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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1885
Page
4
The Glorit announces a new stroke enterprise by Bill Nye, aimed at all classes of people. Nye recently spent weeks in the Boston area gathering material for a series on local institutions and pongland. Illustrations will be by C. W., a well known artist.
A brief item notes a new story appearing in this issue as readers are directed to continue with the fourth paper. The line hints at additional content within the edition without detailing specifics.
Mary A. Denison's new serial Barbara's Triumphs or The Fortunes of a Young Artist will begin in The Weekly Globe in two or three weeks. Readers who finished That Husband of Mine will want to follow this captivating tale. Form clubs and subscribe early to receive each instalment.
The Globe calls for a young man or boy to canvass towns without Globe agents and to cultivate subscribers where few exist. In towns with only two or three subscribers a new agent is needed as the old one fell short. Agents may solicit subscriptions alongside their regular work, with posters and sample copies available on request.
In the Boston Globe dated June 23 1885 mentions cucumbers as a worthless diet, gambler Paul Davey building a 100000 Long Branch residence with a morning chapel, Stoddard’s poem about fate, poor sugar beet seeds at Washington, Georgia enforcing liquor laws, Bret Canadian insurgent seeking mercy from McDonagh, Maine anglers boasting salmon abundance, Bangor water works fish breakfast lure, and a New York tenement plan selling 7000 shares at 30 each.
The piece notes English law on pedestrians signaling to cab drivers, outlining a two shilling fine for failing to stop after a warning. It mocks hackmen, praises a New Hampshire bill to curb dime novel circulation among minors, and argues morals and social responsibility shape youth behavior and protect virtue.
A historical reflection notes that associates and precepts cultivate sobriety and temperance, acknowledging that law alone cannot prevent social crimes. The excerpt emphasizes moral guidance alongside legal measures as essential for public order.
The Boston Weekly Globe notes that veterans of the Civil War, now peaceful citizens, will assemble in Portland Maine for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment. The piece praises their service, charity, loyalty, and role as conservators of peace, welcoming members from all parts of the country.
The 100000 iron workers around Pittsburg end a costly strike after unyielding effort and a labor victory. A conference committee will set new prices while some mills hold old rates. The peaceful settlement signals a precedent for capital and labor disputes, with further notes on gas commissioner Frep Williams of Ipswich.
A newspaper warns that Asiatic cholera in Spain caused Madrid panic as officials failed timely isolation and examination. It urges strict port controls and potential trade suspensions with suspected nations, arguing preemptive cordons and cleanliness curb contagion before it spreads, noting authorities risk public outrage if lax.
The quotation argues that fear can mobilize people to act as health guardians when disease threats like cholera loom. It concedes scare can be bad policy but asserts it is better to frighten than to kill, urging individuals to exert themselves when life is at stake.
A veteran lament over Massachusetts denial of the soldiers exemption bill as Grand Army encampment nears. The piece recalls wartime promises, the return to civilian life, and the state civil service bias that prioritizes education over veterans’ needs, urging accountability from those who opposed the measure.
In a vivid Victorian-era tone the piece argues that Gladstone, defeated yet influential, declined an earldom offered by the Queen. It contends the monarch underestimates his reach and predicts he will shape politics via the Lords and align with Salisbury’s coalition when the time is right.
Residents and former Maine residents level broad criticism at state taxes roads liquor laws and other issues. A Penobscot farmer blames line fences for poverty noting 131000 miles of fences worth 1 acre each totaling over 42000000 and renewal costs about 8000000 yearly, reflecting widespread discontent from familiar voices.
A columnist argues for dismantling fences to keep cattle off fall pastures, saving farmers four million dollars. Discontent in Maine centers on season costs as city visitors flood board rates, mosquitoes plague the state, and outsiders boast about Maine while reducing local prices.
