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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1879
Page
4
A newspaper note offers a club renewal deal stating that sending five yearly subscribers will renew the paper for one year. The message asks if the reader is in arrears and promises renewal upon receiving the required five subscriptions.
A reader is urged to show a sample copy to neighbors to form a club of five. The plan would grant the creator an extra copy for one year.
The passage suggests a person can recruit neighbors to obtain five subscribers for a yearly paper, with a wife, son, or daughter calling on them to secure support.
A club may include old or new subscribers from the same town or different sections, and every name received will count one toward the five needed to secure an extra copy.
A notice urges readers to begin immediately canvassing for the WEEKLY GLOBE or persuade friends to join. The goal is to entitle participants to receive the WEEKLY GLOBE free for one year through their exertion.
An offer invites an active agent in every town and village to recruit subscribers. For every five new subscribers, the agent receives one year of a subscription. Alternatively a cash commission is available, with the exact amount determined by addressing the organizers.
The note outlines compiling a list of likely subscribers and sending each a sample copy. It also mentions assisting agents in additional ways as suggested.
The notice pledges that every paid subscriber will receive each issue and be sent a duplicate immediately if an issue fails to arrive at no cost. It also states that stamps under 15 cents will be accepted as payment and forwarded at the publisher's risk.
The Lizzie P Simmons sailed from New London to Faya with 130 pounds of untaxed tobacco found on board. Captain Buddington was jailed. consul doubts case. The piece also analyzes revenue losses from tobacco tax cuts and Democratic gains in Congress, plus editorials on execution reform and a controversial George Washington name warning.
A terse moral note urges keepers of a revered name to embody the great man’s spirit and avoid the feebleness of those who share the name, so the legacy does not stain the memory.
The anti-Chinese bill sits on the speaker's desk awaiting action by consent or two thirds. Hayes faces pressure from Evarts Sherman and party leaders to veto or approve for Pacific state politics. Nevada reports suggest the president plans to sign any limited Chinese immigration bill, tying labor to convict system concerns and urging reform of contract labor.
The state bureau of statistics of labor finds the prison contract system generally wise but notes sharp competition from convict labor in boots and shoes, straw goods, and hats. Wages fall and prices rise as free workers struggle to compete with prison-made goods.
The piece presents Charles G Blaine defending against William Lloyd Garrison s critique of the anti Chinese bill. It argues immigration violates the China treaty and harms American labor and cites wages and policy implications. It notes Pacific coast realities and calls for tightening restrictions to protect workers and trade.
The piece surveys British burdens in Natal, Cape, Afghanistan and Burma. It notes Zulu threats near Greytown, King Cetshwayo's alliances boosting Kaffir strength, and Afghan tribal resistance hindering supply lines. It warns the Mandalay massacre may spark wider insecurity and reflects on Britain's imperial losses since 1821 and 1842.
A collage of short items reports on Irish and English figures, science notes, court and church matters, gossip on poets and politicians, and miscellaneous curiosities from Europe and America, including deaths, marriages, and social observations.
A clergyman sought relief in a justice’s court over a Sunday calliope used for sacred music. The magistrate ruled the practice legal and the case is now before the higher court.
Murray Hill Publishing Company offers a free octavo book of nearly 100 pages filled with notes on scrofula breathing diseases men women aches pains heart trouble and other chronic illnesses claiming many are curable. Send one stamp to 129 East Twenty eighth street New York. Sherman and Co Marshall Michigan invite workers and agents to apply for inducements.
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