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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1883
Page
4
During March April and May a 14 month period is offered to subscribers who order two or more together through a postmaster or agent. Single subscribers pay $1 for 12 months and will receive The Globe.
A single subscriber gets The Globe for 12 months while clubs receive 14 months, a special arrangement highlighted in the notice. The promotion emphasizes extended access for clubs and standard terms for individuals.
A notice explains that any individual unable to form a club can pair with a friend to place an order, ensuring both receive The Globe. The item emphasizes shared purchasing and distribution among small groups.
The notice states no subscription will extend beyond 12 months for any subscriber postmaster or agent and that to secure 14 months at least two copies of The Globe must be ordered at one time.
An advertising note promotes free sample copies of The Globe to secure subscribers. It touts the paper as the best and cheapest weekly in the United States, urging distribution around town and offering rates of one dollar per year or six copies for five dollars.
A confidential circular and sample copies will be sent free upon application. Samples are free to agents at any time. Push The Globe and double its circulation.
For fourteen months, the sender of a club of five subscribers will receive an extra copy free and the papers of the club will be entered for fourteen months. Form clubs and the papers will be mailed to one address or to a single subscriber. When several copies are sent together in one package there is less danger of loss in the mails than when sent singly.
The Weekly Globe mentions dispatching one or two copies to England Ireland or Scotland for April. It notes distribution abroad and the newspaper’s international reach with emphasis on mailings to UK and Ireland during the period.
The Globe advertises a fourteen month subscription offer when a new or existing subscriber names another, with agents arranging two or more papers at once, though no single subscription exceeds twelve months. Subscriptions may begin any month. back issues available. sample copies sent from Boston.
The Flurry Brook Farm tale by Ernest A. Young begins a new weekly story praised for lively pace and strong mystery. Jealousy drives the plot with steady suspense and exciting developments as chapters unfold, and back issues will be supplied during publication though future reprints are unavailable.
The Weekly Globe offers yearly subscriptions for $100 and six copies for $500 sent to the United States and Canada. Subscriptions may be paid by postal order, registered letter, or draft on New York or Boston, with stamps accepted in 1 2 or 3 cent denominations. Include full writer details and addresses for changes or discontinuations. Duplicates are provided free if mail is lost.
A long column discusses Senate party counts and cross-party alignments, notes Readjusters with Republicans, and mocks political figures. It cites lawyers per Britain, criticizes certain stories, quips about Wiggins' storm, and references marriages, divorces, and a Treasury report on public buildings with state-by-state spending totals.
The Providence Star notes a rising anti machine sentiment among Rhode Island voters with no clear grievance group, while The Press compares public mood to other states. It warns that weakening Republican machine control portends defeat and signals change since Butler’s era.
A political remark emphasizes challenging the Rhode Island Republican ring and expresses confidence the state will see a shift. The statement frames a broader fight against established party structures and anticipates electoral impact.
Frank Byrne released after France held him for Dublin extradition. Carey ties Byrne and his wife to an assassination circle in Dublin and the Phenix Park tragedy, yet President orders release due to weak evidence. Sheridan linked by Carey faces similar fate, with denials from all accused. article argues international treaties won't force surrender of asylum seekers on flimsy testimony.
The piece denounces Wiggins as a crank who failed to forecast storms, mocks his February failure, and suggests he shift to harmless, satirical predictions. It parodies celestial signs and city politics with a playful, skeptical tone about future prophecies and public figures.
The author mocks forecasts about political eclipses and a mix of social jests. He cites figures like Jay Gould, Vanderbilt, David Davis, Roscoe Conkling, Emma Abbott, and Soldene while noting December political shifts and a joke about Christmas spending.
A Utah widower writes Governor Butler asking him to select a wife from Massachusetts for him and send her to Utah prepaid. He notes he has two children and will cover her fare, while referencing the state’s 80,000 unwed women and debating who qualifies as superfluous or undesirable.
Rev Dr Morgan Dix argues divorce is a public moral issue rather than a mere civil contract. He blasts lax laws and urges a radical shift in public sentiment, calling New England a moral cesspool and warning of rising divorce rates in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
The speaker asserts responsibility for the forthcoming legislation and rejects the Traveller's excuses. He accuses Robeson and Keifer of failing the last Congress, aided by a powerful protectionist lobby that controlled the majority and blocked business that opposed their schemes.
The article analyzes three Supreme Court decisions on repudiated State debts involving Louisiana, New Hampshire, New York, and Virginia. It argues for a constitutional amendment to prevent further repudiation, noting dissents by Justice Field and Justice Harlan and highlighting limits on courts over state financial policy.
