Breach of Atlantic voyage stirs Maine campaign fervor
On a rough sea near Newfoundland a crowd of twelve to fifteen fishermen boarded the steamer, drawing admiration for their daring as the event spurred Maine Republicans to defend tariffs and industries. Warner Miller and others addressed rallygoers praising Republican revival and denouncing Democratic tariff policy at City Hall and on the march through Congress Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Maine
United States
Warner Miller
New York
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Mills
Texas
Whitman Sawyer
Portland
Union Station
Congress Street
State
Caleb N. Lang
Herbert R. Sargent
Richard K. Gately
Mr. Blaine
State Street
City Hall
Tom Reed
Reed
Wood Pulp
J. W. Spaulding
Rev Mr Slicer Not Called for Clarke Pulpit
A Boston paper rumored that Rev Thomas R Slicer of Providence would be offered the pulpit left vacant by the death of Rev James Freeman Clarke. A Post reporter found no truth in the claim. Church authorities plan no action until mid September and Slicer is well settled in Providence.
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Slicer
James Freeman Clarke
Thomas R. Slicer
First Congregational Church of Providence
Church of the Disciples
Dr. Clarke
Clarke
Boston
Post
Slicera
Providence
Roadmasters' Convention Discusses Rail Maintenance
The New England Roadmasters Association held its sixth annual meeting at the United States Hotel with about thirty members. President Lane led the session focusing on crossings, flangeway form, rail maintenance costs, and tool improvements, with plans for two more sessions today before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Roadmasters’ Association
United States
Lane
Editha's Burglar and Jack in the Bush by Jordan Marsh Co
Jordan, Marsh & Co announce Editha's Burglar by Frances Hodgson Burnett dramatized by William Gillette and illustrated by Joel Sandham with Elsie Leslie portrait. They publish Jack in the Bush by Robert Grant, sequel to Jack Hall, illustrated by Frank Merrill, plus Housekeeping and Home-Making by Sallie Joy White aimed at women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hall
Frank T. Merrill
Sallie Joy White
Ninth Regiment Excursion Plans to New York Trip
Officers of the Ninth Regiment MVM approve a committee report for a New York excursion aboard the Fall River line. After arriving in York they will tour West Point and Governor's Island and return by the same route. The regiment will depart on the day of the annual drill.
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M.V.M
New York
Fall River
York
West Point
Governor’s Island
Lawn Tennis Tournament at Narragansett Pier
In Narragansett Pier Rhode Island on August 15 the forenoon tennis schedule yielded four matches three of which completed second round. Chase defeated Campbell after losing the first set and Taylor pressured Hodge in a strong display. Weeden fell to Hale after a five game surge. Afternoon play featured mixed doubles and the third round with Hale and Slocum advancing while Chase Shaw and Wright,Taylor contested notable clashes. Finals and mixed doubles set for tomorrow with Wright Taylor and Hale prominent in remaining rounds.
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Narragansett Pier
R. I
Chase
Campbell
H. A. Taylor
Hodge
Princeton College
Taylor
Weeden
Hale
Slocum
Shaw
Wyman Smith
New York
Sears
Wright
Renshaw
Snow
Smith
H. A.taylor
Adeline Robinson
Staten Island
S. M. Colgate
May Colby
Yonkers
Yellow fever outlook improves in Jacksonville as rains aid cleanup
In Jacksonville on August 15 the yellow fever situation brightens with no new cases or deaths. Patients recover, disinfecting progresses, and cannon fires add to the scene while relief funds begin arriving. St Jacques Casa reports twenty deaths to date as irregular weather spreads the epidemic and children suffer most, with up to twenty four children dying in a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
St. Jaco Pe Casa
Hotels Crowd With South and West Travelers
Yesterday hotels were crowded with delegations from the South and West registering for stays. Notables checked in at Vendome, Brunswick, Thorndike, and other houses as political talk surged in corridors. Names include Colonel John R. Fellows, W. H. Allen, Major-General S. W. Crawford, and many others across New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Harrison
Fellows
John R. Fellows
New York
ER. Cresswell
M. Creswell
E.P. Creswell
A. K. Pomery
H. Kirke
Philadelphia
J. W. Lippincott
Horace G. Lippincott
N. H. Sabin
Kenan
Daniel A. Jones
L. Bennett
Chicago
Brunswick
William Covington
Fannie M. Jones
Charleston
S. C
F.T. Morgan
R. J. Gaunt, Jr
Montreal
G. Dows
Cedar Rapids
John Gaul
George C. Yersley
Hudson
N. Y
John C. Bullet
Mme. Bettini
H. Brooks
S. McClintock
W. J. Montgomery
E. Bieber
Thorndike
Walter Channing Wyman
Katherine Easton
Stewart Thorndike
James
S. Thorndike
Charles H. Thorndike
A. M. Brown
Portland
Samuel Feld
Vicksburg
Miss
J. Howarth
Providence
H. M. Wheelock
Victoria
F. W. Elwood
Rochester
Victoria Raymond
W. A. Wild
United States
W.H. Allen
Phenix
Penn
J. M. Miln
Cortland
Elizabeth Morris
Syracuse
Charles P. Boswell
George Bird
San Francisco
Douglass H. Thomas
Baltimore
Robert Hall
Sherbrooke
Can
Misses Hall
Jesse French and Son
Nashville
Tenn
O. A. Field
St. Louis
W. D. Bethune
Detroit
Alfred A. Kohn
Montgomery
Ala
A. G. Fisher
H. C. Harris
James Flaherty
Far West
Arrizoona
Quincy
Identity of Annie Clark Still Uncertain Amid Suspicions of Foul Play
The body of the girl believed to be Annie Clark, who died at City Hospital on Monday, remained unidentified by late night. Crowds viewed the remains at City Undertaker Tinkham's, while stomach analysis by Professor Wood of Harvard awaited results. Medical Examiner Stedman found no alcohol, countering the drinking theory and leaving foul play as a suspect.
