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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1891
Page
4
Tas Datti Guest charges one copy monthly at 50 yents per year with 96.00 total and Buspar Giope by mail at $2.00 per year. Tex WEExir'GLone by mail at $1.00 per year. Tre Girone Newsraver Co entered at Boston Post Office as second class matter.
To Agents Everywhere the cash commission of the organization promotes a broad appeal to operatives across regions. The message signals expansion and coordination with potential partners while emphasizing secrecy and rapid deployment of tasks.
The Weekly Globe asks every reader to mail a list of 10 or a dozen neighborhood names with a free sample copy offered to each, linking the call to a broader moral message about aligning with God truth and universal laws as quoted by James Freeman Clarke.
The author argues rapid immigration threatens civic health, comparing ancient Greece and Rome to modern America. He notes foreigners and beggars arrive in large numbers, some with limited civilization, and suggests policy must balance equality with social order to prevent disease and disorder.
The author argues that poverty and idleness produce brigandage and crime, fueling a Mafia-like class. Protected industries recruit cheap foreign labor, bringing in aliens who resist assimilation. European minorities, including Hungarians and Poles, are imported as pauper labor, threatening American civilization. Calls rise in GOP circles for immigration restrictions to curb these pressures.
Jonn G Ingraham critiques a new Graceville New Jersey plan based on the Bettamy model aiming to eliminate speculation and debt. The scheme prescribes fixed home values, required building, no profit, and communal facilities while keeping fashion and clothing unrestricted. It cites Looking Backward and Diogenes tub as precedents and questions feasibility and freedom.
Mr Edward Atkinson told the congressional committee that credit is 20 to 50 times more effective than actual money circulation. He argued that credit depends on money quality, not quantity, and warned free coinage would reduce credit by introducing fluctuating money. He claimed gold standards sustain world finance and criticized depreciation as fluctuation. He said the volume of money declines relative to production and trade each year, and that credit, not cash, moves capital.
The writer argues that expanded silver use as money, spurred by July 1890 coinage, raises silver and commodity prices. Higher silver value boosts wheat and cotton prices, improves exports, and benefits the nation without credit panics, claiming gains surpass those to silver producers. Danie D, Gover.
The piece argues that a universal annual wealth and debt listing with sworn statements is under debate in Maine and New York and already practiced in Vermont. It criticizes perjury risk, vows, and says harsh laws drive capital to other states, leaving Vermont backward with stagnant population and deserted farms.
A lighthearted spring piece notes widespread malaise as March arrives and suggests open air living. It warns against overusing sunshine and urges people to eat lightly, exercise, and stay outdoors to combat seasonal fatigue and imaginary grip illnesses.
Congressman Whitiam H. Martin of Athens Texas, mocked for rough manners, proves frugal and forthright. He keeps expenses under 50 dollars monthly, earns 20 thousand dollars in four years, and sends 17.6 thousand home to Texas while denouncing ostentation in Washington. He argues representatives should not imitate lavish lifestyles.
Gen Joneston dies marking the passing of the last major field commander from both sides. Commentators say this signals the end of an era as statesmen debate how to honor his memory and whether more leaders from the old guard may be recalled.
A string of satirical and speculative notes on postwar politics, tariffs, and notable figures. Mentions Gen Panam, Grover Odevland, Palmer, Culvetano, and the McKinley act with reflections on Illinois, the Democratic party, and international politics. A humorous aside about a German clerical leader and a grim note on the Utopia disaster ties to Italian-American readers.
The next essay in Mr. Andrew H Ward's series aims to help farmers make farming pay. It will appear next week and is described as brim full of experience and common sense wisdom.
The Globe offers wallpaper samples and bulk orders at low prices to subscribers. Three bundle sizes cover rooms from 320 to 5676 square feet, with borders included and express delivery paid by the buyer. Free station delivery on orders of 25 dollars or more. Sample postage costs six cents.
The letter column offers a home made ginger ale method with four gallons of boiling water and molasses, plus reader inquiries about indorsements, inland cities, dog bites, real estate deeds, mortgages, and dower rights. It includes legal Qs on mortgage priorities and a glossary note on the term colony.
The WeEKKLY GLOBE announces a limited subscriber offer from the Oneida Community to buy durable spoon substitutes that resemble silver. Plain spoons cost 3.80 per dozen by mail, with initials adding up to 8.80 for two letters or 4.05 for three. Half-dozen options start at 1.80, with initials as extra. orders preferred in halves to broaden reach.
Lawrence Barrett famed tragedian died suddenly at the Windsor Hotel at 10.45 PM due to heart failure. His wife and Dr. Chambers were with him. he had a fever and rapid pulse after returning home on Wednesday night. Funeral planned for Cohasset at Peaked Hill, with Barrett’s family and Booth talent in charge. Barrett, born April 4, 1838, in Paterson New Jersey, began stage work in 1863 in Detroit and rose through New York Boston and New Orleans, partnering with Booth and Cushman in a storied career.
The Weekly GropEe Prize Story Contest for Boys and Girls announces four winning tales by Lilly Du Bose, Jesse M. Heiner, Mabel McLean Helliwell, and Frank P. Smart. Cash prizes of 20, 10, 85, and 1 dollars will be paid upon publication. Wilhelm by Lilly Du Bose will be printed next week.
A fragmentary verse exchanges playful lines about a writer and a beloved muse. The speaker longs to see tender words penned and imagines subtle flirtation, with hints of sea imagery and romantic yearning.
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