Boston Post Office notices and weekly subscription rates
The Hoston Weekly Globe lists postage paid rates for by mail services and period subscriptions. It shows Dartr Gross-One copy at 5 cents per month and $6.00 per year, Suypar Grope at $2.00 per year, Weekly Girone at $1.00 per year, from Grose Newcrarer Co. at 242 Washington Street Boston MA. It notes entry at the Boston Post Office as second class matter.
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Grose Newcrarer Co
Washington Street
Boston
Democratic Party Unites Behind Cleveland for President
The Democracy of New York endorses Grover Cleveland as its presidential candidate at St Louis. The convention backs tariff reform, endorsing the presidents message that unnecessary taxation harms American industry and labor. The Minus bill is not endorsed. the fight will focus on tariff reform opposing trusts and combines.
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New York
Democratic Party
Grover Cleveland
United States
Cleveland
St. Louis
Congress
War tariff questions and labor wages in the Press debate
The New York Press faces tough questions on protectionism and wages. It argues that tariffs alone do not guarantee higher wages, noting labor shifts to protected employers and the natural advantages of a growing nation. It predicts reform wins next November if wage workers demand answers.
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New York
Robert P. Porter
John Bull
Sam
England
Matson
The Trust Threat and Consumer Revolt
The article argues that modern trusts may be a legitimate method of protection yet warns that when they forbid competition and deter free trade they invite consumer revolt and potential legislative action to break up the trust. It notes price reduction from production through combination but foresees suppression of individual enterprise as trusts corner capital and product.
Trust control and monopoly threaten free trade and prices
The piece argues that trusts and informal agreements extend control over coal, oil, steel, and many consumer goods, forcing production, wages, and pricing to be dictated by a board. It warns against importation and a drift toward a legal cornering of the market, risking universal dependency. It cites rising insanity linked to alcohol in official records.
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Bessemer
Spirituous Liquors in France From Grapes to Beets
The article reviews J L Barhbons findings on France’s alcohol output dropping from 18 148 000 gallons in 1871 to 515 000 in 188? due to phylloxera. It notes substitutes like molasses beet juice and grain, and suggests much is sold as French brandy or wine. It also discusses General Raibone data on prohibitory laws and drunkenness convictions in France and debunks a claim about alcohol making people insane.
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France
J. L. Barhbons
Paris
Raihbone
End of the tariff debate in the House
The debate closes with strong rhetoric over the Mills bill as Republicans defend a whiskey tax cut while Democrats push broader tariff reductions on essential goods to aid the poor. The conflict centers on reducing treasury surpluses without embracing free trade.
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House
Aero
Maine
Carnistn
McKintney
Rup
Democratic Party
Editorial Points on Prohibition and Politics of 1880s
A satirical roundup critiques political figures and proposals including Mr. Anderson the Prohibition candidate for Tennessee governor, New York figures Ther, Train, and Derew, tariff debates, tea imports, and pension funding. It mocks various stances, praises cross-party cooperation, and comments on wealth extraction and underground vaults in Washington.
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Mr. Anderson
Tennessee
Ashbel P. Frren
New York
Washington
Our National Flower Mayflower Editorial
An 1888 Boston Globe Sunday editorial extols the Mayflower as the national flower. It praises loyalty and bravery, likening Mayflower to banners, shields, and symbols of peace, urging the flower to uplift the nation across land and sea.
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Boston Globe
Positive remedy for consumption offered by M C Siocum
A reader letter from M C Siocum of 181 Pearl St offers two bottles of a remedy named FREX for consumption. He claims the treatment cures many hopeless cases and asks readers to send express and postal addresses to receive it.
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P. O
T. A. Siocum
M. C
Pearl St
Fashion Notes on Spring Tailoring and Jewelry Trends
The article surveys spring fashion with emphasis on tailormade suits, pale dresses, and green and mahogany colorways. It highlights millinery greens, copper shades, Versatile braiding details, and Russian enameled jewelry. It notes the Psyche coiffure and the tea gown as essential style statements for the season.
