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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1879
Page
4
A persuasive offer asks if you are in arrears and promises renewal for one year. by sending five yearly subscribers you earn an extra copy for a year. a sample copy shown to neighbors could build a club of five to qualify.
The text urges forming a paper subscription club by asking if time is limited and proposing neighbors help secure five subscribers for a one year paper. It frames it as a simple, neighborly effort to obtain access to the publication.
A club may include old or new subscribers from the same town or different sections. Each name counted brings the group toward five needed for an extra copy. Will every subscriber or reader begin at once to canvass for the WEEKLY GLOBE and secure a year of the paper through a friend’s efforts.
An advertiser seeks active agents in every town and village in the United States. Agents receive a one year subscription for every five subscribers or a cash commission. Details and rates available by writing to the advertiser.
A publisher seeks names of prospective subscribers and will send samples to each. Each subscriber will receive every issue paid for and duplicates will be sent if an issue is late. The notice urges neighbors to form a Club of Five at 1 each, granting a weekly Globe for one year.
Readers are reminded that each Tom Weekly Globe issue is complete itself. Subscriptions start with the next issue after order and run for fifty two weeks. March through June are ideal for forming clubs, but any month secures new names due to the paper's merits and low price. Please show a copy to neighbors and collect names.
The Weekly Globe invites non subscribers to send names of all chess and checker players in the United States. Send postal card lists to THE WEEKLY GLOBE Boston Mass.
A mix of notices and commentary covers advertising rates, political quips about Mrs McCafferty Oliver and Simon, Hull in Congress, Brooklyn morals, a Maryland court push and a $1 cent verdict, Grant rally turnout costs, Connecticut bell punch taxes, Irish colonization plans in Chicago, and the Gilmore garden gate receipts dispute with O Leary.
The text contends O'Leary owed $2000 to a defeated rival and accuses Rowell Ennis and Harriman of greed and mean conduct. Harriman’s friends allege mistreatment by O'Leary at the outset, which, if true, strengthens the demand for the payout and casts the others as acting out of spite.
Liberal factions split over Sir Bartle Frere's Cape policy as Beaconsfield's government faces criticism for aggressive actions toward the Zulus and annexation of the Transvaal. The piece contrasts extreme and moderate wings and notes official papers defending the war and strategic aims.
The article argues for renewed international copyright protection resembling patent norms. It notes past efforts in 1864 1873 and counts on broader awareness of author and publisher interests. It warns that without a treaty, American and English writers lose profits to cross border competition.
Rhode Island holds a full state and legislative election on April 2 with Democratic Gov candidate Thomas W. Segar leading against renominated Republicans. Michigan votes April 7 for one supreme court justice and two university regents with Democratic National ticket backing John B. Shipman, George P. Sanford, and Henry Whiting amid broader critique of Republican power and calls for reform.
A republication era commentary reviews the tenth census act for 1880, detailing supervision, district divisions, pay scales, and statistical aims. It faults possible partisan manipulation, urges accuracy, and predicts a 50 million population with western growth, while noting other world disasters and California railroad regulation moves.
The text praises a man as well suited for a senate seat, suggesting he would outrank many current holders. It notes the office is highly political and hints the late Harvey Watterson of Kentucky would have been a rival if not for perceived biases toward a presidential candidate. It concludes that too many candidates exist to allow an outsider to appoint a friend to the post.
A long compilation notes varied items including Townsend defending Lincoln memory, Irish emancipation anniversary, Lydia Thompson tour with front tooth missing, Pope Leo XIII reforms, speculations on poets and politics in France Britain and Belgium, Missouri insurance law, Cardinal Manning reforms, British Museum lighting, mysterious yellow rain substance, Marseillaise in Macon, German mountain dwellers near Otsego, New Haven fire bug, Belgian church schools, Pietro Fanfani death, Courier-Journal notes on vetoes and ballots, Concord lectures, Venice flood, and miscellany on Scotland deer, Paul Boyton, and Central American clergy fees.
A collage of light satire and notices collects quips from multiple papers. It cites jokes about fashion and manners, a Tennessee sleeper cars tax case, railroad humor, and brief anecdotes. It also mentions spring fever cures and coin valuations.
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