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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1882
Page
4
A bold newspaper offer promotes 14 months for $5 with 5 subscribers. It claims largest best and cheapest, urges households to join as agents, and promises an extra copy for the reader. Subscriptions can be pooled or distributed across post offices, with clubs formed locally.
A newspaper notice invites readers to subscribe at one dollar for fourteen months and to form clubs. The message cites “The Sender of a Club of Five” as the organizer.
The notice warns that any subscription not renewed before June 1 will be stricken from the mailing list. It calls on each arrears subscriber to remit renewal at once and asks readers to form clubs or recruit at least one new subscriber. It also urges teachers who are not subscribers to subscribe and encourage others to do so.
Poston Weekly Globe announces subscriptions across the United States and Canada at one year for $100 and six copies for $500. Payment by postal order, registered letter, or draft from New York or Boston. stamps acceptable in 1 2 or 3 cent denominations. All letters require full personal details and addresses. changes and discontinuations require full location information. Duplicates issued for lost mail. Sample copies free.
Ordinary notices priced at 30 cents per line with about eight words per line editorial notices at 50 cents per nonparell line discounts offered include six percent on one hundred dollars and ten percent on two hundred dollars
The piece claims Washington and others plan large naval appropriations under disguise to enrich contractors. It urges Congress to block any navy spending, urging honest Republicans and Democrats to refuse funding linked to Secor Robeson and William E. Chandler.
In a New York Chamber of Commerce anniversary speech Senator Bayard urged tariff reform to restore U S shipbuilding and carrying power. He called for repeal of burdensome entry costs, improved consular funding, a pro commerce navy, and investing capital in maritime interests to reclaim leadership from foreign rivals.
The piece attacks English policy toward Ireland, condemning a proposed law that strips trial rights, permits arrest without hearing, and targets foreigners and sympathizers. It warns of global resentment, increased Irish resolve, and potential repercussions should Britain entangle itself in enforcement and trigger wider hostilities.
A historical cry proclaims that punishment awaits the oppressor and Erin will gain freedom today. The message urges England to heed the warning now, promising a concrete reality of liberty if action is taken.
The centre of Peruvian scandal shifts to the banking house of Morton Bliss & Co as its senior partner, in effect a U S envoy in Paris, weaves into a scheme with Credit Industries of Paris to back a joint intervention. Testimony links a U S senator to stock from a Peruvian firm and to pressure on the State Department as part of a plan to control nitrate and guano beds. The piece calls for a full formal inquiry to expose official complicity and safeguard public interests.
The piece warns of summer diseases and the need to adapt living habits to heat. It cites July as the hottest month, notes August brings the worst conditions from decomposing matter and odorless emissions, and stresses hygiene, diet, and temperate living to prevent cholera infantum, sunstroke, dysentery, and heat fevers, urging better surroundings and diet for children.
Citizens at Faneuil Hall applaud temperate speeches and unify across Orange and Green lines after repudiating the Phonis Park crime. The event honors Wendell Phillips’s letter, the Orange society’s reply, and Miller’s address, urging Irish unity and harmony for Land League goals. Blaine’s political ascent and Maine candidacy loom as Republicans weigh public risk. The Globe notes underrepresentation of blacks in Congress and urges a capable, educated Black leadership in the South.
The piece notes strong factional interest in New York's gubernatorial race with Hewitt backing tariff policy, Flower backed by money and Washington influence, Hutchins allied with Schell and Vanderbilt support, and Tammany Hall looming. It highlights intra party tensions and the scramble to unite diverse backers for the nomination.
A jumble of items notes ministers sermons amid intoxication, court contempt, and Sharp political gibes. It cites Chandler and Robeson, Darwin and Newton, suffrage gains, bank capital, mining losses, vegetarian trends, and a costly New Jersey estate dispute. Also mentions Irish, Cameron, and Texas land certifiates with broad public discourse and satire.
The text notes widespread preparations for Decoration Day and mentions Langheimer, Dickens' prisoner, just released after forty two years in prison for larceny, with expectations of his return to prison life. It also advocates female participation in the judiciary and defense, arguing for female judges juries and lawyers to protect female witnesses and prisoners.
German naturalist Dr Leopold Jacoby spoke at Turn Hall on the Peculiar Friendships of Animals. He described alliances such as shark and pilot fish, ants and beetles, crocodile and trochilus, and the bitterling mussel partnership. He also profiled the hermit crab, which carries a sea anemone for shelter and adornment.
The kingly visitor met with Rev Isaac B Kalloch at the Temple last Sunday, renewing his lease on the same terms. He praised the city after the veto and reportedly considers making San Francisco his permanent home.
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