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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1888
Page
4
Boston Weekly Globe invites old and new subscribers to renew or subscribe at 1.00 before Jan 1 1889. A club of five subscribers earns extra time and an agent gets free copies until Jan 1890. Send names early to avoid December rush. send for samples and form a club.
Subscription rates list prices for one copy per month and yearly terms with postage prepaid. It notes different rates and a Boston Post Office classification, indicating newspaper mail handling.
Tae Weexty Giorr will provide a full report on the inauguration of President elect Harrison and offer condensed reports and criticisms of the Republican Congress. The writer urges vigilance to monitor tariff reform and franchise changes in the South, warning that Republicans may err in power.
A conspicuous notice at Nonantum Worsted Company mill in Newton Mass calls for every employee of 700 to receive Overran's Subscription to a daily paper supporting tariff and protection. The notice urges Democrats to back tariff reform and promote subscriptions to Tar WEEKLY Gropr to swing voters for a tariff reform president.
The piece frames a split in Democratic strategy after defeat. It weighs retreat versus advancing tariff reform, arguing retreat risks alienating reformers and nonpartisan voters, while bold forward action could renew party vigor and resolve the tariff issue. It cites World urging a thorough overhaul of protection and critiques timidity.
The piece analyzes Republican dominance in framing protection as a principle, while Democrats failed to counter. It argues farmers favor reform and warns against extending the presidential term, citing Cleveland and urging bold Democratic progress on protection and reform.
Indianapolis report shows July 1 balance of 120000 in the Knights of Labor treasury has fallen to 46 cash and 5000 in outstanding debt. Income is said to be insufficient for current expenses despite the prior record of the Southwestern strike. The public and labor supporters wonder if the order is breaking up and what might replace it as a labor-pros per promoting agency.
The New York Herald prints interviews with prominent businessmen favoring a longer presidential term. They argue business interests dominate while acknowledging other fields. They estimate national election costs at about 5 million dollars, largely spent on torchlight processions that do not influence votes.
A Massachusetts reader argues that the Electoral College was designed to separate presidential choice from direct democracy. The piece outlines the constitutional compromise, the role and selection of electors, and notes party pledges binding electors to vote for their ticket. It adds that electors are state officers and practices vary by state.
In the 11th issue the Statesman prints a provocative letter by an ex Federal Soldier arguing the Democratic Party must mobilize white education funds and use race as a political tool. Editorial reply disavows anti negro policies and stresses equal protection under the law for all citizens across Texas.
The piece explains how electors are chosen by states sometimes by legislature or people, details the electoral process from November voting to February counting, notes Harrison and Morton as winners, and argues the system is clumsy and outdated but has some advantages.
A mosaic of opinions and events outlines presidential pride, legal ambitions, and reform debates. Rhode Island pushes ballot reform. Massachusetts leads. Peru objects to apologies. Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland, and party voices echo, with warnings on motor schemes, court rulings, and the fate of figures like Judge Thurman. News of elopements and a stock market style caution closes the piece.
The remark notes that stock markets and workers both trend upward every other day. A workingman in the audience retorts that labor is perpetually on its back, unable to rise, highlighting class tensions in campaign rhetoric.
The report says Mr Cleveland might be elected president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad but lacks confirmation. Most favor the post as desirable though some see it as a shelf for Grover. Republican supporters would breathe easier if true.
A satirical column riffs on international tensions and domestic vanity. It jokes about Mexico capturing American soldiers, Secretary Whitney's cruiser power, and President Cleveland, then pivots to English and American comparisons of "Missy" daughters and Puritan maidens, noting evolving ideals across nations.
One third of the men elected to Congress on the 6th of this month have never served in Congress before. The Democrats retain the stronger old legislators, and unless the Republicans recruit all the giants among the newcomers, the Democracy will likely hold its position even if Republicans hold a slim majority.
An advertisement proclaims Pierce’s Favorite Raseorpbion specifying medicine for chronic ailments and weakness. Sold by druggists with a strict guarantee of satisfaction or money refunded, reflecting a period patent remedy claim.
A reader recounts a day exploring Japan courts. The piece charts the modern judiciary’s 21 year development and describes crude trials encountered, hinting at comparisons with American notables and local curiosities like bantam chickens and bob tailed cats.
The observer describes Japanese courts with no juries and judges who examine prisoners directly. Trials involve handcuffed offenders led into courts, later freed if not found guilty, and a unique system of police, common pleas, appeals, and supreme courts. Officials include Mikado-appointed judges, arching their salaries in various Japanese dollars, with detailed notes on court structure and practices.
An American visitor describes courteous bowing in white duck uniforms with brass buttons as he visits Japan's Supreme Court. He meets four judges who cannot speak English, notes their age range from 40 to 60, compares some to prominent U.S. judges, and discusses Japanese views on justice and the judiciary amid tea, cigars, and embassy-style diplomacy.
A visitor describes Japanese courts with a wooden rostrum and green cloth tables where judges, prosecutors, and clerks work without stenographers. Clerks’ pay ranges from 12 to 70 Japanese dollars monthly, while prosecutors earn 500 to 2200 yen yearly. Tokyo police, 80,000 strong, patrol in European-cut dress, practice fencing, and arrest by rope restraints.
A fragmented list of political parties events and names from 19th century United States history. It mentions Anti Monarchy and Anti Monopoly themes along with treaties civil rights and reform bills. The item resembles an old periodical advertisement or dictionary entry for The Weekly Globe offering a subscription deal.
Frank G. Carpenter recalls Tokyo with a vast police network and a spy system, detailing a commissioner earning 2700 dollars yearly, a fire-prone metropolis with six steam engines and thatched roofs. He notes Yokohama blue hats, small ponies, bantam chickens, one-story houses, and tea served in shell-like cups as Japan’s scenery and daily life unfold.
An observer describes Japanese urban life with hibachi fuel on floors and paper partitions, noting high fire risk from candlelight, lamps, and charcoal stoves. He contrasts small domestic objects, toys, and babies with American heights, calling Japan a nation of the little and detailing dwellings, footwear, and trees.
Retail markets unveil early winter specialties with pineapples from distant lands and hothouse tomatoes. Vergennes grapes remain, butter beans scarce, and imports like French chestnuts appear alongside an extensive price list including white fish 20 cents, leg lamb 20 cents, pigeons $3 per dozen, lake trout 20 cents a pound, and California grapes $1 a basket.
A column argues the Electoral College is intricate and pivotal to choosing a president and promotes a parlor game called the Game of Parties or the Race for the Presidency to teach states votes. It notes New York carries 36 votes and Nevada 8, urging readers to learn by this popular toy from the W. S. Loy Company in Leominster Massachusetts.
A letter to the editor offers a cure for consumption claiming thousands cured by timely use. The author promises to send two bottles free to recipients who provide their express and postal addresses, naming 181 Pearl Street, New Kerley, as the return address.
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