Tewksbury Deaths and a Witnessed Letter in Ulterior Inquiry
The Globe reports on a Tewksbury investigation where Charlotte Thomas, a long-time nurse, testified about Dr. Pease allegedly overmedicating patients in the lying-in hospital. Thomas read a contemporaneous memorandum and a May 25 letter accusing treatment practices, noting her own discharge after reporting unsafe medication.
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The
Globe
Tewksbury
Julia Pease
Abbott
Thomas
Reading
Mary Smith
Dr. Pease
Joanna Kennahan
Harry
Lathrop
Excerpts From a Damning Testimony on Tewksbury Almshouse Abuses
The account summarizes cross examination of Mrs. Charlotte A. Thomas and related testimony at Tewksbury. It highlights allegations of misdeeds at the almshouse, the committee's handling of her statements, and accusations of biased reporting. The speaker critiques the committee and notes the gravity of the testimony about patient care and the institution.
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Charlotte A. Thomas
Commonwealth
Q. Weill
Tewksbury Almshouse
Marsh— Q
Antag
Tewksbury
Brown
Dr. Abbott
Marsh
Almshouse
Old Settler recalls wildcat and bear tangle with fight
A rural tale recounts a rugged encounter with a wildcat and a bear, as the Old Settler describes a chaotic scene in which he ends up wrestling between the behemoths. He describes leaping, snapping, and finally the bear choking on the cat, leaving him unharmed but bewildered by the wild spectacle.
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Ed. Mart
New York Sun
Poncono
Jis
Thades
State Political Bluff and Fraud in Massachusetts Election News
The article critiques Massachusetts politics accusing Republicans of bluffing and fraud in the Boston registration and anticipated Butler victory. It condemns party corruption, calls for accountability, and contrasts Republican tactics with moral outrage over local abuses and misgovernance. The piece attacks party leaders, criticizes Boston and Chicago, and questions the state’s political integrity.
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Tenkabura
Boxton
Tewksbury
Chicago
Boston
America
Holy Willies
Republican Party
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Butler gains sweep across western Massachusetts voters
The Outlook reports strong Butler gains statewide with estimates from The Globe correspondents matching. Western towns show surprising support as Governor Butler leads with a majority likely above 12,000. Registration climbs in cities, with campaigns highlighting Republican bluff and the Boston vigilance committee as signs of a weakening effort.
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Commonwealth
Butler
GLOBE
Boston
What He Thinks of the Course of His Party in Vilifying Butler
A Republican from the Pacific coast criticizes press vilification of Governor Benjamin F. Butler, praising his wartime enforcement of the flag and his attempts to curb abuses. The letter targets Tewksbury and Andersonville, condemning the treatment of the poor and exposing harsh conditions in state care facilities.
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Butler
The
Globe
Pacific Coast
aLaaNe F. Butler
Commonwealth of the
New Orleans
Benjamin
Europe
Benjamin F. Butler
Christ
Tewksbury
Andersonville
Chicago
Mr Chance Discharged After Senate Testimony
Charles J. Chance Jr testified before the United States Senate labor committee on behalf of tanners and carriers about tanning of human hides. He feared reprisals but was assured protection by committee chairman Senator Blair. A letter from Chance reports he was discharged for speaking on Friday before the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles J. Chance, Jr
United States Senate Labor Committee
Blair
the Globe
Senate
C. T. Chance, JR
Elm Street Court
West Somerville
The Butler Bet That Fizzled at the American House
A local gentleman sought a 1000 to 500 wager that Governor Butler would lose. A businessman presented cash and agreed to the bet, but the man balked and fled as laughter rose from the crowd. The incident drew attention from Herald and other Republican papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Butler
Hutler
Rumor of Lodge Letter Demands Reform to Butler
A questioned document allegedly dropped by Lodge proposes to Governor Butler a pact to withdraw opposition in exchange for a series of demands. The list targets Harvard, insurance firms, dissection, color in judges, religious leaders, and political rituals, naming several prominent Republicans.
