Clearinghouse totals for June 1885 compared to prior years
The table shows gross exchanges at leading U S clearing houses for June 1885 and 1884 with percent changes. Total clearings fell 12.82 percent vs June 1884 and 33.9 percent vs June 1883, while New York declined 19.9 percent from 1884 and 44.4 percent from 1883. Outside New York, totals rose 3.34 percent vs June 1884 but fell 11 percent vs 1883, with Kansas City Memphis Hartford and Milwaukee among gains and Indianapolis and Peoria posting the largest drops. First half totals compare 1885 to 1884 across cities led by New York and Chicago with varying percentages.
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United States
New York
Boston Post
Boston
Inc
Philadelpha
Chicago
St. Louis
Baltimore
San Fran
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Kansas City
New Orlens
Milwaukee
Louisville
Providence
Detroit
Omaha
oSanbeeeache Minneapolis
Sitareca
den Cleveland
Indianapolis
Hartford
Columbus
New Haven
Memphis
Portland
N. Y
San Francisco
Springfield
Syracuse
New Orleans
Peoria
Cleveland
Worcester
Warcare
N.orleans
Eoowi Cesses
Minnesota
Indiana
N. Haven
Columb’s
Lowell
Emphis
N.Y
Orleans
Saaeorsuhe
S. Gene Omaha
Haven
Port
Spvrings
Osde NY
Philadelphia
Havana Market Sees Calm Sugar Trade July 4
Havana reports a quiet market with small weekly sales and prices favoring buyers. Holders stay out, importers wary of foreign demand, and freight costs to the United States remain elevated at roughly 2.25 to 2.75 per box depending on port.
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Havana
Matanzas
United States
Rev Emory J Maynes Draws a Fourth of July Lesson
Rev Emory J Haynes Tremont temple preached a Fourth of July lesson drawing from Nehemiah ii 8. He praised Old Testament love of country and warned that loss of religion would harm society more than loss of education. He urged strong Christian love to defend against secular and communist ideas.
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Emory J. Maynes
Emory J. Haynes
Tremont Temple
Abraham
Hell
Haynes
England
Germany
France
Spain
Balloon ascent and Boston regatta fireworks display
James K. Allen and city officials launched the balloon City of Boston from the common, reaching wakefield after two descents, followed by a large fireworks show. The Boston regatta drew about 125 yachts across five classes with varied prizes, while suburban towns held parades, races, and fireworks. Wakefield hosted rowing and sailing on Lake Quannapowitt, and statewide commemorations included bands, poems, speeches, and entertainments in numerous cities with notable figures and institutions providing performances and meals.
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James K. Allen
Providence
Boston
Allen
Cassidy
Lovell
Globe
Wakefield
D. C. Hall
City of Boston
Shadow
Magic
Keels
Maud
Aegis
Banneret
Katty
Lizzie F. Daly
Venus
Thisbe
Queen Mab
Sea Bird
Niobe
Joker
Em-Ell-Eye
Tartar
Zetta
Charlotte
Vesper
Fiora Lee
Wildfire
Spider
Imogen
M. J. Kiley
William Morris
Charles F. Loring
Chester Guild, Jr
Francis W. Pray
John A. McLaughlin
Lynn
Lynn ’Cycle Club
W. A. Rowe
George Porter
W.A. Lewis
W. H. Ryder
Gloucester
Melrose
Newton
Waltham
Chelsea
Quincy
Unitarian Church
Mary E. Blake
William Everett
Isaiah Quincy
E. C. Bumpus
Col
C. H. Porter
Lake Quannaporritt
Sherborn Reformatory
Beverly Yacht Club Nahant races for Massachusetts Bay title
The Beverly Yacht Club opens the Massachusetts Bay Championship with a 12 o'clock start on July 8 from Nahant. Courses vary by class from 7 to 10 miles. Fleet classes include first, second, and third, with specific length classifications and sail lengths. Hull Yacht Club holds its annual review July 11 at 9 A M off the clubhouse, followed by a six day cruise starting at 9 45 A M Marblehead to Gloucester if weather allows, then eastward on Tuesday.
