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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1891
Page
4
A fragmentary verse reflects on the idea of Elia Wilcox returning, portraying a cherished infant lost in May and imagining how his presence would shape family sorrow and the sweetness of memories. The lyric centers on longing, innocence, and the enduring ache of absence.
A classroom joke yields a five year old’s silly response to name the four seasons. The teacher asks for correct answers and the pupil blurts Bigppet salt Vinegar and mustard as eggs the moon has laid. The exchange mixes misheard words and playful misunderstanding in a quaint school moment.
A Chicago Tribune report quotes a dramatic oration as its speaker asks if there is an Englishman present. The crowd answers “No” in unison, then the orator resumes with a forceful delivery about the Alaska fisheries amid rattling windows.
In Chicago Tribune chatter, Scaddsby and Flymm recall the artist John Scottson, noting he’s the same fellow who lived here twenty years ago and once outshone them as boys. Their banter hints at past rivalry and local memory of the now-renowned figure.
The note invites readers to send lists of 19 or a dozen names of neighbors. The paper promises a free sample copy to each sender and asks for names addressed to The Weekly Globe in Boston Massachusetts.
By special arrangement agricultural editor Andrew H Warp of Tak Wrekiy Gong will lecture to farmers in any New England town upon notification of time and place. Travel and lodging only charged. questions on farming for profit welcomed. address Warp care Waexiy GLope Boston Mass.
The defeat of Samug J. Tilden's will in New York courts blocks a famed bequest to establish a great free public library. Discretionary powers granted to trustees enabled legal challenges by next of kin, undermining the cherished memorial. The piece notes the moral about starting benevolent work in life and cites lessons from other foundations.
A partisan pamphlet argues that rising prices since the McKinley tariff dwarf wage gains. It claims workers note no real wage rise despite employer claims of higher pay, citing historical tariff peaks from 1845 to 1878 and quoting protectionist warnings about unemployment.
The protectionist leader warns that industry stagnation and widespread bankruptcy threaten the laboring people as tariffs rise. He urges Massachusetts workers to study history noting wages fall with tariff increases and calls for agents to sell The Weekly Globe and The Weekly Guonn for large cash commissions.
The piece argues that Massachusetts prosperity from high tariffs comes despite protection, not because of it. It contrasts rising manufacturing with neglected farms, notes Western farmers’ debts, and claims McKinley duties raise living costs, urging voter awareness at town meetings. It then laments declining debating culture, praising historical public discourse and warning of its erosion by modern media.
The article argues for more joint debates in campaigns and cites the value of debating societies for training. It notes that newspapers will still have a role, their sanctions expanding, and hopes future discourse will be more reliable and profitable reading.
The piece argues duties on pig lead and white ground lead were prohibitive before the McKinley bill and rose prices for lead pipe and white paint. It claims fluxing ores were taxed, shutting them out, pushing lead prices up from March 1889 to November 1890, increasing housing costs for workers and benefiting lead miners and the White Lead Trust.
The Weekly Globe bills itself as the people's paper delivering full news including Democratic and Republican speeches. It contrasts its approach with older party organs and hostile Republican papers, inviting a growing constituency for one dollar annually.
A New York Herald anecdote notes a tobacconist claiming sight shapes cigar pleasure. The narrator, skeptical, hears that closing eyes may not reveal color differences, and a blind smoker’s experience is used to argue imagination and vision drive enjoyment. The piece shifts to golf lessons for Queen Victoria and tennis history with the Renshaws.
A reader questions the Barbara Frietchie legend. G W P argues the tale is a garbled wartime clipping and offers a counter story of three Union-leaning Virginia girls and General Jackson. The letter shifts to legal questions about divorce, debt, employment, dog attacks, patents, real estate, and citizenship issues with brief guidance.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt details how smoked herring are scaled by treading and by a board device, then washed, salted, and dried before smoking. It notes risks of bruising flesh, partial scaling, and salability, with steps moving to smokehouse preparation. The passage ends with a stray quote from Old Hanks and a band reference.
In a new Texas story the hero, a government rain-maker, uses engineered downpour to flood his would-be father-in-law’s ranch. He and his girl elope as streams rise, blocking pursuit. The tale centers on a dramatic scene and the man’s clever weather manipulation.
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