Saratoga Race Day Crowds Favor Beaten Favorites
At Saratoga on August 21 a large crowd watched nine races under fast turf. Favorites owned by Lucky Baldwin dominated early, with Geraldine winning the Misses Stakes, Grisette taking the second race, Volante in the Beaverwyck Stakes, Miss Ford prevailing in a three-year-old plus event, and Queen of Elizabeth winning the closing selling race. Time and odds varied by race as patrons wagered heavily on Baldwin entries and other noted names.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Spectan
H. F
Belinda
Los Angeles
Geraldine
Lillita
Cantalet
Saxony
Woodcraft
Grisette
Gray Cloud
Flageoletta
Ackerman
Unique
J. McMahon
Swift
T. H. Stevens
Littrall
Woodenatt
Volante
Brown Duke
Telie Doe
Pomona
Colonel Owens
Harry Glen
Miss Ford
Frank Ward
Cassatt
Valour
Felix
Doubt
Erebus
Dudley Oaks
Dudley
Harwood
Pat Dennis
Burton
Pat Driver
Falconer
Modesty
Lucky Baldwin
Carissima
Redstone
Frankie
Gallatin
Columbine
Queen of Elizabeth
Queen Bess
Gold Bond
Waif
Western crop bulletin reports varied weekly weather effects
The Western crop bulletin for the week ending Aug 20 notes warmer temperatures in the south and Ohio valley, cooler in the lake to Missouri valleys, with slightly cooler trends along coasts. Rainfall was excessive in the corn and tobacco regions and northern New England, while lower Mississippi valley and parts of Arkansas and Missouri saw less rain. Overall, corn yields may be below average due to late rains, cotton crops benefited from rain in the deep south but portions of Arkansas need more rain. Minnesota reports some crop improvement but harvests harmed by recent rains.
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Washinetron
Signal Office
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
Mississippi
Missouri
New England
Middle Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
Pacific
Lake Superior
Montana
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Arkansas
Kansas
Dakota
Middle Atlantic States
North Pacific Coast
Alabama
Texas
North
South Carolina
Kentucky
Ennessee
Virginia
Minnesota
Winners in the Croquet Tournament at Norwich
The National Croquet Association tournament closed Saturday with Wambold winning first prize Jacobus second Dickey third and Meech fourth. Johnson held the Whitman mallet. Delegates have begun returning home and future tournaments will use four classes with clubs invited to elect delegates. The divisional arrangement ends with this event.
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Norwich
Conn
Wambold
Jacobus
Dickey
Meech
Johnson
Whitman Mallet
University Professor Drowns Surf Bathing in Longport
Attantic City N J Aug 21 Dr N A Archer professor of hygiene at the University of Pennsylvania was drowned while surf bathing at Longport two miles below here today.
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Attantic City
N.J
N. A. Archer
University of Pennsylvania
Longport
Galatea Wins Jubile e Regatta in Nova Scotia Cup Victory
Lieutenant Henn’s Galatea dominates the Jubilee yacht race at Halifax winning the $1000 Jubilee Cup and the Royal Nova Scotia squadron prize. Start at 10 31 54 with Galatea 21 seconds back of Stranger and 21 more behind Dauntless. Galatea leads by four minutes at the inner buoy and finishes about fifty five minutes ahead of Dauntless.
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Haliffax
N. S
Henn
Halifax
Royal Nova Scotia Squadron
Stranger
Dauntless
Talatea
Halicia
Wenonah
Guinevere
Unveiling of Cuauhtemoc Statue in Mexico City
In Mexico City on August 21, thousands of Indigenous people gathered for the unveiling of Cuauhtemoc the last Aztec emperor. President Diaz unveiled the statue and spectators filled the pedestal with flowers. An Aztec address was delivered by Francesco del Pazo.
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City of
Mexico
Galveston
Cuauhotomoc
Diaz
Francesco del Pazo
Trouble at Chautauqua over cottage owners clash
At Chautauqua the fight between the assembly management and cottage owners escalated with the arrest of President Louis Miller and policemen Taylor and Bemus on charges of false imprisonment. Attorney A C Wade seeks 10000 dollars in damages, with bail set at 2000 each. Dissatisfaction grows over value of cottages and a fire layout finding. Dr. Vincent warned that without a halt to the row no 1888 programmes or gates would proceed.
