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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1885
Page
4
1886 Weekly Globe to Feature Stories by Noted Authors
The paper will publish short stories by Brander Matthews Elizabeth Phelps Louise Chandler Moulton and many others in 1886. Read the full list of brilliant contributors and expect a popular price magazine fiction feature likely to attract thousands of subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weekly Globe
Atlantic Monthly
the Century
Harper's Magazine
Charles Egbert Craddock
J. T. Trowbridge
Sarah Orne Jewett
Brander Matthews
Elizabeth Stewart Phelps
Louise Chandler Moulton
Prane BR. Stockton
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Octave Thanet
EH. D. Bunner
Sidney Luska
Thomas A. 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
P. C. Baylor
Maurice Thomson
E. H. Boyesen
Thomas W. Knox
Phillip Bourke Marston
W. 4. Hammond
National distribution plan seeks agents in every town
Advertises free sample copies and a poster sent to each town, promising generous cash commissions. Targets all United States towns, urging readers to join as sales agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Sample GLOBE stories promised for 1886 week
The Weekly Globe announces forthcoming 1886 issues with short stories by E C Stedman Louisa M Alcott Edgar Fawcett Marion Harland and E B Brooks for Thanksgiving season subjects. A Christmas sampler of stories sketches and poems is planned and will be announced soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Stedman
Louisa M. Alcott
Edgar Fawcett
Marion Harland
THE
GLOBE
Fancy Holiday Gifts From Home Columns Next Week
The Globe announces upcoming holiday gift columns that will feature inexpensive, homemade ideas suitable for many tastes. Readers are encouraged to subscribe now and start with the next issue for early guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
The Globe Almost Free Magazine Offer
A page two lists magazines offered with The Weekly Globe. Magazines are priced at wholesale with all usual retail profit given to subscribers. Calculating retail value shows The Globe costs less than 50 cents per year on average, sometimes as low as 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weely Globe
THE
GLOBE
Democratic Comeback Predicted by Blaine Mentor
In a November 24 1885 piece the Globe argues that Blaine’s prophetic instincts forecast the Democratic party’s hold on power, while Republican leaders conclude the party has long been in opposition and will struggle to regain control amid strong Southern and industrial prosperity readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaise
Buning
Grant
Conkiina
Democratic Party
New York
Blaine
Blain
Massachusetts
Republican Party
Union
Indiana
Buurne
Trapen
Buaine
Brave
Southern Prosperity Shines as Crop Yields Soar in Louisiana
Despite widespread trade gloom, the South looks cheerier due to Louisiana’s agricultural boom. Rice output nearly doubles in value and quantity, sugar crops rise with lower costs, and cotton markets see record marketing. Planters report reduced debt burdens and rising land values as cane cultivation thrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
National Cotton Exchange
South
New England
A. Batowr
Origin and Growth of Labor Organizations
The article traces labor groups from ancient times to medieval Europe. It cites records from 1884 on guild inquiries by the Merchant Tailors Exchange and notes early Greece and Rome had trade guilds. It lists guild mentions in Lombardy to Paris and Magdeburg, with aristocratic opposition in the 12th to 14th centuries and imperial prohibitions beginning in 1220.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ick II
Brunswick
Magdeburg
Germany
Exim B
Hayes
Merchant ‘Tailors’ Exchange of Washington
Department of State
Department
United States
Europe
James T. du Bois
Leipsic
Rome
Lombardy
France
Holland
Paris
Cologne
Halle
London
Imperial Order of
Freder
Twelve Reasons to Go to Church in a Boston Talk
A Boston speech argues that church attendance has historically guided moral order while acknowledging modern secular views. It lists twelve considerations for churchgoing and urges readers to support their ministers and engage in shared work rather than passive belief alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suypay Globe
Massachusetts
Boston
Editorial Points on Crime and Politics Across Nations
The piece critiques executions and commutations in Maine, condemns perceived inconsistency by Governor Rogers, and critiques political figures while noting Americans defending naturalized citizens abroad. It links labor disputes in Hocking Valley to arbitration, praises civil service reform via democracy, and jabs at presidents, editors, and colonial affairs with brisk, era-typical language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Valley
Four Little Scratches on His Arm Poem Snippet
A fragment from the Middleboro News presents a children’s rhyme about small pox scratches. The verse notes four scratches to protect against harm, then the child swears when touched, reflecting a historic poetic reminder of smallpox fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleboro
