Royal Commission Member Flogged in London Scandal
The Pall Mall Gazette reports a royal commission member publicly horsewhipped by the father of a girl he seduced. The assailant vows to pursue the betrayer in court if needed, while the assaulted man denies the flogging and calls the report blackmail. Other items include updates on Sir Charles Dilke, cholera in Spain, and Gladstone urged to visit America.
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London
Royal Commissioner
Pall Mall Gazette
Royal Commission
The
Gazette
Mr. Pearce
Pearce
Francis
Dilke
Charles Dilke
Charles Russell
Searle
Crawford
Charles
Liberal Association
Spain
Mapnio
Gladstone
Boxford Marks 200th Anniversary of Settlement
Town of Boxford Massachusetts celebrates 200 years since settlement with 9:30 a.m. flag raising and addresses by local clergy and officials. Speakers recount town history, churches, schools, and notable figures as residents recall past prosperity and plans for the future in a basket picnic and community singing.
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Boxford
Mass
Lawrence
Oxford
George Chadwick
Selectmen
W.S. Coggin
L. S. Crawford
Topseld
C. L. Hubbard
West
New England
Sidney Peabody
Rh. Kendell
East Parish
E. Park
West Irish Church
F. J. Stevens
David B Mner
Ctown
Stephen Peay
Newburyport
Roxford
William FP. Olcott
Rleton Bradford
Salem 1885 Sugar Industry Report By Commissioner Letter
In a July 27 1885 communication from Salem Massachusetts the commissioner defends labor and laboratory expenditures under sugar industry development programs. He recounts department evolution from seed bureau to independent agency and outlines investigations sorghum beet sugar projects localities yields and European comparisons to justify costs and policy. He notes congress supported strong funding for publications exploration diffusion batteries and machinery in pursuit of cheaper sugar production and greater industry growth.
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Salem
Mass
Treasury Department
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Agricultural Department
Patent Office
United States
National Academy of Sciences
City of
Washington
Neighboor
Wilmington Beet-Sugar Company
Germany
Europe
Department
California
Lafayette Indiana Sugar Resin
Agricultural laboratory purchases and distribution details outlined
In a formal statement Grorgee B. Loring describes seed purchases, seed distribution gear, and labor costs charged to the laboratory fund from 1882 to 1884. He cites precedents from 1882 and 1883 and notes disallowance of later labor and distribution disbursements, explaining the department's scope and duties.
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Treasury Department
Agricultural Department
GrorGcEe B. Loring
M. J. Dunnam
Treas’y Dep’t
Washington, D. C
Contention narrows in doorkeeper race and stamps of delivery
Washington scene as candidates debate the doorkeeper post with a $4000 salary and numerous minor offices. Separate notices discuss immediate delivery stamps, then Fisher Hill land deals and the Water Board inquiry with arguments by Messrs Avery Morse and others, detailing alleged mismanagement and suspected fraud.
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Washington
Vilas
New England Grocers Visit New York Market Draws Notables
A delegation from the Central Grocers association of New England plus Pennsylvania retailers toured the mercantile exchange in New York. President Cole greeted them, and tours of Central and Riverside Parks followed, ending with a grocers picnic at Washington Park. Also, the surrogate upheld the codicil to James Stokes will preserving a life interest for his daughter. An arrest followed for Herbert B. Brook, accused of stealing 17,000 bonds from his aunt. A Boston woman identified her husband’s body, Frank Haskell, found dead aboard the Plymouth Rock.
