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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1885
Page
12
The Globe announces a subscription offer of six copies for fourteen months at five dollars. It markets The Weekly Globe as Boston’s leading and only Democratic weekly newspaper, urging agents to promote subscriptions to Democrats.
Hoston Weekly Globe urges forming clubs to start Tue Grower in 1887. It claims Washington and general news, farmer and ladies sections, short stories, and literary papers will appeal to every household member. Promotes subscriptions, club deals, premiums, and agent commissions before January 1887.
The piece mourns the demise of ex president Chester Alan Arthur praising his integrity and steady leadership. It notes his tenure followed President Garland and commends his cautious, non radical governance and effective management of state affairs. It closes with hope for another capable successor if tragedy strikes again.
The Postmaster-General ViLas presents an annual report highlighting 54000 postmasters with about 9500 appointed or removed in the first year and a half of the Democratic administration. It argues for rotation to curb violations and excessive compensation, notes lower removals early in the term versus Republicans, and proposes a carrier system for towns of 10000 population or more. The report also cites changes in the Postal Guide under Democratic control as evidence of reduced costs.
A political statistician argues presidential duties are too exacting as he traces lifespans of U S leaders. He notes averages, terms, and ages from Washington to Hayes, Lincoln to Arthur, highlighting longevity trends, assassinations, and the evolving toll of office.
The article notes cautious hope that the concordat governing church state ties will endure in negotiations between France and the Vatican. It warns against extremes among radicals who push for secularization, emphasizing a persistent conservative voice within the republic resisting a total rupture with the Vatican.
The article debates Russia's move in Bulgaria, noting General Kaulbars' retirement and Russian consuls leaving the principality. Europe is split between views of a retreat before united forces and a looming occupation. British and Austrian ministers warn of potential war.
The struggle among Russian, Austrian, English rulers leaves peace unsettled. Bismarck remains the umpire while France eyes revenge. Bulgaria lies as the bone of contention between these giants, with about 9,000,000 armed men ready to strike. Whichever side wins, Bulgaria will lose.
The item catalogues a broad mix of opinion and gossip on tariff impacts, alderman bribes, and notable figures. It notes speaker Canisie decrying tariffs limiting home markets, Alderman Futicrar’s Broadway bribery testimony, and jokes about politicians, labor, and foreign affairs with brief remarks on European events and U S political commentary.
George Alfred Townsend offers a vivid, opinionated critique of Munkacsy's Christ Before Pilate, describing the painting's composition, lighting, and characterizations. He contrasts the Budapest artist's modern approach with classical masters, praises the central figure of Jesus, notes the crowd’s baroque expressions, and condemns social flattery around art buyers while praising the artist's integrity and intent.
The verse admires primeval woods and the Moccasin Flower, blending nature with myth. It links a white observer to a disappeared native lineage, hinting at colonization and sacred forest memory through vivid forest imagery and a distant red man's name.
At Pittsburg Union depot a large woman amid laughter attempts to board a departing train. Officer Muller's push fails to move her. Passersby and porters assist as she keeps smiling and quips that the doctor says she is not to be worried.
In a Harper's Bazar exchange a customer says the picture does me justice. The photographer retorts that if photos truly did justice everyone photographed would become beautiful, implying the art would perish.
Rabbi Solomon Schindler argues that inherited laws governing Sunday rest are outdated relics. He urges broad, nonsectarian reform, warning against special religious legislation while urging a universal day of rest for all citizens. He presses Massachusetts to revoke or remodel the blue laws in favor of generic social welfare.
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