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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1884
Page
4
A Boston Globe campaign urges every town to form a Buller club to rally attendance at primary meetings for delegates to district and State conventions. It calls for canvassing, presenting General Butler’s claims for the people's suffrage, and urgent, thorough work to win at the national convention.
Promotion urges Democrats to boost The Weekly Globe circulation by acting as agents. Encourages subscriptions through free sample copies and open applications. outlines agents rates and need to spread the paper widely.
A call to readers to send names of non subscribers to THE WEEKLY GLOBE so free samples can be mailed. The appeal emphasizes expanding democracy through circulation of a sound Democratic weekly and invites all possible names for distribution.
The Globe will deploy a large staff led by George Alfred Townsend to report live from the Chicago Convention. The Weekly Globe will publish a full report of all proceedings in its next issue and promises the fullest and latest political news for readers.
The Weekly Globe offers one year nationwide, Canada delivery free of postage for ten dollars, six issues for five hundred. Subscriptions by postal order or draft on New York or Boston accepted. stamps of one to three cents also used. Include full writer name, post office, county and state. Change of address requires old and new details. discontinuations must include town county and state. Lost copies duplicated free. sample copies free.
The piece rails at Bayard and Cleveland as the Republican reform movement wanes. It asserts Bayard lacks mass appeal and ideological alignment with common people, notes Cleveland cannot carry New York, and praises New York Democrats for cautious, strategic action while predicting a united Democratic front against bolters and rigid critics.
The passage laments factionalism within the Democracy and mocks calls for BAYARD or CLEVELAND. It predicts the defeat of the poison element and suggests removing dissenters to the rear under hospital care, praising New York for signaling national party cleansing.
The passage extols James G. Blaine as a powerful showman who attracts crowds with brains pluck and dash and can sway widespread opinion. It argues Democrats should unite behind General Ben Butler, claiming Butler’s greater brain pluck and record will beat Blaine on his own ground.
An editorial criticizes Senator Payne of Ohio as too closely tied to the Standard Oil Company, urging him to withdraw to avoid harming the Democratic ticket. It warns that Cleveland as a cover threatens electoral defeat and cites past ties to a bill consolidating gas and oil interests in New York.
The piece argues Mr. Blaine faces strong opposition from leading New York City papers with a total daily circulation around 650000 and over eight million readers in New York State. It notes pro Blaine outlets total 60000 to 75000, urging Blaine to heed press reality while mocking schemes against Britain.
Fragmentary text describes charges and fear as people imagine dynamite dropping from above and hope for safety from below, conveying a tense wartime atmosphere through scattered phrases. The excerpt emphasizes surprise, danger, and the imagined impact on those beneath.
Congress has passed a bill restoring Fritz Jonn Porter to his army rank and clearing a long stigma from a court martial error. The measure now goes to the President, who is likely to sign. The New York Herald notes the delay caused the disgrace, tied to Senator John A Logan, Republican vice presidential candidate.
The piece argues Republicans should nominate a candidate appealing to working people over the cultured classes. It endorses Mr. Buarns and urges Democrats to nominate General Butler, claiming Butler would beat Blayne and reflect working people’s patriotism. The tone presumes a contest between working class favored figures and party unity.
A correspondent asks how the civil service reform act affects current firefighters and policemen. The act limits changes to vacancies, so those already in service are not directly affected. It grants three commissioners power to set rules, within legislative limits, guiding reform as vacancies arise.
The True Democrat excerpt covers Butler's wartime stance and peace shift, citing his frank, outspoken views on enemies and peace. It includes his defense of a strong platform, a call for faithful governance, and editorial praise for Butler as a unifying, democratic candidate for national reform.
The text defends James C. Madigan and attacks a Blaine led anti Catholic document from the 1875 campaign. It notes Blaine’s Catholic roots, his later Presbyterian affiliation, and asserts every citizen’s right to choose religion without interference. It condemns the misuse of religious prejudice in politics.
General Butler’s acceptance letter denounces Republican ties to national banks. It accuses the party and banks of aiming to repudiate and destroy the legal currency in favor of private corporate bills redeemable in the same currency. The document, read widely among Greenbackers and others, stresses major financial policy concerns of the day.
A long excerpt roams through editorial commentary blasting sectional resentments and urging national leaders to end old North South rifts. It critiques a Cincinnati paper for reintroducing divisions, questions party loyalties, and warns of lasting harm to unity and development. It also notes varied topics from flood prevention ideas to Blaines Cuba bid and a dynamite scare in Washington.
A political column rails at Butler and Blaine as potential Democratic nominees. It notes Butler’s Southern silence, Blaine’s mocked optimism, Garrisons’ wealth under pressure, and hints Massachusetts may swing only with a strong candidate like Butler or Borer, while Denis Kearney backs Butler and Logan amid rumors of a rapid ticket passage.
A compilation of short items noting peanuts earnings, railroading careers, political jests, lost buttons found after years, snow in Maine, Texas artesian wells, juries and prophets, streetcar neighbors, a New York dog law trick, a humorous bridge scene, Persian grandeur, Wa ll a Walla strawberry shipments, and rail traffic growth in New York City. Includes quotes and light social commentary.
Beecher argues diversity in nature and gifts reflects divine method not monotone unity. He rejects ideal oneness, urging harmony through contrasting differences as strength, shaping science, philosophy, and church practice amid heat and public indifference.
Quick cure for colic cramps diarrhoea aches sprains and headaches advertised as RovUGH On Pain. Includes claims of fast relief for multiple common ailments with emphasis on household use and affordability.
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