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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1883
Page
8
The Tewksbury investigation continues with 800 spectators as Governor Butler, counsel, and witnesses fill the room. French Joe, a long-time inmate, testifies on food, beds, and rumors, while doctors discuss care, abuses, and records in a high tension session that ends with unfinished testimony for tomorrow.
The thirty-fifth hearing in the Tewksbury investigation began Tuesday with eight committee members present and about 250 spectators despite heavy rain. Dr. George S. Putney, son-in-law of Cape Marsh and once assistant physician at Tewksbury, testified at length on medical practice and his connection to Cornelius H. O'Brien’s veracity, offering detailed but tangential points that Governor Pullman’s questions narrowed. The session highlighted public interest in the trial and drew a substantial crowd from various social classes.
Hearing No 36 of the Tewksbury investigation opened with Governor Butler present as Dr George Putney testified. The Governor sought the Chardon Street Home books to trace 71 children. Brown objected seeking time to rebut. The debate over official records versus witness accuracy led to a 4 to 4 vote to exclude the books unless properly substantiated.
The thirty seventh instalment of the Tewksbury investigation opened with Dr. Putney on the stand describing infant conditions at the almshouse. Matrons Adeline Crockett and Phoebe Spear testified that foundlings arrived dirty, with sour milk and varied health, while attendants recounted hospital conditions, bathing practices, and money handling amid broader questions of state cruelty.
Governor Butler’s investigation of the Tewksbury institution continues as an eager crowd gathers for the thirty-eighth briefing. Testimony includes controversial statements about the decency of officials and the mismanagement, with the committee probing delays in the morning session.
In a Chicago Tribune style parody, Richard Irwin chats with his wife Clytie as he mourns a pie laden sorrow. A telegram reveals they are saved by a peculiar fish of the scomberoid family, then he dies from a comic overdose of dialogue. Clytie realizes she talked him to death.
A Broadway shoemaker proclaims shoes ready in 24 hours and claims 12 hours possible with team labor. He explains sixteen specialized steps split among workers, with two teams during busy seasons. Teamwork boosts output, raises wages, and reduces dependence on unreliable single workers.
In Orland California a two and a half year old boy fell into a seventeen foot well with four feet of water. He was found gripping a brick and shouting loudly. His mother, sister, and Miss Minnie Birch aided him with a bucket rope, lowering Ettie Birch to lift him to safety. He escaped with only a bruise on one arm. A short ad for Ely’s Cream Balm follows.
Chess and checker notes list positions 1131 to 1133 with players Barker Umsted Brown and a drawn result. Leeds Draughts and Chess Club announces Whitsuntide events and intercity matches inviting Yorkshire London players to Westminster and Woolwich venues, with contacts at J Birkenshaw and the Leeds club.
An essay argues new science explains consumption as a blood disease linked to kidney and liver health. It cites Dr Felix Oswald, claims Warner's Safe Cure purifies blood and cures kidney and liver ills, and recounts a patient who recovered after using the remedy.
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