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Boston
James de Normandi
Frederick L. Goodwin
Thomas J. Gargan
Charles River
Jacob Gaudaur
St. Louis
Albert Hamm
P. J. Buckley
Salem
David J. Murphy
J. D. Ryan
Cambridge
W. F. Conley
Hosmer
Gaudaur
McKay
Hamm
West End
Columbias
Shawmuts
Jamaica Pond
James P. Fox
Crescent Club
A. C. Haley
Shawmut
Jamaica Club
M.S. Dean
J. L. Powers
East Boston
G. G. Brown
W. W. Cole
Newton
Er. B. McKim
Thomas J. Riley
Henry Simpson
Chelsea
Henry Harding
Lowell
McNally
Charlestown
Shamrock Club
Montreal
Bostons
William A. Rowe
Lynn
Whittaker
R. A. Neilson
C. J. Young
George W. Harrison
C. F. Haven
Brookline
A. Anderson
W. A. Rhoades
Dorchester
G. A. Seymour
Herbert Gaskell
London
G. Whittaker
W. IF. Whitcomb
Longwood Cricket Club
Broadway and
Q Streets
South
J. G. Maxwell
City of Lynn
West Lynn
Newburyport
Thrasher
G. C. Garroway
Hull
Lim
Crusader
A. Wilson
Pet
J. N. McFarlane
Quincy
Hestia W.H. Dennon
Gloucester
Alice
L. P. Lynch
Mischief
I. W. Belcher
Winthrop
Fhlrt
J. W. Sildreth
Crescent
J. M. Alley
Elsie
C. F. Hardwick
B. C
Mansfield
Spray
G. A. Putnam
Clyde
J. D. Paige
South Boston
Wizzard
J. Bertram
N. T. Davidson
B. W. Rowell
J. W. Haines
Newhall
Sandy Bay Yacht Club
Rockport
Louette
Commodore Haskins
Petrel
Paul
Kittiwake
Cunningham
Raldon
Perkins
Sassacus
Griffin
Fatinitza
Norwood
Albion
Gott
Beverly Yacht Club
Monument Beach
Massachusetts Bay
Nahant
Hull Yacht Club
Marblehead
Island Park
Albany
Deisy
Gossip Jr
Billy M
Juliet
Gear Nae Davis
Amelia Co. Witn
Stephen G
Holden
Pond
Manchester
N. H
Reay
Nat Jenkins
Ned
Cumberland Rowing Association
Sebago
Mark Davis
J. Webber
Thomas Carroll
J. B. Dixon
Lake
Chelsea Cricket Club
Chelseas
Roxburys
Rights of Women in Mail Delivery Reveals Hidden Privilege
A Chicago Herald story quotes a postal clerk describing rules that protect a married woman’s right to her own letters. Men often resist, claiming wives can’t control correspondence, but the rule requires a written order for any mail to an husband. The piece notes wives’ prerogatives can provoke humorous reactions and even shift husbands' views.
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Chicago Herald
England and its drumbeat in world influence debated
The New York Mail and Express reports Prof Goldwin Smith criticizing England's global reach while abroad. He predicts England may remain commercially and intellectually premier in Europe despite potential military limits, Bismarck's schemes, and a shift toward arbitration in international disputes.
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New York Mail and Express
Goldwin Smith
Cornel University
America
England
Russia
Globe
Europe
Bismarck
Prof. Smith
Recent Books Reviewed by an Anonymous Critic
Book notices praise Goose Quill Papers by Louise Imogen Guiney for its concise prose and charm akin to Holmes, while denouncing Sira’s A Man of Destiny as partisan and dull. Howard Pyle Within the Capes is commended for a solid plot and vigor, and Stevenson A Childs Garden of Verses is hailed as a true garden of rhymes for children.
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Louise Imogen Guiney
Roberts Brothers
Boston
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Sira
Cleveland
Bedford, Clark & Co
Chicago
The
Capes
Howard Pyle
Charles Scribners’ Sons
New York
Mr. Pyle
Robert Louis Stevenson
Charles Scribners Sons
Thrilling History of Old Abe The War Eagle Book Published
The Charlestown Courier notes the Milwaukee Sunday Telegraph announces a biography titled A Thrilling History of Old Abe the War Eagle of the Eighth Wisconsin. Public interest waned after it was revealed Old Abe was a hen, harming sales of the biography.
