Dow baritone serenade greets new Portland collector
Portland reaction to Colonel Fred N. Dow being confirmed as port collector unfolds with serenade by Chandler's Band and praise from local leaders. Officials, editors, and citizens voice approval while Reed's opposition elicits mixed editorial quips and broad Republican satisfaction at the appointment.
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Portland
Streram
Fred N. Dow
United States Senate
Siateet Maine
Dow
Boston
Chandler
Citizens of
Portland Club
Republican Club
Reed
Metropolitan Rambbean Club
Colonel Dow
Jusiah H. Dremimond
Maine
Drummond
Henry B. Cleaves
Josiah H. Druminend
Smart
Lewis
Benjamin Stone
Webb
Sargent
Turner and Porter
Cy Solicitor
Coombs
H. S. Osgood
Albion Little
Crockett
Common Council
Seth L. Larrabee
Peabody
Clarence Hale
Eugene Hale
Charles J. Pennell
N. E. Redlon
John Little
Lewis A. Gouldy
Lyman W. Hanson
Prentiss Loring
James HH. Hawkes
John C. Hobbs
the Post
Harrison
Portland Press
Evening Express Tonight
Cleveland
Willal
Cotton Centenary Day Two Parade Draws Fifty Thousand
The second day of the cotton centennial in Pawtucket featured a grand military parade with 4000 to 5000 in line, drawing an estimated 50,000 onlookers. Rhode Island militia, governors from Rhode Island and Connecticut, and visiting dignitaries filled the grand stand as banquets, exhibitions, and a campfire program followed on Dexter street.
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Tantucker
R. L
Boston
New York
Providence
Joli Summers
Jim Doherty
Rhode Island
Provisional Brigade
Grand Army
Naval Veterans and Sons of Veterans
Davis
Ulkesey
Connecticut
Stalt
Olney Arnold
Pawtucket
Dexter Street
T. A. Dunnell
J.J. Ashley
Springfield
James EB. Vail
Byron J. Cowee
Benjamin H. Pierce
N. Coggeshall
P.M. Stone
Gainesville
N. Y
Isaac Paine
M. D. Damon
Fitchburg
Franklin
Newport
Russell Thompson
Howard
United States Army
Curtis Guild of
Aldrich
Edwin Metcalf
Hiram Howard
EB. G. Young
J.J. Stave
Portland
J. B. Brewster
Brunswick
W. K. Owens
Over Light Infantry
G. W. Esterbrooks
New England
Fifth Tegiment
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Attleboro
Mass
Kentish Guards
East Greenwich
Light Artillery
Signal Corps
Massachusetts
Rhode Island Signal Corps
Cambridge
Benjamin F. Davis
Grand Army of the Republic
Sons of Veterans
Reeves
Carroll
Haile
Samuel Slater
George Tobie
Providence Journal
Unclear Names From Historical Clip
Fragmentary OCR list of individuals including Frederick C Bowp, Charles Rack, James R Cagret, Nore Francis, Robert Copman, Moses Williams, Henry Braces, Hemar Chaplin, Joseph Fay Jr, Alex Wapswomrn, Henry. No clear event or context provided.
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Frederick C. Bowp
Charles
James R. Cagret
Greyville H
Nore
Francis
Robert Copman
Moses Williams
Henry W. Braces
Hemar W. Chaplin
Joseph .S. Fay, Jr
Alex. F. Wapswomrn
Henry
Palmer Carpet chief held in New York woollens case
William C. Dewey president of Palmer Carpet Co of Palmer Mass was arrested in New York on Judge Fitzsimmon s order in a suit by E S Higgins Co charging him with obtaining 913 worth of woollens on false representations He was jailed for failing to furnish 750 local He claims no false representations and says he came to arrange with creditors as the company faces insolvency
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New York
William C. Dewey
Palmer Carpet Company
Palmer
Mass
Fitzsimimon
E. 8. Higgins & Co
Ludlow Street
Weather forecast for New England and eastern New York
Forecast through 8 p m Wednesday expects fair skies for New England with slight warming and westerly winds. Eastern New York should see fair conditions with a little warmer temperatures and variable winds.