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Annie Clark
City Hospital
City
Tinkham
Wood
Harvard
Stedman
Campobello Island charms visitors with natural beauty
On Campobello Island in August, visitors praise the scenery, roads, and climate. The article highlights the island's natural state, scenic drives to Head Harbor and Eastern Head, a new ten mile road to Raccoon Beach, and trips by steam launch. Hotels Tyn y Coed and Tyn y Maer are noted for architecture and service under Mr. Barker.
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Campobello
N. B
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Tyn-y- Coed
Atlantic
Bay of Fundy
Raccoon Beach
Head Harbor
Passamaquoddy Bay
Harbor de Loutre
Wilson’s Beach
New Brunswick
Grand Manan
Nova Scotia
Dennysville
St. Andrews
Maine Central Railroad
St. Stephens
Shore
Sullivan
Machias
Barker
Among the Fairies at Clifton Heights Marblehead
A small audience of locals and hotel guests enjoyed two comediettas at Clifton Heights in Marblehead. Ada L Langley and Honey El Gay starred in A Household Fairy, while Maida Craigen and Arthur Buchanan led A Fairy Romance. Performances were clean, brisk, with strong French wit, and music by Mendelssohn and Schubert. The show was directed by E P Call and repeated tomorrow with ongoing weekly Casino entertainments and a Salem amateur club set to perform next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marblehead
Mass
Clifton Heights
Maida Craigen
Arthur Falikland-Buchanan
Heston Museum
Austin
Buchanan
Mendelssohn
Schubert
Arthur Byrnes
E. P. Call
Clifton Beach Bluff
Charles Isburgh
Casino
Fred T. Isburgh
Sherman
Cambridge
Charles S. Hanks
E. B. Hale
E. T. Fearing
Charles G. Wood
Warren Derby
Walter Briggs
E. S. Milton
N. P. Jones
Pope
Danvers
Perkins
U.S.N
George Sawyer
David Merritt
Salem
Charles C. Domnett
Maverick Bank
Earthquake Shocks Winthrop Maine Residents
A powerful earthquake hit Winthrop Maine at 8 20 last evening described as one of the severest shocks ever felt in the area. The quake began with a loud sharp report lasting about half a minute, shaking houses as if in a gale and fading into a distant roar. No serious damage reported beyond widespread fright.
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Winthrop
Cambridge Assessors Report Tax Valuations and Rates Change
The Cambridge assessors finish book valuations showing totals for real estate personal property and polls. Total valuation rises by 2,747,530 with polls up 446, real estate up 1,838,200 and personal property up 909,230. Tax rate increases to 15 per 1000 from 10. state tax unchanged while county and city taxes fall by 9,442.
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Cambridge
Forger Arrested After Parker House Stop
Officer Felter of Station 4 arrested a man who gave the name Daniel H Samuels on forgery charges. At the Parker House he possessed a Chemical National Bank of New York check book an order book a stamping machine and printing gear used to forge firm names on order blanks. The suspect swindled Nicholas Bellamy Co William Reed John P Lovells Sons & Co Samuel Neat of 666 Washington St and may cause them losses around $10.
