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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1889
Page
4
The fragment lists the Boston Weekly Globe issue date May 15 1889 and mentions the Grove Newsraven Co at Washington Street with postal classification details. It appears as a masthead style note indicating publication and mailing information for Boston, Massachusetts.
The notice details four for a dollar and a Globe one year free with a club of neighbors at one dollar per single year, with six month and three month rates. It mentions postage free, supplies for January onward, and a free Globe Supplement upon request, plus gift options if a club cannot be formed.
The Globe presents a thrilling instalment titled The Hartley Feud about a missing brother and a long, sanguinary Kentucky feud. The Globe Stories promise a romantic ending and urge subscriptions for a year to receive The Weekly Globe.
A critical portrait of New York’s wealthier classes indulging in extravagant social life. The piece cites Warp McAllister’s boast of 400 in good society, notes immense annual spends by Vanderbilts and Astors, and condemns centennial ball excesses and circus-like displays as declining signs of civilization.
The author rebukes wealthy idlers who boast of folly while shirking real work. He argues that though scientific exploration costs more than it earns, its value justifies funds and effort from the rich. He urges the wealthy to engage in meaningful labors instead of public follies that shame sensible countrymen.
A shower of frogs reported during a Dakota cyclone is noted as a rare, curious weather mystery. The text contrasts theories of frogs swept up from swamps with the idea they could form in dense clouds, linking to other ancient wonders and urging humility among scholars.
Discusses Napoleonic legacy, the French republic’s rise, and the 1867 Exposition Universelle. Notes U.S. official participation, monarchies’ discomfort, and France’s influence on American independence. Praises Franco American solidarity and fidelity to republicanism, ending with a toast to the French Republic.
The oriole returns to suburb gardens and blossoms, its song a lively signal of life awakening in May. Closely trailing, the bobolink joins, a vivid pair of roamers whose music fills orchards and fields, marking the season’s productive onset and the year’s renewal.
The oriole and bobolink’s lively songs signal the approach of warm weather and the summer season. Their chorus stirs thoughts of travel, renewal, and getting ready for the anticipated vacation. The world feels awake again with their tunes.
The Workmen's Advocate calls Tax Globe one of the least objectionable representatives of the capitalistic press. It explains that capitalistic here means newspapers that require large capital for maintenance and advertising revenue. The Globe affirms its capitalistic nature while defending labor rights and common people, claiming to advocate for both capital and labor's interests.
The Senate committee heard business leaders discuss Pacific coast dependence on Canada. W C Lynde warned codfish supply is ample, Australia ships bring competitive coal, and Eastern markets face competition. John Howard of Oregon Improvement noted coal issues, while Merrie urged subsidies for American ships. Canned goods shipping via Canadian Pacific grows, but interstate tolls hurt Pacific prosperity.
In verse, H C Dodge complains of neighborly poultry nuisance. Chickens breach his cultivated bed and garden, while a big rooster and pirate-trained hens raid the yard. He fears jail if he retaliates, as dawn crowing and egg returns fuel a cycle of strife.
The article cites Lubbock on how rapid wing movements of insects generate sound. It notes houseflies flicker at 345 vibrations per second and bees at 440, explains tired bees hum on K, and cites Marcy’s graphic confirmation using a fly fixed to a cylinder to count wing strokes.
A Philadelphia woman listening to long-distance press news over the phone wore a metal cap with a ROOLITOE device near her ear. During naval pageants and military parades in New York, she clearly heard steamship whistles, artillery roars, Trinity bells, band music, and crowd shouts as civic and military processions passed by.
Warden Brush at Sing Sing prepares for New York State’s electric chair after Medico Legal Society approval. The piece contrasts rope executions with current-based death, noting crowds, religious responses, and differing attitudes toward capital punishment across eras and criminals. The author recalls Anarchists in Chicago and profiles like Spies and Parsons while contemplating humanity’s fascination with death.
