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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1881
Page
4
An offer invites readers to sample The Weekly Globe at 25 cents for sixteen issues from now until January 1. Readers may compare with other weeks and decide on a year subscription, with a promise of value or paper free if not satisfied.
The Weekly Globe invites readers to form clubs by inviting friends to subscribe for a year. If five renewals occur, the club gains a free one year Globe subscription. Extending circulation increases value for readers and the paper. Now is the time to form yearlong clubs and convert trial subscribers into permanent ones.
Club agents are informed no commission on this offer, available to subscribers and friends to spread the plan. The usual commission applies on subscriptions for one year.
The notice lists prices for newspaper copies: one year at 1.00 and six copies for one year at 5.00. It presents a simple rate chart without additional context or dates.
Postage stamps should not be registered. All exchange newspapers and magazines are to be addressed to Lock Drawer 5220 Boston Mass. Sample copies are free.
The notice outlines ordinary advertising at 30 cents per line with about eight words per line and editorial notices at 50 cents per nonpareil line. Discounts are offered at five percent for one hundred dollars and ten percent for two hundred dollars.
The piece surveys Blaine’s public image, party rivalries in New York led by Conkling, the Stalwart split, and discussions of an extra session of Congress to address presidential disability. It notes Osbourne’s Chile Argentina boundary accord and hints at border-region tensions and naval power.
Discussion notes how land north and east would go to Argentina and the opposite side to Chile. Straits would be free to all nations with no fortifications. Chile’s finances and Tarapaca province impact are weighed, with U S interference viewed skeptically.
An editorial argues the White House air worsened the President’s condition after the shooting and supports moving him by train to Long Branch for bracing air. It notes the cabinet and surgeons face grave public concern, but sees transport as the final hope despite risks.
The article honors Lucretia Rudolph Garfield as a steadfast wife and nurse during her husband James A Garfield’s illness after an assassination attempt. It highlights her devotion, resilience while an invalid, and the support of their three children as they faced weeks of uncertainty in the nation’s capital.
The piece lauds President Garfield’s endurance during a protracted illness and credits Mrs. Garfield with unwavering courage. It notes his moments of doubt, her refusal to give up, and the public hope that recovery will continue with her influence guiding his strength.
A satirical lament on British humor and the journal Truth defending punning and conundrums. The piece attacks dulling of intellect, links Truth to Fenian plots, mocks Norwich mustard fire jokes, and sneers at pundits and lords for tolerating light verse and mischief in print.
A fragment from a period column mocks sensational prose and cultural elites while recounting a chaotic scene. It combines satire of Truth's column, domestic travesties, and a hazy anecdote about an exhausted writer found at his desk. The Henley Eight reference hints at a rowing context with crowd expectations.
A long discussion on the Garfield assassination case focuses on a plausible medical bill. Boston physicians estimate four months of constant care totaling about 35 000 to 40 000 dollars with Dr Agnew Bliss Hamilton Reyburn Woodward nursing and incidentals. Congress likely to appropriate funds, while public opinion favors prompt reasonable charges.
These scattered notes report that heirs of John Duffield of Goya Argentina may pursue estates via U S authorities in Washington. The text also covers social plans in Charlotte N C, a new emerald green spodumene gem found in North Carolina, opinions on Mormonism, telegraph and cable statistics, racial tensions, and various society items.
A Detroit Free Press note mocks cross Atlantic flirting norms comparing Americans to Londoners. It recalls Lincoln and Garfield era assassinations as cautionary context and jokes about signals, clothing, and a man who died searching for twenty five cents in Indiana.
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