Starving Ireland described by observers from The Globe
The piece recounts Irish famine conditions noted by Redpath and other Globe correspondents. It details destitution in Clare and Galway areas, widespread hunger, use of seaweed as food, high infant and adult suffering, collapse of marriages, and extreme poverty in Ballyvaughan Derrybegs and Kilmore with families surviving on pennies, aid, or meager wages.
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James Redpath
GLOBE
Ireland
Nasby
Leander Richardson
Herald
Mr. Richardson
Silear
Clare
Kilear
Glencolumbkilie
Paren
Derrybegs
McFadden
Richardson
Imne
American Cloth Makers Stand Against Imported Fabric Myths
A reporter probes whether American cloth equals or surpasses imported goods. A wholesale dealer and a commentator explain how domestic cloth rivals European fabrics, noting advances since the war, tariff impact, and superior American mills. They discuss dyeing, fulling, and lower prices for ready made clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
America
Europe
Luis
Blighted Affections Case Seeks 10000 From Rebecca McLean
In New York on April 3 Bernard Barwich, a Prussian plaintiff, sues Rebecca McLean for $10,000 claiming damaged affections in a breach of promise suit. He paid 100 for a diamond ring and alleges she broke the engagement after disputes over suitors. The hearing continues as Miss McLean’s friends suggest the suit aims to claim part of her 350,000 fortune.
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New York
Bernard Barwieh
Rebecca McLean
John Crook
Broadway
Stapleton
Staten Island
Miss McLean
Barwich
Rebecca
Chisholm
Hamilton
Harwich
Darwich
Sutro Tunnel
Rappahannock
Barwick
Incredible Organ Offer Promises Free Delivery
Mayor Beatty of Washington New Jersey advertises a $95 organ for $49.75 with free freight, valid until April 15. He claims large shipment volumes and a busy factory, urging immediate orders with money back plus interest. An unrelated note from Galemna Illinois reports a swindler, P H Bureh, who vanished after preying on Swedes with $35,000 through mail fraud.
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Beatty
Washington, N. J
America
Mayor Beatty
Galemna
P. H. Bureh
Union Manufacturing Company
Naval commander reports cure from CU remedy after rheumatic attack
Commander J B Coghlan says eminent surgeons offered no relief for his rheumatic attack until advised to use Lt Jacobs CU. He credits it with a complete and wonderful cure. John Carr Moody of Vallejo California was likewise cured of a severe joint trouble.
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Army and Navy Journal
J. B. Coghlan
Hoyle
Jacobs CU
John Carr Moody
Vallejo
Cal
A Funny Bit About Two Growers
A light satirical scene features two learned university professors at coffee, lamenting coffee’s effects and the world it creates. The item blends literary humor with a brief product plug for PIERCE’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets, advertised as constipation preventives in glass bottles available from druggists.
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Charles Dudley Warner
The
Atlantic
Pierce
Presentiments of Evil Foretold Deaths in Newark
Three deaths in two weeks are linked by premonitions and uncanny signs. A friend dreamed of Miss Runyon and found her death foretold by music with her name on the page. Another case involves James Roberts and a Washington family, where a child dreamed of his illness before news arrived. A Southern woman on a rail trip sensed her son’s death before learning he had died.
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Bailyvaughan
Ballyvaughan
New Quay
Newark
Miss Runyon
James Roberts
Washington
Mr. Roberts
New York
Almanacs of N J Blackman Span 1764 to 1796
Veron resident N J Blackman owns almanacs dated 1764 55 58 88 95 with earlier editions printed in Boston by J Draper later 1788 by Elisha Babcock Hartford and 1795 by Hudson Goodwin Hartford. The 1796 volume retains its original loop buttonhole stitch binding.
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Utica
N.J. Blackman
Verona
Boston
J. Draper
Elisha Babcock
Hartford
Hudson & Goodwin
Railroad Race With Five Entries Heads to Tampa
An exciting railroad race will soon take place in Florida. The law grants lands to the first line built to Tampa, and at least five managers are preparing to win the grant by finishing first.
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Florida
Tampa
Barber Wins Bet by Cracking Four Dozen Eggs
A Manchester by the Sea barber took a bet to crack and eat four dozen eggs in half an hour. He finished three dozen in nine minutes and completed all four dozen in twenty six minutes.
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Manchester-by-the-Sea
New Divorce Claim Details Cruel Punishment Allegation
Mrs. Carter of Bellair Delaware seeks a divorce alleging her husband forced her to swallow spools buttons yarn and marbles as punishment for smiling at railway men passing the house.
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Carter
Bellair
Youthful Grandfather Listed in Winchester Democrat
Jesse A. Ramsey of Winchester Kentucky is described as possibly the youngest grandfather in the state at 36. His grandson Lester Nelson is 18 months old. Ramsey's parents and grandparents are alive and reportedly healthy.
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Winchester
Jesse A. Ramsey
Lester Nelson
Mr. Ramsey
Public entertainment at Jericho school house scene
A notable event took place at Jericho school house in Van Buren township Shelby county during a recent evening. The program included a feature act that drew attention from attendees and residents.
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Jericho
Indianapolis
Jericho School House
van Buren Township
Shelby County
Eccentric Woburn man Marshall Barrett dies by self harm
Marshall Fowle Barrett of Woburn killed himself Thursday at Mrs Woodman’s Lexington street residence. Born 1815, he never rode in a car or seen an ocean steamer, and he had a lifelong habit of solitary routines. He left funds from an uncle and earned a living fencing laws and woodwork.
