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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1884
Page
4
The offer urges every subscriber to help increase THE GLOBE’s circulation in their neighborhood by showing sample copies. Readers are invited to send for free sample copies to distribute locally.
To whom, under above offers, the regular liberal cash commission will be given. On application, a Poster, Agents' Circular, and Sample Copies will be sent Free.
The notice urges readers to call attention to The Globe as a family newspaper and its long running subscription offer. It invites every subscriber and reader to form a lively club to secure more subscribers.
No three cent stamps will be accepted by Tut Weekly Globe for subscriptions under the new postage law. Two-cent stamps will replace them, while one and two cent stamps continue to be received as before.
Announcement solicits subscriptions to Tur Weekly Globe at $100 per year or six for $8.50, with postage paid by postal order draft or stamps. Details require sender name, full address, and change or discontinuation notices. Sample copies free. exchanges to Lock Drawer 6220 Boston, Mass.
Reader asks that any advertisements seen in this paper include a recognition that they saw it in THE BOSTON WEEKLY GLOBE. The request emphasizes attribution to the Globe in every ad reference.
Boston Weekly Globe announces a new story Jillian Hawthorne by Julian Hawthorne. The piece highlights Hawthorne as a leading American fiction writer and notes a forthcoming serial starting this week on page 7. Readers urged to subscribe at $1 for issues through March 5, 1885.
Immediately after Hawthorne's story, a new novel will be published for Tax Globe. Subscribers urged to renew now as ladies and children read The Globe stories. More than a dozen stories will appear.
In a note to club raisers the printer states that on Saturday January 12 all names of in arrears subscribers were removed from the mailing list. If anyone does not receive THE GLOBE this week their subscription may have expired, and raisers should check each dropped name and urge renewal.
A call to agents to secure each member’s subscription and renew the club for this year. Readers are asked to recruit friends and neighbors to subscribe and expand the club with many new names. The Weekly Globe is promoted as the best dollar weekly in the United States.
In a vigorous recruitment pitch the Weekly Globe seeks permanent resident agents in each town to earn liberal commissions on every subscriber. The notice urges every subscriber to become an agent and form clubs, with private circulars available on request. The item also mentions urban notes on Chicago, a new Mohican sloop launch, political commentary on Honest Joan Sherman, and regional issues including Egypt under Tewfik and a failing foreign exhibition in Boston.
One head. The machine was then stopped for the afternoon. This ingenious and cheerful toy has not been introduced here yet, but no doubt the enterprising persons who disseminate toy pistols will soon have a whizzer going on the Frog pond.
Careful and experienced business leaders concede brighter outlook now, but the old bugbear that presidential years are dull lingers. They cite 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 as counterexamples, noting 1880 boomed despite being a presidential year. Merchants urge rejection of this myth to boost confidence and prosperity in 1884.
A Globe reader argues that presidential years have often sparked strong business in 1864 1868 1872 and 1880 and that 1876 surpassed 1877 1878, urging tariff reform without opening Congress to new changes and predicting a boom if tariff stability is achieved. The paper agrees noting record supports and urges decisive tariff action this session with a 10 to 15 percent cut as a practical compromise.
Connecticut congressman Eaton told New York World the tariff reform debate in this session is pointless. He predicts many Democrats will oppose tariff changes and warns Republicans seek to polarize Irish American voters. He urges voters to focus on removing corrupt leadership rather than tariff agitation.
The speaker urges replacing Republicans with good Democrats to reset government policy, champions tariff reform as an economic, business issue, and opposes a general tariff bill while considering targeted measures this winter if passable. He warns that a new tariff debate could escalate.
A sweeping report by Brewster Cameron accuses Southern US officials of corruption and oppressive practices. Congressman Herbert outlines bills to end the fee system, reform deputy marshals, and appoint commissioners, while critics warn reform faces Carpetbaggers and entrenched interests. The piece argues judicial reform would be desirable but unlikely to prevail.
