Telegrapher Strike Threatens UK France Tensions
Nim brandy between the governments of England and France widens with the telegraph operators in the country carrying out their threatened strike on the 19th. The impact on telegraph company operations is uncertain but expected to be temporary.
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England
France
Tim Telegraph
Telegraph
Cyrus Adams
Montreal
New York
Board of Trade
Robert Lindholm
Major General Be. O. C. Ord Dies at Ninety One
Major General BE 0 C Ord of the United States Army on the retired list died recently aged 65. He served in the Union army during the Civil War and continued in service until last year when retired on account of age.
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C. Ord
United States Army
Nevenescules
Money Abundant yet Cautious on Railroad Bonds
The Nation reports abundant money in American markets, especially New York, with call loans at 2 percent. However investors grow reluctant for long investments as autumn crops loom, causing a notable ten day sell off of newly issued railroad bonds and similar issues.
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New York
Publication of Pension Recipients Aims to Cheat Imposters
The notice urges publishing the names of government pensioners as ordered by Congress. It recommends county bound sections and posting copies in town post offices for public examination. It calls pensions a token of honor and a cherished family heirloom.
Financial magnates threaten strike resolution stalemate
Russell Sage declares Western Union operators must not set their own wages. He criticizes the strike as foolish and says directors cannot compromise. Sage asserts operators would return only by renouncing their union ties, warning none will work for the company again if he has influence.
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Ous
Western Union Telegraph Company
Russell Sage
Jay Gould
Wall Street
Brotherhood
Western Union
Two Iowa Gubernatorial Candidates Agree to Civil Debates
Iowa voters will hear joint debates between Republican B R Sherman and Democrat L G Kinne on issues like prohibition and tariffs. Debates are set in Independence Postville Webster City Cherokee Atlantic Osceola Mount Pleasant De Witt Cedar Rapids Des Moines between August 20 and October 3.
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Ohio
Iowa
Yoraker
Hoadley
Cincinnati
B. R. Sherman
L. G. Kinne
Independence
Postville
Webster City
Cherokee
Atlantic
Osceola
Mount Pleasant
de Witt
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Boston sculptor Martin Milmore dies leaving unfinished Daniel Webster bust
The Boston sculptor Martin Milmore died Saturday evening. His unfinished work includes a bust of Daniel Webster for the New Hampshire State House. The report covers other military and government notes, including court martial actions, census plans, and repairs to the steam tug Pinta.
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Martin
Milmore
Boston
Daniel Webster
New Hampshire
Houges
Marine Hospital Service
Washington
Campeache
Oaxaca
Mexico
Samuel
N. Holmes
Fort. Bliss
United States
Board of Engineering
Admiral Mahone
Fires and Casualties Across Regions
Reports of multiple tragedies and fires from Texas to Virginia. A 12 year old girl McDonald died in Laredo after getting lost and succumbing to fright. Fire losses mount to 70 000 in Ephratah Pennsylvania with earlier higher estimates. A 10 year old Fred Strippler and 12 year old Willie Parker drowned in the Sangamon River at Springfield. A government coal barge sank near Cairo Illinois with 22 000 bushels aboard. Veazie saw mills near Bangor Maine the largest on the Penobscot river were destroyed with 30 000 loss and 14 000 insured, leaving 300 men unemployed. The Rose Standish excursion packet struck a rock in Boston Harbor and was beached to save its passengers. A storm at Henderson caused minor damage to trees and fences and grain lodging. The mail agent injured in the Owatonna Minnesota train wreck feared fatally hurt from internal injuries. A James River crossing near Claremont Virginia ferrying to a prayer meeting saw eight drownables among eight men and two young girls.
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McDonald
Laredo
Texas
Ephratah
Fred Strippler
Willie Parker
Sangamon River
Springfield
United States
Cairo
Ill
Veazie
Bangor
Penobscot River
Rose Standish
Boston Harbor
Henderson
Owatonna
Minn
S. R. Williams
Rochester
James River
Claremont
Sandy Point
Strangers Shoot Train Brakeman Near Denison Texas
A stranger shot brakeman Skinner and passenger James Gambre on a Missouri Pacific train near Denison Texas on Wednesday. The killer jumped off the moving train and fled into nearby woods.