A Few Facts About Butler Remembered by Col Williams
A historical critique cites Colonel George W. Williams as arguing Governor Butler was a friend to Black people. It quotes his work on Butler's 1861 actions at Fortress Monroe and the 1862 call for Black troops, weighing whether Williams speaks truth or defends Butler to the colored community.
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the Globe
George W. Williams
Robinson
Butler
Williams
Benjamin F. Butler
Achilles
Washington
New Orléans
Wi- Mams
Pegroas
William
Eliuans
Voters Endorse Butler Over Ames in Scratched Ballot Note
A fragmentary note from Howamp L Smrru expresses loyalty to Governor Butler and opposition to Oliver Ames, claiming readers will vote Butler and scratch Ames on principle. The tone implies political persuasion and a call to vote against Ames in upcoming elections.
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Butler
Williams
Hhis
Oliver Ames
Howamp L
Smrru
Nomination of James S Grinnell for Lieutenant Governor
Hon James S Grinnell of Greenfield was unanimously nominated by the Democratic State Central Committee for Lieutenant Governor at a Thursday meeting. He would accept, while Mr A B Abbott declined any political office due to business demands. Grinnell, a retired lawyer, has focused on agriculture and serves on the State Board of Agriculture and as a trustee of the State Agricultural College.
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Democratic State Central Committee
James 8. Grinnell
Greenfield
A. B. Abbott
Grinnell
Senate
State Board of Agriculture
State Agricultural College
Middlesex
D. F. Travis
Helen
Essex
Isaac A
Steele
Worcester
E. P. Loring
Fitchburg
H. Db. Gaminer
Taunton
Butler
East Somerville
Lewer
Thwrsday
William T. Merchant
Gloucester
Chelsea
Robinson
Fred H. Williams
Foxboro
Sewell J. Clark
Medway
Norfolk
Republis
Edmund Glover
Marblehead
Newburyport
Henry M. Cross
George P. Bishop
Dyer
South Abington
Boston
Plymouth
Pei
Bridgewater
Edward E. Hobart
Milton Allen
van KR. Swift
George Cushing
John 8. Loring
Otis L. Bonney
Kingston
W. W. Wilkins
Brockton
William Savory
Carver
L. C. Collins
Advocate of Woman Suffrage Speaks on Mrs Leonard Case
An advocate argues for treating Mrs Leonard as a citizen not a woman and urges evaluating her by legal qualifications and personal merit. The piece critiques Governor Butler and the Republican majority, calls for enforcing woman suffrage pledges, and notes the need to change law if Leonard lacks status.
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the Globe
Leopard
Butler
Massaqhusetts
AS OTHERS SEE IT Butler canvass in Massachusetts era political winds
The Philadelphia Times notes that Republican strength appears weaker since Mr Robinson's nomination and Governor Butler remains a vigorous, sharp speaker. Butler adapts to listeners, delivering multiple speeches daily while avoiding personal attacks on Ingon. Republicans, it argues, miscalculated relying on a personal fight instead of policy.
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Philadelphia Times
Massachusetts
Robinson
Governor Butler
Ingon
Butler
Campaign Notes and Political Letters from 1883
A collection of letters and brief notices from October 1883 discuss Governor Butler, the Tewksbury investigation, and party appeals. Included are quotes from Adams in Quincy, comments from Leicester and Weymouth on voting, and Republican and Democrat campaign notes noting nominees, party vigilance, and local political shifts.
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Tewksbury
The
Globe
Butler
Vaice
E Adamita
Quincy
Mass
Robinson's Record of Double Dealing in Congress
Washington reports allege Rep. Robinson of Massachusetts aided railroad interests by opposing forfeiture of unearned Texas Pacific land grants while privately aiding the road. The piece accuses him of using a Brewster opinion to block disclosure and then voting to forfeit, framed amid claims of bribery and party loyalty.
