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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1890
Page
4
The Philadelphia Farm Journal offers a weekly Globe service for a dollar and ten cents, delivered to any address. The notice highlights pricing and subscription terms, urging readers to mail the order.
The Weekly Globe teases The Fanciers' Review in this Mn publication, signaling a forthcoming feature or column. It notes a focus on bird fanciers and related topics, reflecting the editor’s tease style and local interest.
A Brookline reader cites figures on Western farm mortgages totaling about 5.46 billion at interest rates from 7 to 10 percent, claiming the debt equals 35 percent more than the postwar national debt. Experts warn these bonds rely on unsustainable leverage, with brokers pursuing high yields while investors are told such debts cannot be refunded. The piece also promotes a dictionary reprint offer and then shifts to Newfoundland facts, detailing geography, climate, agriculture, and mineral wealth.
In a long fragment, the piece discusses Newfoundland governance under a queen appointed governor, trade balances with revenues near 41.5 million and a debt of 1.36 million, and exports over five million while imports approach seven million. It notes 2000 vessels, 42 schools with 25,000 pupils, 109 miles of rail and 2200 miles of highways, plus a history of colonial contest between France and England and the Utrecht treaty. It then shifts to a critique of socialism, contrasting state and integral socialism and urging voluntary private cooperation as social governance.
The notice advertises a Biberie watch at eight bani with reliable timekeeping and guarantees satisfaction. Prices are said to be nearly half of other retailers and reduced to Os, aiming to attract buyers by dispersed advert placement to show quality and stimulate demand.
The ad touts Webster's Dictionary at 10 dollars for 3.50 with a claim of complete content, addition of 10 000 new words, extensive appendices, synonym table, pronunciation guides, and 4100 years of world history. It emphasizes portability, heavy binding, and production cost savings to justify a very low price.
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