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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1881
Page
3
It Is Given Away For 14 Months Offer
The Weekly Globe advertises a free fourteen month trial to any subscriber who sends five names and five dollars, claiming it is the largest best and cheapest publication of its class and inviting readers to sample its remarkable value.
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Globe
Form a Club At Once For a Household Journal
A concise appeal urges forming a club immediately, arguing the sample copy serves as a valuable journal for every household member, occupies a unique field, and is indispensable to each family.
Form A Club Of Five Lord Five And Extra Copy
This notice offers a club of five for five dollars plus an extra copy for the member. A half hour of neighborhood effort secures the required number. Clubs may include old or new subscribers, and any reader can act as agent to form a club. Orders via agents enter for 12 months.
Subscriptions and address rules for The Weekly Globe
The Weekly Globe offers single copies for $1 for 14 months and a one year US Canada rate of $100 with postage stamp options accepted for payment. Send letters to The Weekly Globe Boston Mass with full writer details. Changes of address and discontinuations must include former and present addresses and be directed to the paper.
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United States
Canadas
New York
Boston
Mass
Boston, Maas
Free copies of The Weekly Globe offer for clubs
Those who already take The Weekly Globe may receive it free for one year by sending a club of five and $5. Others unable to form a five subscriber club or seeking an easier way to earn in winter are invited to send a postal with their address.
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Eamine
Commissioners of Emigration
New York
Seaboard
Indus
Advertising Rates and Discounts in a Local Notice
A brief listing outlines ordinary line ads priced at 30 cents per line with about eight words per line and editorial notices at 50 cents per nonpareil line. It notes discounts of five percent on one hundred dollars and ten percent on two hundred dollars.
Form clubs to renew your paper for fourteen months
A subscriber incentive urges forming clubs of five to receive fourteen months free. An offer of six copies for five dollars and no postage aims to double the WEEKLY Goer’s circulation in three months. Also notes Mr. Wayne McVeagh objects to Mr. Chandler as solicitor general and discusses immigration trends.
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United States
Political talk and legal notes in late 19th century column
A broad array of political chatter, court cases, and civic notices. Discussion touches on European immigrants, the Republican ticket prospects, Senate maneuvers, Beecher’s revival, and figures such as Garfield, Hayes, and Robertson. California justice is questioned amid perjury and murder trials. A widow’s letters dispute and a rise in U.S. provisioning exports conclude the item.
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Beecher
Plymouth Church
Halliday
Hill
Mr. Beecher
California
Kalloch
de Young
Fraudulent catacomb relics alarm collectors worldwide
collectors of bric-a-brac learn that skulls and relics advertised as early Christian martyrs dug from the catacombs of Rome are base imitations. not a bone has been removed for over thirty years, and a modern impostor risks public shame. new bones are said to endure longer in collections labeled from the catacombs.
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Rome
Forster Pressures on Bills Amid December Outrages Parade
Descriptions recall the December display of outrages presented to Mr. Forster to coerce reluctant approval of the proposed bills. The event underscores the political leverage used to secure his assent.
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Forster
Republicans Back Mahone as Debt Readjuster Support Surges
The piece critiques the Republican shift toward supporting General Mahone and his ally Riddleberger for Senate roles, arguing it signals repudiation of Union debts and a rebalance of party loyalties. It questions the motives of leaders like Dawes and Hoar while highlighting the financial maneuvering to fund bond purchases and fund an extra session.
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The
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Simon Cameron
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Riddeberger
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No Extra Session Marks Garfield Popularity Rise
The article argues Garfield’s decision against calling a special session boosts his standing, while business-minded Republicans praise his restraint. It notes hopes for a safe eight months, avoids partisan finance debates, and discusses bond refunding plans and treasury reserves under Secretary Windom.
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Congress
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Hayes
Washington
Windom
Treasury
Post Office Department
Florida's Everglades and canal schemes spark national interest
A Philadelphia firm led by Hamilton Disston proposes draining the Everglades and digging a canal across Florida to link the Atlantic with the Gulf. The plan would drain vast swampy lands, unlock sugar and cotton potential, and finance via stock and land grants. The article notes similar debates on land, canals, and national politics alongside Transvaal, rail, and repudiation stories.
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Russia
China
Union
Philadelphia
Hamilton Disston
Everglades
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Hoosac
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Caloosahatchee
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Gulf
United States
Sea Island
Havana
Upper Egypt
Calcutta
Hong Kong
Cape Sable
William Chandler Named Solicitor General in Historic Appointment
After decades of neglect William E K Chandler is appointed solicitor-general of the United States. He will assist the attorney general and act in his absence, supervising the solicitor of the treasury, internal revenue, a naval solicitor, and the claims examiner for the State Department. He travels nationwide to protect federal interests and oversee government litigation.
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Wayne McVeagh
United States
William FE. Chandler
McVeagh
Chandler
Hayes
Samuel J. Tilden
Fugbyan
Blaine
Ail Hamilton
State Department
Robert R. Hitt
John Hay
The
Philadelphia Times
France
William E. Chandler
the Treasury
Raynor
Solicitor-General
Internal Revenue
Bureaus of Customs, Revenue and Claims
Union
William EK. Chandler
White House
Mr. Blaine
Arizona mining gains surge in coming spring trade
Notes and extracts survey a rapid rise of mining properties in Arizona and a promising outlook for a robust spring trade across business sectors, with political and social commentary touching on New York Republican factions, civil service reform, and national finances.
Senators and railroads face heated cutbacks and politics
A Chicago Times echo references a New York elevated railroads dispute with brakemen over higher pay. The papers claim the roads run daily losses, yet remain open to serve the public. The piece mocks Boston’s failed push to build similar lines.
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White House
Chicago Times
New York
Boston
Notable figures and rumors from a bustling era
A cornucopia of names and tidbits from 19th century society. Beecher, Conkling, Parnell, and Sprague figures mingle with Luminary ships, theater scars, weather stations, and Topeka rail arrivals. References to Emma Emerson, Admiral Schufeldt, and Miss Field illustrate a lively mosaic of politics, science, arts, and gossip across New York, Chicago, Boston, and beyond.
German temperance bill imposes fines for public drunkenness
A draft Reichstag temperance bill proposes fines of 100 marks or up to two weeks in jail for drunkenness in public. Repeat offenders or habitual drinkers face harsher terms with bread and water. It also criminalizes intoxication that impairs will and could affect punishment, with minimum sentences and possible substitution of penitentiary time.
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Reichstag
A Freak of the Mississippi
A Sunday ice breakup near Bowen's creek created a wide gap and hurled ice blocks three feet thick and up to twenty five feet square as high as several feet into the air. Dozens of ice fragments litter the surface, driven by a strong undercurrent from the north.
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Mississippi
Davenport
Iowa
Bowen’s Creek
Grapes Found Preserved In Dry Trench At Mount Airy
At Mount Airy, near John Hanes, a dry trench being reopened yielded bunches of grapes that had fallen last autumn. They lay underground through the winter below the frost line and were removed last week in nearly perfect condition, remarkably preserved since last fall.
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Woodstown
N. J
Mount Airy
John Hanes
The Bible Burlesqued by La Bible Amusante
An advertisement for La Bible Amusante a new book by Leo Taxtl with comic illustrations by Friderick marketed for big and little children. It promises humor within strict morality while lampooning sacred figures and themes.
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Friderick
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