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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1884
Page
4
During February March and April 14 Months will be given to Each Subscriber when two or more order together either directly or through a post master or agent. Single subscribers at $1 will receive THE GLOBE from Now until the Sth March 85.
Every Club receives The Globe for 14 months and a single subscriber gets The Globe from now until March 5, 1885. The notice promotes a long term period for clubs and a shorter window for individual subscribers.
A notice states that any person unable to form a club may ask a friend to order, and each will receive the Globe for fourteen months.
An advertising pitch urges readers to secure free sample copies of The Globe and distribute them locally. It claims The Globe is the best and cheapest weekly in the United States and promises a subscriber yield. Special sale: one copy a dollar, six copies for 14 months, through March 6, 1885.
A liberal cash commission is offered to anyone who acts as an agent. Confidential circular and sample copies will be sent free on request. Samples are free to agents at any time. The aim is to push The Globe and double its circulation.
A notice informs readers of a newly issued Postal Guide detailing commissions for agents. It outlines changes affecting how agents are compensated and where to obtain the updated guidelines. The article notes the update's relevance to postal operations and agent relations.
A contemporary notice offers fourteen months extra for a club of five subscriptions and an additional free copy for the sender. The club’s papers may be mailed to one address or to each subscriber, with mailed bundles less prone to loss than single sends.
A notice urges readers to form a Globe club by sharing a sample copy with neighbors and friends. It highlights the paper as a superior family newspaper and promotes a long-time subscription offer to build a large local readership.
The Weekly Globe offers subscriptions for the United States and Canada at one year for $100, six copies for $500. Subscriptions may be sent by postal order registered letter or draft on New York or Boston. postage stamps of one two or three cents are accepted though not registered. Include full name post office county and state. Change of address requires former and present addresses. Discontinuations must state town county and state. Lost copies will be duplicated free of expense.
Advertiser asks readers to mention they saw the notice in THE BOSTON WEEKLY GLOBE when responding. The request appears amid several listings encouraging acknowledgment of the source. Readers are urged to reference the Globe in their inquiries or purchases.
Several new stories are in preparation, and a story of surpassing interest will begin shortly. The Gone is the cheapest story paper in the world. Send for sample copies and form a club.
Postmasters and agents can promise subscribers 14 months of THE GLOBE for $1. Clubs of six or more get 14 months for all members. Anyone sending their own and another subscription with $2 will receive both for 14 months. Form clubs for 14 months.
A call to all agents who sent a club last year to secure each member’s subscription and renew the club for this year. Encourage friends and neighbors to subscribe and add many new names. THE WEEKLY GLOPF is praised as the best dollar weekly in the United States.
This paper begins a series of articles of great importance to farmers on soil and fertilizers for crops like wheat cotton corn and potatoes. The pieces promise practical guidance to boost yields and farm profits, urging readers to subscribe form clubs and read each installment.
On the second page the paper presents the first article in a general series titled How to Grow Crops Profitably. The initial piece covers tobacco with clear practical guidance for farmers. Next week a similar exhaustive discussion on successful wheat cultivation will follow.
The article notes the Democratic National Convention will be held in Chicago on July 8 signaling the near start of the presidential campaign. It urges Democrats to begin political work early and promote the Weekly Glone as a guide to Democratic doctrine, political news, and converting voters, inviting readers to send for samples and form clubs.
A compilation of quotes and observations from a period newspaper: Roscor Conkime predicts Democratic victory in 1876 and their nominee’s win, General Gordon defends slaveholding and emancipation no recompense, plus a Washington’s birthday school display at Milford High School. Also comments on tariff reform, insane asylums, bread butter paradox, and Indian policy anecdotes with sharp, opinionated rhetoric throughout.
The quoted line suggests a tougher approach than gentle care. If critics describe the subject as deeply troubled, the speaker advocates exposing and addressing the problem openly rather than concealing it.
A signed editorial urges suffragists to stop pressing the Legislature yearly and instead work directly with the people across the state. It argues patience, public persuasion, and local reform as faster paths to the desired suffrage law, critiquing reliance on political machinery and highlighting two figures’ views.
The piece critiques Roscoe Conkling’s own political candor and alleged crimes around the Hayes affair, questioning his continued Republican loyalty. It then surveys Wayne MacVeagh’s Century article on a reformist presidential campaign and the state of party politics amid machine influence and voter independence.
Illinois livestock dealers warn against claims of cattle disease spreading from Europe. They assert no west of Alleghenies cases of contagious lung disease and urge government action to extend quarantine to 180 days for each importation with full isolation to prevent infection of Western herds.
Editorial blasts Connecticut manufacturers for cutting wages to ten cents a day. It mocks local piety and Sunday strictness while accusing industry leaders of using religion to justify harsh labor practices and driving down pay amid broader European pauper labor comparisons.
The article notes Democrats favoring a late summer convention with a short campaign will be disappointed by the committee’s decision to hold the national convention in Chicago five weeks after the Republican gathering. It questions clarity of Chicago as a reference point and suggests Boston would have been preferable.
The article laments unprecedented floods across the Ohio valley including Ohio Kentucky Illinois Indiana and Missouri. It notes rivers rising forty feet annually and warns that despite historical predictability storms and gales on Tuesday caused massive loss of life and property with people left helpless against the elements.
An English pamphlet by opponents of compulsory vaccination claims Jenner’s discovery would have depopulated the world. It asserts immigrants in the United States face forced vaccination to protect labor markets, urging resistance to government power.
The passage criticizes a book that blames vaccination for rising hereditary diseases and infant mortality while praising its final line about substitutes for municipal and personal cleanliness being foredoomed to failure. It notes the author’s zeal over logic and contrasts dangerous calls for drastic measures like strychnine or dynamite.
A collage of wry anecdotes and brief notes, from a boaster in a hotel through political chatter in Massachusetts and Brooklyn to playful exchanges about Chicago and New Orleans. The fragment includes jokes about Jay Gould, Bismarck, superstition on Southern beaches, and snatches of commentary on politics, crime, and society.
Townsend recalls New York City's municipal history from Fernando Wood to the present, detailing reform struggles and the Tweed ring era. He notes the role of rich merchants in politics, explains fundraising patterns around elections, and reflects on editors and newspapers shaping public opinion amid court battles and jailings.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote describes a young man who asks an officer for a candid judgment on his bowlegs. The officer bluntly confirms the man’s bowlegged condition and jokes about the difficult self image, ending with the man declaring acceptance of his condition and heading home.
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