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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1883
Page
4
The Weekly Globe will not accept three cent stamps for subscriptions due to the new postage law. Two cent stamps are required, and one or two cent stamps remain accepted as before.
The page urges forming clubs under a new prospectus and subscribing promptly to extend THE GLOBE. It targets old and new subscribers, asks them to check expiration dates, and encourages recruiting one new subscriber each. Agents earn 25 percent on each new sub, and the notice warns cutout will not reappear.
The Globe announces the war serial Out of the Ranks nearing completion as the ninth installment for 1888 with at least three more serials planned this year. Twelve original novels by top writers are offered for one year’s $1 subscription, with more similar titles promised at a low price.
The Weekly Globe offers domestic and international subscriptions with postal options and stamp details. It recaps political commentary on Ropinson, Butleer, Geronimo, Spanish France tensions, Washington politics, and tariff debates, plus a note on an English execution method idea.
A crude device describes a brass crescent fixed to a swinging apparatus with a double rope. When the condemned is dropped, the crescent rests on the head and the rope angles the neck, allegedly snapping the spine and causing instant death.
A commentary on 1876 election tactics and ballot security argues the Republican cry of watching ballot boxes exposes fear of labor votes and calls for free ballots in Massachusetts. It contrasts Massachusetts with Southern states and cites Greeley era cautionary expeditions and Hazen’s blamed missteps.
A New York Herald critique calls the belief that land alone cures poverty ridiculous. It argues many woes stem from a defective land and credit system, noting farms can be purchased cheaply only via railroads, while the poor lack capital and farming knowledge. The piece likens the idea to telling the hungry to eat cake.
The article argues for a formal inquiry into the failed expedition to relieve Lieutenant Greeley. It contends Garlington acted without clear instructions to land stores and men on Littleton Island, noting Hazen’s original orders aimed to reach Lady Franklin Bay with the Proteus at all hazards and urging a decisive provisioning of Littleton Island as a core duty.
In a highly charged Massachusetts political melee, anti Butler forces rally against the Marshes, arguing a vendetta of reform led by Thomas Talbot while alleging misconduct under Butler. The piece tars the MARSH family with dead bodies and corruption in Tewksbury, claiming large state costs and lax oversight under prior regimes contrasts with current savings and care.
The text portrays a struggling anti Butler movement clinging to hopes of revival, counting on the Marsu family to restore Republican power. The dying metaphor suggests a fragile political coalition seeking crucial backing to regain influence.
The piece rails at Mr. Beard while praising his physical stature and usefulness to the Republican campaign. It notes Lowell rally speeches, distribution of mail order circulars, and a gambit to sponsor clothing ads as part of political strategy. It mocks Luther and Annie style maneuvers, urging restraint.
Editorial condemns the Massachusetts Republican Council for rejecting Edwin G. Walker of Charlestown a colored nominee for a local court post. It decries the act as a betrayal of equal rights, urges righteous response from the colored community, and accuses the party of masking true proffered reforms.
A mosaic of opinions and anecdotes spans religion, politics, manners, and economics. Spurgeon on church priorities, a Texan diplomat’s quip at battle, Massachusetts politics and Butler’s governance, bowing customs in Sweden and America, a Texan lawyer’s bald head joke, New York wealth concentration, Adirondack discomfort, California wealth shift from mines to agriculture, tariff battles in Congress, and Western fairs selling a “great secret” for a dime.
Lake Superior region story details Will Hendrick a young dentist who, without a gun, hooked a 175 pound buck with fish hooks and lassoed it from a rowboat after a long struggle. He chased, battled, and wrestled the deer until securing it despite the animal fighting back.
Rockville boasts the nation’s largest envelope factory, White, Corbin & Co., turning 75 envelopes per minute across 63 machines for about 8,118,500 daily. They maintain 200 tons of stock, produce one ton of pasteboard daily into boxes, and five tons of paper into envelopes, with a plug for Ayer's Hair Vigor to prevent scalp issues.
The Traveller reports Charles W. Wilder, a Gaston staffer and veteran Democrat, has defected from Governor Butler amid alleged abuses. Wilder denies the claim, stating he endorsed Butler last fall and remains confident in his reforms, with Republicans noting his reversal could boost Butler’s statewide chances.
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