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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1879
Page
4
The Weekly Globe Club List explains that subscribers receive The Weekly Globe and either of the listed publications with postage paid for a full year. It notes delays in delivery due to large publisher lists and asks subscribers to state if they are renewals.
An elderly woman discovers a parcel of faded letters tied with a ribbon and a rose. As she reads, memories flood back of youthful love, lost partners, and mournful farewells, until the past seems bright again before fading into holy ground.
The text speaks of reunion beyond death with loved ones awaiting across a shining shore. It reflects on death’s sting being removed for the blessed, and the grave losing its victory. It notes that some are granteds the hope of reunion, while others face doubly the sorrow of an unreachable beyond.
The speaker accuses the Republican party of clinging to sectional issues and praising the coinable paper dollar while ignoring mass unemployment, farm tax losses, shuttered mills, and ruined businesses. They claim 40 million whites have fallen from prosperity, banks failed, and millions of workers, churches, schools, and families suffer, demanding honesty in money and policy.
An opinion piece critiques England's Zululand campaign, condemning colonial expansion, coercive measures, and false pretenses leading to war. It contrasts Isandlwana with other historical failures, warns of Dutch discontent, and questions future British strategy under Chelmsford. It also comments on Governor Talbot and the Republican stance in the coming campaign.
The statement asserts that the Republican party, not its weak executive agent, bears responsibility for absurd and unjust laws. Governor Talbot told a committee of millionaires these measures should not trouble respectable people.
A sweeping roundup reports Chicago hog slaughter totals, health notes on Paul Hayne, and Captain Boyton’s marriage plans. It surveys Irish fundraising, a fatal shooting in Indiana, Talmage profits in England, and a rash of global curiosities from Paris to London. Economic, political, and social tidbits across nations and states include railway raises, legalities, scandals, and curious anecdotes.
The piece argues capitalists and their press misrepresent Communists while exposing real grievances. It notes ongoing Nihilist literary activity in St Petersburg with a pamphlet of revolutionary verse and plans for a posthumous Nekrassow poem titled Pir na wez mir to be published soon.
A collage of satirical quips from New York to Ohio covers politics, theatre, religion, and odd crimes. Humorous anecdotes include a sailor’s friend losing an eye, a clerk’s joke about a yellow badge, and a tailor of mischief in mismatched tales from Per u Indiana to Burlington Iowa while lampooning editors and public figures.
General Ewing delivers a vigorous Ohio gubernatorial campaign speech in Columbus condemning Republican policies on finance and federal overreach. He asserts local self government and warns that national elections have been usurped by party power, urging a shift to protect common people and constitutional rights.
New York June 29 A steamship City of New York collided with the Dundee barque Willis off Barnegat light. The barque went down quickly with five of ten crew drowned. Five survivors were rescued by the City of New York which returned to harbor damaged. Drowned: Robert Barclay captain Angus Bell Jacob Gabrielson seaman cook unnamed James Ross cabin boy. Liberty of Mexico will remove passengers and cargo early next week.
A powerful cyclone swept over central Baltimore causing extensive destruction to homes and stores, with unroofed buildings, torn trees, capsized vessels, and two boys rescued after being thrown into the river. Property losses run near half a million dollars as waterborne excursions faced wreckage and ships suffered major damage.
On January 1 Madison Square Garden becomes New York Arcade under a stock company lease from Vanderbilt for one year with renewal option. Rent fixed at $30,000. A group of leading citizens formed New York Arcade Company Limited with $100,000 capital to create a permanent bazaar offering under one roof facilities for wholesale and retail business.
The convict A Duncan Purdy, said to have talked with Dr Hull about murder, is revealed. Purdy has served time for stealing, with some police doubting his sanity. Fox, the murderer, smokes in cell, remains calm, and has counsel. indictments not yet prepared.
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