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Takelone
George D. Robinson
Judiciary Committee of
House
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Robinson Hey
Northern Pacific
Robinson
Brewster
New Orleans, Butch Rouge & Vicksburg Railroad Company
New Orleans & Pacific
Texas Pacific
Rtebinson
Interior Department
Mr. Robinson
Reed
Maine
Massachusetts
Willetts
Michigan
L. K. Payson
Sinois
Mr. Payson
Olesman
Payson
N. £. Willis
Willitts
New England Jottings of Oddities and Incidents
A widow in North Providence seeks a return visit from the dead with no success. Easthampton Williston students try to steal a pig for chapel fun. one boy disciplined, another expelled. Earnest Loveland of Turner’s Falls survives hornet attack after firing a gun while escaping. A Waterbury merchant complains of delayed goods while a bold drummer jokes about eternity. Byron Chapman’s tame fox in Franklin obeys cues like a dog. A Wilton steer in Livermore Falls window incident eats a curtain and demands more. A Milford woman, deaf to hearing aids, uses a throat-muscle method with a slender stick to hear conversations.
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New England
North Providence
Williston
Easthampton
Earnest Loveland
Turner’s Palls
Waterbury
Byron
Chapman
Norwich Bulletin
Franklin
Ike
Wilton
Livermore Falls
Unclear OCR Totals and Prices in French Section
Fragmented data shows prices and terms like Regula Price vees 82.00 and various amounts such as 1.60 9.00 4.00. Mentions of premiums, veses, and French in a garbled list indicate a damaged page with monetary figures and item codes rather than a coherent news item.
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Eliza Homer
Pease
Bentlemen
T . J. Marsh
Pne
Mr. Nourse
Mrs. Thomas
Buller
Blutt
Colonel Codman
Pierce
Monwealth
MR. Chance
Lynn
Nahant
Lodge
Republican State Committee
Sumner
H.C. Lodge
Beacon Hill
Ragged End
Harvard College
Gore
Harvard
Robinson, Long
James
Democrats
Gov. Butler
Mrs. Leonard
Silver Grays
John Robinson
George W. Olney
Olney
Leicester
C. P
Forty-seventh Congress
Representative Robinson
Kelfer
Clais
Judge Payson of Minds
James A. George
Kidney
MW Fsuwylm O16
Weekly Globe Club
Arthur's Home Magazin
American Dairyman
American Poultry Journal
Atlantic Monthly
American Art
American Garden
American Agriculturt
Art Aviateur
Army & Navy Journal
American Poultry
Revi Blackwood
Brainerd
Beadie
Burlington Hawkey Boys
New York
Bailey's
Magasine
Lee-keeper
Babyland
Boston Pilot
Boston Maidical Joy
Boston Medical
Cassell
Christian Leader
Century Magazine
Cottage Hearth
Cottage and Farm
Connecticut
Chicago Advance
Chicago Weekly
Christian Herald
Courier-Journal
Demorest
Magazin
Donahoe
Detroit Free Preas
Ecluctic
Edinburgh Review
Frank Leslie
Chimney Corner
M’y
Germantown
Green
Godey
Household Journal
Home Circle
Harper's Magazine
Harper’s Weekly
Harper's Bazar
Harper's Young Peop Herald of Health
Wit
Home Journal
Indiana Farmer
Independent
International Review
Iowa Homestead
Journal of Microsco
Journal of Chemistry
le Francais
London
Edinburgh
Revi
London Quarterly Review
London Quarterly
Revie Methodist
Amcork Mining Record
Mother's Magazine
North American
Medical Journal
Fashion Bazar
N.Y
N. Y
Sportaman
Observer
Dew
Ohio Farmer
Puck
Comte
Portland Transcript
New Phrenological Journal
Sveveresee
Princeton Review
Prairie Farmer
Peterson’s
Lady’s Magazine
Popular Science Monthly
Potter'’s American Monthly
Produce Exchange Bulletin
Philadelphia Medical Times
Sy Prevical
Rideout’s Magazine
Referee Rural New Yorker
Saturday Evening Post
Scientific Amoficad
Sunny South
St. Nicholas
Banitarian
San Francisco Chronicle
Spirit of the Times
San Francisco Argonaut
the Critic
Waverley Magasine
Watchman
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Wskly Globe
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