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Washington
New England
New York
Weather report from Boston by Observer's Office
The Boston Observer's Office Signal Service reports at 8 A.M. on September 30, 1849, a clear sky with a northwesterly wind. Mean temperature 53.5 F, max 73.4, min 44.3. mean relative humidity 72 percent. total precipitation 0.00 inches. Barometer 30.20 inches. Dew point around 48.0 F.
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Boston
Observer’s Office
Signal Service
U.S. A
Varen Coe
Observations Elsewhere No Follow Up Taken
The record notes that no additional observations were collected elsewhere after the initial observations. It records absence of further data and confirms attribution to the original observation set.
Steamers Arrived in Various Ports Near Sept 30
A list of steamships arriving at Boston New York Liverpool and other ports with origins including Liverpool Cuba Glasgow Havana Hull Hull Hamburg London Swansea Antwerp New York Montreal and more. Entries note vessels such as Ethiopia Galaeo Moray Montana Palestine and Grecian with Sept 30 dates and movements between Atlantic hubs.
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Boston
Iowa
Liverpool
Gallego
Cuba
New York
Ethiopia
Glasgow
Habana
Havana
Galaeo
Hull
Eng
Moray
Acahiladelphia
Montana
London
Swansea
Queenstown
Bothnia
Helgenland
Antwerp
Hamburg
Suevia
Kinsale
Palestine
Liverpol
Jeddah
St. Marnock
Menu
Stuttgart
Iron Haltimoore
Father Point
Warwick
Montreal
Wrawle Point
Grecian
Dunnet Head
Straits of Gibraltar
Aberdeen
Colorado
Geestemanne
Willkommen
Baltimore
Copenhagen
Island
Italin
Foreign items and local notices from a Boston newspaper
The page lists international and domestic items across multiple pages, including the Dockmen's Congress in London, expiring German anti-socialist law, exiles returning to Berlin and Hamburg, Australian unions rejecting the employers' terms, a fast Canadian express derailment, the Dublin High Court stay proceedings in Tipperary, iron masters' disputes in Scotland, and city items such as weather, marriages, Harvard events, social talks at the New England Conservatory, a Cambridge water main break, Longwood tennis, Bible study plans, a Mechanics' Hall reception, congressional renomination, Old Colony railroad meeting, real estate news, business failures, the National Camp of Sons of America in Kaneufall, Boston Chamber officers, and Hull Yacht Club champions of 1890.
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Dockmen's Congress
London
Germany
Berlin
Hamburg
Australia
Canadian Express
High Court of Justice
Dublin
Tipperary
Scotcd Iron Masters
Alice. Freeman-Palmer
New England Conservatory of Music
Cambridge
Charles Streets
Longwood
Paga
Mechanics’ Hall
Women’s Societies of
Boston
Andrew
Old Colony Railroad
Raphael & Lewenberg
National
Sons of America
Kaneufall
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Hull Yacht Club
Exiled Socialists Return After Anti Socialist Law Ends
In Germany celebrations mark the expiration of the anti Socialist law. Thirty exiles arrive and are greeted warmly. Seven halls fill with crowds, streets lit up, some processions dispersed by police with no injuries. Nineteen exiles return to Hamburg with city celebrations.
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Peru
Germany
Hamburg
Fatal Shot by Officer Kearney Kills 11-Year-Old Davenport
Thomas Kearney a police officer of Station 9 shot and killed John Davenport eleven in Warren Street yard as he chased two youths seen near Mrs Laws home. The other boy Lewis Green fifteen says they stood by a grape trellis when the shot fired. Davenport died minutes after the right breast entry. Kearney claims they ran toward the fence to escape and denies kicking the boy. Davenport's father Horatio Davenport is a Warren Street grocer.
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Thomas Kearney
John Davenport
Horatio A. Davenport
Warren Street
Eliza J. Laws
Winthrop Street
Davenport
I Miles
Lewis I. Green
No. 7
Lewis
Kearney
Board of Police
Break in Water Main at Charles and Cambridge Streets
A major water main break near the corner of Charles and Cambridge streets caused jets several feet high, flooding Charles Street toward Revere and West Cedar. Water was shut off, with minimal damage beyond a sunk railroad track and temporary disruption to electric cars and belt line traffic.