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Marshall F. Barrett
Woburn
Marshall Fowle Barrett
C. C. Woodman
Lexington Street
Winsor
Barrett
Central House
Boston
John Fowle
Charlestown
Mass
Middlesex Canal
Bunker Hill Monument
Ohio Board of Agriculture reports crop and livestock conditions
The April 1883 Ohio Board of Agriculture report from 700 townships shows wheat 63 percent, old wheat 28 in producers hands, old corn 32, rye 69, barley 66, clover 49 with 100 clover acreage. Livestock is strong with cows 108, cattle 103, horses 108, sheep 100, spring lambs 65. Hog condition 101, spring pigs 93. Overall stock numbers: cows 96, cattle 94, horses 85, sheep 91, stock hogs 84. Gloomy wheat outlook due to severe cold and bare ground. May weather could lift to 60 percent, but sad weather may push below 50 percent.
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Corempus
Ohio Board of Agriculture
Ohio
Five Men of Note Ambuscements of Prominent Deaths
The report lists notable deaths in New York on April 9 including John Staple Sherman grandson of Roger Sherman born 1812 and Yale graduate who died of pneumonia in Brooklyn. Also Captain Eugene Arthur Kozlay 57 a Hungarian and Civil War commander. Professor Peter Felix Simon a composer and music professor. Rev. Augustus Regnier a Jesuit. and John Parker longtime Phoenix Bank official, all noted for prominence.
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New York
John Staple Sherman
Roger Sherman
Connecticut
Federal Congress
Brooklyn
Yale
Evarts
Eugene Arthur Kozlay
Kossuth
Peter Felix Simon
Augustus Regnier
Canada
United States
Society of Jesus
John Parker
Phanix Bank
Ofspneumonia
Crushed and Burned at Eade Hotel Tragedy in Greenville
At midnight Friday the Eade Hotel collapsed in Greenville Texas killing thirteen people and burning the ruins. Names include Mrs N Pruitt proprietor George Pruitt Louis Albert J F E Ford L L Riley R Nal Frank West Miss Sue Davis Hill and four unnamed waiters with fifteen escaping and J D Turner badly mangled. Local firms burned include James Armstead hardware K J Lenstein agricultural implements J J Cooper machinery. Four bodies were recovered unrecognizable.
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Greenville
Tex
Eade
N. Pruitt
George Pruitt
Louis Albert
J. FE. Ford
Ll. L. Riley
R. Nal
Frank West
Sue Davis
Hill
J. D. Turner
James Armstead
K. J. Lenstein
J.J. Cooper
Pleasant but dangerous spring malaria warnings
The article warns that spring brings malaria and fevers from malarial air, heat, and desiccated vegetation. It cites symptoms, warns of liver and kidney damage, and endorses Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure as a preventive and remedy, urging timely health measures and use of the product.
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Younge
Durin
Amr
Bright
Warner
Amelie
Anderson
Cincinnati
Advertising note copy for The Boston Where Globe
Reader request asks to mention seeing the advertisement in THE BOSTON WHREELY GLOBE. The message seeks attribution in the paper to mirror a familiar newspaper practice.
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Boston Whreely Globe
To Dyspeptics Indigestion Remedy Guidance
The text lists common signs of dyspepsia such as oppression of the stomach nausea flatulency heart burn and loss of appetite. It urges stimulating digestion and regular bowel action with moderate doses of a remedy.
Ayer's Pills Promote Bowels After Dinner Use
Ayer's Pills regulate bowels and complete the cure when taken daily after dinner. Sugar-coated and purely vegetable they are pleasant safe for stomach and bowel disorders and considered a superior purgative for family use. Prepared by
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Ayer
Finance Market Drifts with Steady Rates and Mixed Activity
The week sees inactivity in the local money market with steady loan and discount rates. Bank funds are tight but expected to improve soon, while external note brokers quote varied rates for prime paper. Clearing house exchanges total $12.02 million this morning and $70.51 million for the week. New York funds at par. foreign exchange mixed with modest gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prime Corporation
New York
Market Report on Apples and Groceries in Boston
The Boston Daily Globe notes firm apple prices with Russetl and Baldwins selling at full value. It details moderate to steady trades in beans corn cheese butter and other staples, with prices quoted for various grades and regions and remarks on demand, supply, and seasonal contracts.
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Boston Daily Globe
Kidners
Coltrants
Huyter
New Southern Dairy
Vermont
New York
New Western
Ile
Cumberland
Clearfield
Rio
Java
Maracaibo
Lake
Altimore
Chicago
Cotton and grain market report from a Saturday session
Prices and futures for cotton, corn, oats, wheat, and soy remain mixed with moderate activity. Export sales and port receipts are noted alongside provisional provisions, groceries, and miscellaneous commodities as observers track futures, spot trades, and regional pricing.
Brighton and Watertown Market Arrivals Week Ending April 6 1883
Market totals show Brighten and Watertown arrivals with cattle and sheep numbers across regions. Cattle by live weight include 1830 western beef and 288 eastern cattle, plus 712 northern cattle, while sheep and lamb totals reach 12120 with regional splits. veal and horses listed with price indicators. Market prices for beef cattle per 100 pounds live show varying quality levels from first to third, with hides and calfskin notes following.
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Brighton
Watertown
Brighten
Wwena
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