthur Alexander pulled it down on his head and suffered a severe scald. He died last Monday after lingering in agony, following the accident.
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