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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1883

Page

2

Philadelphia official clears gas metre blame on public

In a Philadelphia report a local official exonerates the gas metre and places the fault for high bills on the public. The text also notes Tennessee’s treasurer refused to pay state bond interest last week, admitting he had stolen nearly all available funds.

Philadelphia Tennessee

Reported Lieut Chipp discovery called a hoax

The account claiming discovery of Lieut Chipp and associates is questioned as a hoax and requires verification before acceptance.

Lieut Chipp

Judge Goddard endorses law publication by newspapers

The Maine judge urges newspapers to publish state laws, arguing official dissemination should be universal. The critic questions why publishers would be required when the judge is a legislator of the highest authority, implying possible double standard in mandated legality.

Durango

Bitter Michigan Senator contest stirs Ferry Windom clash

The Michigan senatorship race grows bitter between Senator Ferry and former Senator Windom. The note questions Windom's candidacy in Minnesota and Michigan and hints at challenges from Mark Dunnell and Hubbell, amid tense party contests.

Michigan Senator Ferry Windom Lowell Courier Minnesota Mark Dunnell Hubbell

Post supports temperance not prohibition

A longtime reader argues that the Post is not against temperance. It asserts the paper is earnestly in favor of temperance while opposing prohibition.

Post

Uncle Solon Sees Greenback Party Dead in The Brief

Uncle Solon Chase declares the greenback party dead after a column in Them Steers. He argues it has joined with bourbon democracy in the north and carpetbag republicanism in the south, and will drift into the republican fold.

Uncle Solon Chase Greenback Party Uncle Solon Republican Party

A Patchwork Year in News and Theatre Gossip

A collage of items from politics and culture notes quips about senators, editors, and social mores. It touches on ghost stories in Cincinnati, burlesque in rural Indiana, and admiration for Miss Prescott in Boston theatre, with commentary on Boucicault and Serjeant Ballantine.

Vegetarian experiments lead to surprising divorce

A husband bet on a vegetable regimen testing French beans and turnips on his wife Mrs Tanner. After three pounds of beans daily she grew irritable and threw a jug at him. He won the bet but she sued for divorce, successfully securing it.

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American Shipping in New Orleans and Theatre Anecdotes

A letter from Clinton Massachusetts notes steam replacing sail in American shipping at New Orleans. A Boston reporter recalls an odious comparison after a Bijou theatre visit where balcony seats were likened to copper tea kettle interiors.

Clinton Mass New Orleans Boston Post WM. Wincut U. S Boston

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A garbled sequence of numbers, decimals, and letter codes appears to be an OCR fragment. It contains many stray values such as times, percentages, and shorthand labels unclear in context. The readable bits suggest a list or table item without coherent narrative.

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