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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1881
Page
4
Readers can try sixteen sample issues free of postage from now until January 1 at a quarter. The Weekly Globe claims to be the largest best and cheapest farm and fireside newspaper in the United States and offers a one year subscription if satisfied.
The text promotes forming a subscriber club for The Weekly Globe offering a one year free copy after five renewals. It urges readers to invite friends to trial subscriptions to extend circulation and increase value for all readers.
No commission is allowed on this offer made to club agents. The offer is at a reduced rate to encourage subscribers and friends to spread it. The usual commission will be allowed on subscriptions for one year.
The notice lists subscription prices: one copy for one year at $1.00 and six copies for one year at $5.00. It presents essential price details for readers deciding on mail or newspaper subscriptions.
Ordinary advertising costs thirty cents per line with about eight words per line. Editorial notices charge fifty cents per nonpareil line. Discounts offered include five percent on one hundred dollars and ten percent on two hundred dollars.
A long survey from the Poston Weekly Globe discusses Republican knavery in Pennsylvania and the drought’s lessons for Southern farmers. It presents figures on state and local debts, proposes constitutional limits for municipalities, and notes salt production growth led by Michigan and New York with industry details and wages.
A fragment discusses public trust in the President and the Republican party. It argues against misleading the public and says recovery or succession will require substantial work before the administration can claim achievements. It reflects a critical, cautious tone about political messaging.
A lengthy discussion advocates for keeping a household over boarding houses as families weigh comfort versus economy. The piece cites Mrs. Blake and a Boston Journal essay, condemning fashionable boarding houses for families with children and praising suburban homes for stability, thrift, and family unity. It stresses the dangers of instability and the loss of home virtues.
Colonel Higginson’s planned book prompts a look at common sense about women. A railroad car scene shows a woman struggling with a cooler faucet, twisting and pumping, while the simple down stroke would yield water in seconds, illustrating perceived gender differences in reasoning.
A historical passage argues that men must design tools to be flexible, claiming women possess intuitive reasoning that defies standard logic. It asserts women lack formal Euclidean thinking and that strong-minded women are rare exceptions, concluding intuition surpasses common sense in daily life.
Merchants report steady, healthy growth across Boston and surrounding areas. Activity spans dry goods, building, lumber, and boot and shoe industries with traffic up 25 to 50 percent from last year. Factories run evenings, people build homes, and optimism points to a strong fall and winter trade.
Mr Charles Dudley Warner spoke on the modern newspaper before the Social Science convention at Saratoga. He argued the editor serves the public as a manufacturer serves customers, the paper is a private enterprise, and readers have no right to dictate content. He praised editors for presenting news clearly and impartially while noting newspapers are commercial ventures. He contrasted American and European press practices and urged better overseas coverage of U.S. events. The talk touched on editorial authority, advertiser rights, and the paper’s role in shaping public sentiment.
The speaker cautions that the overall deal may involve a deliberate, hidden structure and notes that some individuals oppose sharing or division with others.
The massive Michigan forest fires have devastated homes and crops, displacing about five thousand people while critics urge liberal relief. The piece notes broader effects on transportation and resources, urges swift aid, and contrasts urban versus rural disaster responses. It also covers related items on postage, oil industry taxes, mortuary stats, weather lore, and a stock manipulation case involving Hannibal and St Joseph Railway.
Clara Judd of Buffalo says prayer cured herself of a hopeless illness. She then prayed for Mamie Leo, daughter of an Erie high school principal. Mamie had been bedridden with a spinal disease for years. Within ten minutes of praying Mamie stood and, since, has recovered.
A long compendium covers political factions in Virginia and national affairs, with figures like Mahone and Conkling discussed. warnings about graft, press satire, and reports on crime, finance, and social trends. It notes garbled editorials, medical issues in New York, and generalized observations on Utah, Tunisia, and Long Branch.
A quirky note recalls a time when fries and mosquitoes were cleared out by a cheap fifteen cent box of Rough on Rats. The column hints at old remedies and humorous household hacks from a bygone era.
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