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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1882
Page
4
A period advertisement offers a three month subscription at 25 cents offering two original complete stories by beginning with the first installment of Donald Dyke and back numbers supplied, promising new readers access to two complete stories before the subscription expires.
A sale lists items priced at 12 12 cents each, advertised as cheaper than any issue of the Wonderfully Cheap Franklin Square and Seaside Libraries. The note emphasizes low costs and promotional pricing.
The text notes multiple correspondents advocating trial subscriptions to attract subscribers in every house. It claims if readers subscribe for three months they will renew and become life-subscribers, labeling it the Best Weekly Published and announcing a new offer.
A call for readers to subscribe. three months for 25 cents. The Globe asks subscribers to show a sample copy to neighbors and friends and to encourage Old and Young to subscribe. It notes the year’s stories cost over six thousand dollars in manuscript and links continuation to subscriber support.
A promotional copy free offer is extended to any new subscriber who sends four new three month subscriptions at a price of 25 cents each.
Notice announces subscriptions to the Weekly Globe at one year for 100 dollars and six copies for 500 dollars. It outlines payment by post, registered letters, drafts, or stamps of one two or three cents. Instructions specify full writer details and addresses for changes or discontinuations and duplicate copies for mail losses. Sample copies are free.
June arrivals at New York brought 51179 immigrants, totaling 278335 for the first half, up 78253 from last year. Editorial notices critique Surgeon General’s retirement, Blisses abroad, Schurz and Lowell, and tariff debates. Congress faces tax cuts, labor effects, and constitutional rights abroad in response to the Garfield case.
The nation’s dignity is preserved not by judging individuals but by recognizing citizenship. Mr Lowell is urged to demand a right rather than grant a privilege, stressing the collective value over personal details as the country evaluates suspects.
The nation accepts Guiteau's execution as just after a fair trial, though opinions split on expediency. He was a common murderer, tried and executed under U S law, while the public weighs moral implications and the impact on party politics. The piece also reflects on social dangers facing young women and parental responsibility highlighted by Jennie Cramer’s case.
The acquittal of Walter and James Malley and Blanche Douglass ends a long trial over Jennie Cramer's death at Savin Rock. The piece argues she likely died by self harm after being turned from her mother's house, with motive lacking for the Malleys or Douglass. It adds a moral caution about fast youth and society in that period.
The article argues England under Gladstone mishandled the Egyptian crisis versus the dead Beaconsfield ideal of safeguarding British interests. It stresses Egypt's strategic importance via the Suez Canal, Britain's control of trade and vessels, and the risk of national weakness inviting Turkish, French, Austrian, or Russian manipulation while Ireland politics compromised decisive action. It notes Arabi Pasha’s rising influence and the reluctance of continental powers to intervene.
A Northern writer and former abolitionist presents a calm, fair view of the South in Atlantic Monthly studies. He records Southern desires for national unity, distrust of politics, and the quiet neutralizing of the Black vote, urging Northern aid as justice rather than charity.
The passage urges more men like Mr Barnes to influence public officials nationwide, arguing religion will achieve what civil service reform cannot. It frames religious conviction as a powerful force to convert leaders and shape governance.
An English visitor asks how millions are used as pensions for soldiers in Congress. The piece notes proposed 1881 outlays of 100 million dollars for military and naval pensions, compares with Austria-Hungary and European powers, and blames Congress for arrears while Republicans attack Democratic journals.
In a New York case Lisle Bullock prosecutes two travel stained men who stole a loaf of bread. They were held for trial despite the judge and others urging withdrawal. One man walked from New Orleans to meet a companion en route to New York for work. A policeman fed them at the station. The piece criticizes Bullock and mockingly suggests kleptomania as a defense. It also cites a New York Graphic critique of the internal revenue bill benefiting a small class.
A Washington tale cites Republican skepticism over sham tax relief while recounting Willard Hickox’s rise from Mansfield bank head to Colorado land receiver. Hickox faced 1873 bank disappearance charges, fled to Canada, later obtained the Denver post amid quiet Ohio and national intrigue.
The Thames regatta showcased Yale testing a new rowing style, Harvard prevailing with traditional methods, and Yale posting a faster four mile time than recent winning averages. The piece sees potential future success for Yale but says the current result should not force broader adoption by other universities. It also criticizes congressional pressure on civil servants via campaign fundraising letters, urging reformers to curb such practices and limit officeholder influence.
A Boston traveler notes that young men with capital can profit in cattle raising only with long hard work. A St Joseph clergyman warns against baseball as Satan’s score. The Sultan of Morocco reportedly has 864 wives. Various quips touch on charity, politics, and trials, including Darwin’s wealth, Ingersoll, and the dangers of cornering grain. A Philadelphia benefaction funds an orphan home. The item closes with social vignettes on weather, discipline, and country manners.
A compact digest of public sentiment features scathing notes on Grantism and tolling the public service, reflections on political self-government, and wartime remains costs for De Long. Lucy Hooper reports European enterprise imprint, while a Watchman vignette recalls a teasing incident about a boy and a pretend sale of a baby.
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