Wealth of the States shows Massachusetts lead in per capita wealth
Massachusetts heads the nation in average wealth per person with a valuation of 962 dollars, followed by Rhode Island at 931. New York and Pennsylvania trail. The piece notes wide regional disparities, cites total state valuations, and suggests under tax systems the leading position may widen.
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Washington
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
North Carolina
Texas
Missouri
Maryland
Nebraska
Illinois
Rhode Island
Union
Old Bay
World Fair Latin American Dept on Columbus Era
A section of the World's Fair Latin American Department outlines a series of object lessons tracing the Columbus era from 1492 to 1820. It covers Columbus life, discoveries, sources, geography, archeology, ethnology, and the origin of the name America with maps, portraits, books, and relics.
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Columbus
Europe
America
New World
Rafael Sanchez
Wood-Cutting in Honduras Affects Mahogany Trade and Labor
The Bureau of American Republics reports on Honduras wood cutting, tracing British Belize origins to mahogany camps along the Ulua Chameleon Patteck and Wanks rivers. Mahogany and cedar dominate exports ship to England and the United States with prices in London from 110 to 175 per 1000 semelleval feet for mahogany and 90 to 130 for cedar.
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Honduras
Bureau of American Republics
Jonduras
Belize
Ulua
Chameleon
Patteck
Wanks
Atlantic
England
United States
London
Hobart Beats Hall in Newport Semi Final Showdown
Clarence Hobart outplayed Valentine Hall in three straight sets 6-2 6-4 6-2 to advance to the all comers final at Newport. Hobart dominated with winning strokes and solid backhand play, while Hall struggled to counter. The match precedes tomorrow's final against F. H. Hovey, with consolation rounds also on the card.
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Newport
Clarence Hobart
Valentine G. Hall
F. H. Hovey
W. H. Slocum, Jr
F. A. Kellogg
de Garmendia
Hobart
Hall
George Kerr
Lawford
D. W. Candler
Henshaw
H. McCormick
M. Fielding
D. Miller
China News From The City Of Rio Janeiro Aug 24
The steamship City of Rio Janeiro arrived from Hong Kong and Yokohama with reports of arrests of a Chinese minister's son over a secret society, a reopened case in Kan kow, six men held for trial linked to the Koloa Hui, a dismissed constable promised pardon for testimony, and quiet in Tien Tsin as of July 15. Typhoon damage near Hong Kong sank the British gun boat Tweed. Viscount Yoshida dies. floods in Toyama affect thousands of houses. Threats against Admiral Ting and storm damage in Nagasaki Ken cause significant disruption. embankment failures wash away hundreds of homes.
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Rio Janeiro
Hong Kong
Yokohama
China Papers
England
France
Italy
Gardner
Kankow
Chang Chi Tung
Chin Kiang
Koloa Hui
Tien Tsin
Kobe
Nagasaki-Ken
Ashiya
Ogna
Enthusiastic Allen Meeting Ends With Endorsement in Lawrence
At Republican head quarters in Lawrence Aug 24 a 300 strong gathering praised Charles H Allen of Lowell for governor and pledged enthusiastic support. Alderman George Hall presided as Major George J Merrill Councillor Byron Truell Mayor Collins C T Main and Captain Langmaid spoke amid heat and applause. The group urged Allen delegates from Lawrence Andover and Methuen to the State convention.
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George Hall
George J Merrill
Byron Truell
Collins
C. T. Main
C. A. Bell
Langmaid
Charles H. Allen
Lowell
Andovers
Methuen
ES Allen
Henry Cabot Lodges Guests Visit Nahant Estate
Fifty Suburban Press Association members, invited by Henry Cabot Lodge, tour his Nahant Hastern Point home. They travel from Boston on the Frederick De Barry, are greeted by Lodge, tour the estate, receive refreshments, and are hosted by Lynn Press Association at Lynn and Point of Pines before returning to Boston.
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Lynn Press Association
Amos F. Breed
Lynn & Boston Railroad
Point of Pines
Charles H. Thayer
Boston
Pleasure Seekers' Club German at Casino Biggest Social Event
ITS ANNUAL GERMAN AT CITY CASINO WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. Colonel E. B. Hay of Washington and Mrs. Walter E. White of Providence led, with Dr. F. A. Levy of Orange and Miss Sands of New York assisting. Fifty couples danced to Fitchburg Band as guests circulated at favor tables hosted by Mrs. J. N. Reynolds and Miss Reynolds and other ladies.
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E. B. Hay
Washington
Walter E. White
Providence
F. A. Levy
Orange
N. J
Miss Sands
New York
Fitchburg
J. N. Reynolds
Miss Reynolds
Seventeenth Regiment Reunion Held in Salem
Veterans of the Seventeenth Regiment gathered in Salem at the Willows for the annual reunion with over 100 attendees. Officers for the coming year were elected, including President J Albert Roberts and Secretary J F Woodward of Danvers, with an executive committee named. The group heard after dinner remarks from Colonel Splaine and Adjutant Cheever, and noted letters of regret from General Cogswell and Major Kantoul. Next reunion to be arranged by the executive committee, likely in Danvers.
