Alumni Banquet Highlights Barrett Speech at Dartmouth Alumni Ball
The 28th annual Boston and vicinity Alumni Association ball drew 100 to 200 ex-students in the banqueting hall. Speakers included Professor Tucker and Speaker Barrett who defended his printed views and Massachusetts House leadership. Notable remarks celebrated Dartmouth and local Militia veteran Ben Butler lineage threaded through the gathering.
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Dartmouth Colege
Tremont
Sam” McCall
M. C
Judge Richardson
Richardson
John L. Hildreth
Benjamin O. Kimball
John Hopkins
Justin H
McCall
Professor Tucker
Cicero
Kikero
Boston
Dartmouth
Sam McCall
J. McCall
College Journal
W. E. Barrett
Barrett
Speaker Barrett
Frank S. Streeter
Concord
Edson's Church Gains Citywide Mourning Draped Buildings
The scene recalls the life work of Rev Theodore Edson known as Father Edson, a friend of General Butler. The church, long rejuvenated, remains a beautiful edifice with grand historical associations. Mayor Pickman will summon the city government soon to arrange mourning and have city and private buildings draped in black.
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Theodore
Uneventful Day Reported on Mr Blaine's Condition
Wasmacton January 11 Dr Johnston visited Mr Blaine shortly before 10 pm and said he had passed an uneventful day and was resting easily. The doctor noted a peculiar stomach ailment as the cause of the illness and that Blaine’s digestion was poor with no vomiting. Representative Dingley of Maine called in the afternoon and Mrs Eugene Hae said Blaine rested very comfortably in the evening.
Married a Viscount in Yarmouth ceremony
Florence Mary Baker daughter of Hon L E Baker and Walker G Stopford son of the Earl of Courtown wed at Yarmouth today. Diplomats and New England guests attended as Dwight and Lacey Braman of Boston served as wedding party. The couple departed for New York by steamer that night.
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Hallifax
Yarmouth
Florence Mary
LE. Baker
Yarmouth & Boston Steamship Company
Walker G. Stopford
Royal British Navy
Earl of Courtown
England
New
Descended From Good Old Stock and Its Characteristics
Benjamin Franklin Butler was a thorough Yankee using that phrase in its most slangy yet genealogical sense. Like all intensely positive characters who possess ability he was admired feared and intensely hated but never widely loved. Many cursed him and no one said he was a tool.
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Benjamin Franklin Butler
Governor of Massachusetts and the Hayes era
The text recalls a politician who rose with a rural base and fought on certain issues, then saw his influence fade after Hayes administration. In 1882 he became Massachusetts governor through a Democrat Greenback alliance and is linked to Tecksbury almshouse abuses. his power waned, and his 1884 Greenback Labor presidential bid failed.
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Hayes
Masachusetts
Tewksbury Almshouse
Greenbick-Labor
Law Practice of General Butler Noted for Skill and Memory
The record details Benjamin F. Butler as a shrewd lawyer who practiced largely for the poor early in his career and later earned substantial fees, reportedly up to $200,000 in some years. A phenomenal memory aided his cross examination and accuracy of facts, with Sunset Cox praising his scrupulous memory.
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Benjamin F. Butler
Sunset Cox
Butler
General Butler's Conflicts Endure in Public Record
A historical note recalls General Butler's postwar feuds and legal battles. He faced suits such as a $100,000 damages claim from Lester of Richmond for false imprisonment and enduring animosity with Admiral D. D. Porter, which persisted until Porter's death, shaping public perception of his actions.
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Butler
Congress
Lester
Richmond
D. D. Porter
Butler the Great Soldier of Eastern Virginia and Fort Fisher
A biographical sketch of General Benjamin Butler detailing his U S Army service from April 1861 to 1865. It notes his Washington arrival, Baltimore occupation, command of the Army of the James, the Dutch Gap Canal project, the use of contraband in war, Big Bethel, Fort Fisher failure, and his removal by General Grant.
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Massachusetts
Butler
United States
Washington
Annapolis
Mad
Baltimore
Department of
Eastern Virginia
Fortress Monroe
Virginia
Big Bethel
Coast Division
North Carolina
Fort Fisher
Grant
Epps
James Epps & Co
Homeopathic Chemists
London
England
Rebound in Civil War after Bitter Expedition gains
The narrative notes a restoration of prestige as efforts aided in the capture of Fort Hatteras and Fort Clark on North Carolina coast. On March 23, 1862 the Bitter expedition reached Ship Island and took possession, with actions continuing into April 17.
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Forts Hatteras and Clark
North Carolina
Ship Island
General Butler Ends Legal Career With Sawyer Will Case
Butler prepared to defend the poor for a small fee or none. His last court appearance centered on the Sawyer will case, recently concluded, and it was believed to mark the near end of his notable legal work.
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Peron
General Butler
Sawyer Will
Notable Features of Butler Political Career
The narrative follows General Butler from his early opposition to aristocratic New England federalism to his reputation as a levelling Democrat of vulgar type. He faced two failed Massachusetts gubernatorial bids, gained patronage control, and in 1860 supported Jefferson Davis as a Charleston delegate. He was elected to Congress by Republicans in 1866.
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Butlers
New England
Ben
Zephaniah Butler
Wolfe
Quebec
John
Cilleys
Cilley
New Hampshire
Deerfield
N. H
The
Baptist College
Waterville
Hildreth
Massachusetts
Butler
Charleston
Jefferson Davis
Congress
Butler's Boston Office A Glimpse Of His Home And Relics
The report tours General Benjamin F. Butler's Boston office at 6 Ashburton Place. It describes the plain three story brown stone building, his sanctum, a sword gifted by Lowell ladies, war relics, a marble bust, law books, rare volumes, and curios including fragments of the Kearsarge and Old Ironsides. The abode offers comfort with river views of the Merrimac and tranquil scenery along the valley and hills.
