Honors to Heroes The Arctic Adventurers at Portsmouth
Portsmouth greeted the Greeley relief fleet with a parade and civic honors. Survivors including Lieutenant Greeley arrived aboard the Thetis and were welcomed by Mrs. Greeley and officials as cheers rang along Congress Square and at the grand stand review.
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Portsmouth
Erebus
Chelsea
Greeley
Howard
Sea Point
Alliance
Fort Constitution
Thetis
Alert
Bear
Tennessee
Rockingham
Bralpard
Fredericks
Long
Beiderbeck
Connelly
Lady Franklin Bay
Powell
Clerborne
Congress Square
Lieutenant Greeley
Aeeran William Martin
Warm Welcome to Greeley as Portsmouth Hosts Line of Procession
Crowds fill Portsmouth streets as trains from the navy yard bring the Jamestown and Portsmouth training ships. Dewitt Clinton and Newburyport Commanderies march to the depot in full dress, escorting through the town with bands approaching and ships arriving.
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Greeley Party
Portsmouth
Jamestown
Navy Yard
Dewitt Clinton
Newburyport
Tne Anevines
Tramps Turn Pirates Steal Sailboat and Drift Night
Alfred Luby from Worcester and Jaimes Butterworth vanish with the Jenny, a catrigged boat, after taking it as a ferry toward Groton. The pair, inexperienced at sailing, endure a perilous night at sea, ending ashore at Plum Island. They are held for examination after arrival and police involvement.
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New London
Alfred Luby
Worcester
Jaimes Butterworth
Groton
Jean
Terra Firma
Plum Island
Captain Smith
Manhauset
Mexico Cattle Company Secures Vast Lease in Coahuila
The Mexico Cattle Company, controlled by American capitalists, signs a long term lease covering about sixty leagues square of grazing land in Coahuila. The tract runs from northwest of Ledas to the Santa Rosa foothills, near the Rio Grande bend, and includes rich silver and coal deposits. The lease is noted as one of the largest in any country.
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Montery
Mexico
Mexico Cattle Company
Ledas
Coahuila
Santa Rose Mountains
Rio Grande del Norte
San Vincente
Salt Veins Found in East Gainesville District
Residents erupt with joy as two salt veins exceed seventy and thirty feet at 2000 feet depth. The deposit yields 99.5 percent salt, nearly pure. A petition seeks to rename East Gainesville Post Office to Silver Spring after the drilling company.
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Batavia
N. Y
East Gainesville
Silver Spring
Cholera Crisis Worsens in Marseilles and Europe
From Lonxpoy August 2 report on Marseilles Pharo Hospital shows rising cholera deaths after a heat fog, with several new cases aboard an English steamer and doctors experimenting with oxygen, ozone, intravenous serums, and electricity. Staff infirmieres fall ill while refugees flood in from Arles and Italy, as officials fear oscillating mortality into September.
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Lonxpoy
Marseilles
London
Paul B. Bossano
Pharo Hospital
Patras
Onimus
Professor Reitsch
Dr. Koch
Pharo
Koch
Brown
Chicago
Italy
Moncaieri
Garfagnana
France
Lyons
Rossano
Fabres
Toulon
United States
Logland
Cholera Deaths and Bird Migration Reported
Infected districts show fewer Marseilles deaths eight last night and Toulon four. Marseilles records fifteen cholera deaths in the past day. Officials note swallows and sparrows absent, sparking calls for atmospheric purification by bonfires. Toulon fears renewed outbreak with return to unhealthy lodgings.
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Marseilles
Toulon
Thunder Storm Haunts Jen nie Mullen Off Lake Erie
The schooner Jen nie Mullen endured a violent storm off two Rivers Wednesday night as lightning struck the rigging and a terrible crash of thunder shook the vessel. The crew were shocked and John Williams, the mate, lay apparently dead before revival after three hours. The ship itself sustained no damage.
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Cuhicanco
Jennie Mullen
Wo Rivers
John Williams
He Found the Pin at a Dublin Seance
An Irish thought-reader claimed he could locate a marked pin hidden by audience members at a Dublin seance. A Trinity student, aided by a confederate, hid the pin in an adjoining room and then made the divider fail to locate it. The student exposed the ruse and challenged the seer to prove his gift before the audience.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Dublin
Trinity
Thought reader exposes marked pin in swift seating cue
The story recounts a thought reader commanding a sitter to sit down and then revealing a marked pin hidden in the seat of his trousers, prompting a surprised yell from onlookers. The incident underscores tricks of showmanship and audience reaction.