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Skinner
James Gambre
Missouri Pacific
Denison
Texas
Barnard Brothers
Vernon
L. D. McCoy
Andrew
Iowa
Hutchins
Arizona
Windon
Minn
City Hotel
Hyatt House
William H. Archibald
Maple Plain
Foreign. Seven months profits report from Mexican National bank
The Mexican National bank reports profits for seven months, at ten percent. Floods cause damage in Buenos Ayres. The Shamrock club of Montreal defeated the Torontos in three parence games to retain the championship. The Two Republics notes cholera in San Denisco del Mar Oaxaca. Fourteen pesos committed for trial in Mullangar Ireland for murder complicity. A Bolivar birth anniversary banquet held at the Bolivian Consulate in Paris. Gen. Lynch orders Lima officers to Cuartel within five days. Buenos Aires deputies reject the religious instruction bill by forty-three. Gladstone says no further cattle import legislation planned. Belgian deputies raise tobacco duty to 75 francs per 100 kg. Prebill shipments exempt. Prof PuLitz of Berlin, who killed himself after drawing a death lot, refused to duel. duel mania draws attention.
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Mexican National Bank
Buenos Ayres
Shamrock Club
Montreal
Torontos
Tus
Mexico
San Denisco del Mar
Oaxaca
Mullangar
Ireland
Simon Bolivar
Paris
Gen. Lynch
Lima
Caceres
Cuartel
Chamber of Deputies
House of Commons
Gladstone
Belgian Chamber of Deputies
Prof
PuLitz
Zupertlitz
Berlin
Harvests and headlines from distant shores in brief notes
Rye harvest begins in northern Indiana while Havana reports 55 yellow fever deaths last week. Treasury says no authority to receive trade dollars as standard, and a Portsmouth circus fire injures many. Massachusetts Legislature adjourns after 206 days. Dubuque to celebrate its 50th anniversary on Sept. 8. Remains of Carl Meininger cremated near Washington, Pa. Duquesne trotter 2:17 mile in city. Buffalo Girl 2:12 in pacing. Former City Bank of Rochester president Upton jailed six months for overdrawing. Various bids for Cincinnati custom house heating to be opened. Conscience Fund receives unexpected draft. Sioux sun dance at Rosebud Agency draws 10,000 audience despite orders to prevent it. Major Wright leaves. his son takes Rosebud duties in his absence.
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Indiana
Havana
Secretary of the Treasury
Portsmouth
Nathan & Co
Massachusetts
Dubuque
Iowa
Carl Meininger
Cincinnati
Lemoyne Crematory
Washington Pa
Duquesne
Trotter
Paul H. Haske
Pittsburgh
Buffalo Girl
Upton
City Bank of Rochester
N. N
Treasury Department
Custom House
Samuel J. Pope & Co
Chicago
J. T. Marshbank & Sons
Harrisburg
Bartlett, Hayward & Co
Baltimore
John Lyon
Washington
Wm. Kirkop
United States
Rosebud Agency
Dakota
McGillicuddy
Wright
Major Wright
Ashington
W. E H. Wright
Rosebud
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Invigorates Digestion and Health
The advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a genuine corrective for digestive tone, dyspepsia, and nervousness. It claims to invigorate the stomach, restore appetite without disturbance, and aid recovery from fever, rheumatism, kidney and bladder irregularities, and general frailty.
Fatal collapse at Geddes furnace claims eight workers
Eight men died when an arch furnace collapsed at a Geddes mill setting brick and debris onto workers. Victims: Joseph Dawson, John Fogarty, Michael Carrol, Anthony Lyden, Frank Hefty, John Wendall, David Reagan, John Barry. Manager Gere faced threats as workers alleged negligence and a formal inquiry begins.
