Mabel Beveridge's Fatal Tragedy in a Cincinnati Gambling Den
A 21 year old New England woman known as Mabel Beveridge shot herself at a West Fifth Street gambling house seeking her lover Dan Groves. Her life of shifting names, a circus past, and abusive relationships led to a fatal wound at the threshold of the den. Groves rushed to her side, she lingered between life and death, with medical staff reporting a fatal temple wound and uncertain prospects of recovery.
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Cincinnati
West Fifth Street
New England
Ty Dan Groves
Groves
Dan Groves
Dan
Mabel Beveridge
Adams
Platt
Thomaston
Milford
Massachusetts
California
Mabel
Jo Fay
Charles, Adams
Fifth Street
Burial of Mrs Bridget Brady at Atlantic Cemetery
At 101, Mrs Bridget Brady nee Foys was buried in Quincy at Atlantic Catholic Cemetery. Born in 1782 in County Cavan Ireland, her birth occurred during her father’s participation at a volunteers convention in Dunannon. The Foys family were soldiers, with a cousin famed as a general under Napoleon. She moved to the United States before 1842 and lived in Dorchester Lower Mills and Milton, later following her daughter's move to North Quincy.
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Foys
Atlantic
Quincy
Ceme
Brady
County
Cavan
Ireland
The
Volunteers
Dunnnon
Napoleon
France
Dorchester Lower Mills
Milton
North Quincy
Beloved Town Woman Remembered For Weekly Church Walks
A respected local resident known as Mrs. Brady was punctual for Sunday church, walking two miles each week until within two years of her passing. She remained sharp in mind and cherished by all in the town.
A Diseased Race and the Future of the Sandwich Islands
A March 20 letter in the volume on foreign relations for 1882 reports Minister Comly of Hawaii to Secretary Frelinghuysen. It warns of rapid native decline on Molokai leper settlement and estimates thousands more concealed lepers. The letter laments the erosion of native blood, notes royal line vulnerabilities, and urges U.S. consideration of Hawaii’s replenishment to avert Asiatic influence or a British protectorate through coolie immigration.
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Washeron
Frelinghuysen
Comly
Hawaiian Islands
Sandwich Islands
United States
Molokai
Kanaka
Likelike
Emma
Kapiolani
Luka ‘Ruth
Kanielarmehas
Panoki Bishop
Paki
Kalakaua
Uka
Hawaii
Terrible Sufferings Of A Shipwrecked Crew On A Portland Ledge
Captain Orchard of the wrecked schooner J. W. Sawyer told a Globe reporter of the harrowing escape from death. After the vessel struck Wednesday night, the crew endured freezing seas, salt water, and smoke. They built a fire on a rock ledge, crossed a chasm between reefs, and one man drowned. Four men reached Marshall’s Island in a leaky dory, then walked three miles to aid, while others were seen to Swan’s Island. The party endured forty eight hours of exposure before rescue.
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Orchard
J. W. Sawyer
GLOBE
John Bolton
Young Orchard
Marshall’s Island
John Lane
Swan's Island
George C. Hall
Winter Wheat Yields Compared Across States This Year
The Price Current reports winter wheat conditions across the West with last year set at 100. Ohio 81, Indiana 80, Illinois 90, Missouri 43, Kansas 91, Michigan 96, Kentucky 70, Tennessee 86. Wisconsin areas look promising with overall forecast about 10 percent below last year. U.S. crop expected under 450 million bushels, about 53 million less than 188%.
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Price Current
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Michigan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
New York Named Objective Point for Agitation Societies
A Paris cablegram reports the imprisonment of M. Tisagaray son-in-law of Karl Marx and the arrest of anarchist M. Lercure. The note stirs Communist and Socialist circles in New York where activists return from Pere la Chaise amnesty and plan a renewed International organized campaign.
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New York
Paris
M. Tisagaray
Karl Marx
M. Lercure
Pere la Chaise
Megg
International
Four Hundred Cowboys Strike for Higher Pay in Texas
Tosasa Texas March 24 The cowboys strike for pay rising from 30 to 50 dollars per month has grown serious with about four hundred quitting work. They are armed with Winchester rifles and six shooters and boycott those who refuse to join. A proclamation threatens to cut and burn ranches if demands are not met.