John K Tarbox argues that victory in the upcoming election requires business trust in policy and standard bearers of approved citizenship. He urges conservative, responsible candidates who will reform, not recklessly govern, to improve commercial prospects and secure a triumphant future for the country.
At a Democratic dinner Mr Bron Bradbury declares free trade not on the horizon to meet current revenue needs. He insists tariffs must remain protective to cover government expenses and pensions, urging gradual reform toward direct taxation only when conditions allow. He calls for a simple, economical government and liberty balanced with others' rights.
Fragmentary passage extols patriotic devotion and esprit de corps to defeat corruption, restore government to simplicity and purity, and claim peace following victory over war. No identifiable people, places, or organizations present to anchor a concise summary.
The Democratic dinner Tuesday at Parker House drew a large crowd of party representatives. Judge Wooppury presided with grace and ability as speeches impressed the audience. Tributes to Andrew Jackson drew hearty applause and optimism for an 1884 triumph.
A collage of brief items includes a plan to merge two estates through mortgage pooling after a proposed marriage, a piano bought on credit and the debt looming, scientific quibbles about humans as quadrupeds, and city curiosities from Omaha to Salt Lake City. Reports cover theater costs in Paris, a Newburyport church warming, a Rolandseck waiter’s lawsuit, and assorted social quirks with light humor.
The letter discusses Pendleton and a career defeat linked to a government cheated by foreigners. It chronicles Charles Delmonico and the Delmonico family restaurant empire, their rise from a modest New York dining house to a large culinary chain, and the alleged influence of rich patrons and stock markets on their fortunes. It contrasts Delmonico's lifestyle with concerns about excessive drinking and reliance on external management, noting his gradual financial decline amid a world of eaters, drinkers, and speculators.
The Evening Post cut its capital from twenty thousand to a hundred thousand dollars amid industry changes, while several papers never raised capital. The Tribune sits around two hundred thousand dollars yet could bear more watering. The Evening Post fetched nearly a million to White Godkin and Schurz, with Villard involved, financed by loans and mortgage notes. Observers ask why such heavy property was pursued, noting Willard’s aim to gain newspaper influence amid Field and Gould attacks. White’s Chicago Tribune stake and later sale to Medill show shifting fortunes in U S press. Rumors say Villard demanded loan calls from the Evening Post, threatening its maintenance by force of devices and resilience. The piece laments tone and urges two friends for every enemy, ending with the biblical motto about avoiding downfall.
The defeat of Mr. Pendleton in Ohio stems not from the civil service bill he introduced but from a perceived coldness of heart that alienated former friends. Pendleton, an amateur statesman, valued office for its status, yet his in-office actions offended sensitive allies. Washington McLean, longtime Democratic political manager in Ohio, once favored Pendleton for the vice presidency during the war.
The letter recounts a wide scale scheme in which European manufacturers are invoiced to pass goods to Parisian financier Auffmordt and related firms, with losses to ruinous payment defaults. It describes fake firms in New York, designs from Europe, and imports bought below cost, harming honest importers and suggesting government weakness and need for strong executive power to counter the fraud.
George Alfred Townsend condemns Huntington as a vulgar man corrupted by a large subsidy. He portrays Huntington as rich, despotic, and parasitic on California revenues, contrasting him with Oakes Ames and criticizing public men in both the North and South for subsidy and deceit.
Mr Linfield, who recently tried to fly his invention, spoke with Pall Mall Gazette. He predicted aerial voyages soon, claiming speeds around sixty miles per hour and described the mechanism and its tide-like speed variation. He showed drawings and discussed the risk of takeoff and landing, noting public interest regardless of outcome.
A 14 year old Baltimore messenger in uniform visited a pawn shop and retrieved a pawned gold chain. He traveled from New York to Baltimore in 15 hours to settle a $26 loan, needing to cover fare back and extra pay, completing the round trip after a weekend pawn incident.
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