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Coagraveva
Chautauqua Assembly
Louis Miller
Taylor
Bemus
A. C. Wade
Wade
Vincent
Fires in Cambridgeport dwelling and almshouse
Two fires were found in a Hewes street Cambridgeport house occupied by Albert McLeod at about 6 50 last evening one in a first floor closet and the other in a chamber above authorities deem arson likely as the two fires were connected minimal damage done aside from water a separate small fire at the Cambridge almshouse early Sunday morning was extinguished without an alarm
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Hewes Street
Cambridgeport
Albert McLeod
Cambridge Almshouse
Fires Reported at Multiple U S Mills and Shops
Fire in North Attleboro at Whiting Manufacturing from Kilkenny Hugo forge wiped out the third floor shop with losses of 3000 to the business and 600 building. 5000 insurance. Other blazes hit Clarence Day barn in Danvers 3000 loss, North Grosvenordale mill 3000, Gordon Keith furniture factory 25000, Miss M A Stanley millinery 200 damage and incendiary suspected. Degrall village in Springfield Ohio nearly destroyed with 50000 loss.
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Providence
R. I
Whiting Manufacturing Company
North Attleboro
Kilkenny & Hugo
Danvers
Clarence E
Putnam, Conn
Springfield
Degrall
Logan County
Weaving worker wounded in New Bedford stabbing
In Faut River at 1 A M Charles Maxwell of Wamsutta mill New Bedford was stabbed in the neck twice by his father in law John Loughlin of New Bedford. Maxwell and his wife had quarrels after arriving to view household goods. Police found Maxwell bleeding. the razor was found later on Orange street.
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Faut River
Charles Maxwell
Wamsutta
New Bedford
John Loughlin
Bedford
Maxwell
Orange Street
Loughlin
Railroad committee report to be printed and tabled
Coxcorp New Hampshire August 21 The report of the railroad committee will be presented to the House Tuesday forenoon, when they will be tabled to be printed and their consideration made the special order for a week from Tuesday.
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Coxcorp
N. H
Railroad Committee
Westfield Friends Defend Rev Titus Amid Scandal
Letter from Westfield in the Springfield paper defends Rev Titus of First Methodist Church, asserting his integrity and predicting vindication at a formal Somerville church trial. It calls the accuser possibly insane and praises Titus's three year pastorate and widespread respect.
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Westfield
Springfield Republican
Boston
RE. A. Titus
First Methodist Church
Weatfield
Titus
Somerville
Somerville Church
Severe New Jersey Storm Dazes Asbury Park Guests
A fierce weekend storm battered Asbury Park New Jersey causing property damage and guest panic at the Coleman House and other hotels. William Kelley aged 30 drowned in the Blackstone River Pawtucket Rhode Island while bathing. his body was surfaced once by a steamer wheel but not recovered. James Cheetham 14 of Central Falls Rhode Island is reported missing after leaving home August 18 with John Fairfield to join a training ship in Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Asbury Park
N.J
Coleman
John Fairfield
Brooklyn Navyard
Mrs Cleveland's Quiet Sunday In Marion
Mrs. Cleveland spent a quiet Sunday at home in Marion not attending church. Her large correspondence occupies much of her time, with many letters from those with claims on her. Rumors of a Tuesday departure for Washington lack confirmation, while General Greely and Mrs. Folsom attended Congregational service.
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New Reprorp
Funeral services for Professor Spencer F. Baird held at Fish Commission
Brief rites at United States Fish Commission headquarters honored Professor Baird. Notables including Major T. B. Ferguson, Dr. J. H. Kidder, Yale’s A Verrill, and Smithsonian staff attended. The casket bore the national colors. remains were moved to New York and then to Washington for later funeral arrangements.
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A. Verrill
Yale College
J. M. Flint
U.S.A
Peter Parker, Jr
A. Howard Clark
Smithsonian Institute
W. A. Wilcox
United States Fish Commission
Gloucester
D. Atkins
Fish Hawk
Cleveland
New York
Washington
SrrerAu
Professor Baird
Wood's Holl
Baltimore & Potomac
Combine Forming Strong Trust in Strawboard Industry
The Union Strawboard Company, dominating about 95 percent of U S strawboard, has acquired Akron Strawboard Works and plans to shut it down indefinitely. It also bought seven other plants including Lyons Paper Mills and facilities at Upper Sandusky Ohio Tippecanoe Ohio Hamilton Ohio Kankakee Illinois Wooster Ohio and Rockford Illinois for a total of about $800 000.
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Akron Strawboard Works
Akron
Lyons Paper Mills
Lyons, Penn
Strawboard Works
Upper Sandusky
Tippecanoe
Hamilton
Kankakee
Wooster
Rockford
Til
Regatta theft leads to capture of thief aboard Coquette
Since the great regatta nine boats reported nighttime thefts. On Saturday night the Coquette was entered and a pair of field glasses stolen. Two men aboard captured the thief, a young man from a respectable family, now in the station house awaiting trial.