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Felter
Station 4
Daniel H. Samuels
Parker House
Chemical National Bank of New York
Nicholas Bellamy & Co
William Reed
John P. Lovell
Obituary for Sarah Shaw Russell Remembered for Deeds not Words
A long obituary honors Sarah Shaw Russell as a truthful, generous, and selfless woman who inspired virtue and kindness. It cites her anti slavery stance, modesty, and unwavering integrity, praising her as a friend to Mrs. Follen and a figure whose life embodied peaceful acceptance and resilience. The tribute ends with lines from Mrs. Foster’s poem The Last of the Seraphim Death.
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Sarah Shaw Russell
Mrs. Follen
Tiean
Zephyr
Seabury's Hydronaphthol Soap advertised for skin cures
An advertisement touts Seabury's Hydronaphthol Soap as pure and non corrosive with fragrance suitable for toilet bath or nursery. It claims to remove pimples blotches rough skin scaly eruptions cures tetter ringworm eczema dandruff and hair loss and lists a price of 25 cents at druggists.
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Seabury
Mass Superior Court Libels Two Separate Divorce Actions
In Suffolk, James H. Waugh of Boston seeks divorce from Freda M. Ballou on grounds of desertion and adultery dating back to 1873 1878 with multiple unnamed partners. Helen A. O Donoghue of Boston sues John C. O Donoghue for divorce citing three years of desertion since 1874 and seeks restoration of her maiden name Helen A. Dallers.
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Commonwealth OF Massachu
Superior Court
Suffolk
Boston
James H. Waugh
Freda M. Ballou
Lewiston
Androscoggin
A. D
Freda M
Chelsea
Cambridge
Middlesex
Lynn
Essex
Peabody
Freda
Waugh
Jeoston
Charles Cate
Freda M. Waugh
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
County of
Edton
Oston
Jos
A. Willard
Commonwealth OF
John C. O’ Donoghue
Halifax
John C. O'Donoghue
John C. O’bonoghue
Hellen A. Dallers
Helen A. O’ Donoghue
Boston Post
Mark
Jos. A. Willard
Edwin A. Wadleigh
Charles Crocker Dies at Monterey Rail Road Pioneer
Charles Crocker the railroad magnate died in Monterey California on Tuesday from injuries tied to a buggy accident in New York two years earlier. He helped found the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific systems with Huntington Stanford and Hopkins and served in California politics. He was born in Troy New York September 16 1822 and left home to seek fortune after family troubles. He amassed wealth as a miner and prospector before joining railroad ventures and guiding big lines from California to Utah and New Orleans. He leaves a widow and four children. Colonel James E. Gay longtime Latlin Powder Company official died suddenly in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania aged 63. he was paymaster and secretary there and unmarried.
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Reed
Voice
Oregon
J. Reed
Portland
Hannibal Hamlin
Kittery
Vermont
Maine
New York
Ingersoll
A. W. Tenney
England
Confederacy
London Spectator
Grover Cleveland
Blaine
Augusta
Putnam
Mr. Blaine
Charles Crocker
Monterey
Cal
Mr. Crocker
California
Utah
Union Pacific
New Orleans
Young Crocker
Land of Gold
Plains
Old Fort Kearney
Missouri River
Sacramento
Crocker
James E. Gay
Sharon
Latlin Powder Company
Business troubles strike Kellenberger and others
Insolvency hits George Kellenberger a provision dealer of East Cambridge Massachusetts. George H Stephenson a general merchandise dealer of St. Clair Michigan has assigned. Brown a boots and shoes firm of Circleville Ohio has assigned.
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George Kellenberger
East Cambridge
Mass
George H. Stephenson
St.aas
Mich
Brown
Boots
Circleville
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Sophli Merkel
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Sophie Merkel
Greenfield
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Ludwig Merkel
Massachusetts
Theo
Hurd
Humphreys
Rumphreys
Humphreys’ Medicine CO
Falcon St. N.ye
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N.Y
C. T. Walker
Walker’s
Morse and Carriage Bazaar
Lancaster Streets
A.m
W. P. Balch
the Livestock Agency
Charles W. Sawyer
Washington Street
Globe Building
Elizabeth McCluskey
William Childs
Maurie Hennessy
City of
South
C Street
Fifth Street
Sampson and Watson
William Smith
James Byrnes
Phillip Annen
Maurice Hennessy
Simon Davis
Main Street
Charlestown
Horatio Harris & Co
Thkursday
Crates Prunes
Crates
Snow & Co
North Market St
Albert Howe & CO
Market Brighton
Brighton
Remdentee
Warren Avenue
Richards & CO
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Henry C. Howe
Lowell
Richard W. Cone & Co
Loston
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Henry Wheeler
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