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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1884
Page
4
A sample copy of The Weekly Globe invites readers to form a large club with neighbors to promote Democratic principles. The paper promotes club formation and urges subscription at $1.00 through January 1, 1886.
The Agricultural Department praises The Weekly Globe edited by Mr Ward a chemist and practical farmer for superior scientific weekly agricultural content. It claims the paper is seasonable reliable and essential and offers a yearly subscription for only $1.00.
Advertisement urging readers to act as agents to grow The Weekly Globe circulation. Promotes Democratic support and election of a Democratic president, offering agents’ rates and free sample copies upon request.
The Boston Weekly Globe urges immediate renewal for campaign subscribers whose term ends November 15. Pay $1 now to extend to January 1886 and avoid year end rush, plus a promotion offering The Globe free for the rest of the year if friends subscribe with you.
The notice offers worldwide one year subscriptions free of postage with six copies priced at five dollars. Payment by postal order, registered letter, or draft from New York or Boston preferred. stamps accepted in one two or three cent denominations. Address correspondence to The Weekly Globe Boston Mass with full writer details. Changes of address require old and new. Copies lost in mail will be duplicated.
The piece analyzes the October results as a Republican reprieve, discusses historical patterns in Ohio and other states, and argues that final national victory hinges on November voting. It concedes limited gains for Republicans while predicting Cleveland and Hendricks will win the presidency with New York backing them.
The piece argues New York will lean Democratic in a tight national fight as Democratic gains in West Virginia and Ohio erode Republican margins. It cites past state results and party shifts, noting Ohio’s reduced GOP lead and New York’s history as a Democratic-leaning state while predicting a Democratic victory if steady work continues.
The piece argues New York’s political machine and business interests rally behind Governor Cleveland with a massive Wall Street demonstration and a city parade. It notes German Americans supporting Cleveland and disputes Irish loyalty claims, while blasting Blaine with critical letters and Fisher correspondence as misleading.
The piece recalls Jon C Calhoun’s 1836 claim that surplus funds belong to those who generated them and warns of a looming 1884 excess. It cites James G Blaine as supporting surplus distribution and questions whether he remains a statesman amid political folly.
A sensational public print recounts a man shot in the head who survived as the bullet allegedly remained in his brain and later grew a hair-covered bullet. The tale mocks baldness remedies, suggesting lead could grow hair and spark scientific wonder despite its implausibility.
A. M. Sullivan is praised as a rare versatile genius. He is honored as a patriot of Ireland, an artist known for early illustrated sketches, a journalist with bold yet conservative views, a brilliant lawyer and Parliament member, an eloquent orator, and a valued author, whose life reflects a well spent record and prison experience for his country.
The Journal notes were not designed to boost sales but to report political expectations. It cites October forecasts showing Republican leads and possible gains in Congress in Ohio and West Virginia, with Democrats conceding or contesting margins.
Journal readers are urged to dismiss the sensational Ohio gloom as a cause for alarm. The piece argues against a lurid Wisconsin murder headline over a domestic affair involving a local Blaine and Logan Club president.
Commentary by Hon. Matthew Hale of Albany praising Grover Cleveland as governor and denouncing Blaine. The piece condemns Mormon polygamy prosecutions in Utah and criticizes perjury within the Endowment House. It also notes the French delegation's stance at the Prime Meridian Conference and proposes a Greenwich-based longitude solution.
Secretary Chandler proposes a naval war college to immortalize his name, arguing it will supplement the education provided by the Annapolis Naval Academy. The plan aims to offer further training for officers, with a noted hope that it teaches avoiding destruction by coastal schooners.
The article notes Niagara Falls' role in electricity generation powering Buffalo's telephone exchange. It recalls the early doubt about transoceanic telegraph cables, then their proven feasibility, and argues that widespread town to town talk via waterfall electricity suggests many feats are possible through the subtle fluid.
The traveler notes Ohioans exhibit a refined moral discernment, with a fifty percent reduction in their usual majority. Westerners may be rough, but they avoid excessive enthusiasm for tattooed candidates this year.
The piece notes WV’s Democratic lead rising from 3000 to an estimated 6000 to 10000, calling it a Democratic Waterloo. It predicts Massachusetts men will see Cleveland win the presidency, and endorses Governor candidate Judge Enphott as a strong, independent choice. Ohio supposedly blocks Blaine’s majority hopes. The author cautions against indelicate tone.
A single day of Buarve in West Virginia widened the Democratic majority from about 3,000 in 1880 to 10,000 in 1884. The text questions the Journal's Tuesday morning forecast of a 20,000 Republican margin and notes the strong, magnetically appealing political figure involved.
A whirlwind of editorials and quips on Governor Cleveland and Blaine, with Ohio politics, fake omens, and social remarks. Bits on William and Mary College closing, a four teen year old daughter, and various comic musings from an era newspaper page.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher argues that Christ transforms the cross from a vile instrument to a radiant emblem of beauty and faith. He warns that worldly pride and luxury still shame Christ and urges believers to live by His imperatives, accepting sacrifice over comfort.
A Cincinnati Enquirer special from Germantown Ohio recounts a true tale of a farmer John Brixner who sought a hidden fortune after a Dayton fortune teller spoke of millions buried on his land. Gypsies, family members, and neighbors rushed to unearth treasure sinking a shaft as doubts rise about the tale’s truth.
An Austin resident ventured to marry a healthy country girl after a garbled speech and unclear motives. The idiosyncratic proposal featured odd phrasing and confusion about matrimony, with observers noting uncertainty about the planned union.
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