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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1892
Page
4
The Philadelphia Farm Journal is described as the leading agricultural monthly. It promises practical information for farmers and notes a regular price of 60 cents, with a 10 cent offer when combined with the Weekly Globe from Boston Massachusetts.
Subscription rates listed: one copy per month sixty centa per year eighty six dollars. By mail two dollars per year. By mail one dollar per year. Postage prepaid. Boston newspaper at 942 Washington Street entered at Boston Post Office as second class matter.
The Globe Agency and Information Bureau serves subscribers by facilitating buying selling and exchanging products by correspondence. It helps distant Boston subscribers transact business avoiding travel and inquiry costs. Send letters with return stamps to Weekly Globe Agency Boston MA.
The Edinburgh Review article on James Russell Lowell misstates the impact of the Biglow Papers. The author argues the work had little to no effect on Democratic party policy or abolitionist sentiment, noting rivalries in 1848 and the limited circulation of the Boston Corner.
The passage cites the Missouri Compromise and the broader anti slavery pen circle as failing to meet the reviewer’s attribution to the Bigton Papers. It contrasts potential dress reform critiques with Bur Ler’s poem Nothing to Wear, then names Gro, Bourwette.
The notice invites readers to form subscriber clubs in January to March. It offers The Weexiy Gros free for one year with four subscriptions or a cash commission for each new subscriber. An active agent is sought in every town to canvass for subscriptions.
A columnist compares Rhode Island size to vast ranches and farms in the United States. It highlights 1000 to 30,000 acre estates in Dakota and the Red River valley, noting profits from the Dalrymple and Grandin farms and predicting rising American billionaires from agriculture.
This issue surveys politics with a convention proposal on the Silver question and a Grover Cleveland speech while featuring Bourne Harrison ties and Chilean questions. It also includes Mark Twain’s The American Claimant synopsis, fashion notes, women’s features, youth and agricultural departments, and an invitation to join The Weekly Grower club.
The year ending June 30 saw 17 train coaches robbed in the South, 28 in the West, two in the Middle States and one in New England, with 868 post offices burgled. Organized gangs with HQs operate across regions as postmasters, clerks, and carriers face arrests. the government’s lack of private-carrier accountability is criticized.
The passage questions government management of property and the lack of accountability if public bodies hold private assets. It notes citizens as part of a "great corporation" and asks what guarantees of responsibility nationalists expect if the state takes control of railroads telegraphs gas and water and handles more private property.
The article mourns the death of Tewrik, Egypt's ancient figurehead, noting his lack of lasting achievements and influence. It reflects on Egypt's uncertain succession, the limited power of a ruler without personal ambition, and the global question of who might follow in his line.
A notice urges club members to renew subscriptions to Toe Weekly Goose or risk removal from the mailing list. It emphasizes starting new subscriber drives now, with January to March as profitable months during the presidential year, as political news is promised on both sides.
The National Wool Manufacturers’ Association memorializes Congress seeking relief from tariff agitation and rest from McKinley era schedules, while merchants push for revisions to dampen universal meddlesomeness and protect industry from unsettled prices.
A witty exchange unfolds in New York as Mrs Staggers vows to turn over a new leaf and Staggers counters with a playfully stern pledge, promising to fix it with a weight and a piece of angel cake.
A fragmentary dialogue presents a peculiar exchange between named speakers Miss Watkiss Chauncey Holbrook and Mr Holbrook Criss cross referencing honesty and a request about symbolism with chocolate ice cream Voight.
Letter to the editor discusses whether a foreign-born person can hold high office, noting Patrick Egan’s Ballymahon origins and arrival in 1883. It also compares Fall River, Lowell, and Lawrence cotton production, spindles, and cotton usage with figures for mills, yards, and investment.
The reader asks if a debt contracted in Canada 9 or 10 years ago can be collected here. The answer states it can be collected unless the debtor lived in Canada long enough after the contract to bring it under Canadian statute.
A reader asks the price for deed and mortgage when paying in instalments. The reply: the deed should be free, and the mortgage costs range from two to three dollars.
If injury occurs in the course of employment due to the firm’s knowledge of a preventable hazard and the employee is not at fault, damages may be recoverable. Notify the employer in writing within 30 days and sue within one year.
Q and A column addresses when a Boston debt can be collected in New Hampshire, guardian trusts and inheritance on death, and a will's validity. It notes a person must be 21 to make a will in NH and outlines spousal share: one half without children, one third with children.
A and B, aging spouses, consider a will to favor C and D after death with a mortgage condition on A’s property. They seek guidance on whether surviving spouse can influence heirs and if other relatives must receive a share. A’s lawyer, who drafted a rough will, has not returned in a month. guidance notes relatives need not be remembered and children must be named but not funded specifically.
The article asks whether a marriage contracted in Canada allows a divorce here if the spouses live apart. It notes that if the parties never wed in this state, a divorce cannot be obtained locally until the spouse resides here for five years.
