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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1891
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices per month or year for mail delivery and postage prepaid options. It includes per year charges and states the firm is entered at the Boston Post Office with AB 800 classification.
An advertisement states you can get one year of THE GLOBE free by recruiting three subscribers at $1 each. The offer promises a free year of delivery equivalent to the paid period once the target is met.
Short prospect offering opportunities for family activities and part time earnings for youngsters. It invites readers to request further details about programs and activities aimed at passing leisure time productively while earning small income.
A call to readers to submit 10 or a dozen names of neighbors for sample copies of The Weekly Globe. Free samples will be mailed to each requester at Boston Mass. The note quotes Phillips Brooks on receptive life and divine work.
The article argues farming property has fallen more than 40 percent since 1860 while costs of farm tools like wheat harvesters and plows stay high or unchanged. Farmers face a widening gap as prices for farm outputs drop and manufactured goods stay costly, signaling a bleak outlook for tillers of the soil.
A. H. Warp argues that farming profits suffer not from farmers but from manufactured goods control. He says cloth prices, boots, and harness rise due to monopolies, while food prices are global competitors. He calls tariff laws ruthless extortion and questions legislators’ role.
Four-year delay precedes an appropriation for the first instalment of French spoliation judgments. Congress pays some claims. many were dismissed for lack of evidence. Courts ruled the United States not liable on the treaty of 1801, with about seven million possible recovery from an initial total of thirty two million.
A fragment referencing the 1778 treaty between the United States and France. It notes relinquishment by France of the treaty that secured American independence and guaranteed to the French crown perpetual possession in America, mentioning Grover 8, BovurweEt as part of the text.
The census bulletin argues the South advances in public school attendance while Northern states lag or shrink. It cites Maine and New Hampshire declines, Massachusetts and Connecticut slower gains, and Vermont and Rhode Island trends. Southern states like Maryland North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia show strong gains in both population and school enrollment, challenging claims of Southern backwardness and illiteracy.
The Globe explains the Direct Tax Refunding Act requires refunding of 1862 collections from states and territories. It details 1861 20 million levy, states duties, and seceded states’ collection status, plus how governors receive funds and claims within six years. Massachusetts portion listed as 700 894.14.
The state first must accept the appropriation, then the Legislature will determine how the funds are to be used, since it initially collected the tax rather than leaving collection to citizens.
The 1890 annual report of the chief of the bureau of statistics is cited to condemn protectionist claims. It lists imported items with costs borne by foreigners and duties paid to the United States, arguing the data show foreigners bear the burden and that the report should be used as a Republican campaign tool.
The New York State Association for the Improvement of Roads has petitioned the Legislature for 10 million dollars for road improvements under the Richardson bill. Taxation would span 18 years, with farmers bearing no more than their share. Emphasis rests on agricultural and industrial interests, noting vast farm values and outputs and urging broad intercommunication to cut costs and improve efficiency for all.
To the editor readers share home remedies and cooking tips. A sufferer suggests sal ammoniac and rock salt dissolved in water as a chilblain cure while another offers a dumpling recipe using flour salt baking powder milk.
A reader asks about the Bad Lands of Dakota Nebraska how it got its name and what makes the region notable. The letter notes a barren arid area between the Platte and Cheyenne rivers rich in tertiary geology and fossil bones of rhinoceros and other large animals.
A man in a train car laments aging and lost romance. He recalls a past love linked to wealth and youth, contrasts it with the young woman beside him, and wishes for quiet memories as he drifts toward memory and regret. The poem contrasts social classes and time passing in a reflective voice.
The Globe promotes affordable wall paper to beautify homes with samples and pattern orders. Three bundle sizes cover rooms from small to large with borders included and express shipping. samples require a 5 cent postage, and orders $25+ ship free to stations in the United States.
A Globe reader recounts a dramatic moment in which a woman with a dagger like weapon and a polished cylinder weapon plunges the blade into the left object, then with intense effort cuts away pieces until the instrument shrinks. The scene ends with relief as the pencil is sharpened. Grorecr Fisn.
Whittier, famed poet, was once embraced and kissed by a man in a crowded Boston parlor. Rev. Carlos Martyn recounts the moment in Life of Wendell Phillips. Dom Pedro of Brazil visited Boston in 1876 seeking to meet Whittier after years of poetry and slavery correspondence.
In a Chicago Tribune item a teacher prompts "Tommy to what race do the people of this country belong" and Tommy, with a prodigious memory effort, replies "To the caucussin' race, ma'am" reflecting a playful mispronunciation.
An old fashioned farmer visiting Tremont House in Chicago declares Dakota needs women to build homes and support farming. John Austin from Bis marck, North Dakota, explains that a wife and children would ease loneliness, encourage settlers, and stabilize a harsh season by supporting a family unit. He plans to return to Ohio to marry, asserting many East women seek husbands.
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