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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1883
Page
4
TO SECURE A CLUB Send for free sample copies Distribute them all over your town The Globe speaks for itself and will secure a subscriber every time The best and cheapest weekly in the United States Compare it with the other week lies Only $1 per year 6 copies for $5
Urge readers to form a large subscription club. If five subscribers cannot be secured, obtain as many as possible and extend the subscription by three months for each missing member. Readers may retain the agents' cash commission or accept it. Cost is $1 per year, with six copies for $5.
In many towns a single Globe subscriber can form a club to receive all papers in one package. It is safer to send several papers than one. Gap of loss in transit is reduced. Show your copy to neighbors and join. Only 1 per year, 6 copies for 5. Address Weekly Globe Boston Mass.
A confidential circular and sample copies are sent free on application. Samples are free to agents at any time. Push The Globe and disrupt its circulation.
A club deal offers one extra copy free for a five dollar subscription and an extra three copies free for a ten dollar club of ten. Anyone can form a club by showing a sample copy to neighbors and friends, with sample copies free.
The Globe announces plans for 1885 including at least twelve grand stories, a weekly agriculture page, a ladies' department, and weekly contributions from Charles F. Barker, renowned checker champion. It asserts it is the sole paper for every family member with a new story nearly ready.
It states that subscriptions expire and will be discontinued this week, with expired names removed from mailing lists. Readers are asked to check the date opposite their name on the last issue to see when their subscription ended and to renew, urging five friends to subscribe to receive a free copy.
Tar Werxir Gronr notes most magazine orders with THE WEEKLY GLOBE yield fifty cents yearly. Readers are urged to subscribe to THE GLOBE and include a yearly total, with limits on multiple magazines per order. Agents may add other publications but receive normal commission on THE GLOBE only.
An advertising teaser for The Grower promoting a detective story titled A Wife's Strategy and Her Search for Donald Dyke. It touts the tale as the best yet, urges subscription to Tar Grower for a year, and promises twelve more stories and back issues for January subscribers.
A pair of new newspaper features are in active preparation. One, A Wife's Strategy, will continue for a few weeks longer with back numbers supplied until it ends.
The Weekly Globe offers one year US and Canada delivery free of postage for 100 dollars, six copies for 500 dollars. Subscriptions should be sent by postal order, registered letter, or draft on New York or Boston, stamps accepted in 1 2 or 3 cent denominations.
The source lists pricing terms for ordinary advertising at 30 cents per line and editorial notices at 50 cents per nonpareil line, with discounts of five percent on 8100 and ten percent on 200. The fragment suggests a classifieds or publishing rate card from a historical newspaper.
A Kansas inquiry sparks a Senate debate on presidential disability and succession. The piece critiques two bills, proposes a neutral tribunal of medical and judicial experts to determine incapacity, and warns against assigning such power to politically placed successors.
The discussion centers on Mr. Ingalls' bill and similar measures, aiming to improve medical elements and testimony. There is optimism that the proposal will become law at an early day, reflecting support for clearer, more convincing medical testimony.
A mock denunciation of the California Academy of Sciences proposing absurd quake theories. It dismisses past ideas linking earthquakes to lentil sowing and electricity, then jokes about a cooling crust and finally blames John Satan for seismic quiet, presenting the piece in biting satirical tone.
Senator Don Cameron of Pennsylvania challenged opponent John Logan over restoring Fitz John Porter to rank, recounting Porter's early war actions in 1861. Cameron argued Porter loyally aided the Union, even as others doubted, proving Porter’s steadfast allegiance and valor. Cameron’s defense labeled him a true patriot.
A discussion on the Psychical Research Society of Lomion proposing scientific study of ghosts and mind body phenomena. The piece contrasts rigorous inquiry with skepticism and warns against gullible speculation. It also notes a lesser attention to the Supreme Court clerk in Washington alongside general curiosities about the bench.
A clerk earned about $30,000 annually for twelve years while the chief justice received roughly a quarter, and a member of Congress about one-sixth. Congressmen propose adjusting the rules to set the clerk’s pay from $5,000 to $8,800 per year. The clerk will be paid less, yet be regarded with greater interest than the chief justice.
Governor Butler highlights the primacy of early education and argues for greater honor and pay for primary teachers. He warns that early moral instruction and character formation are essential, urging schools to foster subtle, unconscious moral influence alongside academic teaching.