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New England Grocers
New York
Central Grocers’ Association of
New England
Pennsylvania
New York Retail Grocers’ Union
Mercantile Exchange
Cole
the Exchange
Iussing
Dubson
George H. Bond
Boston Association
Lovell
Central Union of New England
Central Park
Riverside Park
Gen. Grant
Washington Park
James Stokes
Phelps, Dodge & Co
Stokes
Henry Dale
Herbert B. Brook
Sarah W. Cogswell
Plainfield
N. J
Young Brooks
Brooks
Boston
Rachael A. Haskell
South Water Street
Plymouth Rock
Frank
Freight brakeman killed at Gardnertreet crossing
Worcester Massachusetts reports James Callahan 22 a freight brakeman struck by the New York express train at the Gardnertreet crossing of the Poston and Albany railroad in a basemicity this evening and instantly killed. The body was horribly mutilated with the head some distance from the remains. He lived in this city.
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William L
Worcester
Mass
James Callahan
New York
Gardnertreet
Poston and
Albany
Codfish and mackerel arrivals mark week at Provincetown
Provincetown reports three Banquera codfish arrivals totaling about 2500 quintals and two mackerel shipments, one from Bay of Fundy with 200 barrels at 3s and Is, and schooner Alice from the Bay of St Lawrence with 500 barrels of good fish. Earlier, 440 barrels were sent home by rail.
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Provincetown
Mass
Banquera
Bay of Fundy
Alice
Bay of St. Lawence
Illumination at Revere Beach Draws Record Crowd
Revere Beach lit from Beachmont to Point of Pines in a first ever illumination. Railroads ran extra trains to handle the huge crowd from Boston amid scorching heat. Hotels and cottages displayed Chinese lanterns and bonfires while fireworks entertained at Beachmont, Crescent Beach, Oak Island, and the Point of Pines. City and resort leaders organized displays and crowds dispersed after midnight.
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Revere Beach
New England
Boston
Maine
Lynn
Point of Pines
Beachmont
George C. Davis
Capt
C. C. Emery
William Walker
E. F. Locke
Joseph F. Orne
J. L. Davenport
Dr. W. F. Smith
N. A. Carter
B.A. Brown
T. B. Crowell
Ebenezer Evans
O. N. Kennison
G. H. Wilfert
J. S. Bristol
Beachmont Hill
F. R. Kneap
A. R. Cisrk
F. R K. Loomis
E. S. Bustol
Capt. C. C. Emery
Oak Island
Miller
Brown’s Brigade
Jencing
Marks’s Cottage
St. Cloud
Flood and hail devastate Dakota valley and surrounding regions
Advices from Deadwood report a waterspout on Lone Tree creek near Chadoon, D T washing away railroad grade and killing four men two children and injuring others. A wagon and herd of horses were swept away while a woman escaped by grabbing willow limbs. Six hundred square miles across Bakota and nearby counties suffered storm and hail damage affecting hundreds of farms and crops. Additional reports note a cloud burst near Troy N Y damaging rail lines and property while an eastern cyclone near Norwood N Y killed eight and destroyed church steeples and crops.
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Dakota
St. Paul
Minn
Deadwood
Lone Tree Creek
Chadoon
D.T
White River
Bakota
Waureron
Dak
Wilken County
Foreman Insargent County
Troy
N. Y
Norwood
Regatta Opens With Big Crowd On Charnes River
The opening day of the National Amateur regatta drew thousands along the banks and river craft. Junior and senior singles heats ran with tight finishes as crews from Crescent, Mutual, Albany, and Central clubs competed under Referee Shaw and with press boats on the water. Monahan edged Kirby in a stirring senior heat while Snyder led in the junior division after Stokes capsized early.
