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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1883
Page
4
Boston detective Donald Dyke announces his upcoming tale The Beacon Street Puzzle or Unravelling a Tangled Skein The Story of Donald Dyke’s Closing Case will be published next week after a prior postponement The Globe confirms the feature will finally appear in print
A new fourteen month offer is announced in the seventh column for single subscribers or through postmasters or agents. The Globe will be sent for fourteen months to every subscriber whether named singly or in clubs, with the usual commission to postmasters and agents. Subscribe for fourteen months if possible or until January 1884 for fifty cents.
The column notes a fifty cents offer to extend the Globe weekly’s reach as the best and cheapest family weekly. It pledges broad information and entertainment value, urging readers to invite friends to subscribe and promising more political space as the presidential campaign grows.
The Globe seeks the names of every checker player in the United States. The paper offers sample copies and notes a checker department edited by U S champion Charles F. Barker. Players are asked to send addresses of friends via postal card.
The Weekly Globe offers one year subscriptions across the United States and Canada for 100 in postage stamps or 500 for six copies. Send by postal order, registered letter, or draft on New York or Boston. stamps of one, two, or three cents are accepted. Address letters to the Weekly Globe Boston Mass with full writer details. Include former and present addresses for changes of residence. Discontinue notices require town county and state. Lost copies are duplicated free. Do not register stamps. Exchange copies go to Lock Drawer 5220 Boston Mass Sample copies are free.
Advertising rates quoted for ordinary and editorial notices with discounts. A set of opinionated paragraphs discuss labor wages for Chinese workers, a West Hartford burglary, railroad accident statistics in New Jersey, extradition and judicial conduct in a murder case, railroad commission controversy, and a physician’s plea for nursing education with a long quoted moral critique on public health and education. Strong entities include New Jersey, Digby, Amero, Judge Savary, Governor Stoneman, and California.
The passage urges Tery to educate the public on practical nursing and medical basics, arguing that common sense can save lives more effectively than costly medicines. It stresses attention to minor, everyday health matters as vital tools for reducing doctor burdens.
In reaction to Harvard overseers denying LL D to Governor Butler, the Commonwealth voices fierce indignation at what is described as deliberate, partisan malice. The editorial condemns the action as unworthy, noting President Eliot’s protest but urging Harvard to face consequences for what readers call a sustained insult to the state and its elected chief executive.
The piece celebrates Memorial Day as a general holiday rivaling the Fourth of July, linking its observance to patriotism and reverence for fallen soldiers. It argues the Civil War broadened liberty, proving the war advanced individual rights and the ideal of a free nation for all.
A humorous tirade argues that women may be poisonous after a St Joseph man was bitten while playful, recalling a prior case of a man dying from a bite. It mocks overconfident suitor claims and cites a Maine observer who allegedly found the phrase Women is oizen, urging caution about parlor dangers.
A humorous anecdote about a bird seller and a parrot that suddenly bit a man’s nose, followed by a provincial quip linking women and parrots. The piece concludes with a caution that young men risk harm and should guard against biting by ensuring girls’ “poisonous teeth” are removed, a satirical social aside.
The New York Sun argues the Democratic party faces a crucial opportunity to regain national trust not seen since the Civil War. It notes Republican minority since 1872 and warns that opposition unity hinges on Democratic leaders and House conduct next winter.
The piece argues that a potential iron workers strike was averted by the disagreements among capitalists. Western mills planned to exploit the situation by biasing trade after Eastern mills shut down. Eastern workers faced a choice between accepting lower wages or losing trade, and they chose to concede. The author laments the underhanded tactics and urges fair dealing in labor capital relations.
A New York Times interview with a prominent theatrical figure paints the business as highly risky and poorly paid. He notes that only about one in ten productions succeeds, with most flops losing money after short runs. He argues high production costs, especially for scenery, and the larger expense of comic opera, favor long runs and hits.
A Denison Indiana ten year old loses memory after prolonged study under a fearsome exam regime. The author rails against a universal schooling machine that crushes individuality, equates minds, and treats memory as the sole measure, condemning examination day as a punitive tool. The piece mocks equality myths while urging recognition of natural differences in learning.