Michigan crops lift business mood in Detroit Milwaukee and St Louis
Detroit Board of Trade president R W Gillett reports improved trade across general merchandise and grain as Michigan crops recover after years of poor yields. Receipts rise, money loosens, and farmers sell. Milwaukee and St Louis figures mirror a cautious but hopeful revival with strong crop prospects, but low prices temper hiring and purchases.
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Detroit
R. W. Gillett
Detroit Board of Trade
Michigan
Milwaukee
Board of Trade
Alexander Mitchell
Chamber of Commerce
Chippewa Valley
St. Louis
David R. Francis
Merchants’ Exchange
Remarkable Hydrocephalus Infant Heads to Somerville Funeral
Freddie E Dickinson aged 1 year 4 months died in Somerville after suffering extreme hydrocephalus. Dr Hammong drained seven quarts of fluid from the head postmortem while noting the child remained bright and responsive. The body weighed about twelve pounds with a fourteen pound head. burial occurred at his Broad Way Somerville home yesterday afternoon.
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Freddie E. Dickinson
Somerville
W. FP. Hammong
Charlestown
Freddie
Broadway
Blindness Then Memory Gap Marks Barton Citizen
Amos Borden of Barton near WAVERLEY became blind for six weeks and, upon recovery, lived in a temporal mis-memory, treating his wife as a stranger and recalling events from a past time. Doctors cannot explain the dissociated sight and amnesia.
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New York Sun
Waverley
N. Y
Amos Borden
Barton
Garde
Stock swindle alleged in wide wash sale scheme
A New York led plot allegedly fixes prices for Missouri Pacific stock with participants nationwide. Brokers move deals at prearranged figures and report to New York, where wash sales are executed to protect margins, creating an overarching swindle affecting firms in Rochester Syracuse and Utica.
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New York
Missouri Pacific
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica
Jay Gould
Ayudiente
Panic in Foochow as natives spring to hostilities against France
Despatches describe intense excitement in Foochow with foreigners arming for protection as natives target French interests amid looming clashes. French consul and residents seek safety on a gunboat and aboard a warship while negotiations in Shanghai aim to avert war.
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Loxpon
Foochow
France
China
General Gordon Presses Khartoum Assaults
Advices report General Gordon making fierce sorties from Khartoum against rebels who built a wall along the Nile. Losses are described as heavy on both sides amid the engagements.
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Gordon
Khartoum
Nile
Daly the Alleged Dynamiter Delivers Jury Address
Daly, one of the alleged dynamiters, Egan and McDonnell, faces trial at Warwick. Daly opened with a two hour speech arguing no criminal proof beyond an alias, claiming he seeks justice and citizen rights not mercy.
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Daly
Refugees Expelled from Germany Under New Treaty With Russia
Berlin reports begin enforcing the Germany Russia treaty expelling Nihilist refugees and others. Newcomers must leave within a fortnight unless given six months with bonds. Long‑settled residents face hardship and many seek naturalization, but are refused, prompting Liberal press protests.
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Germany
Russia
Berlin
Wals
Davitt and Parnell clash over Irish League strategy
London dispatch reports Michael Davitt threatening to counter Parnell by touring the United States and Australia. Parnell counters with a plan to send Sexton and Redmond as US delegates and launch an anti Davitt tour. Davitt vows to reveal alleged misrule in the Irish National League to Irish Americans.
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League
America
London
Michael Davitt
Parnell
Davitt
National League
Sexton
Wiliam Redmond
United States
Boston
League In
San Francisco
Australia
Mr. Davitt
Parnell Sees Improvement for Ireland Laborers
A New York Herald cable reports Mr. Parnell expects parliamentary committee findings will boost laborers in Ireland. Local authorities may gain power to acquire or lease lands for laborers, with cottage repairs possible. Rent relief under the Irish arrears of rent act totals £2,570,000 since 1882, with regional remissions listed.
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Parnell
New York
New York Herald Today
London
Nationalist League
Ireland
Ulster
Leinster
Connaught
Munster
Limerick
Earl of Belmore
Germans Expel 800 Russians Under Nihilism Pact
Berlin August 3 reports that about 800 of the 15000 Russians living in Berlin have been expelled under the Germany Russia agreement to suppress Nihilism.
