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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1888
Page
4
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The Globe announces full report on the Republican Chicago convention with illustrations by GLong artists. It promises material valuable to Democrats in the campaign and urges readers to preserve the issue for reference, claiming unmatched coverage and reader relevance.
The Globe touts its 550 page Political Dictionary as a helpful guide for readers on both sides of the partisan divide. It promises broad coverage of campaign topics with few omissions and includes a sample from the first column of the page.
The report from Pittsburg hints Barns backs Joamn Sherman, though authenticity is doubtful. It contrasts Buntye and Sherman with possible choices Harrison Alger or an unnamed candidate, recalling Buntye's 1880 and 1884 bids and Sherman’s decisive role for Blaine.
The Prohibition party's platform pushes women’s suffrage into prominence, arguing a just government must include women. It rejects weak arguments about women’s nature, cites unfair taxation without representation, and stresses the plain right of women to be represented in legislative affairs.
A historic appeal argues that voting rights should rest on intelligence and moral worth, not race or gender, urging that both Black and white, male and female be eligible if they pass the universal test of worthiness. The speaker insists theCreator’s distinctions should not bar capable citizens from voting.
A Maine Republican convention at Portland nominated Bukeren for Governor, spurring criticism that party loyalty and justice were overridden. The letter urges voters to back General Putnam, arguing Bukeren’s nomination insults Marble and other prominent Republicans and pledges to defeat Bukeren in the fall.
The passage notes that after nominations people readily discuss politics and weather, predicting a lively national canvass. It argues partisanship often misleads, equating strong prejudice with intelligence, and that many talkers are self-deceived, claiming moral superiority for their party.
An 1889 New York bill replaces hanging with execution by electricity for murder after January 1. It bans detailing executions, offering only the place date and condemned name. The piece argues readers will still follow hangings, and notes the era’s fascination with sensational death coverage. It then shifts to a political fisking of Republican protection for farmers, tallying taxes on everyday goods and domestic life to illustrate perceived burdens in a taxed economy.
The author argues that death by any method remains a deterrent, noting authorities view passing from life as less terrible than the dread before death. The piece suggests electricity execution could deter murders, while acknowledging murder will persist and so will capital punishment in some form.
The piece lauds Allen G. Thurman for second on the Democratic national ticket while praising Grover Cleveland as the undisputed leader and first choice. It rebukes Republican attacks calling the ticket a kangaroo slate and argues Cleveland’s qualities surpass Thurman’s.
The piece argues tariff acts of 1864 and later Revised Statutes raise taxes rather than cut rates, bemoaning the persistent war-time levy in peacetime. It questions who benefits while 150 million dollars of idle surplus fills the treasury, urging farmers to see the hidden cost before the next November elections.
The item notes Parmele pledging to push the fight with vigor and predicts his victory. It also references a tariff bill likely to pass the House and head to the Electoral College next November, with quips about political figures and press commentary on various topics from libel to electoral rhetoric.
From the New York Morning Journal a discussion on tights worn by actresses in burlesque and comic opera. It notes health risks from tight garments, long hours, and constant use, citing Louise Montague and other performers who warn of bodily strain and premature aging due to the practice.
An account from the Springfield Union describes a former railroad switchman who can identify trains by their bell. He learned to distinguish engines after handling 30 nightly departures, noting that the skill is rare and requires experience with specific track operations and signals.
In Brooklyn on June 17 Rev. T DeWitt Talmage urged churches to convert editors and reporters rather than oppose newspapers. He argued secular press already prints religious facts and urged a “Christian marriage” between pulpit and printing press to spread religious information, urging restraint from hostility toward journalism.
VERMONTER from Castleton Vermont writes that Sheldon & Sons in West Rutland expanded from 20 to 450 workers since 1849, with mills running around the clock, electric light, and new quarries. He argues Democratic policy boosts labor and industry, noting workers vote and display Democratic flags, while trusts and free trade rhetoric fail to reflect real gains.
A Lincoln man learns from a Missouri resident how a syndicate booms a town by staking land into lots near a new trade center and an opera house. A single holder in the group controls sales, recirculates buyers, and inflates prices until land is deeded to an outside party and the boom ends.
The speaker laments losing his mascot and his fading shooting touch. He declares he is marked and doomed to struggle while others hustle for food, clutching a chicken bone and chestnut as symbols of hardship and racial threat.
A humorous exchange between a teacher and student about a late arrival. The father tries to shield the child by keeping the written excuse, joking that it was filled with new words and would reveal the truth if given away.
The junior begs to return a cargo of well assorted thanks to numerous bind neighbors for vegetables. One handsome young man sent us a wagon load Irish notatoes, beans, squash and lettuce last Sunday, a lady sent in a dish of excellent honey Mon day, a farmer a half bushel of cakes 'tues day, and a druggist furnished as a sack of onions Wednesday.
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New York June 12 Tammany Hall backed Cleveland and Thurman aligning with the St Louis platform. Governor Hill addressed the crowd praising free trade and tariff reform while stressing taxation relief and unity among Democrats. Speakers included Bourke Cochran and General John Cochrane as the crowd pressed for strong party discipline.
A Somerville Journal excerpt notes weeks of experience with street vendors leave a housewife jokingly revising an old saying. The quip suggests doubt about divine design, musing on sandier streets and strawberries as metaphors for curbside commerce.
Somerville Journal notes a moment of time as precious while a girl, described as pretty, prompts speculation that her father may appear nearby, creating tension and social intrigue in a small town scene.
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