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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1885
Page
12
A person posing as a Weekly Globe agent has been traveling in New Hampshire and Vermont seeking subscriptions. The Weekly Globe has no traveling agents and cautions the public to not trust subscriptions to unacquainted solicitors.
The Weekly Globe offers extended subscriptions: send $1.60 to receive the balance of the year free through January 1888. The offer rewards early subscriptions with more value, and agents may deduct regular commission while promoting new signups.
An 1887 promotion urges orders for six copies of The Weekly Globe at 35 cents each. It stresses the paper as Boston’s leading Democratic weekly and asks agents and postmasters to secure subscriptions for Democrats.
A call for names and addresses of at least two million Democrats not subscribing to The Weekly Globe urges bulk mail to distribute sample copies. The plea requests plain listings on one side of the paper and to be sent promptly to facilitate mass outreach.
Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of That Lass o Lowrie's and other works, will contribute her next story to The Weekly Globe. It will begin in a week or two as the first in a series of Great Novels by great American authors, highlighting Burnett as America's most popular woman novelist.
The issue urges readers to peruse the first column and notes that the Weekly Grose will be sent from now through January 1888 to all dollar subscribers whether direct or via an agent. Clubs of five at one dollar each can receive their own copies free through January 1888. The fifteen-cent paper offer ends except for postmasters and agents who may use it at their discretion.
The Chattanooga Times verifies wages for colored laborers in Southern iron works, countering a Pittsburg speech claiming the South starves labor with low pay. Heaters, puddlers, and helpers in Tredegar Iron Works and Chattanooga furnace earn from 90 cents to 150 dollars daily, with many at 1 to 5 dollars, showing skilled workers often match white pay. The piece singles out Tredegar nail works and iron industries in Tennessee, Birmingham, Knoxville, and beyond, arguing the claims are wildly exaggerated.
An exploration of the Atlantic fisheries claim dispute among British provinces and other nations. It traces the historical common right to fish along the shores, dates from 1610 grants, and Parliament’s resistance to exclusive shore rights, noting key figures and charters shaping early fishing law.
The piece notes Lord Randolph Churchill’s rising prominence in English politics, eclipsing his nominal leader and pulling the Tory party toward a democratic-leaning stance. The Pall Mall Gazette lauds him as a top figure after Grapstone, signaling a shift that could push the Tories toward action previously blocked by Gladstone.
The author compares German university towns to aggressive dogs that wear muzzles, with the press likened to those dogs. Though large and imposing, the press is muzzled and harmless, only occasionally leaking, prompting calls of “mad dog” to justify tighter restraints.
The Democratic ticket in districts nine and ten features Joan E. Russenn and Edward Burnett, not career politicians but agriculturists. They advocate tariff reform after studying farming needs, aiming to lower tariffs for the benefit of farmers and the broader public.
A satirical round of notes covers English schoolgirl polls on favorite authors led by Dickens, jokes about the Czar, tariffs, and crime. It jokes about politicians, academics, and public figures while hinting at contemporary events from trade to elections with sharp, jaunty observations.
A poem about a girl who works at an insurance office across from the speaker. He admires her quiet, white shawl and tiny pen, imagining what he would give for a glance from her. He contrasts her dry office task with his own legal atmosphere and wonders who she is.
A sensational piece outlines how morphine and other substances lure victims among fashionable circles. It claims many women die from drugs, notes theatrical actresses as victims, and asserts few recoveries once habit forms. It emphasizes physician awareness and the difficulty of escaping addiction.
A physician recalls disturbing scenes of morphine use among professional women. A beautiful girl found dead with syringe marks, a hostess needing her dose, and a hospital cruelly stopping addiction during morphine pains are described. The account notes observations from medical investigations into this vice among professional women.
A medical critic discusses morphine and other toxins as means to dull conscience and escape mental distress. The piece notes women’s unique responses to pain, deception under addiction, and observable signs such as drooped lids and clammy skin. It references dramatic actresses influenced by imitation and describes arsenic using Fowler's solution and belladonna pupil dilation as self-harm methods.
NYM Crinkle catalogues a chorus of actresses and socialites who use arsenic hair dyes nicotine cigarettes and other substances. He notes private smoking bleaching chemicals and narcotics while claiming many would deny the accusations. The piece skewers moral panic and gossip about backstage habits.
Washington social column highlights Miss Jennie Lamar daughter of the interior secretary as the leading debutante among cabinet rosebuds. Also notes Miss Endicott daughter of the secretary of war, Secretary Manning’s daughter, Miss Mollie Vilas, and Miss Myra Christmas heir to Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines, as prominent figures in season society.
Frederick J. Geiger for Harry Gambie sues M S Seymour trader in the Memorial Card Company in a U S Circuit Court bill in equity alleging infringement. Gambie holds copyrights on an ecard and price-book for death memorial cards and says Seymour copies his verse and pricing. The suit seeks an injunction and proper redress in the matter.
Rabbi Solomon Schindler's second lecture argues Darwin's evolution did not threaten Judaism. He traces the God idea from primitive mediation to universal belief, noting religion evolves with culture and that Judaism adapts without losing core identity. He previews his next talk on Jahveh, the God of Israel.
A youth with $500 in cash in a Wall Street broker’s office turns a quick gain to $5,000 through a “pointer” before crashing. The story, cited by a veteran, warns that nine of ten who make money by chance speculation end broke, as losses from Pacific Mail stock wipe out the lad’s fortune.
In Frankfort a young Bismarck lacked a room bell and asked his host. The host refused. A late night pistol shot rang out, prompting the master to rush through the house. Bismarck, smoking among papers, explained it was a prearranged signal with his servant. The next morning a hand bell appeared on his desk.
A young Camp Hancock recruit on guard duty is ordered to surrender his rifle by an officer. The recruit proudly hands over the Spring field rifle, then threatens to shoot if the officer does not return it, prompting the officer to back off and take back the weapon.
A grand ruby is offered in England for 52000 dollars with claims of unmatched size and beauty. The piece is said to outshine crown jewels and may originate from Indian princes. The owner’s reason for sale remains unclear, inviting speculation of romance and origin in turn. A Swiss school proposal introduces an electrical whipping machine as a new educational device, claimed to be painful yet avoids visible weals from birching.
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