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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1883
Page
4
The Weekly Globe offers subscriptions at 50 cents from now until January 1884 to help agents introduce the paper ahead of the approaching Presidential Campaign. A small effort could gain twenty or thirty subscribers per town who will become permanent readers.
A legal brief notes the usual commission is retained by them on one or more names submitted under the stated offer.
Under editor A H Ward the Weekly Globe aims to rise among leading agricultural weeklies. Subscribers urged to send names of non subscribers to receive free samples by postal card at THE WEEKLY GLOBE address.
A vivid Civil War narrative traces life from a New England farm to Southern battlefields. The text appeals to Northern households as patriotic and authentic, urging agents to order immediately to receive samples and form clubs. The fourteen month offer ends June 1.
Friends of The Globe are urged to subscribe to the best and cheapest family weekly. At fifty cents, every family can afford it and gain much value from its information and entertainment. Beginning with the next issue more space will be devoted to political matters as interest in the presidential campaign grows.
The Weekly Globe offers United States and Canada delivery for one year with postage paid for £100, six copies for £500. Subscriptions may be sent by postal order, registered letter, draft on New York or Boston, or stamps. Include full name, post office, county, and state. Change of address and discontinuation notices must show both old and new addressesing.
A satirical column mocks political corruption in the Senate with Mahone references, notes the Empress of Austria learning printing to evade strict editors, reports coronation prep and Siberian arrests, ridicules Alderman Meninger over lions’ heads, and chides the New York Sun for lacking generosity toward W. H. Vanderbilt while critiquing wealth and public spirit.
The law allows him to give away or spend his money in a way that would most annoy the contestants. Its novelty lies in the merit of novelty, making the law plainly distinguishable from most others.
The Watertown inquiry tightens as detectives track Amero’s movements and rival testimonies surface. Extradition doubts fade. authorities expect pursuit to lead to the crime scene once justice can run its full course.
Ex Commander Gorringe argues American iron ships can match English costs with lower prices for labor and materials and greater insurance comfort. He urges subsidies end and bonds used to finance new steamers, predicting rapid growth and reduced reliance on foreign shipyards. He cites Lloyds rule changes and a free ship law to attract capital despite competition.
The piece argues that over 25 years women expanded from limited trades to 284 branches of work, with 261,158 employed in MA. It notes women as breadwinners, potential shifts in domestic roles, and the idea that wives with salaries may expect husbands to handle housework, signaling a future redefinition of gender labor divisions.
In a provocative piece the author argues for husbands who abdicate or rely on women to fulfill home duties should be forced to abandon male attire and wear feminine clothing. The essay honors Massachusetts women and questions the prevalence of superfluous men while proposing satire on shifting gender roles.
The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers threatens a wide scale strike starting June 1 after an arbitration board failed to resolve a dispute with manufacturers. About 100,000 workers could lose jobs as mills in Pennsylvania and the West shut down amid an overstocked market and weak demand. Manufacturers prepare by not accepting new orders while non union mills remain unaffected. Odds favor the manufacturers in this developing labor conflict.
A Halifax panic grows from a Philadelphia convention tale of dynamite plotting. Citizens fear two schooners loaded with explosives from Boston, plus possible sewer attacks and balloon devices. British authorities stay cautious as rumors swirl about Fenian schemes and torpedoes reaching Halifax.
The growth of Boston over ninety years shows a steady, healthful rise with population doubling several times. Since 1790 the city has enlarged into a vast urban-suburban continuum, aided by mortgage tax removal and expanding business districts. Projections suggest continued rapid growth in the near future.
In New York a gentleman tied to the Tanneresquette is arrested as a vagrant instead of retirement with a pension. Joseph tests the law by flashing a dime, arguing possession voids vagrant status. The judge wavers but threatens future containment, while Joseph hints at courting the judge in future court plays.
The piece argues colored Americans have a birthright to life liberty and happiness and should consider a convention in Washington. It weighs motives and outcomes, urging a constructive gathering focused on social educational and material advancement while avoiding partisan political entanglements and grievances.