The Monday gathering drew veterans and young Democrats from New England including Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Speakers lauded Jackson and Butler, praised party strength, and anticipated future battles as the presidential succession bill advances to the House.
The proposal states that in death, inability, or resignation of the vice president the cabinet assume acting president duties with the secretary of state first. If Congress amends the Constitution the line of succession extends to executive clerks from secretary of state to secretary of the interior.
The piece laments recurring fire and structural disasters in New York and Milwaukee. It argues for mandatory safety measures, fire escapes, and proper oversight, highlighting the Newhall House tragedy and urging law action to prevent similar mayhem. It also notes Governor Butler's acclaimed speeches and a Boston Commercial Club address praising his leadership.
A compilation of commentary from newspapers cites Massachusetts reform, coastal steamship flaws, cooperative stores, culinary remarks on American cuisine, political figures like Grant and Butler, and government cost comparisons. It references press opinions on governance, salaries, and lobbying, with notes on internal revenue services and policy debates.
A collage of late 19th century remarks, jokes, and brief notices. Gossip about Gambetta and politics blends with city notes, crime snips, weather, and social quips. References span France, Ireland, New York, Philadelphia, and Montreal including figures like Grevy and William.
A Tulare Times report recounts a near Lemoore incident where a clever wolf abducted poultry. A duck buried with only its head visible survived three days, suggesting the wolf stored live meat for future use and implying animal planning.
At Long Valley a large buck was pursued by Dave Cameron and John Forsythe after a miss left the animal circling. Twenty five shots failed to stop it until a final club blow felled the beast. Post mortem showed the buck stone blind from a previous wound and one bullet hit the ear tip.
Portland Oregonian reports a potato cellar find where a sack of withered tubers yielded many young potatoes bursting through the skin without sprouting. In another item Miss Lucy Spiker of Rockton was attacked by a wild cat in a woods, tearing hair and scratching her face as she fought it off with a broom.
A Californian in Placerville reports Captain Ames discovered a large clear diamond near Cedar ravine a few days ago. The gem is defect free in color with a minor side flaw. its value awaits appraisal after dressing.
The Paris Kentuckian quotes a local report claiming a colored woman and her grown daughter lack the sense of smell and have never had it. It adds a claim about a Cynthiana boy named Marcus Lee with a double head and eyes on the outside of the head, said to have an unusually keen smell.
Talbot Wright recounts a strange incident near Hickman Tennessee where his horse spooked on a road and he found a huge black snake grappling a hawk. He killed the snake and rescued the hawk, noting the deadly struggle in the road.
A stallion owned by Mose Tribble attacked a horse owned by H C Dickey in Echo. The animals fought and the assailed horse drowned after being knocked under driftwood. The attacker crawled to the bank nearly exhausted as help arrived.
Miss Mollie P Crippin of Erin station Tennessee claims the Knox county title as champion gourd raiser. From a single vine last season she grew 125 gourds of the siphon or dipper variety and also raised Egyptian bonnet gourds measuring twenty four inches.
Oliver Henderson kept a drove of little chickens that joined a covey of partridges and have stayed with them for three months. When flushed the chickens fly with the covey and hide in straw and bushes. The behavior is said to be unlike anything ever seen in Georgia.
A pet bear at A. L. Harrison's store in Columbus, Georgia, was found drunk yesterday. He drank about three quarts of beer and also took a small amount of straight whiskey, likely from mixing drinks. He could not stand briefly after the intoxication.
A short time ago hunters dug out a silver gray fox on Chauncey Hurd’s farm in Sandgate near Bennington. They sold the animal and its habitat is near Had es bay, a stray distance puzzling local editors.
Joseph Borden spotted a gray eagle gripping a rooster while he hunted near Bridgeton New Jersey. He shot the eagle, which measured 3 feet 6 inches from tip to tail.
In Wolf Lake, J A Common caught two catfish with one hook. A foot long fish was first ambushed then larger fish swallowed it, a small comedy of aquatic misfortune. A second item notes a gander in Lake City defeating a five pound alligator in its own element last week.
A public notice from Hop Bitters Manufacturing Co warns that any claim of interest in bogus bitters with the word hops is fraud. It states they only deal in genuine Hop Bitters and will pay only those bills. Victims are urged to punish impostors.
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