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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1879
Page
4
A promotional notice extols a publication priced at fifty cents claiming unprecedented quantity and quality. It positions the paper as the world’s best value a library of useful and entertaining information within reach of every worker.
The newspaper proclaims top departmental features including agriculture, ladies, chess and checker columns, scientific records, health advice, stories and poetry, plus home and foreign news, inviting readers to respond to ITS FEATURES ADDRESS.
The Weekly Globe Club lists subscriptions to various publications with postage paid for a full year. Readers are advised to note renewal status and that some papers do not accept renewals from other publishers. The notice references Harper's, Appleton, Popular Science, Lippincott's, Demorest's, Dwight's Journal, Youth's Companion, The Christian Union, Wide Awake, The Journal of Chemistry, and many more titles.
Communities in New England can quickly secure boarders by placing notices in The Boston Dairy Guide. A 25 cent daily rate applies for small ads. Send details and one dollar to Tar Dairy Gioney to run the advertisement for four days.
The piece discusses Yakoub Khan receiving a pension or subsidy of £60,000 per year from Britain, securing protection against internal revolt and external invasion. It asserts British practical control over the ameer's government, with a permanent resident at Cabul, shaping the frontier against Russia and stabilizing newly acquired Afghan territory. It argues the ameer may accept years of warfare for British supremacy among tribes and notes other political opinions on U.S. and Rhode Island matters.
The piece accuses the present lieutenant governor of provoking the Boers to justify annexation by force. It claims civil war is being promoted, provoking Cape public opinion to curtail mismanagement in Transvaal since annexation. It notes Wolseley replaces Shepstone while Chelmsford remains in command against the Zulus.
The Democrats in Congress unite against Republican fiscal push, aiming to fund government while restricting how money is spent. Georgia’s Stephens warns that without congressional control of appropriations, the government loses meaning, insisting no repeal of existing laws. Atkins expects continued resistance and a likely July adjournment.
Hayes vows to keep federal election laws that empower U S marshals to appoint deputy marshals with wide authority to attend registrations, verify lists, arrest at polls, and influence voters. Critics say the scheme mirrors military control at the polls, inflates costs, and abuses civil rights, arguing it threatens free self government.
The speaker denounces the party profiting from an outrage on popular suffrage and waste of public funds. They call for exposing the hypocrisy of claims that new laws ensure free and pure elections. The laws are said to have produced only fraud in the past and would do so again in the future.
The Paris canal congress backed a route from Simon to Panama for a ship canal claiming a continuous level and short 45 mile distance. Critics doubt survey adequacy, tunneling through solid rock, and the US being sidelined. finance and Panama railroad privileges complicate the project. The plan is unlikely to secure US cooperation or final approval.
The Ohio Republicans backed Foster after a sharp convention fight with Taft. Sherman leveraged administration support, drawing scrutiny for federal influence in state politics. Hayes and Sherman are privileged figures in the platform, signaling administration interference ahead of the national convention next year.
The piece argues that funding decisions will reveal the supremacy of the law making branch. It notes that Congress holds the power over how public money is spent and that proposed appropriations would force a public test of this principle. It predicts President Hayes may veto amended bills, sidelining him as a tool of demoralized politics.
The article notes an early tornado season linked to heat and social factors, recounting a damaging cyclone in Kansas that destroyed a town and killed many, plus a miraculous escape of a boy from hay taken by the storm. It also mentions M Thiers’ library item and a Sunday excursion controversy, with crowds at outdoor flower and children events and a future city water-park.
The city experienced a hot first day of summer as open cars carried heavy freights to suburbs and Sunday harbor excursions drew crowds seeking fresh air. Nantasket beach, the common, and the public garden were crowded while overall the region felt the impact of the season. Mr. Chittenden warned against a silver bill, claiming it would let operators corner the market and load the government, a contention viewed as moonshine given past currency agitation.
A college graduate earns $40 daily in Leadville while selling a share at $1 amid broad notes on figures and events. Other items cover Archbishop Purcell lawsuits, Irish death, a Minnesota meteorite sale, RomeTurkish relations, and political barbs from Washington and New Orleans reporters.
The Washington Post accuses Deputy Marshals of being Republican ralliers and ticket pedlers, bullies, and strikers, arguing Hayes uses a false stance of preserving purity of elections despite these actions.
A mash of quips and anecdotes from old newspapers cites social quirks, oddities, and short vignettes. It blends jokes about public figures, odd bets, stray news, amusing quotes, and curious incidents from various cities, with characters like Ismael, Halim, and a clawing rooster amid eclectic snapshots.
Troy Dye former Sacramento county public administrator and Edward Anderson were hanged for the August 2 1878 murder of A M Tullis. Tullis an old bachelor from Grand Island left an estate around 50000. Dye planned the crime and had Anderson and Clark carry it out in a sensational Pacific coast case. The murder was discovered after Tullis was found with four pistol wounds in his orchard. A reward had been offered and detectives questioned fragments of evidence from the saloon partners involved.
A roughly built river boat near Tullis' place hid evidence that linked Anderson and an unnamed conspirator to plans to kill wealthy county residents without relatives. Clark is jailed for conspiracy with Dye orchestrating the plot to control estates. Confessions sparked neighborhood outrage and lynching threats. An east associate fled after arrests.
The life of Omar Kingsley known as Ella Zoyara spans continents from Philadelphia to Europe and Asia. Born in St Louis he performed under a female guise for years, attracted lovers including Victor Emmanuel of Italy, and faced jail at Manila before a career that traveled through the United States Australia India and Bombay ending with his death after a dramatic long career as a premier rider and impresario.
After two years a mine town crowd in Scranton witnessed a disguise as a Highland piper end with a prisoner arrest. Detective William Male hunted Braidy, a former Findlay employee accused of murdering Findlay in Scotland. The capture ends a long pursuit across Pennsylvania coal regions.
A Gloucester tale recalls Epes Sargent and William M. Evarts in a literary tie that ends with Evarts becoming secretary of state. The Boston correspondent recalls Sargent’s independence, Evarts’ rise, and a craftsman-like clash over literary work and political skill. Henry Deming of Connecticut is named among their circle.
At a Naval Institute meeting Professor Newcomb said Otto Struve reports Russia has allocated 250000 roubles to build the largest telescope feasible, with housing. The goal glass may be 30 inches to 36 inches in diameter, depending on glass work. Struve may visit the U S to inspect Clark & Sons produced telescopes before negotiating. He could arrive this summer to assess Washington and other observatories before deciding.
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