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Allie Whitaker
Ceres
Sarah
Fashion Notes From London Jewels and Accessories
The piece surveys summer jewelry trends with filigree silver pieces, amber bead hairpins, and bold bracelets. It highlights eye catching novelties such as a life sized bee brooch with diamond wings, yacht signaling pins, and gold curb bracelets. It also notes canes gaining fashion, and watches with ornate clock designs.
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Dame Santon
la Tosca
France
New York
Attenton
Redfern
Tadics
London
Lazy poet in meadow dreamings and simple pleasures
A 19th or early 20th century voice proclaims laziness as a virtue. He boasts no money yet finds contentment in nature. He calls himself a poet in his way, preferring birds and cows over wealth, and cherishes meadow sounds and grazing creatures despite pride in laziness.
The Eminent London Surgeon Attends a Fall in the Street
A famous London surgeon helps a man who fell and broke his leg. He uses his umbrella as a splint and bandages the limb with handkerchiefs before sending the patient to a hospital. A young surgeon compliments the care, and the great man offers to have the umbrella returned by post.
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Rehobeth
Thad
His Nose Was to Be Pulled
An acquaintance of Power asks for advice after Captain B threatens to pull Power by the nose. Power responds with a witty, sharp remark urging him to soap the nose so it slips through the fingers.
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Sheffield
Eng
Telegraph
Power
Captan B
Answers to Correspondents from Boston May 28 1888
A compendium of notices and problem solutions including corrected mistakes by L M Stearns and J Bassett, thanks to contributors like J T Hennigan and J F Avery, and chess problem lines by O H Richmond and T W Kimley with move lists and scores.
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Boston
Cr. W. Pender
B. F. Froggatt
L. M. Stearns
John Bassett
Lochiel
John*t. Hennigan
John F. Avery
Checker club listings and checkers reading prices
The notice invites readers to send communications to The Checker Editor in Boston and offers a catalog of checker related works with postpaid pricing. Titles include Paisley Single Corner Ayrshire Lassie Alma Game of Draughts Barker American Checker Player and blank position diagrams with varying prices.
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Schaefer and
Kelly
Paisley
Barker
Martins
Stearns Shannon match for Hampshire title sparks interstate debate
The piece notes a Hampshire championship dispute centering on Shannon and Stearns versus Vermont, recounts a May 11 Derry Depot series with Shannon 5 Stearns 3 and 2 draws, and anticipates remaining games in Manchester while urging cross state competition. It mentions a Wright Heffner 20 game match in which Wright resigned after eight games, plus notes on Henry Shaw and a Haverhill match, and references draughts publishing and players.
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H. Z. Wright
A. J. Heffner
Wright
Heffner
Henry Shaw
Haverhill
Boston
Providence
New York
M. Shaw
G. B. Smith
Lewiston
Atree
Smith
Peaze
Anne
Mewey
Lewiston Journal
H. J. Jackson
James McEntee
Mr. Robertson
Frank Dunne
the Mercury
Billy Busby
New England
Durgin
W. C. Parrow
Busby
Parrow
Dr. Schaefer
York
Maxwell
de Freest
Rhode Island
Snow
Mulcahy
G.uie Richards
St. Nicholas Hotel
Pittsburg
O. F. Barker
Bijou
Martin
Child survives night with bear in Catskills woods
In Boiceville New York a 21 year old father reports his daughter vanished then reappeared alive claiming she slept with a wild bear in the woods. The child insists she slept beside a big bear and people speculate the animal guided or protected her through the night.
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Kiveston
N. Y
Milord Davis
Boiceville
Catskill Mountains
Davis House
Campbell versus M Kelvie in blindfold match notes
Continuation of the blindfold duel between Campbell and M Kelvie with observations by D G M Kelvie in the West Lothian Courier detailing ongoing play and key moments.
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Campbell
M‘kelvie
D. G. M'Kelvie
West Lothian Courier
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