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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1879
Page
4
An old newspaper notice asks readers in arrears to renew by sending five yearly subscribers to receive one year’s renewal. It suggests showing a sample copy to neighbors to recruit a five member club and earn an extra copy for a year.
The reader is urged to recruit five subscribers for a newspaper to ensure a one year paper for the household. It suggests wives, sons, or daughters can request neighbors to join if the head lacks time to form a club. The tone is practical and promotional.
A club may consist of old or new subscribers in the same town or different sections, and each name received counts as one toward the five required to secure an extra copy.
A notice urges every reader or subscriber to begin at once canvassing for the Weekly Globe. It calls for friends to join and aims for readers to become entitled to receive the Globe for one year through their exertion.
An advertisement seeking active agents nationwide offers a one year subscription for every five new subscribers or a cash commission. The incentive is disclosed as payable upon inquiry to learn the exact amount.
A promotional note invites listing likely subscribers to Globe, promising sample copies and aid to agents. It guarantees delivery for paid issues and duplicates at no cost if an issue is missing. The ad urges forming a club of five at $1 each to receive a weekly Globe for one year.
Readers are reminded that each Tar Weekly Globe issue stands alone and subscriptions begin with the next issue after ordering, lasting 52 weeks. March through June are ideal for clubs. the paper boasts wide appeal and a very low price, urging existing subscribers to recruit neighbors.
The Weekly Globe in Boston Massachusetts announces immediate steps on public business. Officials urge readers to monitor developments and prepare for forthcoming agenda items and deadlines.
The Weekly Globe invites readers to send postal cards with the names and addresses of all chess and checker players in the United States who are not regular subscribers, directing responses to The Weekly Globe in Boston, Massachusetts.
Advertising rates and notices run through the Poston Weekly Globe. The piece reflects editorial opinions on O Leary and the Belt, Bismarck, Beecher, Cameron, and Brinley library sale. It notes postal law changes with double cards envelopes and a New England emigration circular urging colonization and land settlement discussions in Chicago and St Paul.
M. T. Donohoe of the Lowell railroad and manager of the New England emigration office in Boston will represent New England at the Chicago meeting. Good results are expected as a well-organized movement toward practical emigration and colonization gains momentum.
The article recounts the seven day walking contest won by Rowell of Chicago, with Ennis of Chicago second and Harriman of Haverhill third. O Leary of Chicago withdrew due to fatigue while Rowell claimed the Astley belt and a total prize around thirty thousand dollars. The event sparked crowd trouble at the doors and a gallery collapse injuring spectators.
The Philadelphia Press weighs how to define a quorum for the new Congress. With 293 seats, 287 members can attend next Tuesday due to two deaths and California’s four vacancies. Debates center on whether a quorum is a majority of those chosen or those sworn in, considering deceased members and unseated Californians.
The forty sixth congress convenes in special session with Democrats holding a clear majority in both houses. The new majority aims to repeal three Republican relics: juror test oaths, use of federal troops at elections, and federal supervisors and deputy marshals in elections, arguing they subvert justice and civil rights. They warn of Republican threats of revolution, pledging swift repeal to end partisan interference.
People decided the whole matter last November. The simple duty of the Democrats in the senate and house is to compel the repeal of these partisan enactments by the force of their solid vote. And this is what will be done.
The Greenback Labor movement, sometimes called the Greenback or National party, has evolved from a transient impulse into a growing political force. From a 82 000 vote showing in 1876 it surged to 1 883 000 in 1878, with state by state gains and a potent influence on the upcoming presidential campaign as Republicans lose ground to a Democrat–Greenback coalition in Michigan and elsewhere.
The piece laments a global pause in commerce amid wars rumors plagues and famine and shifts focus to Russia where nihilism threatens the throne while socialism gains traction in Germany. It notes Bismarcks repression and economic strain across Europe as France stabilizes and England endures quiet industrial hardship.
A broad survey links wage-worker discontent, empire strain, and idle prosperity with reform needs across Britain Italy Spain and Switzerland. It notes famine in Brazil and a hopeful but fragile U.S. revival, while criticizing John Sherman over pension payments and treasury laws. The piece calls for humane statesmanship and warns against half measures.
A collage of notes cites Mr Scott Lord lamenting newspapers, Col McClure’s Philadelphia Times marriage to Miss Cora Gratz, and Sir Edward Thornton’s ill daughter in New York. Lectures by Anna Dickinson on Jewish history, Henry Huth’s London library sale, and a proposed calendar reform congress are mentioned. The column also covers Tom Karl’s chapel controversy in Albany, Grevy’s American likeness, John Bright on juvenile smoking laws, Spurgeon on boisterous preachers, infant speech, Prince Arthur’s hefty marriage allowance and Irish viceroyalty, and Dr Lambert’s revival of seemingly dead subjects plus criticism of public executions.
A miscellany of observations covers German glass clothing, Princess Louise’s opera glass usage, a London hairdresser teaching French, and Sir John Lubbock with Captain Burton planning an East African Company. It also notes Southern indifference to the speaker race, a judge ordering damages in a marriage case, Mrs. Lockwood’s court debut, a child’s Adam and Eve tale, Rome’s Polyglot press, Wilkie Collins critique of reviews, and Tiffany's solitaire ring sale with a confident promise of authenticity.
A collage of jokes and wry anecdotes from newspapers points to a lively spring of humor. References span Chicago, Rochester, and New York—hat trends, marred bread and whiskey, thrifty farmers, wandering curiosities, and quotations about weather and politics. Notable bits include a Derby hat called Deronda, a mock verdict about guilt, and jokes from editors on society and manners.
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