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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1883
Page
5
The piece notes a rumor of tightened Republican funds after Ohio news. It recalls lavish past donations such as a city committee buying voters flour barrels and suggests rallies led to a purse squeeze, limiting large expenditures like a $10,000 side show for minimal vote impact.
The Boston Herald sent a Chicopee man to learn how Mr. Robinson is viewed by neighbors. A local distributor of opinion accuses him of self‑serving legal practice, cites paymasters in mills, railroads, and towns like Chicopee and Springfield, and notes questions about his promises and votes. Butler’s Lowell gains are also contrasted with Robinson’s local support.
Reporter questions John W. Carter about opposition to Lieutenant Governor Ames in the ninth district. Carter says a private committee meeting will produce reports and clarify support. Independents show strong anti Ames sentiment, but an organized bolt is unlikely, as many will back Ames to save the party from defeat.
Edwin G. Walker, a candidate for Charlestown Municipal Court judge, sues the Boston Post for $10,000 for libel over a report it tied to Charlestown records. He says no such conviction or court appearance exists and alleges the paper forged or magnified a record to harm his nomination by Governor Butler. He asserts the clerk showed him a blank docket later filled in under pressure and notes the supposed green ink warrant.
A defendant argues that posttrial papers are forgeries and recent writings reveal they were produced within a few weeks. He claims he faced heavy pressure and could not proceed otherwise, challenging the docket entry.
Republicans in Lexington express frustration over a sparsely attended rally for Candidate Robinson. Three cheers for Governor Hutler followed three for Robinson, prompting leaders to worry about unity and securing a large, loyal turnout this year.
A misaddressed letter from George K. Amory asks for a substitute voter ballot to support Governor Butler’s re-election. He encloses his poll tax payment and urges the secretary to forward a suitable proxy to help Massachusetts continue Butler’s administration.
Independent Republicans grow more jubilant after Tremont Temple ratification. A knowledgeable source says Governor Butler backers now quietly aid his candidacy. Western towns report many voters switching to Butler, with a Berkshire town listing Republicans voting for him for the first time.
The aging Abolition leader Wendell Phillips writes a fiery appeal for General Butler in the New York Journal. He accuses the Republican party of serving capital and banks and undermining institutions versus popular liberty. The piece notes his shift toward the Democrats and a political realignment reflected in Ohio and Iowa results.
The Gardner News portrays F A Hobart as acting personally and not on the Republican State Committee's authority. It argues the incident undermines GOP sincerity and aids Democrats in criticizing Butler's methods. The piece labels Hobart's actions a colossal mistake and notes Democratic capital from the error.
The Lynn Reporter notes the demise of the Republican party in Massachusetts on September 19 as its principles were buried in Boston. From the ashes rises the Anti-Butler party, a personal group claiming to lead without a formal platform, with nationwide interest in its fate.
A collection of quotes from newspaper commentaries and citizens in Massachusetts discussing the 19th century campaign rhetoric for Butler and Robinson. The passages push Butler’s election as essential to the people, with strong lines about labor, independence, and anti-corruption, along with contrasting views on Walker and race.
A Boston Herald critique questions Butler’s concern for state paupers while urging reform with a council and legislature aligned to his program. Essex County Statesman notes a push to reelect Butler amid calls for renovation, while Templeton warns of racial vote buying claims.
A poetic political verse rails against elites and politicians urging working men to vote for change. It attacks idle schemers and thieves, praises laborers, and calls for the Butler bugle and removal of corrupt leaders.
The New York World reports Fifth Avenue dwellers pay over a million dollars in yearly taxes from Eight to Eighty second streets. Taxable value is pegged at 60 percent of real value, with properties like Amos K.R. Eno’s five lots assessed at 1.4 million and Vanderbilt’s mansion at about 1 million, though first costs were much higher.
Gentilli's glossograph translates spoken words directly to paper via a mouthpiece and electromagnetic recorder. It can reproduce whispers to shouts with equal clarity and promises writing speeds four to five times faster than manual writing. Deciphering the resulting script remains the main hurdle, though automated translation to standard type may follow.
In a Galveston News feature, Mr Beecher extols Butler as a courageous, honest man who helps distressed people. He contrasts Butler with Senators Hoar and Ben Putter, noting Butler’s independence from public sentiment and disdain for elite approval. Beecher asserts Butler’s greater intellect compared to Hoar.
