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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1891
Page
4
The Rural New Yorker faces a $150,000 suit for exposing humbug practices of un principled parties who rely on rural purchases. Readers propose funds, while the paper offers a club rate to reach a half million, selling for $2 yearly and $2.10 with The Weekly Globe, including seeds gifts to subscribers.
A special club offer combines The Rural New Yorker with a Boston Weekly Globe subscription. For 2.70 dollars you receive one year of The Globe and a year of The Rural New Yorker, effectively giving The Globe free. The deal extends regardless of current Globe expiry and benefits half a million rural homes.
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Readers are urged to mail a list of 10 to a dozen local names to The Weekly Globe Boston Mass for free sample issues. The appeal asks subscribers and non-subscribers alike to participate by sending names on a postal card.
The piece argues President Harrison has 18 months left in his term and three eighths remaining. It urges him to focus on solid work to secure a lasting reputation before the March 4, 1893 transfer of power, noting his chances for a second term appear slim and emphasizing the need for decisive action now.
An 110 ton 16 inch rifle is fired at a brutal test aboard the Sanspareil. A 1800 pound shell pierces 20 feet of oak, granite walls, and 11 feet of concrete before lodging in brick. The article notes Britain plans fleets with such weapons while America builds 12 inch guns and torpedoes, urging peace through arbitration.
A column argues money buys social rank as new nobility. It notes European titles can be purchased, cites a New York journalist who allegedly bought a title for $75 and now travels as a prince, and questions the striving for “society” prestige.
A columnist mocks the idea of purchased titles and bloodlines as shortcuts to status. Citing a criminal known as Max Sum-BAUM living in Belgium as Baron SHINbaum, the piece argues society should not value fake nobility bought for money, while noting cheap Spanish titles and sensational self promotion.
The American Social Science Association meeting at Saratoga marks a shift from orthodox leaders to inclusive voices. Frances Waite and Sam Gompers join reformers, linking education, inoculation, labor, single tax, and prison reform to broader social science. The piece likens Congress to a pumping heart moving wealth back to the people, noting the need for fair distribution and less partisan nozzle control.
An editorial notes Europe’s bread grain shortfall due to poor seasons and warns that even with America’s bumper harvest the world faces growing demand. It highlights 3.6 billion bushels needed for bread and stresses the northern prairies must increase output to feed 6 million new mouths annually and meet a rising global demand.
The article analyzes milk shipment costs to Boston and compares rail lines including Boston & Maine and Fitchburg. It notes 74 cans equal one ton, calculates per can rates, and argues railroads’ freight charges burden farmers, urging fair pricing and system reforms. It also mentions political commentary on judges' salaries and public policy.
An editor argues public salaries for judges must reflect government interest, citing figures like Mr Curtis and Mr Conkling. The piece then probes England's church establishment, noting $75,000 head salaries and 13,000 livings, many sinecures, and calls disestablishment a rising political issue led by industrial unions and Gladstone.
The Weekly Globe plans full political news and general reports, promising thorough voter information. Tom Guiese is highlighted for keeping readers posted, with a year-long subscription offer extending to January 1893 for dollars received before year’s end.
Summary of diverse turn of events from the era including war reports from South America price shifts in bread wheat crop prospects a trial involving McQverary immigration policy leniency and public banter Utah irrigation statistics critique of dyn amite bomb theory tariff silver politics Sun’s wartime secretary nomination varying Latin American governance views social mores and wills Diaz Mexico WADSworth defense Cleveland silver stance Chilean military efficacy Egypt cotton record seal skin market cotton output rise and a grim note on America’s murder crop Reflects a wide array of editorials and opinions on politics war and social matters.
Josiah R Adams writes on aging and memory. The speaker notes gray locks and fading senses yet finds enduring spirit and love lifted by a dove's wings and a timeless, albeit somber, reflection on life and affection.
A Boston circular warns of a silverware trust controlling hollow ware prices with heavy tariffs. It details a five piece quadruple plated set retailing at 30 dollars, with half-price discounts for subscribers, plus add-ons like trays, spoon holders, and butter dishes.
A owns property and verbally contracts with B to repair it. A pays before work, B hires a man and does not pay him. A is not party to the contract between B and the workman. The workman may place a lien on A’s property and A may take property from B’s workshop if not yet liened. Legal opinions discuss dunning letters and reporting to merchants.
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