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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1889
Page
4
The Weekly Globe advertises a 14 month subscription for 1.00 a year claiming more value than any weekly newspaper. It promises seventeen complete novels or 8.50 in value plus numerous short stories poems and news and urges readers to form a club with a club offer featured on the page.
The Globe discusses the Australian secret ballot as Massachusetts adoption leads the way, recounts English ballot abuses, and notes cost concerns in New York printing. It surveys Canada’s growing diplomacy and a proposed American conference to unite western nations against European trade dominance, urging practical reforms and peaceful expansion.
A long critique discusses Beecher and Beecher era clergy and publishers, condemning sensational literature and shoddy publishing. It contrasts extemporaneous preaching with lecturing and condemns commercialism in newspapers, publishers, and theaters, urging higher standards and moral accountability. The piece references Beecher, Talmage, Proctor, and other figures, noting the influence of media and public figures on cultural life.
The report details a sensational poisoning scare involving Drath in candy Bokes and strange escapes, with references to Fons Festies Henry, Rev Dr Macks, and Dr James Christis. Authorities, including Chief Coroner Borryasan, investigate alleged poisonings amid chaotic testimony, while William McDonail is arrested on suspicion of a major drug crime linked to Barker Soba, as citizens wonder about the broader conspiracy and the city’s sense of safety.
A fragmentary excerpt recalls a visit to the Bolton ranch marked by a feared creature called the Man Eater. The narrator notes the host’s two loves, his daughters and the hound, amid vivid action scenes with dogs and chase, ending with a tense moment near a lassoed cow.
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