Lexington Day Exercises Highlight Anglo Saxon Liberty
The Lexington commemoration featured speeches praising liberty, self-government, and patriotism. Speakers contrasted Anglo-Saxon freedom with Athens and urged citizens to defend rights and duties within a well ordered republic. Dr. Everett of Quincy reviewed the day’s influence and friendship with British commanders.
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Smith
Pitcairn
Bennington
Savannah
Athens
Lexington
Shaw
Everett
William Everett
Quincy
H. E. Holt
Percy
Cornwallis
Burgoyne
Tarleton
America
Master Cushing
Atc
Daring moonshiner Eastman escapes after raid in Corinth
High Sheriff Buswell leads a dawn raid on J Warren Eastman farm in Corinth Centre Vermont uncovering a large still and cider brandy. Darling Eastman, a 29 year old six foot, red haired man, escapes into nearby woods after being confronted by deputies and is declared at large with posse ordered to shoot on sight if found. Over 800 offenses are charged against him, implying severe penalties if pursued.
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Braprorp
Eastman
Warren Eastman
Darling Eastman
Darling
Charles W. Barnes
John B. Peckett, Jr
Massachusetts
Peckett
Eastman Darling
Corinth
Buswell
B. L. Eastman
Worcester Trimounts Open House and Athletic Plans
The article details the Worcester Trimount Athletic Club's prospective opening of a major athletic field at Lake View near Lake Quinsigamond with a ten acre layout, a quarter mile track, baseball diamond, football spaces, tennis courts, and a 10,000 spectator capacity. It also notes potential club house use on E and Silver streets South Boston, and possible venues for upcoming meetings on May 30 and June 6, including Oakland Garden and Lake Walden, amid bylaw constraints with the Central Union.
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Worcester Athletic Club
The
Commonwealth
Lake View
Lake Quinsigamond
Central Union
Worcester Trimounts
Trimount
Old Church
E and
Silver Streets
South
Boston
Post 2
Ninth Regiment
East Armory
Oakland Garden
Fitchburg Railroad
Lake Walden
Bostons
Athletics
American Association
Congress Street
Russell
Matthews
Frederick O. Prince
John W. Corcoran
Dalton
Francis Peabody
Grant
Avinteiia
Haddock
Farrell
Weyling
Cross
Snyder
Weather forecast and recent conditions across regions
The Weather Indications forecast for New England and Eastern New York predicts fair conditions with cooler temperatures and northwesterly winds. Last evening was generally fair in the East and cloudy in the West with light showers in New England and Boston. Rapid City reported the heaviest rainfall at 0.94 inch. temps ranged from 60s in the Great Lakes and 78 to 84 in Atlantic states, with high pressure over the lakes and a possible storm center forming west of the Mississippi.
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POST
New England
Mississippi
Eastport
Boston
Rapid City
North Platte
Ft. Smith
Cleveland
Chicago
Matteras
Norfolk
New York
Portland
Jacksonville
St. Bree Minn
el Paso
Tex
A Church on Strike in Elizabethport
A Fulton Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Elizabethport faces a strike over Newark Conference’s refusal to appoint a preferred pastor. With trustees and many members rebelling, the new pastor Rev. J H Johnston arrives to find no sexton, organist, or choir. Only about thirty attend as three youths lead singing and one member acts as sexton.
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Elizabetth
N. J
Elizabethport
Fulton Street
Panama Canal Report Seeks Fresh French Financing
Lieutenant Wyse sends a voluminous Panama Canal report to M. Monchicourt the liquidator, detailing negotiations with Colombia to extend the concession. He outlines six locks and a central artificial lake, estimates five years to finish at 600 million francs, and argues profits within ten years could fund new and old share obligations and dividends. He also disputes claims of a deadly climate and notes improved sanitary conditions in Panama.