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Charles and
Cambridge Streets
Charles Street
Revere Street
Cambridge Street
West Cedar
Leverett Street
Craigie’s Bridge
The Irish Nationalists Trial Arguments for Prohibition Writ
Timothy Healy opened for the defense seeking a writ to bar Tipperary magistrates from proceeding, alleging bias in the High Court ahead of a likely lengthy hearing. Judge Holmes postponed ruling as prosecutors continue to read speeches by defendants to show incitement to withhold rent.
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Tipperary
Timothy Healy
Duadge Holmes
Morley and Gladstone Meet in Uawarden Visit
Losson Sept. 30 Mr John Morley arrived at Uawarden to stay two days for talks with Mr Gladstone as part of ongoing political consultation and leadership discussions.
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MR. Morley
MR. Gladstone
Losson
John Morley
Uawarden
Dockmen's Congress Opens in London Prepares Cooperatives
In London on Sept 80 the Dockmen's Congress opened with sixty delegates. President Thomas Mann reported wage gains for most members and the abolition of the contract system in eight of ten London dock groups. He predicted the Shipping Federation cannot crush the Dockmen's Union and discussed plans for cooperative takeovers, 48 hour weeks, state controlled factories, and a general arbitration board. The meeting debated unloading ships from Australia if nonunion crews were aboard, a point tied to possible general strikes.
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Dockmen’s Congress
London
Lonpon
Ept
Thomas Mann
Dockmen’s Union
Shipping Federation
Board of Arbitration
Mann
Congress
Australia
Scottish iron workers strike deepens as wages dispute grows
London reports the Scotch iron masters refuse terms while Cumberland workers pledge support for Scottish strikers if eight hour shifts are demanded. The breakdown ends hopes of settlement and tightens the Glasgow pig iron market.
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London
Cumberland Iron Workers
Scotland
Glasgow
Unions Hold Out in Australia Meeting Stand
Melbourne September 80 unions refuse to meet employers on the basis of accepting the employers manifesto. The impasse follows unions backing the employers’ stated terms and conditions, leaving negotiations at a standstill across the sector.
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Australia
Melbourne
Sleepers on the Track Delays and Wrecks Across Rail Lines
A Halifax to Montreal express near Moncton was 28 minutes late after hitting sleepers lying on the track injuring no one aboard. Other incidents include a collision near Passumpsic Bridge injuring two engineers, a Camden carriage death, and a Boston area freight wreck delaying service.
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St. Jonn
N. B
Intercolonial Railway
Halifax
Montreal
Moncton
Anagance
St. Johnsbury
Passumpsic
Camden
N. J
Camden & Atlantic
Arthur H. Williams
The Tariff Bill Keeps Them at Home
Gloucester dispatch notes ships were set to sail to Newfoundland for salt herring cargoes but all voyages were abandoned due to higher duties under the McKinley bill.
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Gloucester
Sept
Newfoundland
McKinsley
Vermont Lawmakers Name Speaker Hopefuls in Heavy Senate Push
In Montpelier Vermont on September 30. Republicans nominate H R Start Hosea Mann Jr Henry Boynton and L H Thompson for Speaker. Democrats name T W Maloney and W A Bullard. A sharp Senate race for secretaryhips leaves Powers Fay Russell and Jeffords in contention as party lines strain.
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Montpelier
Senate
House
H. R. Start
Bakersfield
Central Vermont Railroad
Hosea Mann, Jr
Wilmington
Abandoned Farms Commission
Henry Boynton
Woodstock
L. H. Thompson
Irasburg
Start
T. W. Maloney
Rutland
W. A. Bullard
Underhill
George M. Powers
H. H. Powers
Alland G. Fay
C.M. Russell
Tracy L. Jeffords
Williamstown
District of Columbia Committee
Washington
Grout
Fire Devastates Canal Street Building in Chicago
Record from Chicago reports a disastrous fire at 17 Canal Street owned by Warren Springer causing $250000 loss. The blaze spread to Lehman & Sons next door. Charles Emerick feather dealer faces heavy losses. South wall collapse injured engine crew but all survived.