Beecher Praises Horace Claflin In Plymouth Sermon
Beecher honors Horace B. Claflin at Plymouth Church, describing his life as a model of industry, thrift, and benevolence. He cites Claflin’s generous acts, loyalty to friends, and moral character, noting his wealth funded charitable aims and that his life prepared him for death with no lingering illness. The sermon links riches with virtue and urges the young to prosper through integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Savacr
Plymouth Church
Mr. Beecher
Horace B. Claflin
New York
Brooklyn
Plymouth Charsh
Beecher
Mark. x
Jesus
Mr. Clatlin
My. Claflin
God
Claflin
Babylon
Clatlin
Reading Boy Defies Mother in Coal Cellar Tale
In a Boston story from the New York Journal a ten year old boy refuses to stop reading a classical work to carry coal. His mother calls him lazy, while the boy retorts with a professor like defense claiming not lazy but constitutionally inert in a humorous exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Boston
Census Taker Demands Ages Amid Family Tension
Quotations reveal a tense scene as a census taker presses for family ages. A wife asserts the law must be respected while the husband questions the legitimacy of the inquiry and references unnamed others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Smith
Two Fives for a Ten Puzzles Justice Prindiville
A town figure tests the judge with a cash riddle asking if he has two fives for a ten. The well known man to town and Justice Prindiville meet on the way to court. The judge offers to change the bill but the man lacks the ten. He suggests saving one five until tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weekly
Prindiville
Homeopathic Treatment Joke in New York Journal
A humorous exchange among a Board of Canvassers ends with a suggestion to seek recreation and try the “crazy quilt” as a nerve tonic. The quip highlights a light, whimsical tone in a city newspaper snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Almanac Aims to Perfectly Time Husbands’ Reveille
A Yale College professor plans an 1886 almanac promising advanced accuracy for household hours. It claims to tell the exact minute wives sleep after midnight to prevent storms from late lodge returns, aiming to meet a long felt want.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snorristown
Yale College
Witty Exchange Frames Goods Clerk and Customer
A New York Graphic joke scene features a goods clerk and a customer trading quips about a product described as all wood and half cotton. The dialogue touches on trust and rumor in a light, humorous tone with a punchline about marriage history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Graphic
A Creat Deal Seft to the Imagination
A humorous exchange from New York Sup features a minister recalling a dinner with Mrs Henderson and comments on a tidy young girl who waited on them. Bobby explains his mother discharged her for being too pretty, highlighting social attitudes and household rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago Rambler's Quotation Etiquette Remarks
A Chicago Rambler quips about a writer of good English who dislikes the new London fad of starting a quotation with authority then interrupting to insert the quote and then continuing with the text. The remark critiques modern quotation practice in a concise editorial style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
London
Odd Items From Everywhere Quirky News Roundup
A collage of odd reports from Berlin to Philadelphia covers peculiar crises, jogs of fortune, unusual bets, and curious customs. Notable items include a Milwaukee girl earning 40 dollars monthly, a goose in Camberland, Md, that crows like a rooster, and a zebra of odd fashions in Paris. The piece notes diverse curiosities, from a nurse’s liver joke to a German clergyman marrying an English girl on an Arctic iceberg, with reflections on politics, finance, and daily life.
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Berlin
Milwaukee
Mannibal
Camberland
Vicora
Los Angeles
Cal
la Puebla de
Reina de Los Angeles
Winona
Mian
Gulf of Mexico
Randolph
N. Y
Paris
Eben Lancaster
East Bowdeinham
Arctic Ocean
Atlanta
Glasvo
Kingston
Pennsylvania
Rome
Jeffersonville
Ind
Salem
Mass
Valperaiso
United States
New Jersey
West Virginia
New York
Georgia
Uruguay
Cincinnati
Oregon
Kentucky
Corningtown
Athéns
Elbert County
C. C. DL
Luimpkin
Philadelphia
Philadelpa
Scientific American
Whitesboro
London
Chichester Cathedral
Mendelaseha
Purcell
Greene
Mendelson
Walvestey
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Senate
Cleveland
America
New York Sun
Matc HeLtt
Landaulet Wrixiams
New York World
Joan B. Ailey
Vincent
New Mexico
Joan B
Charles Summner
Frsseypen
Montreal
Department of the Sergeant-At-Arms
State House
Conkling
Blaing
Cleve LaNapd
General Sherman
Texas
Lee
Virginia
Old Dominion
Riser
Steap
Britannia
Morostat
Cupid
Pluto
Servin
King Miran
Galveston
Bercher
H. B. Claflin
N.Y
Gincsoes
Castoria
Abe
Obs
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