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Charlestown
Milwaukee Sunday Telegraph
Old Abe
Wisconsin
Abe
Games To Day League-Bostons at Detroit and More
Sports brief lists today games including Boston at Detroit Providence at St Louis Philadelphia at Buffalo New York at Chicago American Athletics at Pittsburg Eastern New England Haverhills at Portland Biddefords at Lawrence. Other games report Portland Portlands 3 Biddefords 0 P M Biddefords 11 Portlands 5 Haverhill Brocktons 12 Haverhills 7 Lawrence Beacons 5 Lawrences 1.
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Detroits
Il Bostode
Casey
Whitney
Bostons
Chicago
Chicagos
Clarkson
Pfeffer
New Yorks
Keefe
Richardson
Ewing
Phillies
Buffalo
Serad
Vinton
Philadelphias
Bono
Cececeetee Es Ds Bi
OO OS
Buffalos
Galvin
Ferguson
Lucas
St. Louis
Shaw
Providence
Boyle
Maroons
Grays
Detroit
American—Athletics
Pittsburg
New England
Haverhills
Portland
Biddefords
Lawrence
Portlands
Haverhill
Brocktons
Lawrence—Beacons
Lawrences
Metal Trade
Chickerings
Hallett & Davis
C. F. Hovey
Dry Goods
Hallet and Davis Ll
Gardner
John L. Whitings
Gardners
Louisville
A. M
Louisvilles
Metropolitans
St.Louis
Baltimores
Cincinnati
Cincinnatis
Brooklyns
Malden
Maldens
Haveretts
Philadelphia
Harry Wright
Philadelphia Record
Bastian
Myers
Portland Press
Boston
Intercollegiate Boat Race Ends Amid Controversy
The Maine crew appeared the strongest as the 1.5 mile course on Lake Quinsigamond produced a disputed finish. Bowdoin and Cornell argued fouls, while Brown led at the start and finished just behind Cornell after a disputed call. Referee Lincoln ordered a rematch for July 13 with Bowdoin awarded medals after Brown’s meeting voting not to contest.
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Worcester
Maine
Lake Quainsigamond
Harvard
Yale
Waldo Lincoln
Quinsignamond Boat Club
Edwin Brown
John Lewis
Ithaca
Cornell
P. D. Livermore
Providence
Brown
P. L. Hart
Philadelphia
Hivania
E. A. Curtis
Boston
Bowdoin
West Side
Corneil
Pennsylvania
Owaoin
Bow
Bowdein
Lincoln
Fertilizers and manuring from the farm to the field
The text argues that soil and manure form crops, stressing knowledge of plant and animal needs, fertilizer forms, and soil conditions. It contrasts factory-like production with farming, cites soluble versus insoluble phosphates, and notes that fineness of division and proper analysis determine value. It also highlights dairy farming, cabbage and carrot fodder, and pasture care.
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J. B. Lawes
Agriculturist
S. W. Johnson
Highland Society
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Aberdeenshire Association
Prof. Stockhardt
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Liverpool
Pavonia
Brooks & Young
Boston Woollen Hose Co
Miller Bros & Co
Steadman & Fuller Mfg Co
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Hayes & Co
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Corel & Osborn
Meredith
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Silk
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Smith & Sons
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Jones
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Antiguas
Isaac Hall
Trinidad
Bark Cluster
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Harrington
N.S
Jonson & Young
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Jane Bright
Wm F Hall & Co
Nehemiah and the
Empire State
Isles of Shoals
Hilda Thomas
G. Frank Monroe
Nantasket Beach
Ene Medford
Abbie A
Horace Derane
Roxbury
Helen Brooks
Joseph Peafane
Lyman School For Boys
Westboro
Cambridge Almshouse
Yachting News
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I. Ek. Thomas
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J. M. Godman
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Myth
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Fiirt
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Wink
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Maude
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Andrew Hwa
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C. J. Lewis
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B. I. Price
Pearl St
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Boston Carriage Repository
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Ty Albert Howe
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Boston and Albany
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Suffolk
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Beaton
Michael Norton
William J. Corbett
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Ron Co
SY KR. Ree Daw
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Boston Stock Exchange
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Citizens’ National Bank
Tilton
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R R. McKay Metallic Fastening Association
Fairbanks ' Co
Santa Fe RR
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Middlesex H RR
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Palmer, Maas
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