A Washington gossip column notes the chaotic closing of the Forty-seventh Congress and Blaine’s forthcoming book praising diplomacy. It mocks parliamentary rewards, discusses English harvest forecasts for 1883, moral tales from children’s primers, a balky eyeglass anecdote, and assorted social satire from Lillie Blake to Texas clergy, Warren’s stage echoed in Boston, and a insomnia cure tale.
The Traveller denounces Congress for failing to enact reforms such as court relief, electoral vote counting changes, presidential succession, bankruptcy, shipping, silver coinage, and land grant regulation. It accuses Republicans of obstruction while noting a Democratic minority claim and predicting a Democratic majority in the next session.
A collage of short vignettes and quips covers politics, daily life, and curiosities. Notes include a Shelbyville boy's alleged mediumship, railway investments in Britain, a witty exchange about drinking on Sunday, oddball legal and social scenes in New York, Philadelphia, and Texas, plus scattered anecdotes on clergy, markets, and notable figures.
A mysterious desk causes fear and repeated tapping noises in the P Coast railway offices. Freight Agent Haskins notes raps, desks move, and even Los Alamos station reports strange sounds after the desk is relocated. Clerks fear spirits and call for a medium or transfer to Lompoc.
Sir Joseph Hooker notes a botanical curiosity in Venezuela the Palo de vaca or cow tree. A 100 foot forest tree that exudes milk from the trunk when cut, tasting like sweet cream with a balsamic note and nourishing like cow milk. The tree’s glutinous milk suggests a close relation to caulonutheae and hints at nature’s compensatory laws.
The Weaverland Mennonite Church elected a new preacher after the death of their former clergyman. Members nominated candidates and gathered to draw lots from stacked books, one book holding a slip that designated the winner. John M. Zimmerman of Caernarvon township drew the winning slip.
Interesting to Mr. W. B. Frothingham in San Francisco. An ostrich at Woodward's Gardens began laying eggs, with the first laid Tuesday and the second yesterday. The bird weighs three and a half pounds and measures four and a half inches by seven inches. The ostrich lays every alternate day until ninety eggs are collected.
At Lewburg Long dock a small dog fell through an ice opening and began to drown. A large dog jumped in to rescue the helpless animal. Both dogs were helped out when bystanders lowered Mr. Donoghue's boat bridge to the surface.
Conductor J. S. Callanan of the South and North road endured a strange accident while in the baggage car. He pulled the bell-card to stop the train, it broke, he stumbled over castings, and as he reached for the oiling slide door it opened throwing him out. He rolled down the embankment as the train, moving twenty five miles an hour, backed up to recover him. His injuries are described as trifling.
In September a hunter recalls owls preying on prized fowls near his cedar roost. Roused by loud squalling he fired at a darting owl, missing in the dark, and found a turkey and a chicken fallen nearby after a snap shot.
A Beaufort town tale highlights Zach Taylor born in Carteret county to enslaved parents. At 83 he never attended school yet builds a mill repairs a watch tunes sirens and prints a newspaper. His standout gift is flawless Scripture recall for hours.
The Wheeling health committee debated two bills, one for fifty cents for tobacco and cigars for a smallpox patient and another for fifteen cents for candy for a sick baby. After nearly two hours, candy was approved while the smallpox patient was deemed not entitled to the luxury under the act of assembly.
A Namur tale from London Academy describes a unique quadruple pistole gold coin of La Franche Comte struck at Besancon in 1578. Charles V. appears on the obverse and a double eagle with Hercules pillars on the reverse. Found in a slaughtered cow’s gullet, the coin suggests a grazing cow attempted to swallow it.
A Georgia mountain man recalls a bizarre event in which he chased a deer, fell from a cliff, struck his head on a rock, severed his own head with a hunting knife, and then, after the partner returned with the head, reattached it and continued home rejoicing while the deer escaped.
In Santa Rosa, J. L. Beasly reports a hen laying two eggs of a new type. Each egg contains only half the yolk or white, with both halves joined by a ligamentous membrane, resembling Siamese twin separation.
A society column notes a new craze asking people to draw a cat without a model. Readers share amusing attempts and a “cat basket” collecting all wild feline sketches, highlighting how few truly know what a cat looks like.
A quirky note claims a drummer can identify his region by pie type. Sweet potato in the South, berry in the West, apple in the Midwest, cranberry in Canada, and pumpkin in New England. Dried apple pie is praised by hotel landlords worldwide. Only elephants, camels, ostriches and monkeys eat pies. The best pies are said to be at a small Ravenna hotel in Ohio.
A KaAnOKa farmer, William T. McCly, reports purchasing five bottles of Bishop & Co. Hop Bitters last fall for his ailing daughter. He states the remedy provided better relief than six months of other medicines, leaving her well and strong again in the country.
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