Notable Authors to Contribute Fiction to The Weekly Globe 1886
The Weekly Globe announces 1886 will publish short stories by leading writers including Craddock Trowbridge Jewett Matthews Phelps Chandler Harris Spofford Cooke Roe Hale Bishop Hayes Baylor Thomson Boyesen Knox Marston Hammond and many others. The feature aims to attract thousands of subscribers by offering premier magazine fiction at popular prices.
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Weekly Globe
Atlantic Monthly
the Century
Harper's Magazine
Charles Egbert Craddock
J. T. Trowbridge
Rarah Orne Jewett
Brander Matthews
Elizabeth Stewart Phelps
Louise Chandler Moulton
Prank R. Stockton
Prances Hodgson Burnett
Octave Thanet
E. C. Bunner
Sidney Luska
Thomas & Janviep
Mrs. Burton Harrison
E. P. Roe
Joel Chandler Harris
Harriet Prescott Spofford
J. Esten Cooke
Edward Everett Hale
W. H. Bishop
A A. Hayes
F. C. Baylor
Maurice Thomson
E. HE. Boyesen
Thomas W. Knox
Phillip Bourke Marston
W. A. Hammond
Agents Wanted in Every Town for Sample Copies and Poster
Classified notice seeks agents in all U S towns to distribute sample copies and posters with a generous cash commission offered for successful promotions. Strong emphasis on nationwide reach and lucrative incentives.
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Agents Wanted For Local Club Posters And Samples
If anyone can form a neighborhood club and sends their address on a postal card, we will mail a poster and samples free. A liberal cash commission is offered.
The Globe Offers Discount Magazine Subscriptions
A Globe page advertises a list of magazines available with The Weekly Globe. Magazines are priced at wholesale with wholesale profit passed to subscribers. If priced at retail, The Globe costs about 50 cents a year on average, some titles as low as 10 cents.
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Sample copies mailed to non subscribers for examination
Daily mailings go to names provided by friends as free samples for examination. Readers urged to subscribe. those who do not subscribe will not receive further issues.
Neighbors Urged to Send Names for Subscriptions
Readers are asked to send the names of all who, upon receiving a sample copy of The Weekly Globe, will likely subscribe. The notice seeks to maximize names and potential subscribers.
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Massachusetts Election Victory Rebuts Renryson Loss
In Massachusetts results show Renryson defeated by about 20000 votes. The Democratic gains include several Senate seats and a reduced Republican majority, with Governor Rogison narrowly escaped defeat and Prince portrayed as a force for future strength. The piece notes Cleveland’s administration gains and a rising Democratic vitality statewide.
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Pruner
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Reform
Democratic Party
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Manpen
Harsey J. Beanp Maan
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Roginson
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Beacon Hill
Prince
Boston
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Cleeve- Land Administration
English Social Habits Through an American Traveler
A reader recounts an American visitor's impressions of England during a brief stay. He notes the lack of elevators beyond freight use, scarce and small horse-drawn transit, and the different terminology with “tram” replacing horse car. He compares multi-story offices and the absence of horse-car blockades to English practice.
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Liverpool
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English City Life From A Boston Traveler’s Eye View
A Boston observer contrasts English and Boston street car use, noting England’s larger cars and higher pedestrian activity. He describes walking to work, strict right side traffic, and the polite yet quotable London police, nicknamed bobby and peeler, with Peel’s act shaping the force. He critiques American independents while urging lessons from New York’s election.
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Liverpool
London
M. Tarne
Longfellow
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Peeler
Rupert Peel
England
Grovar A. Bruce
Good appointments raise civil service reform hopes
President Cleveland appoints Eparron and Trenholm as two of three new civil service commissioners, with both men described as strict Democrats. The piece notes their backgrounds, calls reform overdue, and casts a critical eye on ongoing governance and The Herald’s chances to be beaten.
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Trenholm
Civil Service
Cleveland
Eparrron
Greeley
Hoar
Sherman
Foraker
Herald
Genuine Independents Lift Democrats in New York Vote
A sweeping New York victory teaches professional Independents to distinguish a true independent who votes by conscience from a pretender. The genuine independent supports the party aligned with public interests, and may switch loyalties only when a party errs, influencing outcomes and shaping reform.
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New York
Cleveland
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Republican
President Cleveland’s stand shames Independent supporters
The Washington Post report on President Cleveland’s civil service stance unsettles professional Independents. They claimed ideological alignment while pressuring him to back Hunt, but Cleveland’s pledge to vote for Hitt reveals his loyalty to the Democratic Party and destroys their illusion of an independent alliance.
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Empire State
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Civil Service Commission
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Hunt
Hitt
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Editorial Notes on Murray and Political Scandals
The piece critiques W H H Murray resuming platform work with a Christmas tale, defends his career choice, and mocks mugwumps in civil service. It notes Mrs Walkup’s Kansas murder trial, Sterling’s civil service exam, Mahone support, and Virginia crossfire, ending with a wary Plymouth clergy scandal.
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Emporia
Kansas
Rufus Cheart
Bar Kochba the Messiah who shook Rome and Jews
Rabbi Schindler traces Bar Kochba as the Messiah who led a Jewish revolt, detailing his rise under Akiba, the stark devotion of 500,000 soldiers, and the Roman siege of Betar. He argues history should judge leaders by outcomes, not luck, and notes Bar Kochba’s legacy amid later Christian interpretations.
