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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1887
Page
4
The notice states that cash must accompany all orders for The Weekly Globe, declares it the leading and only weekly Democratic newspaper published in Boston, and instructs agents to remind Democrats to subscribe. It emphasizes the cash requirement and the publication’s claimed exclusivity.
A display advertisement lists multiple reference works including Readers' Hand-Book Dictionary of Phrases Dictionary of Miracles Words Facts Phrases Worcester's Comprehensive Dictionary Roget's Thesaurus Familiar Quotations Soule's Synonyms. Offers: subscribe to Weekly Globe for one year with any book at stated prices or free for 10 subscribers. Postage paid. Address follows.
An advertisement promotes Worcester's Pocket Dictionary and Handy Book of Synonyms as essential self education aids. The offer includes The Weekly Globe for one year at $1.25 with a free distribution to subscribers, and a second free item upon bringing two new or old subscribers plus $2.00. Postage is free to subscribers.
The Boston Weekly Globe advertises its two standout features for 1887: a Complete Congressional Record and a Complete Resume of Foreign News. Each week promises full history of Congress activities and international events. Readers are urged to file the weekly for reference and note new club rates.
The piece argues President Cauvetano offered ex governor Ronson a seat on the Interstate Commerce Commission as New England's representative, while Massachusetts and New Hampshire lean Democratic. It warns New England Republicans not to expect gains, notes shifts in Maine and Vermont, and urges Democrats to press on with regional gains despite the administration’s stance. It also calls for unified action against child abduction and outlines public‑spirited steps to protect innocent children.
The author urges railways to replace brittle trestles with stone arches and proper foundations. Citing the Roslindale incident, they argue that higher initial costs prevent tragic, repeat failures and protect lives, property, and public trust. Lawmakers should compel safer construction.
The article recalls nationwide abduction cases as a long lost son returns to his mother and urges harsher penalties to deter criminals. It cites Boston’s own stories, including a seven year old grandchild stolen four years ago in the West End, with parents’ grief and fruitless searches continuing.
The article discusses a speculative theory on earthquakes, proposing a thinner Earth crust at the equator and the Wells of Swinna in the Pentland Firth as potential dangers. It contrasts tropical quake frequency with temperate zones and imagines a scenario where ice at the poles with volcanic vents could cause dramatic geological upheaval. The piece credits Tun G. Lopez as a pioneer in this speculative thinking.
Foreman’s release from the asylum after five years of confinement highlights a noted precedent in mental health diagnosis. He claims continued sanity since discharge, challenging definitions of sane and insane periods and leaving the case an unresolved moral and psychological puzzle.
A scattered набор of antiquated quips and anecdotes touches language origins, slang, and curiosities. It cites Davy Crockett nicknames, Old Kroxuk, and P D Q, notes Canadian fisheries fears, bids Boston greetings, and mocks railway chaos, black London fogs, and election spending while praising civic figures and unfinished reforms.
A historical note on slang's rise via newspapers and theater. It cites terms like jingo, chicken, sling ink, upper ten thousand, haul over the coals, skin of his teeth, a pig in a poke, and cops, attributing their popularization to actors, songs, and writers.
A youth sent verses to a mammoth magazine and waited for critique. After a long, hopeful delay a single post letter arrives saying the editor has read the youth’s work and cherished the memory, ending a tale of waning hopes and imagined success.
In Boston. 1887. A correspondent counsels Mary Ann on buying a ready made dress for school and Sundays. She argues against faded finery, favors black cashmere and neat linen collars, and urges tasteful, affordable attire reflecting properyd and social propriety.
A warm closing from Aunt Betsy saying she is always ready to shop for you with love and eagerness to help.
A dry goods man offers brisk opinions on women fashion. He criticizes dull materials, praises soft fabrics, warns against shoddy goods, and urges careful, economical dressing with selective adornments. He favors fitted garments, versatile furs, and enduring laces, then veers into a long knitting pattern and crochet tutorial.
A Missouri Republican quotes a marketman imagining ownership of all hens and pasture. He calculates annual egg production and prices, noting 26,000,000 dozen eggs used in Boston to San Francisco distance if lined up, and warns a corner on eggs could yield vast profits.
A letter asks how many fowls were bought given roosters at ten dollars each hens a dollar and chickens a sixth of a dollar. The page also explains whist trump signaling, how to lead through or up to a strong or weak suit, and gives an example of signaling with hearts and spades to guide a partner.
A Kansas City youth played guitar when a large rat entered the room and stood listening closely before wandering off. The anecdote appears in a humor column alongside an Education Journal quip about two Boston youths discussing sunrise.
Burlington Free Press notes an exchange debates success factors for a country newspaper. It cites abundant advertising and an active sewing circle with the editor's wife as a member. A second edition crochet embroidery netting and punto tirato booklet is now ready for shipment at twenty five cents from J. KR. Leesom & Co. Boston Mass.
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