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Paris
Panama Canal
M. Monchicourt
Wyse
Bogota
Colombia
Panama
SAILING DOWN THE BAY ON A SUMMER DAY
A fine harbor excursion occurred yesterday as the U S tug Hamlin cruised toward the light in warm afternoon weather. Passengers included Assistant Secretary of the Treasury O A Spaulding, Colonel Montgomery, a special treasury agent, the port surveyor tang, and several of the captain's friends.
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Customs Department
U.S
Hamlin
the Treasury
O. A. Spaulding
Montgomery
Treasury
Tang
Speculation ruin hits New York trader Shaw
New York on April 19 reports the collapse of J. M. Shaw & Co. after a wheat market bet went wrong. Liabilities are estimated at $50,000.
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New York
J. M. Shaw
J. M. Shaw & Co
Produce Exchange
Labor and capital production to be curtailed in Fall River
In Fall River suppliers discuss wage cuts and production throttling amid weak prices and cash market ease. Printers resist lowering prices while mills brace for more reductions. eight hour movement gains steam with May Day planning and park worker fare questions. Newark and Lowell briefs note factory actions and leniency for weave defects.
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Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Wells Memorial
Striking Brotherhood
Local Assembly
Knights of Labor
K. of L
Amalgamated Building Trades Council
Park
Chickering Hall
Massachusetts States Assembly of the
Sewer and Water Departments
Central Labor Union
State
City Boards of Health
Commercial Street
Clark
Newark
N. J
Clark's Thread Mills
Lowell
Eight Killed In Kipton Wreck On Lake Shore Line
Eight persons die in a Kipton Ohio wreck as Lake Shore fast mail No 14 collides with Toledo express No 21 near Kipton station. Six postal clerks and two engineers are killed. several others injured. A second report notes a Boston express derailment at Fair Haven, Connecticut, with two injured.
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Clyeland
Lake Shore
Kipton Station
Here
Toledo
Edward Brown
Oledo
Charles ‘Upton
Cleveland
John J. Bowerfine
Elyria
James McKinley
Conneaut
C. H. McDowell
Starkey
No. 14
Danzig
New Haven
Conn
Boston Express
Quinnipiac River
Fair Haven
Frank Forbes
Frank Delnoir
Delnoir
Honest Bangor Boy Returns Lost Cash in Bangor
Walter Mills a Bangor boot shop employee found a package on the sidewalk containing cash. He chased down the stranger who claimed to have lost $2000. The man proved to be La W. Davis of East Corinth, a country lawyer and brother of ex Governor Davis. He offered a reward which the boy declined.
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Bancor
Walter Mills
la W. Davis
East Corinth
Davis
Great Britain Imports Exports Rise in 1889 Trade Totals
Consul-General New reports for 1889 that Britain’s imports reached 2 138 187 975 dollars and exports 1 573 528 705 dollars, totaling 3 711 716 680 dollars. Per head trade rose to 98 12 dollars. bullion and trans shipments excluded. Exports and imports show notable increases across key goods including cotton, wool, sugar, metals, clothing, and machinery.
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Washington
New
London
Department of State
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Itc
Portland Bark Annie Lewis Damaged in Collision
The Portland bark Annie Lewis was towed into port after a collision with the Inman Line steamship City of Berlin in dense fog. The bark, 42 days out from Buenos Aires bound to Boston with cargo for N. W. Rice & Co, lost bowsprit and headgear but remained afloat. One crewman, Fred Clark, died at sea. Jersey City, another vessel, reportedly broke her shaft four days after leaving this port.
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Portland
Annie Lewis
Inman Line
City of
Berlin
Sandy Hook
Inman
Landa
Buenos Ayres
Boston
N. W. Rice & Co
Fred Clark
Land
City of Berlin
Midocean
Jersey City
Bristol City Line
Eviction of Strikers in Pennsylvania Coke Region
Report from ScorrTpAL Pennsylvania notes mass meetings with no outbreaks as plants near resume work. Eviction notices served on strikers. Cambria Iron plans to rekindle idle furnaces. potential use of imported Italians and black workers to break strikes. labor leaders vow resistance amid tense atmosphere.