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Temple Adath Israel
Bar Kochba
Manind
Brennus
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Bar Kubba
Jesus of Nazareth
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Hell
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Hadrian
Orient
Julius Severus
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Metz
Leonidas
Bar Kockba
Dion Cassius
Senate
Bees yield honey in walls of Surrey pub and Bromley granary
In Ockham near Ripley a bee colony in the Hautboy and Fiddle inn has occupied a three story wall niche for years. Landlord Mr. Smith and family cut bricks to retrieve about 120 pounds of honey from a two by three foot comb. At Bromley’s Winter Hall Mr. Barrett’s workers recovered 300 pounds of honey from bees nesting between ceiling and granary, a multi year hiding place for the swarm.
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London Standard
West Surrey
Ockham
Ripley
Winter's Hall
Bromley
George Barrett
Marriage by forty minutes engagement shocks Buncombe
Tid- bis and Edgerly joke about a Colorado wedding, claiming a couple wed after a forty minute engagement while quipping about fast living and a girl's father and seven brothers in pursuit.
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Edgerly
West
Colorado
Buncombe
Denver auction of faith and baseball clashes with sermons
The report describes Couray and Solid Muldoon in a scene where a baseball game and a camp meeting unfold within a square of each other. The preacher’s call to the mourners bench is repeatedly broken by the umpire’s shouting as a player advances on balls called.
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Couray
Muldoon
Denver
Hell
Archery Standards And Rousing GAR References
In an old Chicago Telegram style note, archery is discussed with thirty pound bows as proper for ladies while commenting on youths with delicate constitutions and strong GAR ties. The fragment hints at divisions, weight limits, and cross references to Antipodes, implying lively debates on equipment and gender norms in sport.
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Chicago Telegram
New York Caller Hails Mayor Over Aldermen Progress
A fragmented dialogue from an old telephone exchange shows a New York caller pressuring the operator to confirm whether aldermen have finished a city matter. The exchange hints at municipal decision making and communication delays in late era urban governance.
Lowell discovery on rocky islet Brewster off Boston
A fragment notes a discovery near the rocky islet Brewster off Boston challenging a claimed municipal ownership. The terse text references a British government matter and a chattel estate, with unclear surrounding details.
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E Brewster
Boston
Isetts
What Does This Mean
Louisville has nearly 175 miles of streets and alleys and the gutter ordinance enforcement could improve cleanliness and order. The writer hints at civic pride and potential benefits from stricter rules, urging readers to support orderly street maintenance.
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Louiaville Courier Journal
Louisville
Automatic Morality in Beecher Sermon Emerges as Inner Law
In Brooklyn on November 8 Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preached that true morality arises from inside the individual, not external law. He argued that law sinks within as an internal impulse, producing automatic virtue through love, joy, peace, and self restraint.
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Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Readings in the Cabinet Readers and the President
A Washington Star survey asks who is the best reader in the cabinet. Lamar is often named, but Bayard, the President, Whitney Endicott and Blaine receive frequent attention for their book habits and choices.
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Lamar
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Blaine
White House
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Endicott
Membe
Uys
Sympathy and the rain soaked journey tale
A Chicago Herald anecdote recounts a drummer and a companion driving to a country hotel in Fort Wayne. After alcohol fueled rows with locals the pair return heavily loaded, claiming their eyes and the buggy springs mirror the affinity they felt with the country scene and its inhabitants.
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Chicago Herald
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Could Run Faster than He Talked
A Chicago Herald anecdote recalls a candy man on Rock Island trains describing a Joliet line alert. He asks if the train stops at many stations and wonders if he can outrun it between stops. The station agent confirms frequent stops as the man struggles to finish his sentence.
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Chicago Herald
Rock Island
Twenty-second Street
Joliet
Thirty-first
Englewood
Blue Island
Evangelist jokes a Bible reading society for telephones
The Buffalo Courier reports an evangelist told a Courier reporter he plans to form a society to chain a free Bible to every telephone in the country. He claims this will curb profanity by giving telephonists reading material during calls and increase Scriptural knowledge.
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Buffalo Courier
Courier
London Punchi Customer Seeks Bronchitis Cure
A London Punchi customer coughs and asks a chemist for bronchitis remedy. The chemist touts a famed product as the finest cure, promising nationwide distribution. A gentleman in ales boasts heavy monthly consumption, then exits swiftly.
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London
Russian engineer Bern minsky visits Boston harbor works
General Alexander Varselovitch Bern minsky, imperial engineer of the Russian army, is in Boston to inspect harbor fortifications, canals, elevators, and related works. The name stirs local curiosity as he tours the city.
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New York Journal
Alexander Varselovitch Bernminsky
Boston
Modest Lover Hesitates as Bold Seeks Her Hand
A fragmentary verse scene from Bloomington Eye portrays a cautious lover delaying declaration while another pursues the same woman. The cautious lover endures a period of jealous anxiety, hoping the rival will bear the cost of heartbreak.
President Eliot Reads on Religion in College
Harvard President Charles W. Eliot is to address the New York Nineteenth Century Club this winter on the topic Religion in College. The lecture promises to explore ecclesiastical influence within higher education and the role of universities in shaping religious thought.
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Crimson
Eliot
Harvard
New York Nineteenth Century Club
Conductor Peters Arguments Over Five Dollar Payback
A brief exchange on a streetcar route has Jack asserting five dollars is owed. Peters, the conductor, declines, claiming the ride just began and urges waiting until the end of the route.
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Peters
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