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Tosasa
Tex
Pertinent Inquiry Boston Pilot Quote on Irish Prisoners
The Boston Pilot quotes a prominent Irish question on leaders vanished from public view. It laments that Michael Davitt, T. M. Healy, and Timothy Harrington are imprisoned in England and subjected to harsh, degrading labor among convicts.
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Boston Pilot
Michael Davitt
T. M. Healy
Timothy Harrington
Westmeath
Ireland
Died in Lover's Arms in Washington Tale of Tragedy
Mary Cunningham died in Washington on a Wednesday while with her lover John Callahan. He was about to leave when she begged him to stay, then gasped for breath, reeled, and collapsed dying before aid could reach them.
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Washington
Mary Cunningham
John Callahan
Callahan
Telephoning experiments span 750 miles New York to Cleveland
News reports from New York on March 26 describe telephoning trials between New York and Cleveland covering about 750 miles. Voices from Cleveland carried clearly to New York, comparable to short circuit conditions, highlighting early long distance testing. A distractingly inserted medical pitch follows, promoting a medicine for liver and kidney diseases.
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New York
Cleveland
The Oldest Senator Joseph Cilley of New Hampshire
Philadelphia Times reports on Colonel Joseph Cilley of Nottingham New Hampshire a veteran of 1812 and former U S senator living near his ninety third year His lineage dates to 1728 his Civil War era descendants include General Joseph Cilley who served with Washington Cilley recounts dueling era events his abolitionist stance and lifelong voting record He recalls the Graves Cilley duel and his brother Jonathan Cilley Maine congressman killed in a duel with Graves The elder Cilley remains active eyed and hearing diminished but strong and wealthy with a long New England home and a circle of friends and admirers
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Philadelphia Times
Joseph Cilley
Colonel Cilley
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Sackett’s Harbor
Chippowae
Buffalo
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Gilley
James Miller
Peterboro
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Ripley
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Benjamin Pierce
Imaker
Garrison
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Levin Domeau
Supreme Court
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Winfield Scott
Webster
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Mason
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Yulee
Florida
Jonathan Cilley
Congress
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Mar
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John FP. Hale
Henry Wilson
Salmon P. Chase
Horace Greeley
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Aoe Pierce
Jonathan
Bowdoin College
Frank Pierew
Purse
Ile
Brunswick
Frank
Hillsboro
Jefferson Davis
Butle
Ben Butlery
James Madison
New England
Corn Inspection Threatens Chicago Market
A lax three week inspection change may ruin the corn trade in Chicago and nationwide. Only about 60 percent of receipts are graded No 2 now, down from 270 recently, frustrating export buyers in the East and prompting several million bushels to be cancelled. Old inspectors resigned after the rigid system, and the new lax practice is blamed for the current crisis.
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Chicago
Cabcasco
Milwaukee
Rockland
Dimension Factory
Sumner
Porto Rico
Western
Calcutta
Roston
Elaine
Rio
Java
Maracaibo
Oil Strike Found in Pleasant Hollow New Jersey
An oil well discovered in Pleasant Hollow near Trenton, New Jersey, marks the first oil in the area. The spring lies on a wood lot owned by Andrew Burr, a Black man, who has been offered $3000 for three acres of land amid widespread excitement.
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Trenton
N. J
Pleasant Hollow
Andrew Burr
Burr
Curious Cat Colony at Cleburne Farm in 1881
A brief note recalls a Cats’ colony on Colonel Chambers wheat threshing farm near Cleburne Texas in 1881. Straw left behind attracted cats, amid a country area rich in small game. The fragment hints at a quirky rural anecdote from the era.
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Cleburne
Texas
Colonel Chambers
Texas Cat Ranch Claims Peak Cat Population
The article notes a Texas ranch with 500 cats of various kinds and colors, praised as the greatest cat ranch in the world. It juxtaposes an eccentric English writer’s theory about old maids and cat use with a humorous remark that Texas cats thrive without such protection.
