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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1883
Page
4
An advertising brief promotes free sample copies of The Globe to secure subscribers. It urges distribution across town and claims The Globe is the best and cheapest weekly in the United States. Subscriptions priced at 1 year for $1 or 6 copies for $5.
A brief promotional notice offers forming a large club with a goal of five subscribers. If fewer than five are obtained, extend the subscription by three months for each shortfall or retain the agents cash commission. Price is $1 per year with six copies for $5.
In many towns there is only one Globe subscriber. If that subscriber forms a club, papers will be mailed together in one package. It is safer to send several papers than one. Share this offer with neighbors and form a club. Only 1 per year, 6 copies for 5. Address the Weekly Globe, Boston, Mass.
A liberal cash commission is offered to anyone who wishes to act as an agent. A confidential circular and sample copies will be sent free upon application. Samples are free to agents at any time. Push The Globe and double its circulation.
A club of five and $5 grants an extra copy free. Anyone may form a club by showing a sample copy to neighbors. Send a club of ten and $10 and receive three additional copies free. Sample copies are free.
The Globe pledges in 1883 to publish at least twelve great stories and a weekly page on agriculture. A weekly ladies’ department, regular contributor Charles F. Barker the world champion checker player, and a new story nearly ready are noted.
A new story next week by M Quad of the Michigan Press. Ocean to Ocean narrates a family crossing the plains to California during the 1849 gold rush. The novel promises vivid scenes of travel, danger from hostiles, and dramatic adventure.
Ernest A. Young, author of Donald Dyke the Detective serials, is hurrying a new novel to appear with the conclusion of Ocean to Ocean. The work blends country and city life with sufficient mystery to engage readers. The Weekly Globe promotes forming clubs now.
The notice instructs readers to check the date opposite their name to learn subscription expiry. It urges renewing and asks readers to recruit five friends to subscribe, offering a free copy in return or encouraging as many new subscribers as possible.
The WEEKLY GLOBE offers one year mail delivery in the United States and Canada free of postage for 100 and six copies for 500. Subscriptions may be paid by postal order registered letter or draft on New York or Boston. stamps of one two or three cents are accepted without registration. Address all letters to Tut WEEKLY GLOBE Boston MA with full writer details. Notify changes with former and present addresses. Discontinued notices require town county and state. Lost copies are duplicated free. Exchange papers addressed to Lock Drawer 5220 Boston MA. Sample copies are free.
A dense editorial notices page discusses France's crisis with Gambetta and Chanzy, praising strong leaders to restore order. It mentions congressmen Belford and a red-haired son, hopes for a dark horse in Colorado politics, and reflections on preventive medicine. It covers ship sinkings, Davitt and Healy jailed for addressing Irish issues, tariff battles in Congress, and armor duties for vessels.
The remark questions why the government would deliberately double iron and steel costs, labeling the move difficult to understand and prompting scrutiny of pricing policy and procurement practices.
Republican leaders Morrill and Kelley press for tariff cuts claiming a net revenue reduction of at least 50 million. Democrats split, critics argue high duties harm labor by raising living costs and shielding favored industries, urging simple revenue based tariffs for both labor and capital.
Opponents accuse the government of Ireland of a terror policy that suppresses speech press and meetings. They argue the National League seeks open negotiation, not rebellion, and warn Gladstone’s approach will fuel Irish and global agitation, hastening independence.
The passage notes sharp advances in the South's industry and agriculture, predicting rapid future development. It compares Georgia's decade of progress to the broader era of Southern prosperity, suggesting that Georgia's gains reflect a regional rise akin to the West's historic strides.
Value of farm products rose over 50 percent in ten years with cotton bales near doubling making the state the second cotton producer. Potatoes up 100 percent, oats 600 percent, cane and sorghum 800 percent. Domestic animals up 20 to 50 percent. Farms nearly doubling as land is subdivided and homes formed. South writes its own salvation, urging Northern capital to stop urging migration southward.
A Boston newspaper urges Democrats to pretend opposition to tariff bills to gain political advantage. It mocks the party for blundering and duplicity, likening them to Republicans and calling for "glass eyes" to imitate honest opposition while pursuing advantage.
Acritically worded critique charges United States representatives in Chile with misfeasance. It accuses Dr. Logan of overstepping duties by meddling in Peruvian affairs, provoking Bolivia and jeopardizing potential peace talks with Peru. The piece urges recalling unfit diplomats and restoring sober conduct.
