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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1887
Page
4
The Weekly Globe asserts a wheat fertilizer will boost wheat production by 25 percent when correctly applied. It provides usage directions printed on each package for farmers to follow, following extensive experiments and significant expense to validate the claim.
Dissolve four ounces in one gallon of water. Mix sixty pounds seed in four gallons water or in similar proportions. Skim off light imperfect seeds, then add seed manure in solution and stir until well mixed. Let seed steep for 24 hours with occasional stirring. Do not leave steeped seed in heaps as heat would impair vitality.
The Weekly Globe offers a free package of Economic Seed Manure to readers who subscribe for a year and test the product. By following the directions, one package can fertilize one bushel of wheat or about one acre of land.
Unsolicited testimonials from Andrew H. Ward and others claim seed preparation speeds germination, strengthens seedlings, and reduces weed competition across corn, cotton, rye, grass, tobacco, and garden seeds. Testers note earlier emergence, thicker plants, and larger leaves, with potential seed savings and easier weed control.
A short notice from the Weekly Globe states a great opportunity and that the paper will be sent until January eighty eight. The message emphasizes urgency and repeats the opportunity without detailing specifics or names.
The Weekly Globe invites readers to secure a trial subscription at a nominal price. It promises as much and as entertaining news with original family circle specials. Agents may form a club by January though no commission is allowed.
The regular Folio subscription is 1.60 yearly and adds only 15 cents for The Weekly Globe. The Folio is a leading illustrated musical monthly with monthly music for piano organ and voice, designed to cover both subscriptions. Address The Weekly Globe Boston Mass.
The Weekly Globe is praised as among the best paying papers to canvass for and easy to get subscribers for, offering extensive information and entertainment for the whole family at a low price. The note urges agents to begin now as the Presidential campaign starts and the new year nears, with requests to send for an agents circular and sample copies from The Weekly Globe in Boston, Massachusetts.
A sharp critic charges the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph and Western Union merger creates a monopoly. Rates jumped to two to five times prior after the takeover, with no notice. The piece calls for public alarm, possible government intervention, and a postal telegraph option to restore fair rates.
The piece argues the United States needs a bold, tactful minister to Mexico to protect American citizens from discriminatory treatment. It urges promoting Judge J Harvey Bricuam of Louisiana, then consul at Paso del Norte, whose Currina dispute handling earned him a strong cross border reputation.
The New West is being populated from the Old West as New England’s emigrants pause. The East’s last push for bleeding Kansas signals a shift to home, with New England ideas shaping the vast Northwest. Virginia once owned the land, yet New England’s free labor creed left a lasting mark on settlements and pioneer values.
The passage lauds emigrants from New England who settled Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and the Northwest. It emphasizes hardship endured, plain living, and a purposeful mission. It declares New England’s influence will persist from Atlantic to Pacific as she plans to return and reap the fruits of her labor.
The article argues Grover Cleveland’s triumph proves the Democratic Party is truly national while the Republicans are sectional. It cites vote margins by region showing Cleveland carried Texas New York Indiana Connecticut and New Jersey, with Blaine strongest in the Northwest and New England, to claim broad national support for Cleveland and the Democratic Party.
The text notes a president chosen by a nationwide popular vote with broad Union support, the first since the war to receive such a mandate. It emphasizes equal contributions from all sections of the country to his election, highlighting a rare unity across regions.
A collage of radical quips on politics, scandals, and public figures from press and street lore. It mocks Mr Derry and Foraker, notes Mrs Knox’s pancake toss, teases newspapers, Measles at Wales daughters, and recalls factory mixes, stock chatter, and odd notes on language, pirates, and Denis Kearney.
A reader asks the editor to name the strongest poker hand and to compare flushes with full houses. The note includes initials F 8 and a card list, seeking clarification on hand ranking.
A book-seller pressed Mrs H to subscribe for a book by installment. She later refuses the book, and the agent seeks to compel delivery. Legal note says subscribers are responsible for payment and can be compelled to pay if property can be reached.
A reflective poem contrasts inherited wealth with earned strength. It argues the rich man's son bears fragile comforts and hidden cares, while the poor man's son gains resilience, toil, and communal worth to deserve his place. The verse condemns idle privilege and extols labor and shared humanity.
The Globe offers sympathetic gifts to its women readers, celebrating beautiful little children and invoking the motto Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me for the kingdom of heaven. Tone blends wonder, compassion, and secular exhortation for domestic virtue.
A lyrical scene describes a mother bending over her sleeping infant as the child awakens to a sunlit moment. The artist captures maternal sympathy and the tender, secretive greeting as the baby hides briefly only to reveal a heaven-lit face and offer a kiss.
An advertisement praises a sleeping child portrait as heavenly and sublime, praising the artist for the soulful expression. It promotes Wide Awake and Sunshine for Little Children, bundled with The Weekly Globe for one year at 1.30 dollars, or six months for 80 cents.
The piece praises a Globe drawing showing a mother and infant as the child begins to recognize her call, noting the emotional value of maternity. It promotes the artworks Brown Eyes and Blue Eyes, details subscriptions and bundled offers including Wide Awake and Fast Asleep, with prices for yearly and half yearly periods.
Rabbi Solomon Schindler’s lecture on Ezra during the Dissolving Views course considers Ezra as a pivotal reformer who centralized written law, introduced a Bible from Moses’ laws, and established the Sabbath, while also endorsing priestly isolation through intermarriage bans, with Nehemiah aiding the effort.
The Globe expands again as its Boston home, once dwarfed by a new quarters block, outgrows current space across departments. Demolition starts for a third structure, with the 120 by 1842 by 108 foot design mirroring the present frontage and plans by Bradley Winslow & Wetherell.
The eleventh annual session of the Protestant Episcopal Church met in Louisville Kentucky beginning with holy communion. Bishop Dudley opened with prayer and speeches on church reform and education of women. A major topic was whether to change the church name to Church of America sparking wide discussion among leaders including Brooks Seymor and Harwood.
The General Universalist convention opened in New York on the 18th with an address by Rev. A Gardner of Massachusetts. The Historical Society's annual meeting preceded it at the Church of the Divine Paternity. Officers include President Rev. Richard Eddy and Secretary Rev. T J Sawyer. The convention debated temperance church work, church bylaws, and biennial conventions after 1889. Resolutions favored total abstinence and opposed saloon desecration of the Sabbath. Next year’s meeting will be in Chicago.
Sunday school teacher rolled from a wagon backward and escaped injury. A young man visited a family and, while the man of the house was absent, clock hands were set to midnight. On return, the man was enraged at the lateness but the incident ended in talk rather than trouble.
An odd editorial note from the Somerville Journal urges parents to give their growing boys a yeast cake at bedtime to ensure they rise early, reflecting a quirky early 20th century household tip. The piece blends humor with practical parenting advice, anchored in a domestic culture of home remedies.
Advertising pitch seeking agents to recruit subscribers for The Weekly Globe in Boston. Promotes new water colors to attract readers and earn money for both the agent and the paper. Address provided as The Weekly Globe, Boston.
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