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Seventeenth Regiment
Salem
the Willows
J. Albert Roberts
Danvers
J. F. Woodward
Henry Splaine
James Richardson
J. A. Moore
George H. Putney
Brotherton Martin
Henry Mulvey
C. C. Morse
John H. Ingersoll
Jacob Scapirs
Philip McMann
James W. Wilson
J. W. Haynes
William J. Murphy
Splaine
Cheever
Cogswell
Kantoul
Fog and peril mark yacht fleet voyage near White Island
In heavy fog the Eastern Yacht Club fleet stayed at sea, delaying starts. The Volunteer grounded on White Island ledge but escaped unharmed, while Joseph Fay narrowly avoided a fall aloft. The fleet, including Sayonara, Thelma, and Volunteer, faced a no-time finish in the Marblehead run amid bell concerns and strengthened by a favorable breeze later.
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Joseph Fay
General Paine
Marblehead
Sea Fox
Tucker
Fortuna
Hovey
Volunteer
Mayflower
W. A. Gardner
Foam
Dexter
Enone
Cochrane
Peerless
J. W. Lewis
Vesta
A. A. Lawrence
Wanderer
Blair
Dauntless
Sayonara
Cinderella
Thelma
Portsmouth
Lynn
Lynn Yacht Club
Lynn Harbor
Emma L
Plymouth
Plymouth Yacht Club
White Swallow
E. W. Watson
Future
W. T. Whitman
Old Honesty
J. C. Dawes
Fair Play
Bartlett
Gypsy Girl
Loring
Mignon
Damon _ Brothers
Oscar Hunt
Portugal’s protection harms economy and solvency
The Fortnightly Review argues that heavy import taxes in Portugal inflate living costs and stunt production, harming national solvency and future borrowing. A Lisbon despatch notes acute money shortage, coin hoarding, and stalled trade, with copper scarce and five-pence notes hard to cash, though a good vintage offers limited hope.
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Portugal
London
The
Times
Lisbon
Late cheese sales report from Urica and Lorrie Falls
Cheese markets in Urica New York and Lorrie Falls show varied price levels with 175 boxes at 8 3/8 and 5670 at Stac, 1774 at 8 7/8c, 3390 at 8 7 8c, 3490 at 9c, 350 on private terms, 300 on commission. Butter offerings include 60 packed creamery at 22 23c and bulk at 22 1/2c. Market described as quiet but firm with dairy packages and creamery shipments noted.
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N. Y
Lorrie Falls
Eee Ee Ackkages Creamery Ac
Battling with a swordfish off the Golden Gate
Three fishermen Franc Pino Pietro Mattini and Joseph Courpinani recount a violent encounter with a massive swordfish off Point Reyes near the Golden Gate. The fish damaged their boat injuring Pino severely before they reached Black Point Cove for aid and medical help. A later note mentions a seal’s stray visit to the Boardman residence and eventual return to the sea.
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San Francisco Chronicle
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Franc Pino
Pietro Mattini
Joseph Courpinani
Martini
Pino
Martivi
Black Point
Postmaster-General Raikes Dies in Thunderstorm Shock
A London despatch reports the Right Hon H C Raikes Postmaster General died after a thunderstorm shock while walking. Born 1838, he served as Conservative MP for Chester and Preston later representing Cambridge University. He was Privy Councillor, deputy speaker, chair of various railway and diocesan bodies, and a local justice of the peace.
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Henry Raikes
Flintshire
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Trinity College
Cambridge
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Preston
House of Commons
Cambridge University
Ways and
Privy Council
Lord Salisbury
Mersey Railway Company
Minas & Rio Railway
Cheshire
Mrs Caroline Hoar dies. two children survive at Concord
Mrs. Caroline P Hoar wife of Congressman elect Sherman Hoar died early yesterday. She was the oldest daughter of James B Wood a lifelong Concord resident. Married about six years ago she leaves two children the younger a daughter born about two weeks ago. Also noted deaths include Mrs Lydia S Tolman widow of John B Tolman of Lynn who died at 75 years 11 months and 13 days, Rudolph Hachkofler Austro Hungarian Consul in San Francisco, and John E Scanlon Hartford editor and legislator aged 33.
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Chile
John E. Scanlon
Connecticut Catholic
Church Street
Hartford
Niagara University
Suspension Bridge
N. Y
Hartford County
M. F. Scanlon
Seal Pup Defies Water and Shore in Pacific Grove Tale
A baby seal from Monterey travels with a steamer Gypsy and then makes a home in Judge Boardman’s Reno yard. The creature drinks mush and milk, naps for hours, and repeatedly returns to land after being tossed into the bay, finally persisting in its hilltop haunt despite repeated attempts to return it to sea.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Monterey
Pacific Grove
Judge Boardman
Reno
Nev
Boardman
Death of Thomas J Daly at 25 in Newton Upper Falls
Thomas J Daly died after a brief illness at his parents home on Chestnut street Newton Upper Falls. A Newton High School graduate he passed Harvard exams then attended Boston College graduating 1877 with honors. He pursued journalism with the Boston Herald then studied for priesthood at Brighton Seminary and received clerical tonsure last Easter. Funeral from St Marys Church Newton Upper Falls Wednesday at 10 am.
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