Testimony in Tewksbury alms house probe damns Marshes
The twenty ninth hearing in the Tewksbury investigation featured defence witnesses challenging marsh records. Witnesses described maps by Charles H. Littlefield Lawrence and testimony about infant dissection practices at Harvard Medical School including Dr Dixwell and others. The session adjourned to continue tomorrow with further cross examination of medical college witnesses.
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Thos. J. Marsh, Jr
Charles H. Littlefield
Lawrence
Brown
John 8. Webber
Gloucester
Charles P. Thompson
Richard Morey
Thompson
N. L. Richardson
Harvard Medical School
John Dixwell
Richard M. Hodges
R. John F
Bush
Dixwell
Charles B. Porter
Tinkham
Mount Hope Cemetery
Dr. Cheever
Tlere
Thomas J. Marsh, Jr
Medical College
Thomas J. Marsh
Marsh
Tewksbury Almshouse
State House
Wm. B. Dunn
Harvard
Oliver Wendell Holmes
James A. Fleming
Boston
Somy
Edward H. Bradford
Harvard School
Colege
Martin
Shattuck
Charles Folsom
Jackson
Walcott
Porter
Vernor
J. Murphy
Committtee
Butler
Coupiete
Fairbank
John A. Andrew
Andrew
Cornelius O’brien
O’brien
Tewksbury alms house hearing on inmate records discrepancies
The thirtieth hearing of the Tewksbury alms house investigation heard testimony from book keeper Fairbanks about unaccounted inmates and possible duplicates in the 1883 register. Dr Charles Porter discussed origins of cadavers for Harvard Medical College with questions about intake sources and interstate transfers.
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Fairbanks
Tewksbury
Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity
Smith
Brown
Continuing Defence At Tewksbury Hearing Describes Dixwell Reputation
The thirty-second Tewksbury inquiry session featured Dr. Frederick C. Shattuck of Boston crediting Dr. Dixwell with mixed truthfulness, noting occasional exaggerations. Folsom affirmed Dixwell’s bad veracity while recounting history of public institutions, with committee debates on admissible testimony.
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Tewksbury
Frederick C. Shattuck
Boston
Harvard Medical School
Dixwell
Ceneroum
Brown
Charles F. Folsom
Mr. Brown
Tewksbury Asylum Critique By Former Health Board Member
A former member of the State Board of Health Lunacy and Charity criticizes Tewksbury Asylum for high infant mortality from 1872 to 1879, staff shortages, and systemic issues. He advocates Sisters of Charity care, resignations over complex governance, and better food and supervision, noting inadequate inquiry into expenditures and mortality. Adjournment noted for the following day at 9 30 a.m.
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England
Tewksbury
Shoul
State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity
Sisters of Charity
Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity
Brilliant Legal Tilts at Tewksbury Inquiry
The hearing features Charles B. Marsh defending his accounts amid disputes over inmate tallies at the almshouse. Dr. Charles H. Williams and witnesses discuss records, disappearances, and veracity claims as Governor Butler and counsel clash over admissibility and relevance, with adjournment to Monday.
Phenomenal Morning Journal hits 50 000 circulation
The Morning Journal, a New York daily, marks six months of publication with a verified circulation of 50 000 copies. It started with 22 000 and briefly dipped to 17 000 before rising, with daily figures between 46 000 and 50 000 in recent weeks. Albert Pulitzer leads the paper from inception and plans to continue at the helm.
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iNew York Tribune
The
Morning Journal
New York
Tribune
Albert Pulitzer
Market Drama Over Loss A Poor Woman Feels Strain
In Cincinnati a market scene unfolds as a dying child is mentioned. A frail vendor explains she kept selling to feed other children, saying she could not afford to miss today’s sales. The exchange reveals quiet hardship among the poor in everyday life.
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Cincinnati
Giant human leg shaped stone found in Rochester yard
Anthony Paul, while digging a cistern at his home, uncovered a 26 inch leg shaped stone weighing about 25 pounds. The artifact resembles a full sized right leg with perfect contour and proportions of a man nine feet tall, found seven feet underground in a horizontal position.
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Rochester
N. Y
Democrat and Chronicle
Anthony Paul
Curious Calverton pig with seven feet shocks readers
A New York World item reports George Hallock, of Calverton Long Island, owns a pig with seven feet a head like a common pig two bodies joined at the shoulders two fore legs one upright from the pare four hind feet two tails and unusual features. Townsend earns twenty thousand dollars yearly from writings Ananias slain for lying in a separate note. Promotional medical claims mingle with brief notices of hair renewer and Brown's Iron Bitters touted for appetite and liver issues.
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New York World
George Hallock
Calverton
L. I
Arthur and Blaine in Republican nomination rumors
Washington buzzes about the Republican presidential outlook naming two main figures President Arthur and James Blaine. Blane’s supporters dispute candidacy while Edmunds and Chandler are cited as key players. reports also discuss Conkling and Grant alignment and a potential journalistic shift with the New York World under Pulitzer.
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Arthur
James Blaine
Blaine
Pennsylvania
Edmunds
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Blane
Vermont
William E. Chandler
New York
Democratic
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Conkling
Mr. Chandler
George Bliss
United States
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Maine
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Illinois
Virginia
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Republican Party
Democrats
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Democracy
East
New York World
Joseph Pulitzer
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Pwitzer
Post-dispatch
Tilden
Bayard
Messrs. Bayard, Beck, Watterson, Hurburt & Co
Mr. Randall
Worth of Money Prank At Telegraph Office
A man, a bit drunk, buys a 15 cent telegraph to send a nonsensical long word list to his wife Kate, boasting he will outspend the machine. He prints absurd terms like Constantinople and assassination, then exits for a good time, declaring the expense worth it.
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Sixth Avenue
Harry
Bownd
Constantinople
Doncage-Convex
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Kate
End game study and correction in checkers column
Boston report from May 22 1883 details a checker strategy by C W Umsted and Col Black. It corrects position No 554 from Lyiman’s Book of Problems noting white to move and draw, and presents another endgame study by Isaiah Barker with black to move.
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Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
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Telluride
Col. Black
Lyiman
Dr. Schaefer
Isaiah Barker
Black
Mondy
Barker
Wilson
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Arker
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Gallagher
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Jackson
Brady
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Voeeo
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McEntee
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Gorton
Sullivan
Hunter
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Spiller
Parkhurst
Schaefer
Boyle
Seifert
Dempster
Hogan
Rufferty
Eastman
Coakley
Correspondence
South Groveland
Checker
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