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General Butler
Ashburton Place
Benjamin F. Butler
B. F. Butler
Lowell
Benjamin Israel Butler
U.S. A
Byron
United States
Merrimac
Raphael Morgens
Lot
Andrew Jackson
General's study filled with law books and staff
The scene shows a general's office room with a large book rack, revolving bookstand, and walls packed with pictures. Ru fus Choute gazes down from above the desk as the general spends long days studying law with a capable staff and private attendants handling correspondence.
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Rufus Choute
General Butler's Home Life and Family Ties Revealed
General Butler kept a strict schedule leaving his Poston office for the 5 o'clock train to Lowell. His Lowell home, an English country house, features a gallery of family relics and portraits. His daughter Blanche and son Paul inherit their parents’ grace, and his devotion to Mrs. Butler remained his most amiable trait, with her death a cruel blow.
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Butler
Lowell
Hildreth
New Orleans
Ship Island
Blanche
Paul
Family of General Butler Recalls Notable Children
The obituary-like passage recalls General Butler as father to Blanche Butler and Paul Butler and mentions their marriages and careers. Blanche, famed in Washington for beauty and charm, preferred domestic pursuits and music. Paul Butler, noted as popular in Lowell, had two other siblings with birth years listed.
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General Butler
Blanche Butler
Washington
Adelbert Ames
United States
Mississippi
Ames
Paul Butler
Lowell
Paul
Blanche
Ben Israel
Life romance of General Butler in Cincinnati tale
In 1843 General Butler visits Cincinnati where theatergoers await a debut by a highly accomplished and beautiful lady. The young lawyer admires her, then secures an introduction at the new theatre opened by Dandy Foster and Ned Chippendale, beginning a pivotal romance with her.
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General Butler
Cincinnati
Dandy Foster
Ned Chippendale
Butler
General Butler Wealth Reported At Seven Million Dollars
The fortune of General Butler is placed at about seven million dollars. He owned substantial real estate in Washington and Lowell, held a major stake in the American Bunting Company of Lowell, and had Western investments including the Craig ranch in Colorado, three quarters of the Mora grant in New Mexico, and leadership in the San Miguel Consolidated Gold Placer Mining Company.
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General Butler
Washington
Lowell
American Bunting Company
Colorado
Mora
New Mexico
San Miguel Consolidated Gold Placer Mining Company
One of His Hobbies Was Enjoying Life on His Yacht America
The obituary recalls General Butler’s passion for his famous yacht America, first winner of the America Cup. It notes his robust health, love of rough seas, and seaside pleasures aboard the vessel built in 1850, used in the Civil War’s blockade and later sunk in the Savannah River before Butler bought her.
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General Butler
America
Neptune
Savannah
Butler
Boutonniere Tribute to the Only Woman He Loved
Nearly forty years ago his wife began gathering garden blooms to pin in his lapel daily. When she died General Butler kept the custom alive, never missing a day, a lasting tribute to the woman he cherished above all.
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Butler
Tribute to Blaine from General Butler
A late tribute by General Butler honors James G Blaine calling him an unequal statesman and expressing hope for his presidential candidacy. The speaker praises Blaine's broad views and vision for the country’s future.
Notable tributes to Charles Levi Woodbury and others
A collection of quotes lauds Charles Levi Woodbury and figures like A C Drinkwater Thomas Gargan and Jonas JH French. It praises Woodbury's charity and character his allies note independence moral courage and public service. Other remarks hail Charles O’Neill Cogswell Randall Stevens Coolidge Butler Wheeler and their leadership.
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Charles Levi Woodbury
A. C. Drinkwater
Thomas J. Gargan
Thomas Riley
Duke of Marborough
John L Baker
Jonas JH
Charles O'Neill
Pennsylvania
Cogswelll
Dwes
Massachusetts
Congressman Randall
Congressman Stevens
Congressman Coolidge
General Butler
Joe Wheeler
Alabama
Butler's 890K Memoir Volume Published in 1892
General Butler released his memoirs in a multi hundred page volume in 1892. He wrote the work himself and it was translated into several languages, with the German edition dedicated to Von Moltke.
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Butler
von Moltke
Butler’s Lowell speech hints at an auto epitaph
In a January 29 1867 Lowell talk General Butler asked to be remembered as the commander who saved soldiers at Big Bethel and Fort Fisher and who never led the Army of the Potomac. He requested no other claim or praise.
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Lowell
Butler
Big Bethel
Fort Fisher
Thermy
Potomac
Gas for Cooking Lets Families Save with Gas Stoves
For families boarding houses restaurants and hotels gas at one dollar per thousand is cheaper than coal in money cost and time labor. The switch brings freedom from smoke dirt and ashes and the moderate outlay will be quickly repaid by the savings.
Gas Heaters Offer Economical Heating Options
Gas heaters provide an alternative for offices and apartments lacking steam or furnace heat or needing supplemental warmth. They come as gas logs open grates stoves and hot water radiators in many styles, priced 34 to 40 dollars with gas costs ranging from one to three cents per hour. Gas for heating at one dollar per thousand offers benefits for bakeries candy manufacturers tin smiths canning factories japaniers type foundries tailors laundries and others.
Gas Engines Power Claim at One to Fifty HP
Gas engines from one to fifty horsepower are guaranteed to furnish power with gas at one dollar per thousand and cost two cents per hour per horsepower. In many locations and for many years the gas engine has provided safe, convenient, and cheap power.
Gas heating and power advantages to be presented at Gas Appliance Exchange
Full information on the advantages of using gas for heating cooking and power will be given at the Gas Appliance Exchange located at No 22 West Street and by air dealers in gas stoves and gas engines.
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West ST
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