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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1891
Page
4
A newspaper promotion offers a free one year Globe copy after securing three subscribers at one dollar each. The deal requires three paying subscribers to qualify for a complimentary year.
The notice requests readers to send lists of 10 names from their neighborhood and promises a free sample copy to each respondent. It directs mailing names on a postal card to The Weekly Globe in Boston Massachusetts.
An eight line OCR fragment of a timetable or cipher style note dated February 17 1891 appears with numbers 21 1 15 5 48 235 and time markers, suggesting a diary style entry or coded schedule rather than a full report. The readable facts are sparse but indicate a date and sequence of numbers. Entities include the date and numeric sequence.
The notice lists monthly and yearly subscription prices for Danny Grose One, Sewpay Grose By mail, and Tue Weeai Giant, with postage prepaid and tax details. It includes the Boston Newsrater Co address at 942 Washington Street and indicates second class matter.
A framed quotation from John Greenleaf Whittier urges following the example of doing good. It highlights reverence, gratitude, and viewing the world as a temple to the Father, elevating kindness as daily worship.
A countrywide sorrow follows the death of General William Tecumseh Sherman. The article assesses his standing among Union generals, notes his vigor and strategic brilliance, and highlights his refusal of political office to be remembered as a soldier. It reflects on his faults as honesty shaped by blunt candor and marks his death as a closing link to the Civil War era.
The article links November elections to broad unrest, driven by farm distress remote from markets. It cites the Homestead Act attracting settlers, Civil War veterans moving west, and U.S. exports competing with global supplies. It notes pressure on grain and cattle prices and labor demand shaping farmers’ hardships.
The text notes labor demand on railways mines and factories far outpacing population, with iron production rising from 8,781,021 tons in 1880 to 9,579,779 in 1890. It discusses the farm impact, higher costs, and a shift toward prosperity due to expanding markets at home and abroad.
The piece discusses Lent fasting as a hygienic practice tracing to Greek physicians and Alexandrian schools. It cites Dr. Tanyxer and Tudor-era experiments, noting Washington's social circle embracing prolonged fasts with an elixir of concentrated nourishment. It questions efficacy and hints at social interest and broader implications.
A vivid prose fragment recalls Alexandria at dusk with Pharos, beauty, and fleeting life. A wounded man sinks on sands as battle noise fades, dreaming of home, nature’s solace, and eternal peace. Narration credits Mrs. Higgins-Glenerne and Lida Lewis Watson.
A historical note explains the Spartan reply that walls are fortified by soldiers, the origin of the phrase every man a brick. It cites Sirens and 17th century England terms like pall mall and pelemele, plus related notes on inverted torches as death emblems and old loanwords Calico and damask, topsy turvy, noe cake, baker's dozen, and Billings Gate fish market language.
In Washington Life, the writer laments the season of society and its gossip. A judicial woman leads discussions on marriages, flirtation, and parental oversight amid Lent, with anecdotes of the Sing Song girl, terrapin feasts, and dinners that stretch late into the night. The piece threads through social norms, politics, and nostalgia, concluding with reflections on historic houses and notable figures linked to Washington’s early republic.
A new World’s Fair club forms in Pittsburg led by H C Perdue Norman Richardson E E Bonneville and L D Stadler to raise funds for a group trip to Chicago for the 1893 World’s Fair. Members pay weekly dues of 60 cents with fines for late payment. a 100 member start could yield about 7000 by August 1 1893 to cover train sleepers hotel cars and living costs. A meeting to elect officers is planned for next week.
Correspondent describes Mrs. Cody and daughter Arta at the Cody residence near North Platte. Arta, 21, famed for courage, once rode a vicious horse after it threw her, rising again to subdue it, earning admiration from residents as stories of frontier daring spread.
Foreign news reports intense Irish political strife as Dillon and O'Brien surrender to authorities in Boulogne and travel toward prison amid factional feuding over Home Rule. Parnell leadership remains contested with Liberal and Gladstone figures split on police control and independence strategies.
A woman found dead in Whitechapel last night is suspected to be another Jack the Ripper murder. The victim, about 25, lay with severe head injuries as doctors debate whether the killer could be a woman. A man was arrested on suspicion. authorities await further evidence. News notes also touch on harbor dock tensions and international political moves.
Reports from Buenos Ayres Standard describe Cordoba inundation with half the city flooded, 100 dead, extensive destruction, and damages over 3 million dollars amid a panicked population. Other items include plot arrests in Sofia, indigent Americans at London consulates, Russia’s expansion debate, Scottish snow, and legislative notices in Britain and France.
A Los Angeles couple on a San Francisco honeymoon endure jealousy and a live elevator scare. A mistaken elopement theory sparks police involvement before the wife returns safely to her husband, amid a tense, comic misunderstanding with an ex-lover.
Irene and Laura observe a handsome man across the street while Miss Kajones dismisses beauty, and a remark about Mollie Glizzard's cloak adds local color to a casual sidewalk exchange from the Chicago Tribune.
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