The cabinet was surprised by President Arthur’s practical knowledge of civil service reform during Eaton commission discussions. A pamphlet by Eaton cites Arthur’s reforms at the New York Custom House, comparing 1678 removals pre 1871 to 144 in five years under Arthur, then critiques Hayes Sherman politics and praises Arthur’s promotions and restraint.
The St Petersburg Gazette proposes a Russo Irish alliance to paralyze England by fostering Irish emigration to Russia. It suggests establishing colonies in southern Siberia Caucasus and Turkestan as a mutual benefit for Ireland and Russia. The piece notes this as selfish policy masked as justice and discusses other notes on Beaconsfield’s death and a Brussels consul quip about beer glasses.
The speaker notes Tintle did not divert the skirmishing fund to explosives. He regains poise and cites a warning on the looming ruin of the British empire. The suggestion that Rossa may face his own device is dismissed as fanciful since he has no petard.
A rapid-fire column of anecdotes and jests from the era notes on medical cautions, luxury habits, government pay, stray criminal devices, and evolving science. It pokes fun at politicians, cites Russian labor laws, reports on petroleum finds, and surveys amusing misadventures from Detroit to New York. The item blends satire with social observation, mentioning Conkling, Moody, Butler, and various urban curiosities.
A Cleveland Herald blurb describes a singular immigrant family of ten traveling west to a farm, occupying the entire end of a car. Parents sit rear, elder siblings front, with a heavy thick-set brother and sister, two tiny roistering midgets, and a pale slender couple in the middle, detailing their varied builds and positions. In Pittsburg Despatch, a war tale recounts bluebirds and martins contesting a martin-box, escalating into a drawn-out yard battle with both sides fighting fiercely until the martins yield and bluebirds claim the field.
Journal notes tell how Joseph Everest of Hume moved to Wyoming near Warsaw and dreamed of treasure beneath his farm. He dug with improvised tools after selecting the spot, reaching eighty to ninety feet without hits, and kept faith until his death. His nephew later drilled for oil and found salt, mirroring the dream. A Newfoundland dog at Bow Street aided a drowning woman, signaling the rescue by alerting his master.
Barrett and Co. keep a pet eagle that roams a small alley near their shop in South Pueblo. The bird once attacked a skunk near Salida, feasting on the flesh, but the strange flavor caused dyspepsia and the eagle collapsed. He recovers slowly and is fed live chickens the birds skin and carve.
A Long Lake area boy slid downhill on a sled when a bull dog sprang from the hill and dragged him by his trousers. The dog’s pull tore away the fabric and both were knocked off balance. The boy skinned his nose hands and knees but both parties were sorry it occurred. Nearby White Sulphur Springs Montana reports a hermit dog living in a hole by Smith River. The dog forages at night and retreats to his burrow when pressed.
Miss Zella Taylor, daughter of Dr. F F Taylor, cried for help as a frog persistently chased her through a street and into her father’s house. The amphibian halted and vanished after she leaped onto a bed, leaving no trace.
A Schuyler County Mo farm youth aged 18 appears physically aged like an 80 year old. At age 6 he showed adult strength, at 12 he had a beard and Bray hairs, and now at 18 he seems decrepit and tottering toward death.
About three weeks ago Mr. W. P. Stephens butchered a cow whose paunch held a bat filled with nails hair pins a shoe buttoner and a small gold tablet engraved with the ten commandments Perhaps the cow consumed scrap iron or a milkmaid held the key clue The remark ends with a quip on moral nature.
A New York Tribune item recounts a dog and cat in harmony with the cat riding the dog into the kitchen when the door opens. A Georgia Recorder notes an extraordinary shot where a man perched on a pole over a second pole slips into water and then brutally recaptures a partridge.
A Georgia calf shows odd appetite nibbling grindstone bits, forcing relocation to protect the stone. Neighborly note highlights the calf thriving on the strange diet while unrelated lines mention Sydney Smith and tonic advertisements.
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