Governor and ex Governor clash over Tewksbury inquiry
In a heated hearing on Tewksbury management the Governor and committee press ex Governor Rice on inspections and a disputed letter. Miriam Bowen and David Blair testify about Eva Gordon and institutional practices as a key confrontation over evidence including a disputed human skin relic. The session adjourns to Monday after a tense exchange on admissibility of the skin evidence.
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Green Room
North Pole
Committee On Public Charities
Tewksbury
Rice
Mr. Brown
F. B. Sanborn
Sidney Andrews
Board of State Charities
State House
Butler
Thormases
Eklund
Gegauft
Parvard
Brown
Harvard
Testimony at Forty Fourth Hearing on Tewksbury InmatesCare
Mrs. Harriet E. Sanborn, matron, testifies about bathing, bedding, food, and care at the alms house. She says standards have largely remained the same for eleven years with minor improvements, and notes inmates sometimes died after arrival while listing observed practices and systems.
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Tewksbury Almshouse
Brown Mane
Exeter
Harriet E. Sanborn
The
Almshouse
Barker
Dudleys
Barkers
Meir
Confessions of a Red Head in a Car Ride Tale
A humorous piece on red-haired men amid public scrutiny and social embarrassment. A narrator recalls a horse car ride where a red-headed man endures stares, a crying child, and awkward moments while trying to smooth the situation with candy and excuses. The vignette ends with a jumble of nursery rhymes and a poetic aside about St. Jacobs Oil.
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Red-Head
Pisser-By
Bessie
Orion
Beecher Reflects on Paul and Barnabas Missionary Trials
Special despatch notes how Beecher depicts Paul and Barnabas fleeing persecution in Iconium and Lycaonia. He contrasts oriental expressive grief with Anglo Saxon restraint and highlights the preacher's empathy, humility, and focus on God’s goodness and mercy.
Recollections of An Old Author in Philadelphia News
The piece notes the wife of Mr. Pulitzer of the New York World is the niece of Southern gentleman Jeffer son Davis. Davis was an author whose book sparked discussion and once served in Congress. It urges avoiding neglected old friends while promoting Kidney-Wort as a remedy for kidney trouble and backache.
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Philadelphia News
Pulitzer
New York World
Jefferson Davis
Davis
Congress
Barker's American Checker Player offered by Charlies F Barker
Boston editor announces Barker's new checker book with 179 pages and 634 variations. Includes 22 openings and 35 critical positions contributed by Wardwell and Lyman. Price 75 cents postpaid. orders to Cambridgeport Mass. Endgame positions by Barker McCullough Dimock Holm match results noted.
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Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
Boston Providence Checker Match Contenders Sought
A five or six man Boston team seeks a corresponding Providence side to play a series. C F Barker invites Providence managers to send details and game timing to Cambridgeport Massachusetts. Barker notes a possible $500 a side match with Mr Dick in New York with each paying expenses, or $400 a side if needed.
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Checker News
Boston
Providence
Kk. L
C. F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
Checker
Barker Challenged at $200 a Side in Boston Match
The article notes Barker offering $200 a side to any opponent in Boston with 40 for expenses. He extends the same terms to Reed, Priest, or any American player, inviting matches in their own country or with reasonable expenses. It questions whether such terms reflect a dog in the manger stance. It also reports on the Glasgow Central Club Challenge Medal match between D. G. M Kelvie and James Holm concluding with M Kelvie claiming the medal after best of six results. It mentions Holt planning another medal challenge soon. It also covers James Cosgriff and Duncan Bryce a long 12 hour session with 60 games, Cosgriff finishing one game ahead.
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M’kelvie
Glasgow Herald
Holt
Leeds Mercury
James Cosgriff
Newport
Duncan Bryce
Tewksbury Defence Scrutiny Sparks Legislative Move
A legislative committee meeting discussed reforms in state charitable institutions and a new special committee to reconcile boards. Rumors claim Republican support funds the Tewksbury defense. Gov Butler’s pardon process and state mismanagement probe stoke partisan tension and demand action.
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Legislative Committee
Nlue
Tewksbury
Hls
Thomas J. Marsh, Jr
Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity
Republican State Committee
Brown
Board of Health
Charlies B. Marsh
Joe
Myr. Smith
Praci Ee
Dolan
State Prison
Butler
Commonwealth
Duel in Patrick County Between Sheriff and Colonel
From Patrick county mountains comes a highway duel born of politics. Sheriff Donckling on a horse and Colonel Waller in a buggy exchanged shots near Waller's house. Donckling's horse fell. Waller was wounded in the stomach and later convalesced. Both men remained friends afterward.
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Richmond
Patrick County
Donckling
Colonel Waller
Sheriff Donckling
Waller
A Possible Future Senator
Orrin Gowell, a large owner in the Manzanita hydraulic mine at this city, is worth about $1,000,000. He owns property at San Jose and has a palatial home at Fruitvale, spends months yearly in Nevada City, and works as hard as any laborer. He recounted a summer episode when helping a hungry Irishman, illustrating his unpretentious, industrious nature. Brooklyn Bridge and Mayor Beatty feature as examples of public works and self-made men.
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Cal
Orrin Gowell
Manzanita
San Jose
Fruitvale
Nevada City
Brooklyn Bridge
Mayor Beatty
Daniel F. Beatty
Hunterdon County
New Jersey
Great Bridge
Beatty
Washington, N. J
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