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Texas
Iis
Old England
Providence Woman Millie Walkinshaw Dead in California Hotel
Mrs Millie Walkinshaw widow of John C Walkinshaw of Walkinshaw Voight woollen merchants died in the Arlington Hotel Santa Barbara Cal March 19 The executor Voight doubts self harm suggesting morphine overdose She had rheumatic pain and a habit of using strong drugs Burial likely in the East. no local relatives.
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New York
Millie F. Walkinshaw
Arlington Hotel
Santa Barbara
Cal
John C. Walkinshaw
Walkinshaw & Voight
Woollen Commission Merchants
Continental Guards Plan Northern Trip From New Orleans
The independent Continental Guards of New Orleans announce a June trip to New York and other cities, with visits to the National Lancers Boston Charlestown Cadets and cities including Chicago Toledo Syracuse Elizabeth and Albany. They will stage living pictures of Revolutionary scenes to raise funds for a new armory, with committee members Captain Pierce Lieutenant Brown Colonel Mellon and others arranging the tour.
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National Lancers
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Charlestown Cadets
Chicago
Toledo
Syracuse
Elizabeth
Albany
Scenrc
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Delaware
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Brown
Mellon
Met Hall
Fee Haram, Jr
W. J. Maltby
Frank ‘Arreil
Yankee Notions and Oddities Across New England
A Hartford mockingbird resumes song said unrivaled in birds. Newburyport man feasts on raw clams then bets a gallon of beer but drinks none. An Oxford County parson trades horseflesh with Lewiston shippers. In New Bedford five people total 1050 pounds at table. A Belfast brook trout grows from 3 inches to over a foot. Augusta youth collects 400 wood kinds while his girlfriend doubts skill. Mrs. Sally Turner in Athens consumes eight morphine bottles weekly. Somers correspondent reports a wedding with a groom having two wives and a guardian-justice as bride’s guardian.
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Newburyport
Oxford County
Lewiston Shippers
New Bedford
Belfast
Augusta
Sally Turner
Athens
Conn
Garry Reed
Waterbury
New Haven
Benjamin C. Sargent
Brooklin
T. C
Narramore
Williston
Benson
Wethersfield, Conn
Montpelier
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Baptist Society
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Brunswick
Bridgeport
Gerrish
St. Albans
Vermont
George Hoyt
Hoyt
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Brockton
Taunton
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Old Colony
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Peru
Winthrop
George Batty
Blanchard
Grand Isle
Waterbury, Conn
England
North Auburn
Dr Pierce Pellets as Liver Cure by Druggists
An old advertisement notes Dr Pierce's Pellets or Little Liver Pills sugar coated as a cure for sick and bilious headaches sour stomach and bilious attacks sold by druggists.
Miser Joseph Harriges and the Shanty Garret Mystery
Philadelphia report on Joseph Harriges a miser who kept his mentally ill brother confined in a garret for years. The tale traces their family history from Bernard Harriges in Frankfort to John Harriges’s descent into insanity and mob threats, ending with Joseph’s death and a plea to bury the scandal.
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Lombard Streets
John Harriges
Schuylkill
Llarriges
Jon Harriges
Jeeps
Bernard Marriges
Toseph
United States
Joseph Marriges
Frankfort-the-Main
Dernara Harriges
Bernard
Joseph
Olin
Bernard Harriges
Oregon
Suseo
John
Nova Scotia Flood Ravages Halifax and Truro Areas
Nova Scotia flood devastates Sherbrook village Guysborough county with damaged houses farms and shops. People abandon homes by night using boats and rafts while several injured by floating ice. All mining halted and mail service disrupted for days as Truro and surrounding rivers erode bridges and mills under rising waters. Four inches of snow falls amid cold conditions.
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Halifax
Sherbrook
Guysboro County
Ana Vase
Truro
Connecticut Connubiality at Wallingford Lyceum
In Wallingford Connecticut a lyceum debated whether marriage or bachelor life yields happiness. Speakers contrasted loneliness with independence and noted married life has turmoil but benefits. The three referees, two married women among them, urged that marriage is a good thing. The text cites Connecticut divorce statistics: one in eleven marriages ends in divorce.