Two Newburyport women could not recall events from the day before despite fulfilling household duties. A physician linked the memory failure to Sunday nights electrical atmospheric conditions, noting a sudden tremendous thunderclap as witness.
A clergyman recalls a cherished dog that committed a grave fault on Sunday. After church he scolded the dog severely for a long period. The dog, overwhelmed by its perceived depravity, refused to eat and died within a day or two, a tale recounted by the reverend himself in the London Spectator.
At the McNutt camp meeting Rev. Mr. Overton urged youths to resist courting after dinner and attend church to serve the Lord. He allowed courting only if postponed until Monday morning.
The estate of Henry Behm known as Dutch Hank is valued at 100000 to 200000 dollars, owed to his thirty years in gambling. His will leaves all real and personal property to his wife for life, with the remainder to be distributed by law after her death.
Mr John Osborne of Musical Bazaar Toronto proclaims his wife cured of rheumatism by St Jacobs Oil and says the remedy invaluable for many ailments, reflecting a broad testimonial drawn from domestic use and satisfaction.
Health hints warn sudden death stems from lung or brain congestion or stroke, not heart disease alone. It links heart issues to neglected rheumatism, warns tobacco use fuels paralysis, and outlines immediate remedies for bleeding, fractures, skull injury, poisoning, and burns, plus cautions on rheumatism progression and environmental causes.
The article argues that health depends on harmonious function of bodily systems including brain. Overwork or under nourishment of any part weakens overall health. Proper care requires balanced, specific exercise and nutrition for each system, with general activity built from targeted actions and adequate rest.
The piece argues that despite endless health advice some people remain unhealthy. It notes rival claims—cold rooms, baths, exercise, happiness, diet, or abstaining from coffee and tobacco—as insufficient for all. It endorses happiness as a preventive factor and links illness to indigestion and poor nourishment, asserting vigor as essential to success.
The article explains acute rheumatism and rheumatic fever, noting two types progressive and partial. It describes initial attacks on small upper joints, progression to larger joints and possible facial/spice jaw areas, and stages including pain swelling muscle spasm and eventual chalky growths and cartilage loss. In elderly patients disease moves slower with less distortion and mentions the right hand.
A weekly report shows declines in live cattle and dressed beef exports from the port for the week ending October 13 1883. London Glasgow and Liverpool markets are oversupplied with weak demand, dragging prices down. Freight and insurance costs eliminate margins for shippers as losses mount for American cattle and refrigerated beef. The Warren Steamship Co lines report, over nine months, 22 867 live cattle and 20 003 sheep carried with 201 cattle losses.
The money market shows fair inquiry for use of funds with easy rates and ample loanable money. Banks favor depositors with accommodation at about the best rates. mercantile paper generally above 6 percent. Discounts vary by security with collateral loans 4 to 5 percent. New York funds down 6 to 10 cents per $1000. bonds near week’s highs.
Commercial matters from Boston markets show steady butter prices with regional variations across Northern Dairy Vermont and New York creamery products. Coal copper corn drugs and dry goods quoted with steady to firmer tones. Grain and freight rates to London Liverpool and other ports listed, along with fresh meat and hay markets.
New York markets show dull wheat and steady No 2 red cash and futures for October to January. Corn and oats mixed with lower spot cotton futures and later declines. provisions and lard futures mixed to steady. Rio coffee and refined oils traded on two-floor floors with notable sales and changing prices.
Special Gloucester correspondence notes the week’s active activity with 1 313 000 pounds codfish and 191 000 pounds halibut received, plus 1 375,000 pounds total mackerel and pollock. Wholesale prices listed for Georges Bank Grand Bank and Western Bank codfish, haddock and hake, with various oils and smoked fish also priced. Mackerel and halibut demand mixed, while new shipments continue from St Lawrence Grand Bank and Greenland voyages.
Weekly arrivals for the week ending Friday October 12, 1583 report Western cattle 2730, Eastern 70, Northern 480. total cattle 3280. Sheep and lambs 5720 Western plus 7957 Northern and 91 Eastern. total 14,671. Swine 17,452. veals 519. horses 166. Price lists show beef cattle weights and hides and tallow values.
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