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Chicago
Warren Springer
Canal Street
Lehman & Sons
Charles Emerick
Feather Dealer
Emerick
Springer
Engine Company No. 17
Searsmont
Josep Burgess
Special Election in New Jersey Defeats Amendments
Camden N J Sept 30 Returns indicate a special election held today to vote on proposed constitutional amendments. The principal measure to restore a clause permitting special legislation for cities was overwhelmingly defeated.
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New Jersey
Camden
N. J
Cleveland Telephone Company Officers Elected
The Cleveland Telephone Company in Cleveland Ohio on September 30 announced its officers and directors. President Levi Sprague. vice president J P McKinstry. secretary treasurer J Glidden. Directors include Levi Sprague P McKinstry Charles J Glidden and others such as B Hudson A B Hough W J McKinney Thomas Sherwin E P Wright E P Williams and more. An excess committee list also appears with multiple names.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Telephone Company
Levi Sprague
J. P. McKinstry
Ere J. Glidden
P. McKinstry
Charles J. Glidden
A. B. Hudson
A. B. Hough
W. J. McKinnie
Thomas Sherwin
W. Short
E. P. Wright
Death in the Cup By Berlin Scientist On Coffee Perils
Dr Mendel of Berlin warns coffee and tea cause nervous breakdowns and physical decline with headaches sleeplessness tremors rapid heart action and dyspepsia. The remedy Paine's Celery Compound claims to restore vigor banish despair and has been used by professionals and society figures.
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Mendel
Berlin
Paine
Three Republican Senators Vote With Democrats On Tariff Bill
Three Republican Senators Plumb Pad dock and Pettigrew joined Democrats to defeat the conference report on the tariff bill as the Senate approved the measure 33 to 27. Senator Carlisle of Kentucky delivered a sweeping critique of the bill highlighting higher taxes and the sugar bounty while mocking the reciprocity idea.
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Congress
Senate
Carlisle
House
Cogswell
Morse
Benjamin H. Dewing Ater
Washington
Specran
Plumb
Kansas
Paddock
Nebraska
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Kentucky
John B. Henderson
Missouri
United States
Joseph McDonald
Indiana
Major McKinley
McKenna
Aldrich
Senate battle over tariff and legal tender notes discussed
The Senate debated House and conference tariff bills with Carlisle estimating revenue reductions near 60 to 71 million and claiming higher taxation from the conference bill. He argued the average duty would rise markedly and noted sugar and molasses heavily shaped the free list changes while urging judgment on revenue effects.
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Washington
House
Senate
Daniel
George W. Jones
Greenback Party
Finance Committee
Carlisle
Witaer
Rhode Island
Carlisle Wenton
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MR. Reed
State Street
Tch
Urer
H. Crocker
George A. Fisher
William C. Williamson
Paineas L. Smith
J. Mouris Meredith
Robert S. Minot
I. Enls
Willoughby Park
Atlantic Coast
Brookline
West Roxbury
Newton, Mass
Back Bay
Roxbury
Jamaica Plains
Chelsea
Rovers
Wolkins, Browne & CO
Equitable Mundieg
Dyer, Rice & CO
Seal and Astrakhan
Alaska
Chauncy Street
Avon
Leonard & CO
Eieal Estate
Turkey
F. H
Life Ins. Agt
Nat'l Life Ins. CO
Phelps
Finland
G. W. Simmons & CO
Oak Hall
North Street
Bai
Whardhbr
Albany
Huffalo
Ees
Bismarck, Dak
Cheyenne
Cincinnati
Detroit
Ccce
el Paso
Tex
Eastport
Avent
Helena
Reo
Jacksoville
Fla
Kansas City
Marguette
Mich
New Orleans
Salt Lake City
Fair Washington
N. Cc
Ber-Goodale CO
Milk St
Yostor
W. B. P. Weeks
Water St
Gould
Malden
Central
Boston & Maine Railroad
Pasumpsic
Pagel
Culbertson
Ireland
Vermont
Lori
Pority
New York Central Railroad
Shenandoah Valley Railroad
Pagett
Horace W. Metcalf
Bermuda
Quincy
Grafton L. Abbott
Mary Adams
Harvard College
Deluges
Great Britain
Boston & Maine
Harrisburg
Bluston
Summer Hotel
Thomas Welch
Shelburne Street
Dorchester
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