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Calor
Frey Hosaph Daweon
Geddes
Joseph Dawson
John Fogarty
Michael Carrol
Anthony Lyden
Frank Hefty
John Wendall
David Reagan
John Barry
Gere
Tragic Death at Soap Factory Sparks Debate Over Boling Soap Material
After J R Loper died in a factory accident at a soap vat, workers debated whether to manufacture or destroy the remaining material valued at 500 to 600 dollars. Family members chose to bury the substance. a preserved linen handkerchief with Mrs Loper's name was found, untouched by the lye.
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Lopez
John Loper
Mre
How to Get Welt and Stex Exposed by a Penny Epigram
A humorous antique ad style text mocks overdoing health fads and remedies. It suggests excessive self indulgence and constant doctor visits, then ends with a quip that the answer is “Take Hop Bitters.”
Abraham Reacher remembered as former congressman and governor
North Carolina death on July 6 at age 85 marks the passing of Abraham Reacher a former congressman minister to Portugal and governor of New Mexico who was once offered the secretaryship of the navy by President Buchanan. Brown's Iron Bitters promoted as a reliable tonic medicine while a gossiping quip notes a romantic neighborly wedding scene. Fashionable New York tailors report orders for knee breeches for the coming winter.
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Abraham Reacher
North Carolina
Congress
Portugal
New Mexico
Buchanan
Navy
Brown
Telegraph strike impacts and mixed signals from Western Union
Reportage outlines ongoing labor disruption at Western Union and Baltimore and Ohio with talks of possible compromise or continued stalemate. Strikers praise wage gains and criticize company claims while a Chicago meeting discusses contract breaches and potential telegraph line cooperation.
Humors of the Day and a Woman’s Name Misread
A joke about a woman offended by a child’s christened Indian name meaning old boots. The note mentions a young lady in this city and hints at local amusement over name translations.
Marriage romance at Moose Lake stirs Mead family fallout
Emma, daughter of Elijah Camp the Indian guide near Moose Lake, wed Gabriel Mead of Sing Sing last spring. Mead patriarch forced Gabriel to desert, Emma’s heartbroken as legal action against the Meads begins under Gen. Charles Hughes. Verdi, rich composer, funds a hospital for Busseto’s poor.
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Moose Lake
Elijah Camp
Emma
Mead
Sing Sing
Gabrial Mead
Elijah
Sandy Hill
Charles Hughes
Meads
Ehimma
Gabriel
Troy
N. Y
Train wreck kills seventeen in Orleans County
A Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad wreck near Carlton Orleans County last night leaves seventeen dead and fourteen wounded. The disaster occurred when a high wind blew a car onto the main line as a fast Thousand Islands train approached. Rescue crews rush to aid the injured and recover the dead.
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Apton
N. Y
Rome, Watertown
Roomster
Ogdensburg
Carlton
Thousand Islands
Milwaukee Market Roundup for July Prices and Supplies
Wheat steady with cash and future quotes. Corn weaker with No 2 at 4744. Oats dull and lower, rye barely changed. Barley weak. Provisions quiet with pork and lard bids and futures. Live hogs weaker. Butter firm, cheese steady, eggs scarce. Receipts show flour and grain totals, shipments listed.
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Milwaaukee
Chicago Market Prices and Commodities Snapshot
July 80 market report shows flour dull, wheat irregular with varied July to year futures. Corn steady to easier with cash and future bids, oats and rye steady, flax seed and barley quiet. Pork and lard mixed with fluctuating cash and future prices. bulk meats, eggs, butter, and whiskey noted as steady or unchanged.
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Onrcaco
Chicago
Red
Bread Clock Delights Milan With Portable Peruvian Craft
A Peruvian craftsman in Milan builds a sizable clock entirely from bread. He saved crusts daily due to poverty and used salt to harden the pieces, making a water resistant, clockwork timepiece with a matching vase also baked from bread and skillfully designed.
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Milan
Italy
A Woman's Purse Pocket and Simple Safety Note
A traveler warns that carrying valuables on trains is unsafe and shares a sewing method to create a secure inside skirt pocket. The article also notes Tom Thumb started with Barnum at $3 weekly and rose to $50 after two years.
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Tom Thumb
Barnum
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