The author condemns the schooling system for stressing text books and exams, claiming it harms health and memory. They argue students gain knowledge only by observation, while those trained in the system pass that flaw to new generations.
A considered critique of the Brooklyn Bridge disaster notes a fatal defect in the plan and blunders by the gate keeper police and trustees. It warns that curiosity panic and crowd dynamics caused deadly trampling and suggests a partition rail and right side traffic to prevent future blockades.
A collage of remarks on the Brooklyn bridge hat loss and phrases in broken English. Commentary on the coronation cost, whiskey trade, Mahone’s term, House of Commons inspections, flower preservation, malaria in Italy, and London compressed air streetcars. Citations touch on Butler’s politics, Harvard actions, a Philadelphia burglar, census racial counts, Shenstone on laws, Mrs Siddons on stage, New York girls, a Bowling Green paper, Mackay’s wealth, and Texas stockmen versus cowboys.
A compilation of brief, fact-like items from diverse topics including travel statistics, imperial China, weathering anecdotes, wealth estimates in Britain, tariff politics, health and science notes, social sketches, and cultural tidbits. Names such as Langtry and Booth appear among varied commentary on society, industry, and public life of the era.
A Florida tarpoon, not a shad, astonishes with a ten foot giant that flashes like silver. Netting near Mosquito Inlet yields a rare catch valued at about $200 for scales alone, with flesh praised. Such monsters are scarce and mostly seen along the Gulf.
A strange vehicle called L Hirondelle appears in Paris with a large spoked wheel around the driver. It resembles a unicycle with three inner grooved wheels and outriding wheels kept from overturning by springs. Described as a tricycle in effect, it aims to combine road traction with rail-like ease and may come to this city, drawing curiosity. A second note promotes a medical treatise from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, NY.
A curious collection of sensational notes from a past era describes unusual marriages, prize wins, and odd deaths. Highlights include two women winning a wood cutting contest in McKean county Pennsylvania, a Piute princess’s twentieth marriage, and a Chicago widow’s lavish funeral outfits costs. A Block Island smacks brings a bizarre fish with sharklike teeth, while a Halifax area catch reports a sawfish nearly a thousand feet long. Other items recount a Texas woman buying milch cows with savings, and a fatal duel-like fist fight between suitors in Sioux City ending in a death as spectators intervene.
A Boston man, Crockett the hunter, and the narrator confront a brown bear on a canyon ascent. The bear stands on its hind legs within fifty feet of Boston, is shot by all three men, then dies after a dramatic pursuit. The bear weighs at least 700 pounds, its hide becomes a trophy, and Boston vows he has had all the bear hunting he wants.
A West Side Main Street scene shows a dog losing a bone to a quick rat, provoking laughter from bystanders. Across the St Lawrence, granite wells carved in Kingston area hillsides draw speculation about ancient uses. Odds and ends report artificial teeth in Akron, an ostrich swallowing a napkin ring, green snakes following a snake-charmer, and a petrified ham found near Smiths Ferry with hopes for the rest of the hog nearby.
Albany Journal notes a girl, a cigar factory stripper, treated for a condition described as a tobacco heart. Doctors cite tobacco atmosphere and heavy use as possible causes and warn it as degeneracy of the vital organ while noting the patient remains susceptible to affection.
An old newspaper note recalls dinner after speaking and jokes about a tailor, while advertising Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a sovereign remedy for backache nervous debility and internal fever. The ad urges Druggists to stock the product for ladies experiencing congestion inflammation or ulceration.
The Weekly Globe offers trial subscriptions at 50 cents from now until January 1884 to build a foothold before the Presidential Campaign. Subscriptions and agents are urged to promote the paper in their towns, anticipating twenty to thirty new subscribers who will likely become permanent readers.
The usual commission is permitted for postmasters and agents on six months subscribers retained under the offer, with earnings applicable to one or more names sent under the terms.
Five subscribers receive a free copy through January 1984 while the sender may deduct the usual commission. The notice urges club formation and ongoing promotional efforts.
A clipped line requests readers to mention that they saw the same advertisement in THE BOSTON WEEKLY GLOBE. The brief plea appears among other ad listings, signaling cross-paper recognition.
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