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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1879
Page
3
The notice offers a club drive where giving five yearly subscribers renews the paper or grants an extra copy for one year. It asks readers in arrears to act, suggests showing a sample copy to neighbors to build a five-subscriber club, and promises renewal or an extra paper.
The speaker asks if time prevents forming a club and suggests that a wife, son, or daughter can ask neighbors to secure five subscribers to provide a year of the newspaper. The tone urges quick local action to establish a reading audience.
A club may include both old and new subscribers living in the same town or various sections. Each name received counts one toward the five required to secure an extra copy.
A notice urges subscribers and readers to begin canvassing at once for WEEKLY GLOBE and to persuade friends to do the same. By exertion, they may become entitled to receive the WEEKLY GLOBE for one year.
An advertisement seeks active agents in every town and village in the United States offering a one year subscription per five subscribers or a cash commission. The commission amount can be learned by contacting the advertiser.
We will compile names of potential subscribers and send samples to each. Our agents will assist as needed and ensure every paid copy is delivered. If an issue fails to arrive, a duplicate will be forwarded at our risk for any denomination under 15 cents. Remember to tell neighbors.
The postwar diary notes Congress considered disposals including the Roach subsidy, Wadleigh patent bill, and the Northern Pacific land grant. It praises the pension arrearages law, tax cuts on tobacco, and steps toward telegraph competition while noting undone reforms and the looming adjournment at noon tomorrow.
The article argues English princes lack desire to lead in South Africa and doubts their leadership abilities. It reviews past royal military roles from George II to the duke of Cambridge, noting mixed records and contrasting the boldness of nonroyal leaders, while predicting France and Britain seek decisive command in a looming conflict.
The Cape colonies plan a federation urged by the imperial office, but internal limits linger as only two settlements have representative government. Racial diversity and nonuniform political status threaten unity, while the Delagoa Bay Portuguese settlement may be annexed, joining the federation if trade shifts.
The forty fifth congress will dissolve at noon today after a busy session begun December second. It left many measures unacted, faced tax and tariff debates, and saw vetoes and partisan clashes. The next congress, with a Democratic Senate and House, is expected to pursue different legislation.
Washington reports say minister to Brazil Hilliard will be recalled and replaced by Dick Oglesby. He opposed Roach’s steamship subsidy, saying it would not boost Brazil-U.S. commerce under the current tariff. House Democrats rejected the subsidy 157 to 89, denying Roach’s bid and protecting the postal system from tied funding.
In the Senate, Morrill proposed issuing four percent bonds totaling 18 million dollars to cover pension arrears. Sherman favors the idea, but critics warn it would swell debt and interest. Other options include four percent treasury notes, coinage of silver dollars, reissuing retired greenbacks, or drawing on treasury funds. Greenbackers largely back Ewing's plan.
A proposal argues issuing greenbacks directly to pensioners as fast as their claims are approved. It contends this would avoid sudden inflation and prevent benefits from harming other taxpayers, while avoiding a large treasury drawdown or tax increases.
A historical analysis notes English annexations since 1877 and Boer unrest in the Transvaal. It discusses Sir Theophilus Shenstone raising the British flag at Pretoria, Cetewayo's potential influence, and the Orange River Free State’s quiet stance amid colonial tensions. The piece cites about 114,360 square miles, 30,000 white settlers, and 270,000 aborigines.
A critical column lampoons William Lloyd Garrison’s letters defending against Blaine’s anti Chinese bill. It mocks his rhetoric and asserts Blaine’s political stature remains strong while Garrison appears fatigued and outmatched. The piece notes the public’s waning interest in Garrison’s opinions and concludes Blaine remains unshaken.
A mosaic of brief items. Van Nostrand’s death in Jacksonville follows a silk bound note on Twain’s Innocents Abroad. The Paris church collections total 84 000 francs for Peter’s Pence. Other items cover a Belfast screw steamer launch, London University examinations, Michigan politics, district post office moves, and UK demolitions with photography plans.
A collage of brief items mentions political figures like Taft and Belmont, traveler Thomas Crapo planning a Mediterranean route via Suez, actor Fechter's new Napoleon play, a charity church suit gift due to organ dislike, the death of Dean Atkins in Italy, Canon O'Hagan invited to Brooklyn, Roman roses in ancient times, Afghan frontier rumors, Blaine moment caught on camera, Senator Sharon's Chinese valet, the Brazilian emperor’s literary exchanges, General Peel’s death, and Baron Albert Grant’s London wealth and family.
A collage of quips and snippets from Whitehall Times to the Buffalo Express covers religious doctrine, political satire, social customs, and court news. It notes a Chicago baby rising in life, a landlady’s money woes, jokes about marriage and divorce, and a Texas youth sentenced for five years, all chronicled with a newspaper’s bite.
A long stitched collage of amusing anecdotes and vignettes. It threads travelers, notables, poets, and entertainers with light satire and social observations. Names like Grant Logan and Dumas appear, along with playful jests about fashion, manners, and public figures, all wrapped in a dated color of humor.
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