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National Amateur Association
Revere House
Garfield
Mumford
Association
Frank J. Mumford
Perseverence Boat Club
New Orleans
Chaplin
West Boston
Union Boat Club House
Union Boat Club
Crescent Club
Henry Parkman
Union Club
Mr. Shaw
James I.’. Ormond
Emily
Batchelder
John Boyle O'Reilly
Crescent Boat Club
Peter Snyder
Mutual Boat Club
Albany
J. F. Stokes
Middlesex Rowing Club
Boston
John F. Cumming
Daniel P. Nowlan
Albany Rowing Club
Shaw
Nowlan
Cumming
Stokes
Snyder
Dartmouth
J. E. O'Rourke
City Point Rowing Association
Henry A. Kirby
Narragansett Boat Club
Monohan
Gloucester Street
Kirby
Dartmouth Street
Monahan
W. F. Couoley
Shawmut Club
John F. Duggan
Bradford Boat Club
Cambridgeport
Daniel J. Murphy
John D. Ryan
Conoley
Ryan
Murphy
Duggan
West Chester Park
Tiyan
J. Lovell
Nautilus Rowing Club
Hamilton
Can
James H. Kemp
Somerset Rowing Club
Matthew Quigley
Institute Boat Club
Newark
N.J
Henry F. Corcoran
Central Boat Club
Kemp
Corcoran
Quigley
Lovell
Exeter Street
J. H. icNeill
The
Fred Qastsevik
Tha
Rawine Nineh
Ge Ffnieska
Toronto
Canada
Scholes
Gastrich
O'Neil
St. Louis Sculier
O’niel
O*niel
Dirigo Boat Club
Portland
M. L. Greeley
Bow
W.p.pinn
R. EB. Gibbons
M.G. Davis
N. J
T. J. Lapsley
John Behan
C. F. Conlon
E. J. Carney
Mass
J.J. Rand
C. J. O'Neil
J. R. Robertson
J. F. Donegan
Institute
Portland Boys
City Points
Dirigos
Nuns
Joshn P. Buckley
Cumberland Rowing Club
Portlands
E. J. Mulcahey
B.A. Woodbury
Pawtucket Boat Club
Pawtucket
Woodbury
Buckley
Muleshey
Mulcahey
Mulcahy
Wesleyan Hall
W. R. Tucker
Philadelphia
Unnion Boat Club
Poston
W. H. Gibson
Washington
Executive Committee
O’brien
Euwright
Laing
O'Connor
Regatta Committee
Messrs. Tucker
Parsons
Dixon, Ill
Peterson
New York
Canadian Association
Enwright
Tucker
Cyclone hits Norwood destroys bridge and homes
A cyclone in Norwood St Lawrence county today destroyed several houses and the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain railroad bridge. Several people were killed including John Martin Mrs David Witzgibbins and Mrs Armstrong. Telecommunication lines were cut and full details were unavailable tonight. Five excursionists from Plattsburg to Ogdensburg are detained due to the bridge collapse.
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Watertown
N.Y
Norwood
St. Lawrence County
Ogdensburg and
Lake Champlain
John Martin
David Witzgibbins
Armstrong
Plattsburg
Ogdensburg
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C. B. Tebbett’s
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Grand Cerlbe
Milton Higgins
O. G. Douglass
Lewiston
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Fryeburg
N. G. Cummings
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L. P. Woodbury
H. B. Cox
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Daniel Noonan
Superior Criminal Court
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Clifford Belcher
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Rockland
J. P. Bass
Bangor
D. Leavitt
B. F. Milliken
L. B. Wyman
D. R. Straw
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Dr. Hastings
Edmondt Wilson
Charnes River
Thomas Heild
Pioneer Boat Club
John H. Walsh
Vesper Boat Club
Lowell
John H. Kuyl
Excelsior Boat Club
Paterson
James G. Moffatt
Central Boat Club of
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Heild
Walsh
Kuyl
J. Murphy
Fairmount Rowing Association
Columna Boat Club
New York Athletic Club
Ariel Boat Club
Nantasket
Camp Reeves
Battery A
Dodworth
William C. Bowen
Charles Ek
Carter
Vnworth
Genevieve
Reeves
B.R. Church
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Fife and Bugle Corps
Robert Bruce
Masten & Wells
Jewell Fountain
Magic Chain
Landfield
Colt’s Armory Band
Hartford
John Hanna
J. W. Morelie
Mr. B. R. Church
Wood
W. ©. Bowen
Charles R. Dodworth
Chandler
Band of Portland
the Sun
United States Treasury Department
American Express Company
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