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Scorrtpal
Coke
Cambria Iron Company
Broadford
Summit
Last Week's Business Failures Nationwide and Canada
United States and Canada total 251 failures for the week, up from 243 the prior week and 243 two weeks earlier. Bradstreet logged 166 US failures, with regional totals shown for Middle States 88 and other regions. Canada reported 39 failures, up eight from the prior week.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Russell & Co
Mercantile Agency
United States
Canada
United
Dominion of Canada
Bradstreet
Middle States
New England
Southern
Western
Northwestern
Pacific
Territories
Australian ballot system adopted in Minnesota
The Minnesota House concurred with Senate amendments to the elections bill and passed it. The act extends the Australian ballot system statewide, requiring voting for individual candidates and forbidding bunching of candidates in ballots, now awaiting the governor's signature.
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Minnesota
St. Paul, Minn
House of Representatives
Senate
Death of a Patent Lawyer in Springfield
Solomon J. Gordon a prominent patent lawyer of New York City died at his Springfield home this afternoon. Born September 24 1826 in Weymouth Massachusetts he graduated from Harvard in 1847 and practiced law in Boston before moving to New York where he built a large patent litigation practice.
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Solomon J. Gordon
New York City
Weymouth
Mass
Harvard
Boston
Poisoned wedding guests strike at London dinner
Louis ville April 19. B F Guthrie a wealthy citizen of Louisville died yesterday morning from poison taken at the Snooks Herr wedding dinner at London Ky Wednesday evening. Mrs Guthrie and her sister Mrs Gray Miss Sutcliffe Miss Herr and the Rev T Martin who performed the ceremony are seriously ill
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B. F. Guthrie
London
Guthrie
Trial Trip of the Bennington Washington Apr 19
Official report from the Navy Department details the Bennington gunboat trial trip noting main engines produced 3322.8 indicated horsepower with auxiliaries totaling 3434.09. Revolutions and steam pressure are given for starboard engines at 150.82 and port at 150.82.
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Bennington
Washington
Navy Department
Proof in Parallel January 165
The excerpt describes severe melancholy and physical decline with insomnia pain fatigue and loss of appetite. The narrator reports back neck and brain base pains, a rough complexion, memory concerns, and a fear of going crazy, noting doctors fail to understand the case.
North Bennett Street Industrial School Elects Officers
At the annual meeting the school reported a 1027 balance and 219 pupils in all branches. Instruction costs are ten cents per lesson in cooking and dressmaking. Elected were Managers Mrs. Quincy A Shaw and a long list of Misses and Mrs. names plus treasurer Tucker Deland. Advisory Board includes numerous prominent figures such as Dr Samuel Eliot and G Stanley Hall.
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North Bennett Street
Elien Mason
N. P. Hallowell
Jane H. Newell
Pauline Shaw
Maria T. Hersey
Lucia M Peabody
Annie C. Putnam
F. 8. Fiske
Tucker Deland
Ellen H. Richards
Amy M. Homans
Louis Agassiz
Louisa P. Hopkins
Henry Whitman
Sarah B. Fay
Henry L. Higginson
Florence Cushing
Marian Hovey
Francis A. Walker
Edwin P. Seaver
Samuel Eliot
G. Stanley Hall
William Endicott, Jr
Henry Lee
Charles W. Hubbard
Henry S. Grew
Goethe's Visit to Carlsbad Sprudel Salt Remedy
The Sprudel Salt from Carlsbad is promoted as a superior alternative to pills and purgatives. It claims to dissolve tenacious bile, soothe irritation, and remove obstructions with a gentle action. Sold by Eisner Mendelson Co at 6 Barclay Street New York, with city seal on each bottle.
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Carlsbad
Eisner & Mendel,son CO
Barclay Street
New York
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