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Marblehead
New sack coat in fashion for evening wear gains ground
The New York Sun reports a shift from regulation swallowtail to a black diagonal sack coat with a soft shaw collar and silk trim. Tailors note growing demand, especially for travelers and northern resorts, while some resist the change. a Countess and society share in the trend, with mixed reception from shops. A separate note mentions the sloop yacht Atlantic arriving at Boothbay and sailing to Bar Harbor.
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Countess of Troseberg
Lady Rosebery
England
New York
Sun
Redfern
Newport
James Bell & Son's
Dougherty, Hertel & Co
Tlrin
Japanese Nobleman Lectures at Deerfield Summer School
Tatui Baba, a Japanese nobleman and political writer, gave the eleventh Deerfield Summer School lecture. He belongs to the liberal opposition, once imprisoned in Tokio for entering a store suspected of selling dynamite, now visiting the U S for study and discourse. He discussed Japan’s geography, feudal history to empire, and folk literature.
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Baba
United States
Philadelpia
Washington
Japan
America
Bakin
Marks Twain
Tamenaga
Samuel Adams A
Dexter votes to aid Newport and Dexter railroad extension
A Dexter town meeting voted unanimously in favor of extending the Newport and Dexter railroad to join the Bangor and Piscataquis line and pledged town aid to the project.
Boston Theater and Hall Offer Evening Programs
The Boston theatre scene features Mulcahey's Big Party at 8 and Forgiven at the Globe Theatre with Frederic Bryton. Roland Reed performs Cheek at the Boston Museum, plus YVariety at the Howard Athenium and a promenade concert at May Hall in the evening.
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Boston Theatre
Mulcahey
Globe Theatre
Frederic Bryton
Boston Museum
Roland Reed
Howard Athenium
May Hall
Toll
Marriages Recorded in City Aug 11–Aug 18
Marriages include Burton Bezanson and Margaret McPhee August 11 by Rev J H Wells. Henry Herculess and Sarah Heyward wed August 18 by W R Ritchie. Parker McKay and Sarah McCloud married August 18 at People's Church parsonage. George L Tatro of Boston and Ida M Mason of Harrisville wed August 18, also by Rev C E Davis.
Death notices from Massachusetts area dated August deaths
Obituaries list numerous local residents including George H. Bell Boston age 51 Lydia Cobb Lawrence 80 John Conley Charlestown 30 Nancy Crockett Melrose Highlands 74 Mary L Donaughey 19 Mary A DeWitt Allston 64 Katie Ferguson Boston Highlands 32 Matthew Fitzpatrick Boston Highlands 19 Ellen J Griffin Charlestown 26 Willis Hawes Chelsea 3 months Daniel J Healy South Boston 22 Luke Kelley Boston Highlands 70 Stanley A Kettles Malden 9 months 10 days Mary A Chittick Cambridge 22 Louis Lorey Cambridge 2? John McGuire Roxbury 49 W C Morrill Atlanta 50 James M Miller 76 Margaret Parker 38 Benjamin C DeWolf Pope Dorchester infant 5? Grace Marcy Bennett Sampson Ayer Junction 27 8 Carrie W Souther Winchester Age 20 Elbridge Wason Brookline 77 Olivia Young Roxbury 58.
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Bell
Massachusetts General Hospital
George H. Bell
Boston
Cobb
Lawrence
Lydia
Isaac Cobb
Conley
Charlestown
John Conley
Crockett
Melrose Highlands
Nancy S
J. B. Crockett
Donaughey
Mary L
James and
Chelsea
Willis
Willie W
Carrie A. Hawes
Healy
South Boston
Daniel J. Healy
Kelley
Boston Highlands
Luke Kelley
Kettles
Malden
Stanley A
A. E
Emma Porter Kettles
Lorey
Cambridge
Mary A. Chittick
Louis Lorey
McGuire
Roxbury
John McGuire
Morrill
W. C. Morrill
Atlanta
Miller
James M. Miller
Parker
Margaret Parker
Pope
Dorchester
Benjamin Cushing
Alexander
Alice DeWolf Pope
Raddin
Cliftondale
Joseph A. Raddin
Sampson
Ayer Junction
Grace Marcy Bennett
Phillips D. Sampson
Souther
Winchester
Carrie W
Edward Souther
Wason
Brookline
Bright
Elbridge Wason
Young
Olivia
Joseph B. Young
Proposals for Building Sewers and Appurtenances in Boston
Sealed proposals to construct sewers in Boston Ward 5 and Ward 23 are invited. Plans, specifications, and forms may be obtained at City Hall. Proposals due by 12 m on August 25, 1887, with public opening and reading at the Office of the Superintendent of Sewers. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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Lira Street
Dorchester
Maginella Street
New York & New England Railroad
J. H. Jenkins
City Hall
Boston
City of
Navy Department
Washington
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Navy Yard
New York
Secretary of the Navy
Washington, D.C
Kar Harbor
Southwest Harbor
Maine
Union Wharf
Congress ST
Howard Bank
Chas. Deering
Fred K. F. Hale
Genera
East Boston Ferries Sealed Bid Notice for Slips
Proposals for building ferry slips will be received by the East Boston Ferries Board in East Boston until 3 PM on Thursday September 1 1837. Bids signed and bonded for 1000 with sureties or certified check payable to Boston. Plans and specs available at City Engineer Boston. Board may reject any bid. Alfred C Whitney president. East Boston Ferries North Ferry East Boston August 18 1887.
