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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1879
Page
4
A promotion urges readers to build a five subscriber yearly club to renew their paper for one year. It asks if in arrears and suggests presenting a sample copy to neighbors to raise a five member club and gain an extra free copy for a year.
The speaker chides a busy person for lack of time to form a club and suggests that a neighbor can secure five subscribers for a one year paper. The tone is practical and exhortative, urging immediate action through social ties.
A club may include old or new subscribers in the same town or different sections. Each name received counts toward the five needed for an extra copy. Subscribers or readers are urged to canvass at once or have friends do so to secure a one year WEEKLY GLOBE subscription.
A request to place an active agent in every town and across the United States offers a one year subscription for each five subscribers or a cash option by mail. The notice invites interested individuals to contact the issuer for details on the cash amount and subscription terms.
The notice requests a list of times when individuals are likely to subscribe and offers to forward sample copies to each person. It aims to aid agents by providing suggested times and supports for outreach as part of a subscription drive.
A declaration promises every subscriber receives every copy and, if an issue is missing, the publisher will forward a replacement at no cost. It notes denominations under 15 cents may be adjusted and forwarded at risk, urging the reader to remember the guarantee.
The piece rails at misuses of political power and currency, noting greenbacks as legal tender and arguing for their value over gold. It contrasts recent events from Afghanistan and Europe with U S financial policy, highlighting reactions of bondholders, voters, and reformers like William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips.
The subject retains the agitation styles of a past generation, while the surrounding population hardly recognizes them. The contrast highlights a nostalgia for former methods in a society moving forward.
The column denounces Wesley W. Bishop as a cruel, depraved murderer in a two victim case with Mrs. Cobb. It details a confessed poison plot, Bishop’s betrayal, and questions the wife’s involvement while predicting ongoing legal and moral implications for the community. The piece also shifts to imperial concerns, outlining British India frontier policy and the Russia Britain clash as events unfold near Cabul and Afghanistan.
The dispatches describe ongoing Afghan resistance and tribal loyalties, arguing Britains risk in India border politics. Tribesmen remain united against invaders, while European standards misjudge local customs and leaders. The piece praises hill tribes for courage and loyalty to country, religion, and family.
The piece argues Democrats and Greenbacks can beat the Republicans in key states to block Grant's third term. It notes New York Governor Rob inson cites a sharp rise in lunatics tied to hard times and taxation, blaming the party of burden for the crisis and warning against renewed support for its soiled record.
Hayes, though surprised, thanked him gravely and moved on with the crowd. Mr. Hayes, Jr., is described as a naughty young man. There is fear that corporal punishment, the birch, has been spared in his case.
A collage of notes on editors, authors, and public life from 1878. Mentions Charlotte Bronte’s piano sale in England, a French edition of Davis memoirs, and social quips about Beech er and Disraeli. Reports on a California constitutional convention member, Paris ruins, and a Cincinnati priest’s parish population method.
Miss Mary Anderson told the Louisville Courier Journal that Sarah Bernhardt slept in a coffin for three years. She no longer does so, explaining she grew tired of the habit as the coffin proved uncomfortable.
A narrator recalls a room where a woman seeks to confront death. Black velvet furnishings and silver flowers dominate, walls mirror the same style. A man’s skeleton stands near a mirror, claimed to have died of love in Mantua burg, while large bowls emit overpowering perfume that feeds morbid thoughts.
A portrait of Minnie Hauck born 1851 New York who rose from humble beginnings to world fame. Her career spans New Orleans New York London Paris Vienna and Brussels with praised performances as Amina Le General Elsa and Violetta and high praise from Wagner praised conductors and royalty. Her multilingual repertoire includes Italian French English German and Hungarian.
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