Mass State Almshouse Scandal Rife with Body Trade Accusations
A congressman denounces the Tewksbury almshouse abuses detailing dead bodies sent to Harvard and other schools, bodies sold for dissection, and alleged mistreatment of Eva Bowen and Charlotte Anderson. He cites hidden ledgers, claims of sacrilege, and calls for reform of state charity governance.
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Finance and Commerce Overview July 14 1883 Market Notes
The week’s money market shows quiet demand with banks well supplied. Rates edge slightly but remain near last week, with call loans 4.65% and outside loans around 4%. Bond and stock activity muted. grain, petroleum, coal, and iron show mixed signals amid cautious trade. Export demand moderate. wheat and corn speculative, hemp and hides moving on fall prices.
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Government Bonds Market Slows Amid Treasury Call Hints
Government bonds moved slowly with notable sales of the 4 per cents. Prices remained unsettled for 88 and 3448 as traders expect the secretary of the treasury to issue another bond call. Today’s closing bids show declines of 1 1/2 percent for 4s and 4 per cents versus opening bids, and compared with last Saturday, extended 5s down 1 4/5 percent, 48s down 1 2/5 percent, and 41 1/2 per cents down 1 2/5 percent.
Boston Daily Globe commerce page notes on markets
Trade in butter coal copper and other goods shows slow demand with mixed prices. freight rates and international rates listed for California Melbourne Sydney and London. commodities including flour, corn, rye, oats, and hay are catalogued with varied bids and quotes. Malaga and Smyrna wines and dried fruits see price movements. tobacco and bagging markets described with typical urban exchange notes.
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Flour and meal market and grain futures summary
Saturday notes show a dull market for flour and meal while grain futures rose modestly. Wheat numbers span No 2 red bids near 1.145 and September around 1.16, with oats and corn mixed as prices firm or slipping. spot corn and mixed grains show varied demand and local elevator activity.
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Gloucester Fish Arrivals and Prices Weekly Report
Special correspondence notes Gloucester weekly fishing arrivals totaling 75 vessels with codfish and halibut hauls from Western Banks Grand Banks Georges and shore grounds. Reports prices for various codfish and halibut forms plus market details and scarce mackerel, with byproduct values and fish-oil products listed.
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Livestock Markets at Brighton and Watertown Weekly Arrivals
Arrivals of cattle sheep and swine reported for the week ending July 13 1883 at Brighton and Watertown. Totals show 5615 cattle 7040 sheep and lambs and 10047 swine with horse and other livestock also listed. Prices given for beef cattle by weight include various quality grades from extra to Poorest, with hides and tallow figures and miscellaneous items noted.
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Barker's American Checker Player Issued For 1883
Charles F Barker announces issue of Barker's American Checker Player a 17 page work with 684 analyzed variations and 35 critical positions by Wardwell Lyman and other composers. Published every other week in July and August with ongoing publication thereafter. Cloth bound, 75 cents postpaid. Orders to Charles F Barker Cambridgeport Mass.
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Weekly Globe Club List and Player Notes
The Weekly Globe Club List presents positions 1146 and 1147 with players Isaiah Barker from Cambridgeport and John Busby from Boston. Include a note on correspondence from A Z Wright detailing scores from Portland and Bridgton, plus plans to visit Norway, Paris, Oxford, and Lewiston with upcoming matches and travels to Poland, Lewiston, and Boston, ending with a reminder about subscriptions and audience requests.
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Vacuum milk concentration pan described in 19th century prose
The passage details a copper milk-concentrating pan shaped like a farmer’s milk can, about 1e feet in diameter, with a steam coil for heat and an air pump creating twelve pounds per square inch of outside pressure. It maintains 140 degrees and can reduce 140-quart batches to one third or one fourth, then sweetens with a pound of sugar palm before canning in tins or selling bulk unsweetened on the streets.
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Cable Rope Transit Planned for East River Bridge
The project uses a two inch wire rope across the bridge to move cable cars. Cars attach or detach via levers and clips, with brakes to stop. Two end locomotives switch cars between tracks, and operation is to begin in about three weeks, noting Chicago and other cities have similar systems.
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Conscientious Publisher and a Candy Store Leader
A religious editor declines a five dollar bribe from a tent medicine man, praising honesty. Daniel F. Beatty, once a candy store proprietor, has built a major candy and organ manufacturing empire in Washington New Jersey and serves as mayor while managing extensive business ventures.
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Wyllie Triumphs in 229-2-27 Run of Games in Cleveland
During Mr Wyllies visit to Cleveland C he won all 229 games lost 2 and 27 drawn Mr Reed declined Brydens £25 side contest citing business duties Providence players find weather too warm for a team match now but hope to play in September or October.
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How Condensed Milk is Made
The New York Sun reports a large Westchester county establishment condenses and cans milk in bulk each day. Milk arrives cooled from farmers in forty quart cans and is measured and heated in pans as part of the simple process.
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