The article profiles Russell Sage and other New York millionaires in a Broadway building, praising frugality and security in business. It recalls Sage’s rise from a 15 year old grocer’s clerk to a Wall Street figure, stressing perseverance, industry, and economy as keys to success while warning against risky moves in markets. It notes optimistic views on future prosperity, railroad profits, and a coming West growth boom, amid commentary on modern communications and urban hazards.
The piece mocks city progress beneath the surface noting torn up streets and failed utilities. It cites steam pipes, gas lines, and electric wires causing hazards while lampooning Windom versus Dunnell in Minnesota politics and wishing a Democrat to win if possible.
A column of assorted extracts notes a drop in British alcohol revenue over eight years, witty quotes from George Eliot and Robespierre, remarks on Standard Oil, tales from Terra del Fuego and an Australian court, oddities from New York, Atlanta, and Rochester, and snatches of political and social commentary. It includes humorous anecdotes, legal and crime brief items, and reflections on health, labor, and governance.
A newspaper survey lists varied earnings and prices across cities and jobs. It notes wages for rail and telegraph workers, city officials, teachers in Vermont, a Charleston woman’s anger over teeth worth a thousand dollars, partridge and venison prices, and large estate and office incomes in New York, Illinois, and Georgia, highlighting wage scales and monetary values of the era.
The speaker recalls persuading Jim to give up his dog Bose during a Cheyenne era. A fierce hurricane forces a perilous chase two miles from safety as the dog Rose digs at the bank while the narrator hides, later returning to Laramie. He then claims a $100,000 cave discovery to tourists, only to squander the fortune on mining speculation.
Ten starved cats aboard the brig Senorita failed to halt rats during the West Indies voyage. Rats damaged cocoanuts by eating the eyes or soft spots, spoiling much cargo as milk leaked or was consumed. The cargo owners War ner & Merritt reported the loss after the vessel reached port.
A game cock perched on the brake-beam of an early morning freight engine from Troy to Pownal rode thirty nine miles without being knocked off. The rooster was recovered from the brake-beam and placed in the caboose to complete its journey to Troy where it roosted with its flock.
Frank Rowe and George Manson rowed near Deer Island bridge when they spotted a large eel floating. They grabbed a flour barrel full of eels from the ice covered river and revived several after thawing. The cause appears to be anchor ice and cold conditions.
During a thunderstorm five sheep died on Cotland Farm in Tinwald parish Scotland. A 300 yard wire fence carried current, breaking wooden posts along its length and killing two sheep at the end. In the adjacent field a stone wall with a single top wire broke and touched the ground nine yards from the road. Several sheep crouched nearby and three were killed.
Perry Home Journal reports T. J. Anderson, a Georgia farmer, milked two cows and, after straining, found nearly two gallons of milk yielding pure butter about the size of a ccannut in minutes. Witnesses say there is no error in the claim of butter formed directly from the udder.
On Christmas morning a parhelion or mock sun appeared over Mobile with a rare four-sun display. In Washington DC W Ignatius Dyer, 875 pounds, died from fat accumulation. a Philadelphia coffin nearly six and a half feet long and three feet wide was custom made, with ten pallbearers and four assistants.
In Cleveland county a certain family with six grown sons and daughters drink heavily and consume three gallons of coffee at each meal three times daily. They paid last year as much for tobacco as for bacon, per a merchant who supplied them. The males used tobacco while the females dipped snuff, all loving it excessively but perhaps unwisely.
In Syracuse a reclusive man reports a dove and a cat arriving within a week. The dove appeared at his door one evening and stayed, followed by a cat two days later. The pair sleep side by side in a small basket, returning nightly and sharing a quiet companionship.
In Rochelle Illinois the Register notes a traveler from Dakota praising the region as productive and wealth rich. He tells of a farmer who planted six acres of corn and three of potatoes with corn growing so tall the sun could not rise in the east and had to back over the potato patch.
A strike-tail shark, the first seen in North Carolina, was landed near Beaufort. The nine foot creature had a tail as long as its head and body, used as a weapon of defence. It was dragged ashore after straying near the shore, seized by two men.
A fragment notes George W. Waters sent a nineteen pound watermelon ring item to the office. The text mentions the unusual event of eating melon in January, reflecting an odd fruit finding or display in that period.
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