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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1883
Page
3
A Massachusetts rally praised Governor Butler with three speeches in one night. Described as the largest and most enthusiastic political demonstration in New England, the May 1333 event drew vast crowds, rivaling or exceeding prior gatherings. The article lists the three speeches delivered by Butler.
Governor Haydler denounces blue blooded Republican elites in a blistering Faneuil Hall talk. He derides the party platform as a simple choice between Butler and the Marshes, blasts Charles Francis Adams Jr and Lodge, questions Robinson’s Senate votes, and urges voters to resist money campaigns while praising Butler and opposing river and harbor interests.
Governor Butler argues he has limited formal power yet highlights success through will and action. He touts firing the insurance commissioner, reforming the prisoner system led by Clara Barton, reducing adjutant general expenditures, exposing marshalling abuses, and advocating a strong fight against a corrupt council and legislature. He claims credit for tackling abuses in state charities, the Marshes, and almshouses, while criticizing Harvard interference and urging public support to gain real executive power.
A Republican official in Washington who has just returned from Massachusetts predicts Butler will win by a bigger margin this year. He notes majorities rising in major manufacturing towns and expects Boston to exceed 14,000, Essex County to rise, and Marblehead to gain about 150 votes.
The Tucson Citizen reports the largest cloudburst ever seen in Arizona Sunday afternoon. Judge R D Ferguson and a driver witnessed six parallel rivers of water descending from cloudless skies, tearing along the desert, cutting a wide gutter, and forming a single massive flood. They crossed only after sundown, noting rivers up to fifteen feet deep and hundreds of yards wide.
Drs. Starkey and Palen of 1109 Girard Street Philadelphia introduce a vitalizing remedy for chronic diseases. The pamphlet claims cures for consumption neuralgia catarrh rheumatism and more with thousands reportedly relieved over thirteen years and hundreds saved from death by the new discovery.
The Boston Daily Globe announces three line wants advertisements for ten cents daily or Sunday covering needs like situations, help, business chances, selling, boarding, lost and found, real estate, rentals, agents, and livestock. Address to Daily Globe 238 Washington Street, Boston, Mass, postage stamps accepted.
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