The deed determines if you can sell now. If you and your wife held the house as joint tenants you own the entire estate after her death. If held as tenants in common your children have a claim with you and you may need to adjust papers to sell.
The text notes Baikal as the deepest among world lakes, with Baikal far surpassing others like Lake Maggiore, Como, Garda, Constance, Superior and Michigan in depth. It mentions Lake level variations and compares depths with the Pacific sea level, highlighting Lake Baikal's exceptional depth.
A Chicago World’s Fair era silver congress is being developed by leading Democrats in Washington to settle the silver coinage issue and retire it as a political topic. The plan envisions a 1893 international monetary congress in Chicago with 21 U S delegates and European invitees to study gold and silver use and set a fixed value across nations. Mr Springer heads the effort with other party leaders supporting a permanent solution rather than continued internal strife.
Washington dispatch reports Springer and Palmer favor an international silver solution via a 1893 Chicago congress. Critics Bland Culberson and Tarsney oppose delaying silver action, while Palmer and Carliste urge congressional support for a global coinage and weights accord.
A codicil requires three witnesses, same as a will. It is advisable to have a lawyer draft the codicil to ensure validity and proper execution.
In New Hampshire A and B own adjoining farms divided by an ancient stone wall. After sale of two lots, X and Y appear as owners of the lots with no recorded fence division to B. When X used part of the wall, he acted without notice. Y gave three weeks notice before taking a half wall, but B arrested him for trespass after removing the stone. Advice: Y should defend himself now. one half of the wall likely belonged to him, but the right to leave a proper fence for B depends on the facts.
The New Haven Palladium prints a verse about a tired typist haunted by the sound of a typewriter. The speaker endures relentless clicking from dawn to night and dreams as fingers wear, hoping for rest despite the machine’s demand. The piece ends with a macabre tombstone line.
The St Louis Republic notes Lake Baikal in Siberia as the deepest lake on earth, with depths of 4000 to 5000 feet. Its area is about 9000 square miles, smaller than North Americas top five but its immense depth yields a vast total volume comparable to great lakes.
Congressman Shively supports unlimited coinage as the only effective response to the Alger question but doubts any results from delaying action. Representative Kilgore opposes the proposed measure and favors avoiding any proposal until 1893.
An OCR fragment lists various magazine pairings and reduced-rate offers including The Weekly Grom and The Weekly World with Globe, Mirror and Farmer with Weekly Gropr, Atlanta Constitution with Werexty Girone, Farm Journal with Weekly Globe, and Home Magazine with Weexir Goose. It notes a separate column with more combinations and a chance to secure Tur Grose one year free by sending four subscribers and $4.
The World polls the Connecticut Legislature on preferred party standard bearers for 1802. Among 16 Democratic Senate members 10 favor Hill, 43 of 57 in the Assembly back Hill. 6 Democratic Senators and 20 Assemblymen are noncommittal. Of 15 Republican Senators 8 back Blaine, 42 of 61 Assembly Republicans support Blaine, with four Senators and four Assemblymen noncommittal. Harrison and Cleveland receive limited support.
William Dixon says nine cities have formally bid to entertain the Democratic convention on the 21st in Washington. Milwaukee Kansas City Indianapolis St Paul Detroit New Buffalo Santee and Cincinnati are named as contenders. Delegations will be housed across hotels as arrangements proceed.
The Ohio Legislature held a joint Republican caucus in Columbus to renominate John Sherman and endorse open ballot voting. The roll call ended with Sherman 33, Foraker 38, Foster 1, McKinley 1, amid cheers as Sherman was declared the nominee. Sherman spoke from Pittsburg, praising Foraker and McKinley.
The high court’s decision gives Bulkeley a clear title and ends Austin Brainard’s suit against Comptroller Staub over salary. Staub acknowledged the ruling and pledged to pay upon demand. Senate met at noon, Clark’s resolution on direct tax refunds led Democrats to vow no business without recognizing Democratic state candidates. In the House, a 50 000 appropriation for the World’s Fair representation was debated with a suspension motion failing, while conference on the secretary of state election was allowed. House adjourned to next Wednesday at 1 30 pm.
A New York Herald piece advises against tailor made dresses and revealing sleeves for heavier women. It condemns tight costumes that show excess flesh, low necklines, racking necklines, large pearls, heavy earrings, and overstuffed gloves. It urges simple hair piled high and dismisses low coiffures as unbecoming.
In a Brooklyn Life piece a school teacher asks about sensing colors by touch and a boy at the head of the class replies I have often felt blue suggesting a playful or reflective moment about perception and color.
Dr. R. Schiffmann of St. Paul Minnesota says he will mail a trial package of Schiffmanns Asthma Cure free to any sufferer. He advertises by giving it away claiming instant relief in worst cases and cures where others fail. Name this paper and send your address for a free trial package.
Advertises bulk magazine subscribing service for The Weekly Globe with paid postage. Lists many magazines and prices, urging readers to request combination pricing and to include a yearly subscription to The Weekly Globe. Mentions limited to one address per order and states orders must include Globe subscription.
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