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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1883
Page
4
The seventh column announces a fourteen month term for single subscribers or through agents, with postmasters and agents earning their usual commission. Patrons can subscribe for fourteen months or, if needed, until January 1884 for forty cents.
The Weekly Globe offers one year subscriptions nationwide for 100 and six copies for 8500. Payments by postal order, registered letter, or draft from New York or Boston. stamps accepted if convenient. Include full name, post office, county and state on letters and postal cards.
A survey of press commentary on strikes and policy covers telegraphers protests in Ireland and the U S, railroad strikes, and wage disputes. It notes legal redress for telegraph failures, cigar makers unrest in New York, and public questions about English emigration policy and Irish depopulation. It cites Boston figures backing a governor nominee and questions of police conduct including Patrolman Gleason.
The town discusses the Gleason case as police investigate possible misconduct. Citizens question whether it is lawful for officers to shoot suspects who refuse to halt, and if policemen should carry pistols for use against civilians.
Debate grows over government control of telegraph services as Congress weighs a postal line to compete with private firms. Proponents argue cheaper, universal service. opponents warn of political corruption, reduced efficiency, and centralization risks amid the ongoing strike and economic disruption.
The piece argues internal conflict between commercial powers and the public good. It highlights the Chicago Board of Trade and New York Produce Exchange as vast, sometimes violent corners shaping prices. It notes growing power of cartels, artificial prices, and the shift of control from producers to financiers.
The piece argues Blaine should quit active campaigning and pursue literature and business. It asserts he cannot win the Republican nomination in a direct fight and suggests a dark horse run might salvage a chance if a compelling figure like Ingersoll could emerge to break deadlocks.
The nationwide telegraphers strike begins at noon with operators quitting their posts. The Western Union dispute centers on pay and hours, with labor seeking 15 percent raises, eight hour days, Sunday halt to compulsory work, equal pay for women, and specific minimums for linemen and operators. The piece urges arbitration and criticizes manager Jay Gould for not engaging constructively.
An account notes harsh interrogation involving thumb screws and depicts the trial as disgraceful, likening it to the dark ages. It asserts that witnesses on both sides are exceptionally dishonest and unreliable.
A collage of snippets on manners money and politics from Boston to Milwaukee. Quips about spinsters and widows in Boston society. postal card etiquette. Barnum and Tom Thumb antics. labor questions and press strikes. reflections on New Hampshire politics and Maine Republicans.
Washington society adopts a new summer trend as a local boat club natatorium hosts semi weekly swims with a live band electric lighting and opera chairs. Gentlemen and ladies change in side rooms then join the springboard dives as spectators enjoy the spectacle amid polite social novelty. A local tonic advertisement follows.
A grocery store scene features a sickly boy who refuses a grindstone challenge. He tells how his father lost patience, then recounts a prank on his parents about Sunday and newspapers. The exchange reflects caution about adult manipulation and childish mischief in a humorous, moralizing tone.
The Garfield monument site is set at Lake View Cemetery Cleveland on a hill above the Mayfield road. View spans Erie Railroad and Lake Erie with Collinwood and Wade Park nearby. Cemetery work to begin soon with landscaping and 3 to 5 acres prepared for the monument over about a year.
An important find for paleontological and archaeological science emerges from a coal mine at Bully-Grenay in the French department of Rasededialala. The discovery of remains is noted as significant by, and promises to advance, research in prehistoric studies.
Fossil remains found in a cave include five humans—one man about 7 feet, two women 6 feet 6 inches and 6 feet, and two children around 4 feet—alongside weapons, tools, and animal remains. A second chamber held eleven large human bodies, animals, and artifacts with precious stones. Drawings of men fighting gigantic beasts adorn the cave walls.
The Weekly Globe offers a trial rate of 50 cents from now until January 1884 to recruit subscribers and agents, helping establish a foothold before the Presidential Campaign. A small effort in each town could gain twenty or thirty subscribers who will likely become permanent readers.
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