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Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1883

Page

8

Boston's Tewksbury tour exposes grim tanning of human skins

Joaquin Miller describes his visit to the Tewksbury Almshouse and hospital, detailing the grim practice of tanning human remains for leather used in shoes and goods. He notes Harvard students involved, public indifference, and local skepticism, contrasting Boston’s “advanced thought” with graphic evidence of the cruelty.

Boston Athens New World John L. Sullivan Jesse Pomeroy Warderer Tewksbury Rostov America Quebec Bunker Hill Monument Boston Common Harvard Huston Cerny Butler Canada Vlae Oregon Sid Joaquin Miller

A Radiant Romance in Louisville Dispatch

Lucien Alexander a Louisville druggist retells a curious tale of a water moccasin and a water dog living together in a jar. The pair fight over food and end up killing each other by scalding, leaving only grease on the jar as proof.

Louisville Lucien Alexander Lucien

New Cooperative Telegraph Firm Aims to Cover U S and Canada

The Citizens and Telegraphers' National Union Telegram and Cablegram Company plans to build independent telegraph and cable lines in the United States and Canada and across the Atlantic. Capital stock is $6,000,000 with a 50 year charter and a board split between citizens and telegraphers.

New York United States Canada Atlantic Citizens and Telegraphers Natonal Union Telegram and Cablegram Company New _ York City Boston Chicago Washington Charleston New Orleans San Francisco Eugene J. O'Convor Charles E. Chute Thomas W. Greene Eugene J. O'Connor GLOBE O'Connor Mr. O'Connor Oerway Certificate of Corporation Pew

Uncle Tom's Cabin sold over three hundred thousand copies first year

A Chicago Inter Ocean letter recalls John P. Jewett explaining why he published Uncle Tom's Cabin. He notes strong anti slavery sentiment, a down payment offer, and states that over 320000 sets of two volumes were issued in the first year with profits reaching about ten thousand dollars for the authors.

Chicago Inter-Ocean John P. Jewett Mrs. Stowe Henry Ward Beecher Stowe Schenectady N. Y Dr. Clute A. Webster Henry Hutzler Cincinnati Commercial Gazette New York Wyllie Toronto George Fletcher Fletcher St. Thomas Ont Surf Calvin Ls Louse John “Rabbi David Brown James Carten Portland Maine

Blowing Up a Druggist at Corner of Broadway and Harvard

A woman bought a dangerous prescription for a horse at Dr. Caldwell’s drug store. The pharmacist mixed nitric acid mercury and turpentine, causing a massive explosion that burned his face and may blind him. The bottle and contents were destroyed and the woman and a man fled the scene.

Cleveland Caldwell Broadway Harvard Street Ldy

Praying Against Time and a Sleepless Night Tale

A child in Brooklyn recites prayers to reach Aunt Margaret and family, asking protection and safe travel in an omnibus. The passage blends domestic bedtime devotion with a later literary reflection on Alphonse Dandet’s description of Algerian Twilight and distant memory of a dazzling Provençal sky.

Tme Congress Brooklyn Franklin Rose Aunt Margaret Grandpa Grandma Kate Sophia Charles Swan Papa Mama Agatha Alphonse Dandet Nouvelle Revue Alverla Hutto Tex Ayer Jonson

Barker's American Checker Player published and praised

In Cambridgeport Charles F Barker announces the forthcoming Barker's American Checker Player volume with 179 pages 22 openings 534 variations and 35 critical positions. The ad notes price 75 cents postpaid and ships from Cambridgeport Massachusetts.

Barker Messrs. Wardwell Lyman Charles F. Barker Charlies F. Barker Houghton Street Cambridgeport Mass

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