Rev. Talmage preaches on modern caldrons of sin in Brookturn promising warnings against unhappy homes, indolent life, and the dram shop. He cites Elisha and moral peril from alcohol, urging parents, teachers, and ministers to cry out against poison in society and protect the youth.
A Maiden Lane manufacturer reportedly fired a man last week after he asked for a pair of gold clasps for a bracelet. The incident, described in Jewelers Weekly, highlights tensions between customer requests and shop policies in the jewelry trade.
A sermon addressed to hundreds of young men entering the city urges trust in the Lord and restraint of appetites. The speaker, acting as a mentoring older brother, emphasizes discipline, spiritual guidance, and turning to Jesus Christ for strength.
Brimincham Alabama May 8 reports say the cut in pig iron by the Thomas Company surprised Southern iron men. A prominent manufacturer notes expectations of at least a price rise but faces further decline. He cites potential to meet reductions with small margins and urges better freight rates. Some furnaces may stay in blast, policy is to maintain prices if possible. Despatches from Chattanooga and Atlanta claim Northern cuts provoke little shock locally and that Southern producers can still lower prices without eroding profits.
Cincinnati dispatch reports Captain Thomas E. Moore's stock farm The Cedars near Shawhan burned last night. Nineteen horses were lost including Kentucky Hamble tonian and Von Wilkes, with a total value of 50600. no insurance.
A rustic dialogue shows Mrs Ripley and Mrs Grimshaw awaiting their son’s arrival from California. Father labors to enact a scriptural idea involving a fat calf as part of the household plan.
The New York Tribune notes oil from fish and natural secretions calms rough seas. Navy Lt Gibbons cites observations of seabirds resting on smooth water amid storms, suggesting birds oil the water to ease waves. He recounts sightings in the South Atlantic and South Pacific of unusually calm patches where birds feed.
The piece highlights women named for leadership and progress from Columbia University to London sheriffs offices, notes on prolific writers, and a May Woman's Journal issue with pieces on Texas women and Korean views. It mentions a New York push to include New York City and Brooklyn in police matron laws, a young Polish medical student in Paris, and a successful Auburn insurance agent continuing her late husband's business. It closes with the New England Woman's Club observing Julia Ward Howe's seventieth anniversary.
Washington Irving Bishop renowned mind reader died at the Lambs Club in New York at 12:10 PM after days of nervous prostration. He suffered a cataleptic fit at 4 AM and never regained consciousness. His wife Mrs. Bishop is in Philadelphia. he had a turbulent personal life including alleged multiple marriages and cocaine addiction that helped fuel his notoriety.
The first mate of a Sound steamer recalls a passenger who asked for a dollar to pay fare, promising repayment with a fine next day. He notes many fare dodgers use distress stories, while a fashionably dressed man honestly admitted debt from a pool game and later left cigars, revealing boatmen are generous but wary.
A historical note explains how early Illinois settlers moved seasonally between southern settlements and Galena lead mines each spring and fall. The repeated migrations created the term Suckers for both the people and the state, reflecting scarce money and limited markets in early Illinois.
In a Buffalo Courier joke, St Peter denies admission for profanity but relents after the applicant cites years as a photographer in the baby department. The comic dialogue highlights a blunt record of indiscretion and a humorous twist when the photographer mentions having photographed 500 babies.
A Swedish glass featuring 14 substances led by phosphorus and boron may revolutionize microscopy. It is claimed to distinguish as little as two hundred four million seven hundred thousandth of an inch, vastly surpassing older lenses.
Little Mabel three prompts her big sister to teach alphabet but Mabel rebels with a tantrum and insists she would rather eat. The scene captures a child’s stubborn moment during early schooling in a domestic setting.
An Epoch snippet shows a man ordering bass to be sent to his house for tomorrow. He stresses they must be bass and recalls a past mix up when a fresh mackerel was delivered, causing strain with his wife during a trout trip.
A fragment from the Chicago Herald shows a playful exchange about famous born locations. A child asks his father about Captain Anson and John L. Sullivan, while the father admits ignorance. The excerpt captures light, humorous dialogue.
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