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East Boston Ferries
East Boston
Board of Directors
City of
Boston
City Hall
Alfred C. Whitney
Office of Board of Directors
North Ferry
Proposals for building iron roofs at Chestnut Hill Pumping Station
Bids to the Boston Water Board for iron roofs at Chestnut Hill Pumping Station are invited with details on price in writing and figures. Sealed proposals due August 31 1887. Bid security of 100 dollars required and plans available at City Engineer Office.
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Boston Water Board
Chestnut Hill
City Hall
Boston
Water Board
City of
William B. Smart
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Baldwin
Western Crop Bulletin
Professor Archer
John Stetson
Edison
Ezra PF. Kendall
R. M. Field
Cheek
Dominie
Eugene Tompkins
Propris Stor
Barry and Fry
Jn Frep G. Maeder
Thatcher, Primrose and West
Howard Athenaum
Chautauqua
Assembly
Pastor Titus
Wood's Hall
Yacht Atlantic
Boorthbay
Bar Harbor
Tatui Beba
Deerfield
Nahant
Curtis
Meredith & Nelson
Exchange Place
Dunbar, Stanton & Day
Real Estate Exchange
DLO Fifth Street
San Diego
Cal
Coronado Beach
Coffin & Henry
OWA
Iowa
State St
Des Moines
John Jeffries & Sons
Vicinity
Devonshire St
Ctory
San Antonio
Postoffice
Brooks Street
Allston Street
Forest Hill and
Robeson Streets
Ward
William C. Whitney
Commonwealth OF Massachoussetts
Suffolk
Superior Court
Beatrice C. Fletcher
Calvert
Poston
William
Fletcher
New Hampshire
Middlesex
Commonwealth
William S. Fletcher
William Ss. Fletcher
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Boston Post
Jos. A. Willard
Edwin A. Wadleigh
I Bay State Electrotype Foundry
Arch St
Commission House
Raymond’s
Green Mountains
Vermont
White Mountains
Stowe
Mount Mansfield
Profile House
Franconia
Mount Washington
Crawford House
Mount Willard
White Mountain Notch
THE
Plymouth
Boston & Maine Steamship Company
MT. Desert
Campobello
Commercial Wharf
Eastern R. R
Portland
J.W. Richardson
State Street
Alex. S. Porter
Campobello Island Co
American Investment Company
Mercantile Trust Company of New York
Edward S. Tobey
Milk Street
C. H. Warner
National Bank of Commerce
Isaac Sweetser
Washington Inanrenes Company
J. & J. Stuart & Co
Bankers
Western Farms
Eastern Banking CO
Francis
Ward T
Devonshire Street
Kohler’s Furnaces
J. & A. Rohler & CO
Washington Street
Mass
Baeder, Adamson & C.O
Aaron XK
GAY & CO
Eero
Oakland Garden
Dacitivale Tadwaak
Baguy
Wwe
Gouean
CHE
HALE
Grand Orchestra OF
Wilhelm Rietzel
Boston and Hingham Steamboat Co
ROWE
Nantasket
Pemberton
Strawberry Hill
Im. Pemberton
Reeves
D. W. Reeves
Boston Cab Company
E. G. Peirce
W.B. Dustan
Hingham, Hull & Downer Landing Steam: Boat Company
Melville Garden
India Wharf
Hull
Downer Landing
Hingham
Net
G.P
Revere Beach
Lynn R
Winthrop Junction
Beachmont
Crescent Beach
J . Oak Island
Point of Pines
Lynn
Winthrop
Bartlett Park
Ocean Spray
Cottage Hill
A. m
Taft’s
C. A. Hammond
John A. Fenno
Chauncy-Hall School
Institute of Technology
Boylston Street
Roswell Parish
William Cranston LawrTox
C. N. Bynner
No. 14
Newbury Street
Commonwealth OF Massachus
Settes
John P. Ryan
Said
Bridget Ryan
John W. McKra
Esquire
James Flynn
Tate
Beeston
Edward Corbett
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