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Connecticut
Wallingford
Conn
Lyceum
Transporting Flowers in Potatoes
A Utica man in Louisville sought a novel way to send flowers to his wife. A florist cut a potato into two halves, bored holes for the stems, and packed the buds in a box with cotton. The recipient noted the buds bloomed. Moisture in a good Apiven can sustain a flower for two weeks in cool temps. Potatoes may conceal flowers with leaves or moss.
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Cottea
Utica
Louisville
Sale of Trotters in New York
Bidding ran high at a trotting horse sale in New York on March 23. Horses sold included Cleopatra for 350 dollars, Annie Steele 835, a day mare by Polonius to W. H. Sweet of Boston 355, Bodine 315, Penlous 215, Nevins 1250, Highland Queen 275, Mollie and sister 750, Romance to J. Nugent of Blackstone MA 270, and Sea Foam 400.
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New York
Cleopatra
Annie Steele
Polonius
W. H. Sweet
Boston
Bodine
Penlous
Nevins
Highland Queen
Mollie
Frost Threatens Peach Crop in Tennessee
In Chattanooga on March 22 a severe frost damaged fruit crops, risking the full bloom peach harvest and harming strawberries. The item notes concern over yields and regional impact on CHATTANOOGA and surrounding fruit production areas.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Readers urged to mention The Boston Weekly Globe when answering ads
A reader notice asks readers to reference The Boston Weekly Globe in response to advertisements seen in the paper. The plea stresses courtesy and distribution by the newspaper to ensure acknowledgment.
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Eame
State Street Finance Week Ends With Easier Money Rates
Financial notes from State Street, March 24, 1883, report easing money market as the week closes. Banks discount mercantile paper at 5 1/4 to 7/8 percent with low activity. outside notes and acceptances steady near 4 to 5 percent. Clearing house exchanges total $8.8 million today and $60 million for the week. New York funds at par to 10 cents. Bank reserves rise, loans fall, and bond calls stay tentative as treasury actions loom.
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Prive Corporation
Boston
New York
Bank of England
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Eee de Caee Cues
Boston Markets Report Busy Yet Quiet in Several Sectors
Commercial news from Orrick in the Boston Daily Giron notes a generally unsatisfactory business climate with some activity in New York dry goods and western cities. Prices for apples, beans, butter, and canned goods shift modestly as trade slows in boots and shoes and dairy markets show mixed signals.
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Girone
New York
Lynn
Heverly
Marblehead
Haverhill
New Southern Dairy
Vermont
Calese
Les of
Choice
Market Report Mixed with Grain and Meat Updates
Saturday trading showed flour heavy and corn meal steady while pork in Chicago was weak and dull here. Beef and bacon steady. lard fluctuated with limited spot sales. dressed hogs active in sale. butter and cheese steady, eggs quiet. Wheat futures opened higher but gave back gains, oats and barley weak, corn declined with mixed futures. various commodities and oils traded unevenly with no clear patterns.
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Mila
Laguayra
Brazil
Olgo
C. Stearine Uiet
Lloe
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London
Cork
Baltic
Live Stock Arrivals at Brighton and Watertown Markets
Weekly report for week ending March 23, 1883 lists live stock totals across regions. Western cattle 1978 Eastern 323 Northern 1354, total 3605. Sheep and lambs total 34 345 with regional breakdowns. Prices given for beef cattle per 100 pounds live weight and hides and tallow rates.
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Brighton
Watertown
Gloucester Fish Market arrivals and prices summary
Special correspondence reports week arrivals totaling 450000 pounds codfish 151000 pounds halibut and 1000000 frozen herring from Western Banks Georges Grand Menan with prices for codfish halibut and miscellaneous fish including fresh and frozen lots. Market tone notes declining cod prices though receipts light and season near end.
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Western Bawks
the Georges
Grand Menon
Waikato
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