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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1888
Page
4
A promotional appeal urges readers to subscribe to The Weekly Globe for 25 cents from now until November 165. It encourages forming clubs to boost new Democratic voters and asks readers to distribute sample copies to promote subscriptions.
A Massachusetts observer recalls a train side discussion where a Republican employer threatens workers with job loss to force votes for Hanxison and Morron. The piece links this to the GOP platform claim of a free ballot for all citizens and questions how intimidation undermines the right across states Massachusetts and Louisiana.
By mail subscription options listed include one copy per month at 50 cents and per year at 6 dollars. Postage prepaid. Also offered are Sexpay Ghose at 2 dollars per year and Werkxdy Glone at 1 dollar per year with postage prepaid. Boston newsfareer Co. 242 Washington Street. Entered at the Boston Post Office as second class matter.
The speaker calls for clear answers within four months on tariff policy and taxation. He argues protectionist measures are excessive and inconsistent, criticizing sophistry and flattery and urging Republicans to defend their stance with plain facts or face continued opposition.
Governor Hunt argued that wage gains stem from worker organization rather than taxes on consumption. He questioned whether war tariffs protect labor if high taxes do not, asserting that worker combinations are essential for self protection and that war taxes should be removed.
In 1882 Indiana’s Benjamin Harrison served in the U S Senate. He faced two Chinese immigration bills. He dodged once and supported the veto on the first bill. He later voted against restricting skilled and unskilled laborers and opposed the final bill, a history likely to influence Pacific coast politics through the upcoming November.
A presidential era appeal contrasts Republican cling to past wars and tax cuts with Democratic push for progress and equal rights. It urges Republicans to change and support forward looking policies aligned with freedom, peace, and popular rights.
The piece frames a clash between Democrats and Republicans as a plain business dispute over taxation. It cites a heavy war tax burden on producers, questions protected labor costs, and contrasts labor outcomes in the US with Europe. It also notes the drift from travel salesmen to catalogs, predicting the drummer’s decline and the need for new roles.
The piece argues Harrison may lose the Pacific states if anti Chinese sentiment shifts votes and Democrats capitalize on Thurman’s popularity. It notes prior results: 1884 Blaine carried them, 1880 Hancock beat in CA and NV, Oregon by Garfield. Oregon and Nevada are GOP in Congress, California split, with broad caution about coastal swing against Harrison.
The Republican platform calls for eliminating whiskey taxes and making liquors untaxed, while opposing any reduction in wool and clothing duties. The writer questions temperance supporters and urges independent voting, arguing the party alienates sensible voters with its policy mix.
The New York World and New York Sun note shifting alliances as Harrison defends his record against mugwump critique while Cleveland Thurman and Morton gain churchgoing support. Diary-like comments on tariffs, labor, and protection stir readers. Diaz re election and Boulangers stir foreign echo. Mariners, poets, and Sage money tales add color amid party lines.
Jean Laval a gifted guitarist living in Paris near Rue des Saintes Peres and Quai Voltaire is mistaken for a Napoleonic officer by his pupils and friends. A scarred cheek and a mysterious past drive him toward loneliness until Julie d Artoy, a rich pupil, shows kindness. Laval falls in love but plans to leave Paris to avoid harming their bond and his fragile standing.
An indexed outline of terms and figures in 19th century American politics including Alabama Claims, Alien and Sedition Laws, the Whig and Union parties, Civil War era events and key issues such as the Burlingame Treaty, Credit Mobilier, Crittenden Compromise, and related political phrases.
A promotional offer bundles The Weekly Globe with a Dictionary of Politics as 19th century romance unfolds. Jean Laval confesses love to Julie d Artoy in Paris, seeks Madame d Artoy s consent, and faces questions of class and protector status before marriage possible.
A new parlor pastime titled The Race for the Presidency captures attention as a five color board game with 48 cards. Players 2 4 or 6 compete to simulate electing the White House while learning voting basics. Available in Boston stores and via the W S Reed Toy Company Leominster Mass for 1 26.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a man proposing to Maude with a tremolo voice, she declines with conviction, and the moment triggers recalled scenes from a past life. The text reads as a vivid, if incomplete, vignette of a personal drama from a travel setting.
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