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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1885
Page
4
Boston Weekly Globe issues a call for a young man or boy to canvass towns without Globe duties interfering with regular work. Agents are needed where no Globe or small subscriber clubs exist, with two or three subscribers prompting new canvassers. Poster and sample copies offered free upon request.
An 1885 advertisement touts The Weekly Globe as the best family paper with sermons, sketches, letters, and novels, urging renewals and club subscriptions. The issue surveys Indian agency frauds, labor reforms in Russia, Vanity Fair’s critique of two nobles, a Long Island burglary heroism, Ottawa Parliament costs, franchise bill debates, and Texas crop prosperity with potential yields up to two million bales of cotton and $50,000,000 in value.
The United States grieves after the death of a distinguished leader, with widespread sorrow from coast to coast. Americans unite in tribute to a man whose merit earned his position, reflecting shared pride across regional divides and a national moment of solemn unity.
The passage extols General Grant as a typical American leader born of western institutions, praising his worth and the unity of Northern and Southern forces under his guidance. It states the North and South share belief that his combination of qualities made him the leader of a powerful host, and notes the nation mourns a common loss.
A solemn obituary tribute recounts Ulysses S. Grant’s military victories and political leadership. It extols his perseverance against illness, frames his death as a victory over death, and links his legacy to the preservation of the Union and liberty for all Americans. The piece honors his memory with biblical and chivalric imagery and places him among the nation’s most revered figures.
The piece extols General Grant's death as a moral beacon shaping public conscience and character. It views his life as embodying transcendent virtue, serene faith, and public influence, surpassing common acclaim and illustrating moral fortitude amid adversity.
The passage extols General Grant, arguing his humanitarian duties and sacrifices were tested and refined through illness and death. It claims science art and literature could not elevate humanity as much as public conscience, which honors Grant with love humility and trust before God.
In a British naval drill at Berehaven the steel ram Polyphemus faced an entangling boom and torpedo salvo. She broke through the obstacle at speed with two torpedoes dodged and a third passing astern, vindicating designers and spurring plans for six more ships of her class.
An editorial argues for sweeping reform of federal and local offices, decrying thefts, blunders, and favoritism. It urges new, efficient officials who align with the governing party to end abuses, improve service, and ensure the party benefits from well doing across Boston and New England.
A concise appeal urges faster reform and stronger action to advance efficiency and safeguard democracy, arguing that delays will harm the nation and its governing processes. The statement emphasizes urgency and the need for capable leadership to implement changes.
George Alfred Townsend argues in a tribute to General Grant that each era creates new leaders suited to its needs. Emergencies reveal fresh talent, as Revolutionary and civil war figures rose when required, with succeeding generations producing better leaders who reflect the era’s virtues and faults.
A New York Herald London cable alleges a vast swindle in the Congo Free State management. Letters say funds are misused, voyages receive little aid, doctors are few, provisions poor, and deaths frequent. The piece also notes David, the Irish patriot, declining Parliament runs to protest British wrongs and hopes for Irish MPs thwarting future abuses.
Fred Kirrripee of Danville was carrying a revolver while running a mowing machine. It discharged, launching a ball deep into his leg that a probe could not locate. The Vermont incident is cited as proof farmers fear danger at home, prompting emigration to the West.
The Charles river case reveals how easily witnesses misidentify the dead with many honest, intelligent people determining the victim equals someone they know, yet all cases shown so far prove those identifications wrong as the supposed victims turn out alive. General Corrs is lauded on his foreign trip despite the adage.
A married lady boarded a street car and asked to go to Carmine Street. She pressed the conductor for arrival details, alighting at each stop to verify the street name. She learned in frustration that Carmine Street was not a passenger destination but the property of the company.
A Clyde apple tree long thought barren gained vigor after iron spikes were driven into it two years ago. The tree, once nearly dead, produced many large apples last year and now bears a plentiful fruit supply, according to its owner who credits the spikes with rejuvenating the tree.
A collage of light anecdotes and observations from cities like Philadelphia Boston and New York. It recalls a Philadelphia physician mocking roller skating satire on cholera fears a Boston woman's witty Concord school quip and a Dutch or Swiss tale of a swimmer and a glacier chase.
A three year old girl named Alice, playing in a home room in Oil City, touched a stove and collapsed. Her mother cried in shock, asking if she was dead. The child reportedly answered yes, then the mother, unsure, restricted herself to the scene.
A young lady asks her mother to read a new novel about a girl who sits down calmly in a room. The scene describes moving a chair toward the center and the grocer's wagon blocking the door without incident. The fragment ends with an exclamatory note on its splendor.
Mrs Ella Wheeler Wilcox argues with Colonel John A Joyce over who wrote a poem titled Laugh and the World Laughs with all. Disinterested readers question authorship and wonder how Indiana could supply such poetry without buyers.
The Globe compiles nineteen columns of tributes to General Grant. Soldiers across the Army of the Potomac recall his leadership, humility, and quiet strength from Vicksburg to Appomattox, praising his calm resolve, personal kindness, and decisive genius.
Jefferson Davis expresses goodwill toward General Grant in an April 2 letter from Bravyvort Mississippi, noting Grant’s humane terms and absence of malice toward Confederates as Grant’s death news circulated. The message, delayed by war-time censorship and theft, contrasts with later denials of praise.
New York dispatch reports tributes from Cs. McClellan Hancock Porter and others as General Grant lies in state and amid calls to remember him alongside Washington and Lincoln. Quotes praise his genius, will, magnanimity, and acts of mercy, with reflections on his humility and military strategy.
Brigadier General Dunham recalls Grant's cool handling at the Boyton plank road battle known as Bull Ring. He details how McCollister's New Jersey brigade moved to shore up the line as Confederate forces pressed from all sides, with Meade Hancock Gregg and others in the circle as Grant considered detaching cavalry to break through.
The speaker recalls General Grant’s bold moves during a dangerous Confederate push. He details Grant’s rapid routing of cavalry, safe circuits to headquarters, and a decisive charge that saved the Union line. He praises Grant as an understated yet supreme commander and a pivotal figure in American military history.
Morris Strare of Pittsfield Mass recounts General Morris Schaff's reminiscences of Ulysses S Grant. The narrative recalls Grant's calm during pivotal battles, his quiet leadership at Wilderness and Petersburg, and the old Army of the Potomac commander’s character under fire.
Rev Henry Ward Beecher offers a three phase view of Ulysses S Grant as soldier statesman and citizen. He notes Grant’s unswerving trust in friends and his faults in policy execution, praising his steadfast character and suggesting Grant’s tomb should be near where he lived as a focal point of patriotism. Beecher recalls a Scribner anecdote about Conkling’s resignation and Grant’s defense of a friend, illustrating Grant’s loyal philosophy.
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