A New York movement tests steam instead of water to extinguish fires in dry goods stores and warehouses. Proponents say steam fills rooms, displaces air, smothers flames, and causes less product loss than water. pilots may be placed in central city locations and expanded if successful. Steam could both fight fires and wash shops, though water still has cleaning advantages.
The piece argues that Rule 9 of the Massachusetts civil service excludes veterans from two major city departments, barring men old enough to have served in war from police and fire jobs. It questions Governor Andrew’s 1861 pledge and frames the rule as contradictory to wartime service.
The Dolphin completed a six hour sea trial on glassy waters but failed to prove strength or speed. Officials report overheating journals caused by pinching from ballasting, highlighting faulty construction and prompting calls to rebuild the navy from scratch with honest funding for national defense.
The article notes officials push large subsidies and salaries, passing votes easily. When taxes rise to fund these sums, taxpayers face tests of wise administration. Three weeks after adjournment, affairs in Mexico show a threatening outlook as estimates grow.
Do not place total revenues of the republic from all sources above 30 million dollars. Of this, 16 percent funds the national bank loan interest, 7 percent goes to railroads, 5 percent covers debts, and 3 percent improves harbors, leaving about 20 million for other demands. Congress approved 34 million for departments, risking heavy debt. If paid under current government, property owners suffer. a repudiating new party would harm bondholders. Mexico must adopt immediate retrenchment to attract capitals and escape commercial eclipse.
A compact update weaving a Liberty statue arrival beside Vivid notes on France aiding America, Coercion in Ireland, Hendricks’ reputation, Peru and Chili, Chicago governance, New York politics, and local curiosities. It surveys international diplomacy, party shifts, and public service debates with terse observations and sharp wits.
The remark highlights why honest importers struggled to run viable firms and suggests that Republican officials resisted a thorough audit of financial records, implying a climate of avoidance around book scrutiny and accountability.
A collage of quotations and anecdotes covers Senator Sherman on defeat, lottery blunders, lawn tennis clubs near New York, echoes of Nebuchadnezzar and Shadrach, and humorous bits from the Springfield and Philadelphia papers. It notes Beatie Beaton, Grant, Logan, and a panoply of public figures amid jokes on science, society, and politics.
Rev Henry Ward Beecher continues the evolution series with a lecture on regeneration drawn from John three. He argues that Jesus taught a required inner birth beyond morality, leading to a future spiritual state, and that revival efforts align with natural development rather than ritual power. He rejects infant baptism as regeneration and defends revivals as natural social accelerators in spiritual growth.
The Service Pension Association of the Grand Army of the Republic of Massachusetts issues an address to soldiers and sailors of the late war. It argues for a uniform eight dollar monthly pension for those who served over sixty days between 1861 and 1865, criticizes pension office administration, and urges public support to curb pension abuses and political manipulation.
A Bufal a Mail report describes Lawson Lawrence and his 103 year old uncle Nero in Trenton district North Carolina. Nero claims 117 children and multiple marriages while Lawrence notes the old man preaches at Mount Zion Methodist Church for eight years and works his land planting cotton peas corn and potatoes.
Clergymen occasionally insert odd lines into prayers and miss good lines due to not noting them. A former preacher reportedly recalled the Lord and summarized the prior petition, turning the past plea into an ongoing tale.
A Lamar Missouri hen has laid a double-barrelled egg, twice the size of ordinary eggs, attracting the attention of locals. Bystanders watch the hen-yard fence hoping for another such specimen.
Merton Frink of Plymouth Chenango county aged 18, height six feet six, weighs 127 pounds, is extraordinary for his ability to crawl through a small hole six and a half by eight and a half inches, the space taken by a seven by nine light of glass.
A Peabody Press writer discusses distinguishing recollecting from remembering. He asserts we try to recollect what we do not remember, noting the tension between personal memory and collective reminders. The piece explores how memory pressures influence daily perception.
Dialogue excerpt shows First Citizen asking if the other stays home in evenings. Second Citizen replies that his wife saved $500 for a birthday present and is learning to play draw poker.
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