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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1883
Page
8
London reports that Gladstone’s ministry proposed to drop the tramway emigration clause and supply £50,000 for Irish immigration if Parnell and his followers suspend obstruction until recess. Catholic bishops urge acceptance to move congested districts and aid Lynch in Sligo borough contests.
Chicago Times interview with Erskine M Phelps president of the Iroquois Club discusses Butler’s strength in Massachusetts. Phelps says Butler may be renominated and win by a larger margin if so. He notes Republican disorganization aids Democrats and tariff views shifting toward revenue tariff.
The article notes dressing cattle limits in Boston at Brighton abattoir. It explains one man can dress a bullock in an hour, two men can dress two in an hour, and recounts multiple speed records from Chicago, mageports Inl., and Brighton matches. Notable times include Charles Smith 7 minutes 8 seconds and Charles Leyden 4 minutes 45 seconds.
C D Cobb senior member of C D Cobb & Co. dies at Swampscott after noon Thursday from stomach cancer. He leaves a widow and five children. The Cobb brothers built a famed family grocer business, pioneering one price retail and expanding to form Cobb Bates Yerxa and related firms.
A Georgia engineer in Macon claimed three Dago chickens would fetch high prices. Weeks later the birds, described as hawks by locals, swept down on the couple’s small chickens, carrying them away to a tree and dining at dawn, leaving the wife shocked and the husband to face the consequences.
Dr. Fisher takes duties as the Board of Health Lunacy and Charity implements sweeping reforms at Tewksbury Almshouse. New storekeeping by department, precise invoicing by weight and count, returned items policy, and numbered graves with cast iron markers streamline spending and burials. Improved nursing staff including two Catholic attendants and arm chairs for female inmates accompany site upgrades such as summer houses and open shade sheds.
A reader asks why toads become so plentiful after a thunder shower. The writer disputes the belief that toads rain from the sky and says they emerge to escape drowning when their dry burrows flood, with large and small toads fleeing in a frantic escape.
A vivid ode to watermelons praises their flavor and aroma as the season arrives with cheap melons ahead. The piece notes the fruit delights multiple senses, from rind to flesh, and evokes southern imagery before urging health tips and Kidney-Wort as a remedy.
Boston August 14 1883 communications for Barker Cambridgeport address. Checker department to publish every other week July August. Announcement of Barker's American Checker Player with 179 pages 634 variations 35 critical positions 22 contributed by Wardwell and Lyman priced 75 cents post paid. Position nos 1150 and 1161 noted with authors Isaiah Barker and A S Ingalls.
The page reports chess problems and game notes from Omro Wisconsin, detailing a White to move draw scenario in Game No 630 Defiance between Prof Kirk and Percy M Bradt. It includes move sequences, positions No 1148 and 1149, and solutions by G W Brown Warren ME, with multiple numeric move lines and cross references to Black Doctor and W C Eveleth.
A Philadelphia meeting features sharp comments on a recent article. The writer criticizes J. Dick for boastful claims and poor sportsmanship, urges him to drop a second fiddle role, and contrasts his remarks with a review of Turf magazine. An unrelated ad plug for Dr Pierce’s Pellets and Brown’s Iron Bitters follows.
A reader asks advertisers to mention the sighting of an ad in THE BOSTON WEEKLY GLOBE. The note requests acknowledgment in future ads and cites newspaper exposure as a benefit.
Advertisers urge readers to try Hop Bitters with plain language, claiming the remedy is favored by papers and steadily replacing others. They cite a long suffering patient cured by Hop Bitters and insist its virtues are obvious to all, urging trial to prove effectiveness.
A long suffering daughter endured kidney and liver troubles, rheumatic and nervous debility despite expert care. Parents recount that after years of shunning a simple remedy, Hop Bitters restored her to health, contrasting relief with prior misdiagnoses.
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