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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1883
Page
5
Mr Carlton, husband of Watertown murder victim Etta Carlton, discusses his alibi and declares a robbery motive. He cites anonymous letters and alleged gang activity in Watertown, noting press gossip and personal strain from the case as investigators probe possible suspects and the $5000 policy.
In Dover on April 22 a mob attacked John O'Brien's Great Allied Shows. Fourteen men were shot, including showman Charles Henderson who was wounded in the breast and may not recover. Seven other circus workers and several mob members were injured by gunfire. The melee ended with the show fleeing toward Cambridge, Maryland, after more than 200 shots were fired.
Washington April 22 The commissioner of pensions warns that swindlers pose as pension office examiners to charge fees. No examiner may take money. only those with official certificates issued by the interior secretary can act. Public is urged to report impostors with descriptions to the commissioner so prompt action can be taken.
Pittsburgh news from April 21 reports the collapse of James Marshall & Co with liabilities pegged near 1.95 million and assets at about 1.55 million. Unsecured creditors face losses of around 300,000 while furnace workers bear the primary burden. The firm holds 60,000 tons of pig iron to be sold gradually to steady markets, though banks remain unaffected.
Five miles west of Great Barrington in Alford a farmer found a limestone cave named Devils Den While exploring with torches they could not advance far due to poisonous gases A small underground stream is suspected and the cave terrifies local women and children due to large racers The finder reportedly killed many snakes nearby and the cave exploration awaits safer access
A Canadian style villain Henry De Bosnys fate is sealed with a death sentence to be carried out April 27 at Elizabeth town N Y. His life reads like a roving war tale spanning six languages polar expeditions and battlefield campaigns from Portugal to France to the Americas. He is accused of wife murder in Essex N Y after a trail marked by circumstantial evidence and a verdict of first degree murder. His past includes Arctic journeys Crimean War Mexican service Gettysburg and long wanderings as a tramp. He is believed to use an assumed name and shows little cooperation with authorities despite writing an autobiography from prison.
Leominster April 23. In Boylston locals stir over Alice Flaggs white marriage to George Hazard, a colored laborer. Alice, 26, educated and wealthy by father Levis Flaggs, defies town norms by wedding in Rochester New Hampshire then settling with Hazard at Mrs Jane Dutons farm near center of town. Family shock and sympathy ripple through community.
A weekly literary society meeting announced a public reception for the couple at their home next Tuesday night. The article notes a clandestine courtship persisted since Hazard left Mr. Flagg's employ three years ago.
New York April 23 Tribune reports two pages of district opinions from thirteen grain centers across Dakota Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Minnesota Missouri Ohio Nebraska Wisconsin California. Overall view: crops near average or better, with Ohio weak, others mixed but improving. ground ready for spring sowing, and late weather revisions suggest any declines will be small.
J Edwin Sherman once known as Steel Sherman of Bucksport Maine is jailed on a warrant for obtaining money by selling a misrepresented property bill of sale. He is linked to Thomas Sherman Blaine's private secretary and has a storied, controversial career spanning Bucksport Washington and London.
The Erie Presbytery reviewed a case where a young lady faced excommunication over a burial choice and endured harsh church discipline. It ordered removal of censure from records, full restoration to membership, and instructed repentance, signaling accountability amid community outrage.
A varied miscellany reports a Rhode Island clergyman naming alcohol aquamortis the water of death. Other notes cite NH school voters, a Haverhill patent for necktie fasteners, Mrs. Langtry buying a sleigh, a dead alligator on ice, a female grainer in Bellows Falls, and curious local odds and ends from Vermont, Maine, and Connecticut.
The article promotes the Compound Oxygen Treatment dispensed by S. Starkey and Palen in Philadelphia as a safer, non drug approach to chronic ailments. It cites testimonies from a New York lawyer, a physician, a Wellsville woman, and other patients, claiming improved strength, digestion, sleep, and relief from neuralgia and tuberculosis symptoms after six weeks to months of inhalation therapy.
A survey tallies Southern yields with Texas leading cotton and timber, Arkansas growth, Virginia sassafras oil, and crowded issues from McKinney taxes to Pocahontas coal. Local curiosities include a Louisville hen duo and a New Albany water works scare, as a Cincinnati land buy plans a Florida hotel and sanitarium.
The Week's review notes a steady money market with active loan demand but cautious bank lending to outsiders. Rates are largely nominal, with mercantile paper around big 0.6 percent and collateral loans near 6 percent. Clearing house figures show $14,805,453 in exchanges for the week and $7,803,041 in balances. New York funds discount at 8 40 cents per $1000. foreign exchange quiet. Bank reserves rise by $13,626 leaving excess reserves of $624,275 over required. Pricing for bonds and stocks shows minor changes, with stronger 3 percents and 4 percent debt easing slightly. The report covers broad commodity markets from fruits and lumber to sugar and wool with varied activity and prices.
The Boston Daily Globe notes quiet apple and dull bean markets with varied prices for fancy and common lots. Boots and shoes show many West and Southwest buyers, steady price range, and rising manufacturer orders while shipments trend down.
On Saturday April 21 the Cotton market showed active export interest to Liverpool with 2513 bales traded. Futures closed dull with April at 10.160, May 10.190, June 10.35, July 10.483, August 16.60, September 10.32, October 10, November 9.93, December and January 10.01 cents. Total sales 45,600 bales with 9,862 bales received at ports.
Weekly livestock listings for Brighton and Watertown report Western, Eastern and Northern cattle totals of 478 pounds and 1,2304 pounds with overall cattle value. Sheep and lamb totals reach 18,929 with swine 13,200 and veals 1,870. horses listed at 143. Beef cattle prices given per 100 pounds live weight across quality grades. Also noted are calfskins, sheep and lambskins, and hides.
Special correspondence reports weekly arrivals totaling 1,245,000 pounds codfish and 113,010 pounds halibut from Georges and Western Bank sources. Prices listed for various codfish sizes and halibut forms, with recorded frozen, salted, and pickled fish line items and by the barrel or box, reflecting the Gloucester market activity.
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