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Germany
Berlin
Russia
Terrible Pacific voyage of a preacher amid Chinese steerage hell
Rev. T. F. Clark recounted his globe crossing voyage from Japan to San Francisco by Vacitic Mail steamer. He described being imprisoned in the steerage with hundreds of Chinese immigrants amid filth and disease, including a variloid outbreak, as officers refused escape. A fellow passenger later ferried him to the saloon at personal risk, ending a harrowing voyage.
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Thetis
Alert
Bear
Tennessee
Schley
Cottin
Emory
Sethiley
Siae
Chambers
Loch Garry
Seabree
Lemly
Melville
Lowe
Dr. Green
Crosby
Messrs
Usher
McLean
Harrow
Greeley
Sehley
Admiral Wells
Navy Yard
John A. Greeley
Lucius H. Greeley
C. J. Greeley
Joan
Syracuse Standard
T. F. Clark
Globe
Brown Memorial Church
Pacific Ocean
Japan
San Francisco
Mr. Clark
Valngs
Clark Epics
Vora
Dloor
The
Steamship Company
Oriental
A Decreasing Balance in Our Favor and the Cause
Nimmo reports June 1884 foreign commerce for the United States showing a $72,708,907 trade balance in favor of the U.S. for the last fiscal year. Exports totaled $740,518,660 while imports were $677,714,663, with declines in several cotton and tobacco products offset by gains in cattle oils provisions and copper. There was a notable rise in imports of sugar, molasses, and coffee.
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Washington
Nimmo
Bureau of Statistics of Commerce
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Teemer Lowers the Record in Single Scull Victory
Wallace Ross of New Brunswick and John Teemer of Pittsburg contested a single scull race at Oak Point New York on August 2. Teemer won by a length in 26.32 with Ross at 26.35, setting a new best time as crowds watched.
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New York
Wallace Ross
New Brunswick
John Teemer
Pittsburg
Oak Point
Teemer
Ross
Rtoss
Koss
Esis Anne
Ming Aie Ae
Teen Barney
Ani Ee
Albert Hamu
Fred Fialsted
United States Hotel collapse in Washington deadly wreck
A rear section of the United States Hotel in Washington collapsed at 7 30 PM burying seven or more inside. Rescue efforts saved Ernest Snooks and Ada Fletcher while others remained trapped. over the next day two men were recovered alive and one woman Ada Fletcher died, as search continued for Henry Hale and remaining victims.
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Washington
United States
United States Hotel
Pennsylvania Avenue
Belden
Ernest Snooks
Addie Fletcher Iolored
Andie Dickson
Solomon Wilson
Harrison
Porter
Henry Hall
Anme Dickson
Mrs. Belden
Addie Fletcher
Entwistle
Ada Fletcher
Henry Hale
Anna Dickson
Hale
Twenty Persent Rescued from a Burning Mouse-Some of them Scorched
A fire at No 54 Charlton street in New York trapped about twenty residents, with only a single stairway and no fire escapes. Firemen and a brave passerby effected rapid rescues from the roof and windows as flames raged, saving women, children and several families. Loss estimated at $3000.
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New York
Charlton Street
Seattle
Lizzie McGlora
Rose Clark
Ida Dixon
Morrison
Whalen
Jobn Murphy
Parks
Cordelia Warren
Mary Ladd Ated
Miss Belden
Miss Nettie Aird
Waltering
Texas Crop Conditions Mix Amid Drought and Rain
Reports from Texas crops show drought hurting much of the cotton belt while rainfall in north and east Texas offers relief. Central districts face continued drought risk, with potential heavy losses if rain does not arrive within days. Some sections from Waco to Bengal report promising or vigorous cotton, and southern areas show more mixed results. In Burnet era dispatch, fires in Emporium Cameron County destroy twenty two buildings causing substantial losses.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
Waco
Central Railroad
Falls
McLeran
Missouri Pacific
Austin
Central Road
Bengal
Driftwood
Cameron County
Peon
Hellman
Ugut
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Wentworth
Moses H. Ranney
Navy Landing
Congress Street
Coffin
Mwdilltia
Hazen
Secretary of the Navy
Greeleye
Knights Templars
Alr
N. H
Tucsav
Lake Michigan
Weicht
WASH
Dongola
London Times
Alexandria
Mudir
Ahmet el Hoda
Ambakol
Dongals
House of Lords
Welsh Congregational Union
McNally
Edinburgh Conservative Union
Marquis of Salisbury
Stafford Northcote
Denmark
Skagerrak
German Ocean
Baltic Sea
the Cross Gazette
Copenhagen
St. Petersburg
Paris
Switzerland
Uncle Sam
Wallace Hoss
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